Facilitating micro-task performance during down-time

A non-transitory computer readable medium embodying computer executable instructions which when executed by a computer cause the computer to facilitate the method of:

• obtaining a user profile that includes a user's affinities to each of a plurality of micro-tasks;
• estimating a duration of down-time for the user;
• estimating task selection factors responsive to the user profile and to the estimated duration of down-time;
• generating a list of micro-tasks responsive to the task selection factors;
• ranking the list of micro-tasks according to the user's affinities;
• partitioning the down-time according to the ranked list of micro-tasks;
• and
• presenting one or more of the micro-tasks to the user, according to the partitioning of the down-time, by altering operation of a user device.

An apparatus comprising:

• a memory embodying computer executable instructions;
• and
• at least one processor, coupled to the memory, and operative by the computer executable instructions to facilitate a method of:
• obtaining a user profile that includes a user's affinities to each of a plurality of micro-tasks;
• estimating a duration of down-time for the user;
• estimating task selection factors responsive to the user profile and to the estimated duration of down-time;
• generating a list of micro-tasks responsive to the task selection factors;
• ranking the list of micro-tasks according to the user's affinities;
• partitioning the down-time according to the ranked list of micro-tasks;
• and
• presenting one or more of the micro-tasks to the user, according to the partitioning of the down-time, by altering operation of a user device.