Alert modification based on social media activity

• US 10,326,726 B1
• Filed: 12/01/2017
• Issued: 06/18/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: DeLuca, Lisa Seacat, Greenberger, Jeremy, Greenberger, Zachary
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Nam V
• Application Number:
  US15/828,519
• Publication Number:
  US 20190173826A1
• Time in Patent Office: 564 Days
• Field of Search: 340 751- 758, 340501, 340540, 340 76, 709203, 709206, 709217, 709219, 709223, 709224, 455574, 455567, 455425
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/008 Alarm setting and unsetting, i.e. arming or disarming of the security system
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/22 using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 6/00 Tactile signalling systems, e.g. personal calling systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/226 Delivery according to priorities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72484 wherein functions are triggered by incoming communication events

Abstract

An alert system and method may include receiving a notification message, identifying a content of the notification message, in response to receiving the notification message, analyzing a social media activity of the user to determine that the content of the notification message is relevant to the social media activity of the user, and alerting, by the processor, the user of the notification message in accordance with a modified alert preference.

Claims

1. A method for alert modification based on a social media activity of a user, the method comprising:

receiving, by a processor of a computing system, an incoming notification message from a notification source positioned within a venue;

identifying, by the processor, a content of the incoming notification message, in response to receiving the incoming notification message;

analyzing, by the processor, the social media activity of the user to determine that the content of the incoming notification message is relevant to the social media activity of the user;

modifying, by the processor, a default alert preference based on a relevancy between the incoming notification message and the social media activity of the user so that the user is alerted to the incoming notification message in accordance with a modified alert preference;

alerting, by the processor, the user of the incoming notification message in accordance with the modified alert preference; and

wherein analyzing the social media activity includes analyzing a history of shared social media content of the user for a specified data range measured from receiving the notification message.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the modified alert preference is distinguishable from a default alert preference that is used for notification messages that are determined to not be relevant to the social media activity.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the modified alert preference has a varying time duration, and is selected from the group consisting of:

a short vibration, a long vibration, the short vibration and a ringtone, the long vibration and the ringtone, a silent notification, a flashing notification, the silent notification and the flashing notification, a tone, a color, and a combination thereof.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the modified alert preference includes a change in volume, a change in font size, a change in font style, such as bold, italics, and underlined font, a change in vibration.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the analyzing further includes determining a sentiment and an intention of the social media activity of the user.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

repeating, by the processor, the alerting of the notification message when an alert preference is modified.

7. A computer system, comprising:

a processor;

a memory device coupled to the processor; and

a computer readable storage device coupled to the processor, wherein the storage device contains program code executable by the processor via the memory device to implement a method for alert modification based on a social media activity of a user, the method comprising;

receiving, by a processor of a computing system, an incoming notification message from a notification source positioned within a venue;

identifying, by the processor, a content of the incoming notification message, in response to receiving the incoming notification message;

analyzing, by the processor, the social media activity of the user to determine that the content of the incoming notification message is relevant to the social media activity of the user;

modifying, by the processor, a default alert preference based on a relevancy between the incoming notification message and the social media activity of the user so that the user is alerted to the incoming notification message in accordance with a modified alert preference;

alerting, by the processor, the user of the incoming notification message in accordance with the modified alert preference; and

wherein analyzing the social media activity includes analyzing a history of shared social media content of the user for a specified data range measured from receiving the notification message.

8. The computer system of claim 7, wherein the modified alert, preference is distinguishable from a default alert preference that is used for notification messages that are determined to not be relevant to the social media activity.

9. The computer system of claim 7, wherein the modified alert preference has a varying time duration, and is selected from the group consisting of:

a short vibration, a long vibration, the short vibration and a ringtone, the long vibration and the ringtone, a silent notification, a flashing notification, the silent notification and the flashing notification, a tone, a color, and a combination thereof.

10. The computer system of claim 7, wherein the modified alert preference includes a change in volume, a change in font size, a change in font style, such as bold, italics, and underlined font, a change in vibration.

11. The computer system of claim 7, wherein the analyzing further includes determining a sentiment and an intention of the social media activity of the user.

12. The computer system of claim 7, further comprising:

repeating, by the processor, the alerting of the notification message when an alert preference is modified.

13. A computer program product, comprising a computer readable hardware storage device storing a computer readable program code, the computer readable program code comprising an algorithm that when executed by a computer processor of a computing system implements a method for alert modification based on a social media activity of a user, the method comprising:

receiving, by a processor of a computing system, an incoming notification message from a notification source positioned within a venue;

identifying, by the processor, a content of the incoming notification message, in response to receiving the incoming notification message;

analyzing, by the processor, the social media activity of the user to determine that the content of the incoming notification message is relevant to the social media activity of the user;

modifying, by the processor, a default alert preference based on a relevancy between the incoming notification message and the social media activity of the user so that the user is alerted to the incoming notification message in accordance with a modified alert preference;

alerting, by the processor, the user of the incoming notification message in accordance with the modified alert preference; and

wherein analyzing the social media activity includes analyzing a history of shared social media content of the user for a specified data range measured from receiving the notification message.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the modified alert-preference is distinguishable from a default alert preference that is used for notification messages that are determined to not be relevant to the social media activity.

15. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the modified alert preference has a varying time duration, and is selected from the group consisting of:

a short vibration, a long vibration, the short vibration and a ringtone, the long vibration and the ringtone, a silent notification, a flashing notification, the silent notification and the flashing notification, a tone, a color, and a combination thereof.

16. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the modified alert preference includes a change in volume, a change in font size, a change in font style, such as bold, italics, and underlined font, a change in vibration.

17. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the analyzing further includes determining a sentiment and an intention of the social media activity of the user.