Patents by Inventor Venu Gopal NAYAR

Venu Gopal NAYAR 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).

  • Distributing tasks to workers in a crowd-sourcing workforce
    Patent number: 10671947
    Abstract: One embodiment of the invention disclosed herein provides techniques for distributing tasks to skilled workers participating in a managed crowd-sourcing workforce. A crowd worker routing system receives a request for a task assignment from a first worker participating in the crowd-sourcing workforce. The crowd worker routing system retrieves one or more scores associated with the first worker, wherein each score is related to the performance of the first worker with respect to completing a prior set of task assignments. The crowd worker routing system determines that a first task assignment included in a first set of task assignments is related to a first score included in the one or more scores. The crowd worker routing system determines whether to route the first task assignment to the first worker for completion based on the first score and one or more routing rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: NETFLIX, INC.
    Inventors: Venu Gopal Nayar, David Chen, Aroon Ramadoss, Ryan Schroeder, Vinod Vishwanathan
  • DISTRIBUTING TASKS TO WORKERS IN A CROWD-SOURCING WORKFORCE
    Publication number: 20150254596
    Abstract: One embodiment of the invention disclosed herein provides techniques for distributing tasks to skilled workers participating in a managed crowd-sourcing workforce. A crowd worker routing system receives a request for a task assignment from a first worker participating in the crowd-sourcing workforce. The crowd worker routing system retrieves one or more scores associated with the first worker, wherein each score is related to the performance of the first worker with respect to completing a prior set of task assignments. The crowd worker routing system determines that a first task assignment included in a first set of task assignments is related to a first score included in the one or more scores. The crowd worker routing system determines whether to route the first task assignment to the first worker for completion based on the first score and one or more routing rules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Applicant: NETFLIX, INC.
    Inventors: Venu Gopal NAYAR, David CHEN, Aroon RAMADOSS, Ryan SCHROEDER, Vinod VISHWANATHAN