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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 29, 2017
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Kelley Anders, East New Market, MD (US);

Jeremy R. Fox, Georgetown, TX (US);

Leo Kluger, Spring Valley, NY (US);

William Reilly, Cary, NC (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/00 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); G06F 16/48 (2019.01); G06F 16/2458 (2019.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 9/54 (2013.01); G06F 16/2465 (2019.01); G06F 16/48 (2019.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2013.01); G06F 2216/03 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, by a computing device, information identifying the presence of a crowdsourcing event; receiving, by a computing device, indirect crowdsourcing data including user device activity from a plurality of user devices within a geofence associated with the crowdsourcing event; generating, by the computing device, indirect crowdsourcing data records based on the indirect crowdsourcing data; receiving, by the computing device, a query relating to the crowdsourcing event; generating, by the computing device, a query response in response to the query based on the indirect crowdsourcing data records; and providing by the computing device, the query response.


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