Rewarding User Generated Content

摘要

Example apparatus and methods concern rewarding a user for making a contribution to a crowd-sourced database. An example apparatus may include logic for acquiring the contribution, where the contribution is data produced by a mobile device concerning a point of interest. The example apparatus also includes logic for producing an evaluation of the contribution and logic for providing a reward based on the contribution, the evaluation, and the user. The contribution may be data about a point of interest. The evaluation may be based on the completeness, timeliness, or contents of the contribution. The reward may be selected based on the evaluation of the contribution and a profile of the user. The reward or user profile may be manipulated based on confirmation or repudiation of the contribution by a different user contribution or by curation of the contribution. Providing the contribution may be free to the user.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
receiving, from a mobile device, user generated content comprising a point of interest data set, where the point of interest data set is suitable for storing on a computer-readable storage medium; establishing a quality measure for the point of interest data set; upon determining that the quality measure exceeds a quality threshold:
selectively curating the point of interest data, andselecting a reward to provide to a user of the mobile device as a function of an attribute of the point of interest data set, the quality measure, and an attribute of the user;and selectively providing the reward to the user.