Dynamically expiring crowd-sourced content

摘要

Example apparatus and methods concern dynamically expiring crowd-sourced content (CSC) in a crowd-sourced database. An example apparatus may include logic for acquiring the CSC, where the CSC is data produced by a mobile device concerning a point of interest. The example apparatus also includes logic for producing an evaluation of the CSC and logic for determining an expiration criteria based on the CSC, the evaluation, and the user. The CSC may be data about a point of interest. The evaluation may be based on the completeness, timeliness, or contents of the CSC. The expiration criteria may be established based on the evaluation of the CSC and a user profile. The expiration criteria or user profile may be manipulated based on confirmation or repudiation of the CSC by a different user or by curation of the CSC.

主权项

1. A method performed in a computer for selectively updating data stored in a database, comprising:
accessing information associated with crowd-sourced content in the database stored on a computer-readable storage medium; accessing data representing an item associated with the crowd-sourced content comprising expiration criteria, where the expiration criteria is a function of the crowd-sourced content and a quality measure for the crowd-sourced content; selectively expiring the item or the crowd-sourced content based on the expiration criteria, where expiring the item or the crowd-sourced content includes deleting the crowd-sourced content from the databased stored on the computer-readable storage medium; and selectively transforming the item, wherein the item comprises a transient item having expiration criteria, into a traditional item that does not have expiration criteria upon determining that a threshold amount of crowd-sourced content associated with the transient item has been received and that the threshold amount of crowd-sourced content satisfies a specific condition.