Providing geolocation notifications to increase collaboration between users

• US 10,169,741 B2
• Filed: 03/03/2017
• Issued: 01/01/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Garrick, Gloria B., Hamann, Matthew T., Kline, Anne E., Moore, Christopher D., Workman, Travis J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Parry, Chris
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hlaing, Soe M
• Application Number:
  US15/448,921
• Publication Number:
  US 20170178083A1
• Time in Patent Office: 669 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1095 Meeting or appointment
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/00 Information and communication technology [ICT] specially adapted for implementation of business processes of specific business sectors, e.g. utilities or tourism healthcare informatics G16H
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/10 Active monitoring, e.g. heartbeat, ping or trace-route
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users

Abstract

Embodiments herein provide geolocation notifications to increase collaboration between users. Specifically, a collaboration tool is configured to receive, from a social media application, an indication of a geolocation of a first user, as well as information about an availability of the first user and an availability of a second user. These are used to generate a collaborative meeting event for the first user and the second user according to the geolocation of the first user, the availability of the first user, and an availability of the second user. The second user is presented with content based on a next-best-action (NBA) model from which the second user selects content to present to the first user, which is then configured for the first user. As such, the collaboration tool unifies user geolocation and availability information in order to connect interested users with one another in a mutually beneficial way.

Claims

1. A method for providing geolocation notifications to increase collaboration between users, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of:

receiving a geolocation of a first user from a social media application of the first user, information about an availability of the first user from a calendar of the first user and a commercial activity sentiment of the first user based on social media of the first user;

identifying a second user based on social media content that the first user has in common with the second user;

receiving information about a location of the second user from a social media application of the second user and an availability of the second user;

generating a collaborative event for the first user and the second user based on the geolocation and the availability of the first user and the location and the availability of the second user;

presenting the second user with a set of commercial offer content to provide to the first user, the set of commercial offer content being organized by a next-best-action (NBA) predictive and adaptive decision making model that determines a next-best-action based on attributes of the first user from the social media of the first user and an objective and a policy of the second user;

receiving a selection by the second user of commercial offer content from the set of commercial offer content to provide to the first user; and

configuring the commercial offer content based on the geolocation of the first user, a time associated with the commercial offer content, and the commercial activity sentiment of the first user.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising notifying the first user about the collaborative event.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising automatically scheduling the collaborative event in a calendar application.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the collaborative event is one of:

a face-to-face meeting, a telephone call, and a virtual meeting.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the first user providing access to social media content of the first user and the information about an availability of the first user.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising providing a commercial offer to the first user when the first user is within a geographic proximity to a commercial vendor.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the social media content that the first user has in common with the second user comprises a mutual contact among a set of users within a social media application belonging to a network of the first user.

8. A computer system for providing geolocation notifications to increase collaboration between users, the system comprising:

at least one processing unit;

memory operably associated with the at least one processing unit; and

a collaboration tool storable in memory and executable by the at least one processing unit, the collaboration tool comprising;

a location component configured to receive a geolocation of a first user from a social media application of the first user;

a scheduling component configured to;

receive information about an availability of the first user from a calendar of the first user and a commercial activity sentiment of the first user based on social media of the first user;

identify a second user based on social media content that the first user has in common with the second user; and

receive information about a location of the second user from a social media application of the second user and an availability of the second user; and

a notification component configured to;

generate a collaborative event for the first user and the second user based on the geolocation and the availability of the first user and the location and the availability of the second user;

present the second user with a set of commercial offer content to provide to the first user, the set of commercial offer content being organized by a next-best-action (NBA) predictive and adaptive decision making model that determines a next-best-action based on attributes of the first user from the social media of the first user and an objective and a policy of the second user;

receive a selection by the second user of commercial offer content from the set of commercial offer content to provide to the first user; and

configure the commercial offer content based on the geolocation of the first user, a time associated with the commercial offer content, and the commercial activity sentiment of the first user.

9. The computer system according to claim 8, the notification component further configured to notify the first user about the collaborative event.

10. The computer system according to claim 8, the scheduling component further configured to automatically schedule the collaborative event in a calendar application.

11. The computer system according to claim 8, wherein the collaborative event is one of:

a face-to-face meeting, a telephone call, and a virtual meeting.

12. The computer system according to claim 8, the location component further configured to receive, from the first user, access to social media content of the first user and the information about an availability of the first user.

13. The computer system according to claim 8, further comprising a commercial offering component configured to provide a commercial offer to the first user when the first user is within a geographic proximity to a commercial vendor.

14. The computer system according to clam 8, wherein the social media content that the first user has in common with the second user comprises a mutual contact among a set of users within a social media application belonging to a network of the first user.

15. A computer-readable storage device storing computer instructions, which when executed, enables a computer system to provide geolocation notifications to increase collaboration between users, the computer instructions comprising:

receiving a geolocation of a first user from a social media application of the first user, information about an availability of the first user from a calendar of the first user and a commercial activity sentiment of the first user based on social media of the first user;

identifying a second user based on social media content that the first user has in common with the second user;

receiving information about a location of the second user from a social media application of the second user and an availability of the second user;

generating a collaborative event for the first user and the second user based on the geolocation and the availability of the first user and the location and the availability of the second user;

presenting the second user with a set of commercial offer content to provide to the first user, the set of commercial offer content being organized by a next-best-action (NBA) predictive and adaptive decision making model that determines a next-best-action based on attributes of the first user from the social media of the first user and an objective and a policy of the second user;

receiving a selection by the second user of commercial offer content from the set of commercial offer content to provide to the first user; and

configuring the commercial offer content based on the geolocation of the first user, a time associated with the commercial offer content, and the commercial activity sentiment of the first user.

16. The computer-readable storage device according to claim 15, the computer instructions further comprising notifying the first user about the collaborative event.

17. The computer-readable storage device according to claim 15, the computer instructions further comprising automatically scheduling the collaborative event in a calendar application.

18. The computer system according to claim 15, wherein the collaborative event is one of:

a face-to-face meeting, a telephone call, and a virtual meeting.

19. The computer-readable storage device according to claim 15, the computer instructions further comprising providing access, by the first user, to social media content of the first user and the information about an availability of the first user.

20. The computer-readable storage device according to claim 15, wherein the social media content that the first user has in common with the second user comprises a mutual contact among a set of users within a social media application belonging to a network of the first user.