Crowd-sourced Data Collection Marketplace with Bid-Based Allocation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional systems for data collection often require specialized hardware and human intervention, and existing platforms like Mechanical Turk and ScoopShot focus on exploiting existing collections rather than bidding for new tasks, lacking a marketplace that facilitates commercial transactions for knowledge generation and data collection.
Innovation Solution
A crowd-sourced computer-implemented system, CHAMPS, that connects knowledge seekers with collectors through a marketplace, allowing taskers to post requests, collectors to bid, and securely transmit data, utilizing mobile devices and sensors for data collection and management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If conventional systems use specialized hardware and human intervention for data collection, then data collection accuracy is improved, but system complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables collecting devices to autonomously receive requests, submit bids, collect data, and receive payment without requiring specialized intermediate hardware or continuous human intervention. The electronic device automatically manages the entire workflow from request creation to payment distribution.
Solution Approach 2:
The system allows standard portable devices with common sensors to perform specialized data collection tasks. Any collecting device with relevant sensors can bid for and execute appropriate tasks, eliminating the need for dedicated specialized hardware for each data collection function.
2Measurement precision
If conventional systems require human judgment for data collection, then data quality is improved, but productivity and response time decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The system replaces human judgment and manual data collection with automated electronic processes. Algorithms automatically match tasks to suitable collecting devices based on sensor capabilities, and the system automatically manages bid evaluation, task assignment, and payment processing.
3Ease of operation
If existing platforms focus on exploiting existing collections rather than bidding for new tasks, then operational simplicity is improved, but adaptability to new data collection needs deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adapts to new data collection needs through a bid-based marketplace where task requirements and device capabilities are continuously matched. New task types can be created and executed by any device with appropriate sensors, allowing the system to flexibly respond to emerging data collection opportunities without requiring platform restructuring.
4Speed
If pre-set pricing is used instead of bid environment, then transaction speed is improved, but economic efficiency and task allocation optimization deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The bid-based system provides economic feedback that optimizes task allocation. Collecting devices submit bids reflecting their operational costs, capabilities, and availability, allowing the system to automatically allocate tasks to the most efficient providers while ensuring fair compensation for data collection efforts.
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention broadly comprises crowd-sourced computer-implemented methods and systems of collecting requested data. One embodiment of the invention may be implemented as an electronic device including a request creating unit, a transmitter, and a receiver. The request creating unit is configured to create a request. The transmitter is configured to transmit the request for data to a plurality of collecting devices, to transmit an acceptance message to at least one of the plurality of collecting devices, and to transmit payment to each of the plurality of collecting devices to which the acceptance message was sent. The receiver is configured to receive bids from each of the plurality of collecting devices as proposed payment for collecting the data, and to receive the data from each of the plurality of collecting devices.