Patent ID: 8121888

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for automatically facilitating improvement of results of task performance, the method comprising: receiving, by a computer, a first of a plurality of tasks having an associated first payment amount for successful performance of the first task in accordance with one or more associated first criteria for results of the performance; receiving, by the computer, a second of the plurality of tasks that is distinct from the first task, the second task having an associated second payment amount for successful performance of the second task in accordance with one or more associated second criteria that include one or more validation tests for results of the performance of the second task; providing to a task requester, by the computer, first performance results for the first task that are generated by a task performer; receiving from the task requester, by the computer, information indicating: a partial payment amount for the first performance results based at least in part on the first performance results partially satisfying the first criteria associated with the first task, the partial payment amount being less than the first payment amount for the first task, and one or more results improvement options for improving the first performance results that each have an indicated supplemental payment amount for improving the first performance results in accordance with that option; providing, by the computer, the received information to the task performer; in response to receiving supplemental results for the first task that are generated by the task performer in accordance with one of the results improvement options, initiating, by the computer, supplying of the supplemental payment amount associated with the one results improvement option to the task performer; and in response to receiving, by the computer, second performance results for the second task that are generated by one or more task performers, determining that the second performance results satisfy the second criteria by applying at least one of the validation tests to the second performance results; and supplying the second payment amount to the one or more task performers.