Real life to digital life event correlation

• US 10,270,725 B2
• Filed: 01/08/2018
• Issued: 04/23/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Childress, Rhonda L., Gupta, Manvendra, Hyman, Stewart
• Primary Examiner(s): Rubin, Blake J
• Application Number:
  US15/864,118
• Publication Number:
  US 20180145939A1
• Time in Patent Office: 470 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/215 Improving data quality; Data cleansing, e.g. de-duplication, removing invalid entries or correcting typographical errors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/42 Mailbox-related aspects, e.g. synchronisation of mailboxes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services

Abstract

A method and system for correlating events with social media is provided. The method includes retrieving from a social network, social network data associated with users of the social network. The social network data is associated with event data associated with a user of the users. Temporary actions associated with a social network account of the user are enabled and a notification is transmitted to a group of users. In response, confirmation data associated with enabling the temporary actions is received from the group of users and permanent actions associated with the temporary actions are enabled.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

associating, by a computer processor of a computing system, results of analyzing social network data, associated with users of at least one social network, with event data associated with a user of said users;

enabling, by said computer processor based on said results of said analyzing, temporary actions associated with a social network account of said user, wherein said social network account of said user is associated with said at least one social network;

receiving, by said computer processor from a group of users of said users in response to a notification indicating said temporary actions and associated reasons for said temporary actions, confirmation data associated with said enabling said temporary actions and said associated reasons for said temporary actions;

enabling, by said computer processor based on said confirmation data, permanent actions associated with said temporary actions, wherein said results of said analyzing and said confirmation data indicate that said user is no longer available for access to said social network account, wherein said enabling said permanent actions comprises;

disabling said social network account of said user; and

disabling updates associated with said social network account of said user to/from said group of users;

receiving, by said computer processor from said user, an email confirmation indicating that said user is available for access to said social network account, wherein said email confirmation is associated with a registered email address associated with said social network account;

retrieving, by said computer processor from a Web camera of a device belonging to said user in response to a request for video evidence indicating that said user is available for access to said social network account, a current photo of said user;

retrieving, by said computer processor from said social network account additional photos of said user;

comparing, by said computer processor, said current photo to said additional photos of said user;

determining, by said computer processor in response to results of said comparing, a match between said current photo and a photo of said additional photos; and

enabling said updates associated with said social network account, being enabled, of said user with respect to said group of users.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said results of said analyzing and said confirmation data indicate that said user is no longer available for access to said social network account, wherein said enabling said permanent actions comprises:

maintaining said social network account of said user; and

disabling updates/posts associated with said social network account of said user.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said results of said analyzing and said confirmation data indicate that said user is no longer available for access to said social network account, wherein said enabling said permanent actions comprises:

maintaining said social network account of said user; and

enabling, for a specified time period, updates/posts associated with said social network account of said user.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

retrieving, by said computer processor from media outlets, said event data.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

retrieving, by said computer processor from law enforcement agencies, said event data.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

performing, by said computer processor, a text analytics process with respect to said social network data; and

generating, by said computer processor based on results of said performing said text analytics process, said event data.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

performing, by said computer processor, a video analytics process with respect to said social network data; and

generating, by said computer processor based on results of said performing said video analytics process, said event data.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

analyzing, by said computer processor, relationships of said users with respect to said social network data; and

generating, by said computer processor based on results of said analyzing said relationships of said users, said event data.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing at least one support service for at least one of creating, integrating, hosting, maintaining, and deploying computer-readable code in the computing system, said code being executed by the computer processor to implement;

said associating, said enabling said temporary actions, said receiving said confirmation data, and said enabling said permanent actions.

10. A computing system comprising a computer processor coupled to a computer-readable memory unit, said memory unit comprising instructions that when executed by the computer processor implements a method comprising:

associating, by said computer processor, results of analyzing social network data, associated with users of at least one social network, with event data associated with a user of said users;

enabling, by said computer processor based on said results of said analyzing, temporary actions associated with a social network account of said user, wherein said social network account of said user is associated with said at least one social network;

receiving, by said computer processor from a group of users of said users in response to a notification indicating said temporary actions and associated reasons for said temporary actions, confirmation data associated with said enabling said temporary actions and said associated reasons for said temporary actions;

enabling, by said computer processor based on said confirmation data, permanent actions associated with said temporary actions, wherein said results of said analyzing and said confirmation data indicate that said user is no longer available for access to said social network account, wherein said enabling said permanent actions comprises;

disabling said social network account of said user; and

disabling updates associated with said social network account of said user to/from said group of users;

receiving, by said computer processor from said user, an email confirmation indicating that said user is available for access to said social network account, wherein said email confirmation is associated with a registered email address associated with said social network account;

retrieving, by said computer processor from a Web camera of a device belonging to said user in response to a request for video evidence indicating that said user is available for access to said social network account, a current photo of said user;

retrieving, by said computer processor from said social network account additional photos of said user;

comparing, by said computer processor, said current photo to said additional photos of said user;

determining, by said computer processor in response to results of said comparing, a match between said current photo and a photo of said additional photos; and

enabling said updates associated with said social network account, being enabled, of said user with respect to said group of users.

11. The computing system of claim 10, wherein said results of said analyzing and said confirmation data indicate that said user is no longer available for access to said social network account, wherein said enabling said permanent actions comprises:

maintaining said social network account of said user; and

disabling updates/posts associated with said social network account of said user.

12. The computing system of claim 10, wherein said results of said analyzing and said confirmation data indicate that said user is no longer available for access to said social network account, wherein said enabling said permanent actions comprises:

maintaining said social network account of said user; and

enabling, for a specified time period, updates/posts associated with said social network account of said user.

13. The computing system of claim 10, wherein said method further comprises:

retrieving, by said computer processor from media outlets, said event data.

14. The computing system of claim 10, wherein said method further comprises:

retrieving, by said computer processor from law enforcement agencies, said event data.

15. The computing system of claim 10, wherein said method further comprises:

performing, by said computer processor, a text analytics process with respect to said social network data; and

generating, by said computer processor based on results of said performing said text analytics process, said event data.

16. The computing system of claim 10, wherein said method further comprises:

performing, by said computer processor, a video analytics process with respect to said social network data; and

generating, by said computer processor based on results of said performing said video analytics process, said event data.

17. The computing system of claim 10, wherein said method further comprises:

analyzing, by said computer processor, relationships of said users with respect to said social network data; and

generating, by said computer processor based on results of said analyzing said relationships of said users, said event data.

18. A computer program product, comprising a computer readable hardware storage device storing a computer readable program code, said computer readable program code comprising an algorithm that when executed by a computer processor of a computer system implements a method, said method comprising:

associating, by said computer processor, results of analyzing social network data, associated with users of at least one social network, with event data associated with a user of said users;

enabling, by said computer processor based on said results of said analyzing, temporary actions associated with a social network account of said user, wherein said social network account of said user is associated with said at least one social network;

receiving, by said computer processor from a group of users of said users in response to a notification indicating said temporary actions and associated reasons for said temporary actions, confirmation data associated with said enabling said temporary actions and said associated reasons for said temporary actions;

enabling, by said computer processor based on said confirmation data, permanent actions associated with said temporary actions, wherein said results of said analyzing and said confirmation data indicate that said user is no longer available for access to said social network account, wherein said enabling said permanent actions comprises;

disabling said social network account of said user; and

disabling updates associated with said social network account of said user to/from said group of users;

receiving, by said computer processor from said user, an email confirmation indicating that said user is available for access to said social network account, wherein said email confirmation is associated with a registered email address associated with said social network account;

retrieving, by said computer processor from a Web camera of a device belonging to said user in response to a request for video evidence indicating that said user is available for access to said social network account, a current photo of said user;

retrieving, by said computer processor from said social network account additional photos of said user;

comparing, by said computer processor, said current photo to said additional photos of said user;

determining, by said computer processor in response to results of said comparing, a match between said current photo and a photo of said additional photos; and

enabling said updates associated with said social network account, being enabled, of said user with respect to said group of users.

19. The computer program product of claim 18, wherein said results of said analyzing and said confirmation data indicate that said user is no longer available for access to said social network account, wherein said enabling said permanent actions comprises:

maintaining said social network account of said user; and

disabling updates/posts associated with said social network account of said user.

20. The computer program product of claim 18, wherein said results of said analyzing and said confirmation data indicate that said user is no longer available for access to said social network account, wherein said enabling said permanent actions comprises:

maintaining said social network account of said user; and

enabling, for a specified time period, updates/posts associated with said social network account of said user.