TECHNOLOGY FOR GENERATING A MULTI-USER RESPONSE IN A NETWORK

• US 20180255065A1
• Filed: 01/25/2018
• Published: 09/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: BASTIDE, PAUL R., BROOMHALL, MATTHEW E., EVANS, THOMAS J., LOREDO, ROBERT E.
• Granted Patent: US 10,447,698 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/02 using automatic reactions or user delegation, e.g. automatic replies or chatbot-generated messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/101 Access control lists [ACL]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/104 Grouping of entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

In a computer system implemented method for generating an authorized response to a message in a network, the computer system detects a message sent by an originator via a network. The computer system selects a group of users to contribute to the authorized response to the message based on the computer system analyzing the message. Users selected by the computer system are notified that they are selected to contribute to the authorized response. The computer system receives input data for the authorized response from respective ones of the users of the group and generates the authorized response based on the input data. The computer system sends the authorized response to the originator via the network.

Claims

1. A computer system implemented method for generating an authorized response to a message in a network, the method comprising:

detecting, by the computer system, a message sent by an originator via a network;

selecting a group of users to contribute to the authorized response to the message, including selecting by the computer system based on the computer system analyzing the message by the computer system;

notifying the users selected by the computer system that the users are selected by the computer system to contribute to the authorized response;

receiving input data by the computer system for the authorized response from respective ones of the users of the group;

generating the authorized response by the computer system based on the input data; and

sending the authorized response to the originator via the network by the computer system.

2. The method of claim 1, where generating the authorized response comprises marking, by the computer system, the authorized response sent to the originator via the network by the computer system, wherein the marking of the authorized response indicates that the response is authorized.

3. The method of claim 1 comprising:

receiving, by the computer system from a user who is selected by the computer system to contribute to the authorized response, a selection of another user to contribute to the authorized response.

4. The method of claim 3 comprising:

blocking, by the computer system, a response to the message from a user who is not one of the users who are selected by the computer system and who is not selected by one of the users who are selected by the computer system.

5. The method of claim 3 comprising:

sending as an unauthorized response, by the computer system, a response to the message from a user who is not one of the users who are selected by the computer system and who is not selected by one of the users who are selected by the computer system, including the computer system adding a marking to the unauthorized response that indicates the response is unauthorized.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the input data received by the computer system for the authorized response includes respective initial responses for the respective ones of the users of the group and wherein the generating of the authorized response by the computer system based on the input data comprises:

combining the respective initial responses.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the input data received by the computer system for the authorized response includes choices from the respective ones of the users of the group and wherein the combining of the respective initial responses comprises:

combining the respective initial responses responsive to the choices.