Determining incentive for crowd sourced question

US9881313B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Amit P. Bohra · Jamkhed, IN
• Krishna Kummamuru · Bengaluru, IN
• Abhishek Shivkumar · Bengaluru, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 3, 2014
• Grant date: Jan 30, 2018
• Expiry date: May 24, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G09B19/00
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A computing device receives one or more questions. The computing device determines at least one of an urgency factor, an importance factor, and a difficulty level associated with the received one or more questions and determines at least one of an availability factor, a skill factor, and a quality level associated with the received one or more questions. The computing device determines an incentive based on the determined at least one of an urgency factor, an importance factor, and a difficulty level associated with the received one or more questions, and the determined at least one of an availability factor, a skill factor, and a quality level associated with the received one or more questions.