Distributing a task to multiple workers over a network for completion while providing quality control

US10853744B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Figure Eight Technologies, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Lukas Biewald · Cambridge, US
• Christopher R. Van Pelt · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 17, 2010
• Grant date: Dec 1, 2020
• Expiry date: Jun 17, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/06
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods of crowd sourcing by distributing a task over a network to multiple workers for completion while providing quality control are disclosed. In one aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure include a method, which may be implemented on a system, of identifying an attribute of the task, the task including multiple unit jobs, determining target accuracy in completion of the task by the multiple workers, computing a number of results to be collected for a unit job of the task based on the target accuracy, setting a wage amount that is offered to a worker for completing a unit job of the task based on the attribute and the target accuracy, and/or collecting and aggregating statistics of the workers completing the select unit jobs for quality control.