Specification of environment required for crowdsourcing tasks
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Oct 28, 2014
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Embodiments of the invention are associated with crowdsourcing, wherein a computing environment comprising all of the tools and other resources required to perform a specified task can be made available to all prospective participants, as a virtual machine image. One embodiment of the invention is directed to a method associated with a particular task that is provided by a task requester, wherein the particular task is to be performed by means of a crowdsourcing process. The method comprises the steps of selecting a plurality of participants, wherein each participant of the plurality is qualified to perform the particular task, and specifying a computing environment that comprises a set of resources, wherein each resource is required to perform the particular task. A virtual machine image that contains each of the resources of the set is constructed, and is then made available for use by each selected participant of the plurality.
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