METRIC-BASED EVENTS FOR SOCIAL NETWORKS

• US 20100257113A1
• Filed: 04/06/2009
• Published: 10/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Dorrell, Wade Clark
• Application Number:
  US12/418,625
• Publication Number:
  US 20100257113A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/319
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

Events occurring with respect to metrics are defined. When an event occurs with respect to a metric, a notification of the event is generated in a social network, such as an enterprise social network. The notification might include the name of a user associated with the event and the name of the event. Comments may be left regarding the notification of the event. The comments can be retrieved and analyzed.

Claims

1. A computer storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereupon which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

receive an actual value for a metric;

receive a threshold value for the metric;

determine whether an event has occurred with respect to the metric by comparing the actual value to the threshold value; and

to

cause a notification of the event to be generated in a social network in response to determining that the event has occurred.

2. The computer storage medium of claim 1, having further computer-executable instructions stored thereupon which, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to receive a name for the threshold value, and wherein causing a notification of the event to be generated in the social network comprises causing the name to be displayed in an event feed of the social network.

3. The computer storage medium of claim 1, having further computer-executable instructions stored thereupon which, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to:

retrieve one or more comments relating to the notification of the event from the event feed; and

to

determine the importance of the event by analyzing the retrieved comments.

4. The computer storage medium of claim 3, wherein the social network comprises an enterprise social network.

5. The computer storage medium of claim 4, wherein causing a notification of the event to be generated in the social network comprises pushing a notification of the event into the social network.

6. The computer storage medium of claim 4, wherein causing a notification of the event to be generated in the social network comprises making the notification of the event available for retrieval.

7. The computer storage medium of claim 4, wherein the metric comprises a key performance indicator (KPI).

8. The computer storage medium of claim 7, wherein the notification of the event comprises the name and a name of a user associated with the event.

9. A computer-implemented method for providing a notification of the occurrence of a metric-based event in a social network, the computer-implemented method comprising performing computer-implemented operations for:

receiving a threshold value for the metric and a name associated with the threshold value;

retrieving an actual value for the metric;

determining whether an event occurred with respect to the metric by comparing the actual value to the threshold value; and

causing a notification of the occurrence of the event to be generated in a social network in response to determining that the event occurred.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, wherein the notification comprises the name associated with the threshold value.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein the notification further comprises the name of a user associated with the actual value.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein causing a notification of the occurrence of the event to be generated in a social network comprises causing the notification of the event to be generated in an event feed of the social network.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, wherein causing a notification of the occurrence of the event to be generated in a social network comprises pushing the notification of the event into the social network.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, wherein causing a notification of the occurrence of the event to be generated in a social network comprises making the notification of the event available for retrieval.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, wherein the social network comprises an enterprise social network.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, further comprising:

retrieving one or more comments relating to the notification of the event from the event feed; and

determining the importance of the event by analyzing the retrieved comments.

17. A computer storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereupon which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

determine based upon an actual value for a metric and a threshold value for the metric whether an event has occurred with respect to the metric;

in response to determining that an event has occurred with respect to the metric, to cause a notification of the event to be generated in an event feed of an enterprise social network;

retrieve one or more comments regarding the notification of the event from the event feed of the enterprise social network; and

to

determine the importance of the event based upon the comments.

18. The computer-storage medium of claim 17, wherein causing a notification of the occurrence of the event to be generated in a social network comprises pushing the notification of the event into the social network.

19. The computer-storage medium of claim 17, wherein causing a notification of the occurrence of the event to be generated in a social network comprises making the notification of the event available for retrieval.

20. The computer-storage medium of claim 19, wherein the notification comprises a name associated with the threshold value and the name of a user associated with the actual value.