EVENT DETERMINATION AND INVITATION GENERATION

• US 20140095597A1
• Filed: 09/28/2012
• Published: 04/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Company Limited (ByteDance Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: McNeil, Kristin E., Mun, Soomi
• Granted Patent: US 9,858,591 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1095 Meeting or appointment
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0252 based on events or environment, e.g. weather or festivals
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

An invitation is created on a social network. To create the invitation, a computer receives, from a social networking program operating on a first computer system by an event program operating on a second computer system, data from a social networking post. The computer identifies, by the event program, information from the data associated with a first member of a social network. The computer determines whether the information includes information about a future event that the first member intends to participate in. The computer generates an invitation to a second member of the social network for the future event based on the information about the future event. The computer transmits the invitation for the social networking post for sending by the social networking program to a user device of the second member of the social network.

Claims

1. A method for creating an invitation on a social network, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving, from a social networking program operating on a first computer system by an event program operating on a second computer system, data from a social networking post;

identifying, by the event program, information from the data associated with a first member of a social network;

determining, by the event program, whether the information includes information about a future event that the first member intends to participate in; and

generating, by the event program, an invitation to a second member of the social network for the future event based on the information about the future event.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

transmitting, by the event program, the invitation for the social networking post for sending by the social networking program to a user device of the second member of the social network.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

receiving, by the event program, a correction to the information about the future event from a user device of the first member of the social network.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

receiving, by the event program, additional information about the future event from a user device of the first member of the social network.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

receiving, by the event program, a selection of the second member of the social network from a user device of the first member of the social network.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of:

receiving, by the event program, an acceptance of the invitation from a user device of the second member of the social network.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining whether the information includes information about a future event includes performing text analytics on the information.

8. A computer program product for creating an invitation on a social network, the computer program product comprising:

one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to receive, from a social networking program, data from a social networking post;

program instructions to identify information from the data associated with a first member of a social network;

program instructions to determine whether the information includes information about a future event that the first member intends to participate in; and

program instructions to generate an invitation to a second member of the social network for the future event based on the information about the future event.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, further comprising:

program instructions to transmit the invitation for the social networking post for sending by the social networking program to a user device of the second member of the social network.

10. The computer program product of claim 8, further comprising:

program instructions to receive a correction to the information about the future event from a user device of the first member of the social network.

11. The computer program product of claim 8, further comprising:

program instructions to receive additional information about the future event from a user device of the first member of the social network.

12. The computer program product of claim 8, further comprising:

program instructions to receive a selection of the second member of the social network from a user device of the first member of the social network.

13. The computer program product of claim 8, further comprising:

program instructions to receive an acceptance of the invitation from a user device of the second member of the social network.

14. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein determining whether the information includes information about a future event includes performing text analytics on the information.

15. A system for creating an invitation on a social network, the system comprising:

one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, one or more computer-readable tangible storage devices, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to receive, from a social networking program, data from a social networking post;

program instructions to identify information from the data associated with a first member of a social network;

program instructions to determine whether the information includes information about a future event that the first member intends to participate in; and

program instructions to generate an invitation to a second member of the social network for the future event based on the information about the future event.

16. The system of claim 15, further comprising:

program instructions to transmit the invitation for the social networking post for sending by the social networking program to a user device of the second member of the social network.

17. The system of claim 15, further comprising:

program instructions to receive a correction to the information about the future event from a user device of the first member of the social network.

18. The system of claim 15, further comprising:

program instructions to receive additional information about the future event from a user device of the first member of the social network.

19. The system of claim 15, further comprising:

program instructions to receive a selection of the second member of the social network from a user device of the first member of the social network.

20. The system of claim 15, further comprising:

program instructions to receive an acceptance of the invitation from a user device of the second member of the social network.