MUMBAI, India, June 26 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641073150 A) filed by Christ University on June 12, 2026, for A System And Method For Gig Worker Occupational Assessment Using A Gig Work Condition Index.
Inventors include Prithwi Banik; Dr. Chandan Roy; and Dr. Namrata Singha Roy.
The application for the patent was published on June 19, 2026, under issue no. 25/2026.
Abstract: The invention relates to occupational assessment systems and analytics methods for platform-based gig workers, and more particularly to a processor-based system and method for generating a Gig Work Condition Index (GWCI) from structured survey responses. The disclosed arrangement sequentially acquires 5-point Likert scale data for twelve indicators grouped under Physical Health, Mental Health, and Job Satisfaction, performs directional harmonization by reverse coding fatigue, back pain, anxiety related to completing work targets, and worker alienation and isolation feeling, normalizes indicator values to a 0 to 1 scale, and applies statistical validation and Principal Component Analysis to derive indicator-specific weights. Weighted dimension sub-scores are linearly aggregated to form a raw composite occupational score, GWCIraw, which is further standardized to a final GWCI bounded between 0 and 1 and classified into predefined worker-condition groups, thereby enabling consistent individual and category-wise occupational condition assessment across gig-worker segments.
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