Patent application number | Description | Published |
20130290128 | Methods and Systems to Evaluate and Rank Bids Based At Least in Part on the Provider's Past Performance - The application discloses systems and methods for evaluating bids submitted by providers in response to a reverse auction process initiated by a buyer. The disclosed system determines an attribute utility score of the bid and total performance scores of providers based on the past performance records of the providers. The total performance scores of providers are determined by computing a positive deviation score, a negative deviation score, a performance among peers score, and a bid performance score of the provider. The system further sums the determined attribute utility score and the total performance score to obtain a rank of the submitted bid. | 10-31-2013 |
20140058784 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECOMMENDING CROWDSOURCABILITY OF A BUSINESS PROCESS - A method and system for recommending suitability of crowdsourcing a business process is provided. The method includes generating a plurality of business requirements pertaining to the business processes, and receiving one or more attributes pertaining to one or more sets of crowdsourced workforce. The method further includes generating at least one of a comparison matrix or an optimization function based on the plurality of business requirements and the one or more attributes pertaining to one or more sets of crowdsourced workforce. Lastly, the method provides a recommendation on the suitability of crowdsourcing the business process based on at least one of the comparison matrix or the optimization function. | 02-27-2014 |
20140067451 | Hybrid Multi-Iterative Crowdsourcing System - The application discloses multi-iterative crowdsourcing systems and methods. Improvements and validations of a crowdsourced job are integrated into the execution process. A job is completed in multiple iterations, with incentives, including reputation enhancements, being provided to users at each iteration. The crowdsourcer has the flexibility to determine the number of iterations, the duration of a job and the incentives and reputation enhancements for each iteration and function. | 03-06-2014 |
20140068777 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING ANAMOLIES WITHIN VOLUMINOUS PRIVATE DATA - A method and a system for detecting anomalies within a voluminous private data are provided. The voluminous private data, including sensitive information corresponding to one or more objects within the voluminous private data is received. The sensitive information within the voluminous private data is identified, and identified sensitive information is modified to generate a modified voluminous private data. The sensitive information is marked in the modified voluminous private data to generate a marked voluminous private data. The anomaly within the marked voluminous private data is detected. | 03-06-2014 |
20140072222 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A TEXT DATA ENTRY FROM AN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT - A method for processing an electronic document is provided. The electronic document includes a plurality of text fields and a text label associated with each of the plurality of text fields. The method includes step of extracting the plurality of text fields from the electronic document. The method includes step of grouping the plurality of extracted text fields to generate a plurality of groups. The method includes step of labeling the plurality of groups based on a first pre-defined criteria to generate a plurality of labeled groups. The method includes step of distributing the plurality of labeled groups in a plurality of queues based on a second pre-defined criteria. The method includes step of transmitting the plurality of labeled groups from the plurality of queues to one or more crowdworkers based on a third pre-defined criteria. | 03-13-2014 |
20140188787 | CROWDSOURCING DIRECTORY SYSTEM - The disclosed embodiments relates to a crowdsourcing directory system. The crowdsourcing directory system is configured for identifying and comparing one or more of a plurality of crowdsourcing platforms based on a plurality of attributes associated with each of the plurality of crowdsourcing platforms. The crowdsourcing directory system then recommends a set of crowdsourcing platforms from the one or more crowdsourcing platforms based on values of the plurality of attributes. The crowdsourcing directory system also maintains a repository of information pertaining to the plurality of crowdsourcing platforms. In an embodiment, the repository may be updated by implementing software adaptors configured to extract various information pertaining to the plurality of crowdsourcing platforms. | 07-03-2014 |
20140358605 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CROWDSOURCING A TASK - The disclosed embodiments illustrate methods and systems for crowdsourcing a task. The method comprises presenting the task to one or more crowdworkers based on their reputation scores and a redundancy degree associated with the task. The task comprises one or more sub-tasks. A plurality of responses to the task are received from the one or more crowdworkers. Each response further comprises one or more sub-responses each of which in turn corresponds to a response for a sub-task of the one or more sub-tasks. A first set of sub-tasks is identified from the one or more sub-tasks based on a first set of similar sub-responses received for the first set of sub-tasks from the plurality of responses. A first set of crowdworkers from the one or more crowdworkers who provided the first set of similar sub-responses for the first set of sub-tasks are remunerated. | 12-04-2014 |
20140359418 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CREATING TASKS OF DIGITIZING ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT - The disclosed embodiments illustrate methods and systems for creating one or more tasks of digitizing an electronic document. The electronic document comprises one or more fields. The method comprising receiving inputs to define one or more characteristics associated with each of the one or more fields. The one or more fields are categorized in one or more groups based on the one or more characteristics. Additionally, a task is created for each of the one or more categorized fields based on the one or more characteristics associated with each of the one or more categorized fields, wherein the task comprises at least a user interface for facilitating at least one remote worker to input a response for the task. | 12-04-2014 |
20150014411 | TRANSACTION CARD FOR WORKFLOW EXECUTION - Some embodiments include methods, and systems for providing a customized and/or personalized transaction card to a user. The method begins with receiving a transaction card at or by a terminal device. A user is allowed to automatically login to a user account at or otherwise relating to the terminal device. Upon logging in, at least one workflow that is registered by the user is retrieved and then displayed to the user for selection. The selected workflow is then received. In response to the user's selection, the corresponding workflow associated activity is automatically executed, without requiring the user to navigate through multiple screens. | 01-15-2015 |
20150199632 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECOMMENDING MOBILE TASKS TO CROWD WORKERS - A method of administering mobile crowdsourcing includes: receiving a plurality of requests from requestors to fulfill tasks at specified task locations; receiving an itinerary from a worker, the itinerary defining a journey the worker plans to take and including at least a starting point of the journey and an end point of the journey; automatically generating, based on the received itinerary, at least one parameterized, personlized action plan, the plan identifying a subset of the tasks for which requests had been received; and providing the plan to the worker. | 07-16-2015 |
20150278747 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CROWDSOURCING A TASK - The disclosed embodiments illustrate methods and systems for crowdsourcing a task. The method includes extracting one or more components from at least one task based on a task category associated with the at least one task. Each component corresponds to a part of the at least one task, that requires an input from a crowdworker. Further, the one or more components are categorized in a set of first categories, each of which includes similar components, and a second category that includes dissimilar components. The categorization is based on a comparison between content of each of component, and the task category. Thereafter, a representative component from at least one category from the set of first categories, and at least one component from the second category are combined to create the task. The task, so created, is crowdsourced to one or more crowdworkers. | 10-01-2015 |
20160071048 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CROWDSOURCING OF TASKS - The disclosed embodiments illustrate methods and systems for formulating a policy for crowdsourcing of tasks. The method includes receiving a set of incoming tasks and a range associated with a task attribute corresponding to each task in the set of incoming tasks. Thereafter, an execution of a first policy is simulated over a period of time to determine one or more first performance metrics, associated with the execution of the first policy. The first policy is based on a first value selected from the range. Further, the first value is updated to generate a second value based on the one or more first performance metrics, wherein the second value is deterministic of the policy for crowdsourcing of the set of incoming tasks over the period of time. | 03-10-2016 |
20160078392 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECOMMENDING CROWDSOURCABILITY OF A BUSINESS PROCESS - A method and system for recommending suitability of crowdsourcing a business process is provided. The method includes generating a plurality of business requirements pertaining to the business processes, and receiving one or more attributes pertaining to one or more sets of crowdsourced workforce. The method further includes generating at least one of a comparison matrix or an optimization function based on the plurality of business requirements and the one or more attributes pertaining to one or more sets of crowdsourced workforce. Lastly, the method provides a recommendation on the suitability of crowdsourcing the business process based on at least one of the comparison matrix or the optimization function. | 03-17-2016 |