Patents by Inventor Shourya Roy
Shourya Roy has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20160042476Abstract: According to embodiments illustrated herein there is provided methods and systems implementable on a computing device for remunerating one or more crowdworkers. The method comprising allotting at least one crowdworker from the one or more crowdworkers with a first lottery ticket from a set of lottery tickets on completion of a task allocated to the at least one crowdworker. One or more lottery tickets from the set of lottery tickets are selected by utilizing one or more techniques. Winnings are remunerated to each of a set of crowdworkers from the one or more crowdworkers associated with the one or more selected lottery tickets.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2015Publication date: February 11, 2016Inventors: Laura E. Celis, Shourya Roy
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Patent number: 9240000Abstract: The application discloses systems and methods for physically sharing a hard copy of a document. The systems and methods include presenting to a user a graphical user interface having printing options for printing the document, where the graphical user interface has an input for receiving an indication by the user that the user is willing to share the hard copy of the document; presenting to the user options for defining characteristics of the hard copy of the document in response to receiving the indication; and publishing at least one of the defined characteristics within a profile page of the user.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2011Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventor: Shourya Roy
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Publication number: 20150287339Abstract: The disclosed embodiments illustrate methods and systems for imparting a spoken language training. The method includes performing a spoken language evaluation of a speech input received from a user on a first training content. Thereafter, the user is categorized based on the spoken language evaluation and a profile of the user. Further, a second training content, comprising one or more tasks, is transmitted to the user based on the categorization and the spoken language evaluation. The user interacts with another user belonging to at least the user group, by comparing a temporal progression of the user with the other user on the one or more tasks, challenging the other user on a task from the one or more tasks, and selecting the task from the one or more tasks based on a difficulty level assessed by the other user.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2014Publication date: October 8, 2015Applicant: Xerox CorporationInventors: Om D. Deshmukh, Kuldeep Yadav, Shourya Roy
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Publication number: 20150213393Abstract: Methods and systems for presenting a task information to a crowdworker. One or more tasks, performed by the crowdworker, are monitored. A historical task information pertaining to the one or more tasks, performed by the crowdworker, is determined based on the monitoring. Further, a predicted task information is determined based on the historical task information. The predicted task information is utilizable by the crowdworker to select one or more future tasks. The predicted task information includes at least one of a count of the one or more future tasks available for the crowdworker, estimated time to attempt the one or more future tasks, or wages associated with the one or more future tasks. At least one of the historical task information or the predicted task information is presented to the crowdworker.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2014Publication date: July 30, 2015Applicant: Xerox CorporationInventors: Jacki O'Neill, Shourya Roy, David Martin
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Publication number: 20150154529Abstract: Methods and systems for creating a task are provided. A request from a worker is received to perform the task. A task is created in response to the request. The task comprises at least one new sub-task and at least one additional sub-task, wherein the at least one additional sub-task is selected from a set of unfinished sub-tasks associated with one or more previously attempted tasks. The task is communicated to the worker. The worker may receive a bonus remuneration for correctly attempting the at least one additional sub-task.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2013Publication date: June 4, 2015Applicant: Xerox CorporationInventors: Preethi Raj Raajaratnam, Shourya Roy
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Publication number: 20150058362Abstract: Methods and systems for facilitating evaluation of one or more electronic documents. One or more templates are extracted from the one or more electronic documents. At least one area in the one or more templates is identified. The at least one area includes a response provided by a user associated with the electronic document. One or more groups are generated based on similarity between the responses in the at least one area in the one or more templates. The one or more groups are distributed to one or more remote workers or a crowdsourcing platform for the evaluation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2013Publication date: February 26, 2015Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Pallavi Manohar, Shourya Roy
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Publication number: 20140359418Abstract: The disclosed embodiments illustrate methods and systems for creating one or more tasks of digitizing an electronic document. The electronic document comprises one or more fields. The method comprising receiving inputs to define one or more characteristics associated with each of the one or more fields. The one or more fields are categorized in one or more groups based on the one or more characteristics. Additionally, a task is created for each of the one or more categorized fields based on the one or more characteristics associated with each of the one or more categorized fields, wherein the task comprises at least a user interface for facilitating at least one remote worker to input a response for the task.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2013Publication date: December 4, 2014Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Chithralekha Balamurugan, Shourya Roy, Sujit Gujar
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Publication number: 20140358605Abstract: The disclosed embodiments illustrate methods and systems for crowdsourcing a task. The method comprises presenting the task to one or more crowdworkers based on their reputation scores and a redundancy degree associated with the task. The task comprises one or more sub-tasks. A plurality of responses to the task are received from the one or more crowdworkers. Each response further comprises one or more sub-responses each of which in turn corresponds to a response for a sub-task of the one or more sub-tasks. A first set of sub-tasks is identified from the one or more sub-tasks based on a first set of similar sub-responses received for the first set of sub-tasks from the plurality of responses. A first set of crowdworkers from the one or more crowdworkers who provided the first set of similar sub-responses for the first set of sub-tasks are remunerated.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2013Publication date: December 4, 2014Inventors: Chithralekha Balamurugan, Sujit Gujar, Shourya Roy
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Patent number: 8867838Abstract: A method for processing an electronic document is provided. The electronic document includes a plurality of text fields and a text label associated with each of the plurality of text fields. The method includes step of extracting the plurality of text fields from the electronic document. The method includes step of grouping the plurality of extracted text fields to generate a plurality of groups. The method includes step of labeling the plurality of groups based on a first pre-defined criteria to generate a plurality of labeled groups. The method includes step of distributing the plurality of labeled groups in a plurality of queues based on a second pre-defined criteria. The method includes step of transmitting the plurality of labeled groups from the plurality of queues to one or more crowdworkers based on a third pre-defined criteria.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2012Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Chithralekha Balamurugan, Shourya Roy, Jacki O'Neill, Sujit Gujar
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Publication number: 20140304833Abstract: A method and system for enabling a secure access to data corresponding to a task on a server is disclosed. The task is accessible at a crowdsourcing platform and performable by a crowdworker. The method includes receiving an input for accepting the task on the crowdsourcing platform. The method includes initiating at least one human response test in response to the acceptance of the task by the crowdworker on a computing device. The method includes receiving a response from the crowdworker for the at least one human response test, wherein the response is sent from the computing device. The method includes communicating at least one locator to the computing device if the response is correct. The at least one locator enables the crowdworker to access the data at the server.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2013Publication date: October 9, 2014Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Sujit Gujar, Shourya Roy, Shailesh Vaya
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Patent number: 8848242Abstract: The application discloses systems and methods for physically sharing a hard copy of a document. The systems and methods include presenting to a user a graphical user interface having printing options for printing the document, where the graphical user interface has an input for receiving an indication by the user that the user is willing to share the hard copy of the document; presenting to the user options for defining characteristics of the hard copy of the document in response to receiving the indication; and publishing at least one of the defined characteristics within a profile page of the user.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2012Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Shourya Roy, Divya Padmanabhan, Jutta Williamowski, Antonietta Grasso, Yves Hoppenot
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Publication number: 20140257951Abstract: According to embodiments illustrated herein there is provided methods and systems implementable on a computing device for remunerating one or more crowdworkers. The method comprising allotting at least one crowdworker from the one or more crowdworkers with a first lottery ticket from a set of lottery tickets on completion of a task allocated to the at least one crowdworker. One or more lottery tickets from the set of lottery tickets are selected by utilizing one or more techniques. Winnings are remunerated to each of a set of crowdworkers from the one or more crowdworkers associated with the one or more selected lottery tickets.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2013Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Laura E Celis, Shourya Roy
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Patent number: 8806656Abstract: Partial access to electronic documents and aggregation for secure document distribution is disclosed. The embodiments herein relate to providing access to electronic documents and, more particularly, to providing access to portions of electronic documents and aggregating such portions in secure document distribution environment. Existing document distribution mechanisms do not provide means to access partial documents based on the attributes such as roles of the agents within an organization, location of access, time of access, device ID and so on. The disclosed method allows agents to access partial contents of documents based on the attributes. Meta data tags are attached to the documents in order to control the access of the documents by the defined attributes.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2012Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignees: Xerox Corporation, Rural Technology & Business IncubatorInventors: Shourya Roy, Meera Sampath, Keerthi Laal Kala, Lakshmi Vaidyanathan, Timothy Gonsalves, Ashok Jhunjhunwala, Pratyush Prasanna, Jacki O'Neill, James Michael Allen Begole
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Publication number: 20140188787Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relates to a crowdsourcing directory system. The crowdsourcing directory system is configured for identifying and comparing one or more of a plurality of crowdsourcing platforms based on a plurality of attributes associated with each of the plurality of crowdsourcing platforms. The crowdsourcing directory system then recommends a set of crowdsourcing platforms from the one or more crowdsourcing platforms based on values of the plurality of attributes. The crowdsourcing directory system also maintains a repository of information pertaining to the plurality of crowdsourcing platforms. In an embodiment, the repository may be updated by implementing software adaptors configured to extract various information pertaining to the plurality of crowdsourcing platforms.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2012Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Chithralekha Balamurugan, Koustuv Dasgupta, Karnam Saraschandra, Shourya Roy
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Publication number: 20140072222Abstract: A method for processing an electronic document is provided. The electronic document includes a plurality of text fields and a text label associated with each of the plurality of text fields. The method includes step of extracting the plurality of text fields from the electronic document. The method includes step of grouping the plurality of extracted text fields to generate a plurality of groups. The method includes step of labeling the plurality of groups based on a first pre-defined criteria to generate a plurality of labeled groups. The method includes step of distributing the plurality of labeled groups in a plurality of queues based on a second pre-defined criteria. The method includes step of transmitting the plurality of labeled groups from the plurality of queues to one or more crowdworkers based on a third pre-defined criteria.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2012Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Chithralekha Balamurugan, Shourya Roy, Jacki O'Neill, Sujit Gujar
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Publication number: 20140067451Abstract: The application discloses multi-iterative crowdsourcing systems and methods. Improvements and validations of a crowdsourced job are integrated into the execution process. A job is completed in multiple iterations, with incentives, including reputation enhancements, being provided to users at each iteration. The crowdsourcer has the flexibility to determine the number of iterations, the duration of a job and the incentives and reputation enhancements for each iteration and function.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2012Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: Xerox CorporationInventors: Chithralekha Balamurugan, Nischal Piratla, Shourya Roy
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Publication number: 20140063514Abstract: The application discloses systems and methods for physically sharing a hard copy of a document. The systems and methods include presenting to a user a graphical user interface having printing options for printing the document, where the graphical user interface has an input for receiving an indication by the user that the user is willing to share the hard copy of the document; presenting to the user options for defining characteristics of the hard copy of the document in response to receiving the indication; and publishing at least one of the defined characteristics within a profile page of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2012Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: Xerox CorporationInventors: Shourya Roy, Divya Padmanabhan, Jutta Williamowski, Antonietta Grasso, Yves Hoppenot
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Publication number: 20140058784Abstract: A method and system for recommending suitability of crowdsourcing a business process is provided. The method includes generating a plurality of business requirements pertaining to the business processes, and receiving one or more attributes pertaining to one or more sets of crowdsourced workforce. The method further includes generating at least one of a comparison matrix or an optimization function based on the plurality of business requirements and the one or more attributes pertaining to one or more sets of crowdsourced workforce. Lastly, the method provides a recommendation on the suitability of crowdsourcing the business process based on at least one of the comparison matrix or the optimization function.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2012Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Sujit Gujar, Shourya Roy, Chithralekha Balamurugan, Jacki O'Neill, Meera Sampath
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Publication number: 20140058718Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for translating a text file are disclosed. A text file in a source language is received and text snippets from the text file are extracted. The text snippets are distributed to a first set of remote workers for translation. The translated text snippets are validated by a second set of remote workers and the validated text snippets are used to generate a translated text file.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2012Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicants: INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY, XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Anoop Kunchukuttan, Shourya Roy, Mitesh Khapra, Nicola Cancedda, Pushpak Bhattacharyya
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Publication number: 20140039870Abstract: A method, a system, and a computer program product for translating a document are disclosed. A document in a source language is received and text snippets are extracted from the same. The text snippets are sent to a first set of remote workers for translation and a second set of remote workers for validation. The words in the validated text snippets are assigned a probability score. The words with the highest probability score are combined to generate the translated document.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2012Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: XEROX CORPORATIONInventors: Shourya Roy, Julien Bourdaillet, Gueyoung Jung, Yu An Sun