Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for crowd sourcing
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Application No.: US14196749Application Date: 2014-03-04
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Publication No.: US10026047B2Publication Date: 2018-07-17
- Inventor: Judith Helen Bank , Liam Harpur , Lin Sun , Patrick Joseph O'Sullivan , Ruthie D. Lyle
- Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Moore & Van Allen PLLC
- Agent Charles L. Moore
- Main IPC: G06Q10/06
- IPC: G06Q10/06 ; G06Q50/00

Abstract:
A method for crowd sourcing tasks may include identifying a group of potential candidates for crowd sourcing. Each candidate of the group of potential candidates may be identified based on the candidate being expected to accept a certain type of task. The certain type of task may be at least a task that is performable within a predetermined range of time. The method may also include receiving a request to perform a particular task from a requester. The method may additionally include determining if the particular task is the certain type of task. The method may further include transmitting an offer for performance of the particular task to at least a subgroup of the group of potential candidates in response to the particular task being the certain type of task.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150254595A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CROWD SOURCING Public/Granted day:2015-09-10
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