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Darren Francis Gehring

Jaime Brooks Teevan

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Kristina Nikolova Toutanova

Daniel John Liebling

Semiha Ece Kamar Eden

Robert Warren Gruen

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Shamsi Tamara Iqbal

Ann M Paradiso

Anthony Lee Carbary

Edits on a content item, such as a document, are divided into microtasks. The microtasks associated with a document can be automatically identified based on a workflow or can be identified by a user associated with the content item or an administrator. At a later time, the user can complete the microtasks for a content item using an application associated with their smart phone or tablet. The application may present the microtasks in a game-like environment where the user can compete with other users based on metrics such as number of microtasks completed in a day or fastest completion time. In addition, the user can earn rewards such as badges, coupons, or credits by completing microtasks. In this way, users can use time that would have been wasted playing games to complete their content items, while still experiencing some of the fun and competition associated with the games.

Providing rewards and metrics for completion of microtasks

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Darren Francis Gehring