Scoring of crowd-computing inputs

US8856021B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• David Carmel · Haifa, IL
• Ido Guy · Haifa, IL
• Dafna Sheinwald · Nofit, IL
• Itai Turbahn · Haifa, IL

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 12, 2011
• Grant date: Oct 7, 2014
• Expiry date: Dec 2, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0206
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Method, system, and computer program product are provided for scoring of crowd-computing inputs. A group of data is provided to crowd-computing participants and the participants are requested to provide candidate members or the group of data. The computer-implemented method performed includes: receiving an input by a participant, wherein the input is a candidate member; counting multiple inputs of the same candidate member by participants; validating a candidate member; rewarding the participants inputting the candidate member, with a higher reward for participants who input the candidate member earlier than other participants; and supplying the rewards to participants once the candidate member has been validated.