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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:
Dec. 26, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 19, 2017
Applicant:

Bugcrowd, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventor:

Jonathan Cran, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Bugcrowd Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/0631 (2023.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06Q 50/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/063114 (2013.01); G06Q 10/063112 (2013.01); G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); H04L 63/1433 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques for improving communication and expectation setting between various parties/communities of a crowdsourced platform are disclosed. The platform is used for reporting issues in a target system, program or product. A customer/subscriber entity enters a target brief in the platform. In response, a researcher enters a submission in the system. If the submission is valid, it is presented to the customer and a response-time or service level agreement (SLA) timer is started. If the customer agrees with the submission, it is marked as complete and the researcher is paid. If the customer disputes the submission, a third-party intervenes and the timer is paused until dispute resolution. If the submission requires more information the researcher is requested accordingly and the timer is reset. If at any point, the timer expires, the parties are notified and the submission is closed.


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