US 2020/0349596 A1 · PROVIDING REWARDS AND METRICS FOR COMPLETION OF MICROTASKS

Abstract

Edits on a content item, such as a document, are divided into microtasks. The microtasks associated with a document can be automatically identified based on a workflow or can be identified by a user associated with the content item or an administrator. At a later time, the user can complete the microtasks for a content item using an application associated with their smart phone or tablet. The application may present the microtasks in a game-like environment where the user can compete with other users based on metrics such as number of microtasks completed in a day or fastest completion time. In addition, the user can earn rewards such as badges, coupons, or credits by completing microtasks. In this way, users can use time that would have been wasted playing games to complete their content items, while still experiencing some of the fun and competition associated with the games.

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Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving computer-implemented identifiers of a plurality of computer-implemented microtasks for a computer-implemented content item;
receiving a computer-implemented selection of a selected microtask of the microtasks;
in response to the selection, providing the selected microtask for completion;
receiving a computer-implemented prediction model that has been generated or updated by one or more computer components based on prior results for use in task completion;
completing the selected microtask using the prediction model, wherein the completing of the selected microtask comprises performing one or more operations on the content item in a computer system using the prediction model, and wherein the completing of the selected microtask comprises generating computer-implemented results of the completing of the selected microtask;
and
providing the results of the completing of the selected microtask.

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A computer system comprising:

at least one processing unit;
at least one memory comprising instructions stored thereon that when executed by the at least one processing unit perform acts comprising:
receiving a computer-implemented selection of a selected microtask of a plurality of available microtasks by the computer system;
in response to the selection, providing the selected microtask for completion by the computer system;
receiving a computer-implemented prediction model that has been generated or updated by one or more computer components based on prior results for use in task completion;
and
completing the selected microtask using the prediction model by the computer system, wherein the completing of the selected microtask comprises performing one or more operations on a computer-implemented content item in the computer system using the prediction model, and wherein the completing of the selected microtask comprises generating computer-implemented results of the completing of the selected microtask;
and
receiving computer-implemented results associated with the completion of the selected microtask by the computer system.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Providing rewards and metrics for completion of microtasks

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Providing rewards and metrics for completion of microtasks

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Abstract

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