PROVIDING CROWDSOURCED ANSWERS TO INFORMATION NEEDS PRESENTED BY SEARCH ENGINE AND SOCIAL NETWORKING APPLICATION USERS

摘要

Technologies pertaining to generating crowd-sourced answers are described herein. A text string is received, and the text string is parsed to determine if the text string represents an information need that is desirably answered by a collective of crowd workers. When it is determined that the information need is desirably answered by the collective of crowd workers, a query or question that represents the information need is provided to a first plurality of crowd workers, who generate proposed answers for the information need. The proposed answers are provided to a second plurality of crowd workers, who vote on the proposed answers. An answer to the information need is output based upon responses of the crowd workers.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
receiving, at a computing device, a text string that comprises a sequence of words; parsing the text string; based at least in part upon the parsing of the text string, identifying that the text string represents an information need that is desirably answered by a collective of crowd workers; responsive to the identifying that the text string represents an information need that is desirably answered by the collective of crowd workers, transmitting content to a first plurality of computing devices operated by a respective first plurality of crowd workers from amongst the collective of crowd workers, the content comprising first instructions that instruct each crowd worker in the first plurality of crowd workers to perform a same task; receiving respective responses to the task from each crowd worker in the first plurality of crowd workers; and outputting an answer to the information need based upon the responses to the task from the first plurality of crowd workers.