Crowdsourced search and locate platform
US9128959B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 8, 2013 |
| Grant date | Sep 8, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 8, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/103
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A crowdsourced search and locate platform, comprising an application server and a client interface application. The application server: receives connections from crowdsourcing participants; navigates a first crowdsourcing participant to a specific geospatial location; sends an image corresponding to the geospatial location to the first crowdsourcing participant; receives tagging data from the first crowdsourcing participant, the tagging data corresponding to a plurality of objects and locations identified by the first crowdsourcing participant. The client interface application: displays elements enabling an administrative user to configure a crowdsourced search and locate campaign; displays other elements enabling an administrative user to configure and run a crowdrank algorithm; and upon the user's selecting a particular object type icon, displays tags of the type selected by placing visual indicators at each tagged location of objects of the selected type within the plurality of image strips.
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