Method and apparatus of organizing and delivering data to intended recipients

• US 8,959,163 B1
• Filed: 08/04/2011
• Issued: 02/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Open Invention Network LLC
• Original Assignee: Open Invention Network LLC
• Inventors: Ledet, David Gerard
• Primary Examiner(s): Etienne, Ario
• Assistant Examiner(s): MENDAYE, KIDEST H
• Application Number:
  US13/198,520
• Time in Patent Office: 1,293 Days
• Field of Search: 709203-207, 709/224
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/335 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles filtering in web context G06F16/9535, G06F16/9536
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/185 with management of multicast group membership
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/02 using automatic reactions or user delegation, e.g. automatic replies or chatbot-generated messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services

Abstract

Disclosed are an apparatus and method of organizing a plurality of data recipients subscribed to receive information from a leader. An example method may include receiving a plurality of response messages from at least a portion of the plurality of data recipients, and determining a decrease in the plurality of response messages received from the at least a portion of the plurality of data recipients based on a previous number of response messages received. The method may also include removing at least one data recipient from the plurality of data recipients and adding the removed at least one data recipient to a new group of data recipients responsive to the decrease in the plurality of response messages received.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

subscribing a plurality of data recipients to receive posted information from a leader;

receiving a plurality of response messages from at least a portion of the plurality of data recipients;

determining a decrease in the plurality of response messages received from the at least said portion of the plurality of data recipients based on a previous number of response messages received;

determining a number of characters per response of the plurality of response messages;

when the number of characters per response message is lesser related to a more recent response message than related to a less recent response message then removing at least one data recipient from the plurality of data recipients and adding the removed at least one data recipient to said new group of data recipients; and

determining a number of response messages without interaction from the leader for the plurality of response messages; and

when the number of response messages without interaction is lesser related to a more recent response message than related to a less recent response message then removing the at least one data recipient from the plurality of data recipients and adding the removed at least one data recipient to said new group of data recipients.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining a decrease in the plurality of response messages received from the at least said portion of the plurality of data recipients further comprises:

comparing a total number of response messages received related to a first transmitted message to a total number of response messages received related to a second transmitted message; and

determining a percentage decrease in response messages received based on a difference between the total number of response messages received related to the first transmitted message and the total number of response messages received related to the second transmitted message.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

repeating the comparing and determining operations to determine a second percentage decrease in response messages received between the second transmitted message and a third transmitted message, a third percentage decrease in response messages received between the third transmitted message and a fourth transmitted message, and a fourth percentage decrease in response messages received between the fourth transmitted message and a fifth transmitted message; and

determining an average percentage decrease based on the first, second, third and fourth percentage decrease values.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

comparing the average percentage decrease value to a predetermined threshold value and when the average percentage decrease value is less than the predetermined threshold value then removing at least one data recipient from the plurality of data recipients and adding the removed at least one data recipient to said new group of data recipients.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

automatically determining that the at least one data recipient to be removed from the plurality of data recipients based on at least one of a decrease in interest among the plurality of data recipients, a decrease in characters per response messages received, and a decrease in interactions with the leader.

6. An apparatus, comprising:

a memory; and

a processor to;

subscribe a plurality of data recipients to receive posted information from a leader;

receive a plurality of response messages from at least a portion of the plurality of data recipients;

determine a decrease in the plurality of response messages received from the at least said portion of the plurality of data recipients based on a previous number of response messages received;

determine a number of characters per response related to the plurality of response messages, and when the number of characters per response message is lesser related to a more recent response message than related to a less recent response message then remove at least one data recipient from the plurality of data recipients and add the removed at least one data recipient to said new group of data recipients; and

determine a number of response messages without interaction from the leader related to the plurality of response messages, and when the number of response messages without interaction is lesser related to a more recent response message than related to a less recent response message then remove at least one data recipient from the plurality of data recipients and add the removed at least one data recipient to said new group of data recipients.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein to determine a decrease in the plurality of response messages received from the at least said portion of the plurality of data recipients further comprises to:

compare a total number of response messages received related to a first transmitted message to a total number of response messages received related to a second transmitted message, and

determine a percentage decrease in response messages received based on a difference between the total number of response messages received related to the first transmitted message and the total number of response messages received related to the second transmitted message.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the processor repeats the compare and determine operations to determine a second percentage decrease in response messages received between the second transmitted message and a third transmitted message, a third percentage decrease in response messages received between the third transmitted message and a fourth transmitted message, and a fourth percentage decrease in response messages received between the fourth transmitted message and a fifth transmitted message, and to determine an average percentage decrease based on the first, second, third and fourth percentage decrease values.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the processor further compares the average percentage decrease value to a predetermined threshold value and when the average percentage decrease value is less than the predetermined threshold value then remove at least one data recipient from the plurality of data recipients and add the removed at least one data recipient to said new group of data recipients.

10. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the processor automatically determine that the at least one data recipient to be removed from the plurality of data recipients based on at least one of a decrease in interest among the plurality of data recipients, a decrease in characters per response messages received, and a decrease in interactions with the leader.

11. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform:

subscribing a plurality of data recipients to receive posted information from a leader;

receiving a plurality of response messages from at least a portion of the plurality of data recipients;

determining a decrease in the plurality of response messages received from the at least said portion of the plurality of data recipients based on a previous number of response messages received;

determining a number of characters per response related to the plurality of response messages; and

when the number of characters per response message is lesser related to a more recent response message than related to a less recent response message then removing at least one data recipient from the plurality of data recipients and adding the removed at least one data recipient to said new group of data recipients; and

determining a number of response messages without interaction from the leader related to the plurality of response messages; and

when the number of response messages without interaction is lesser related to a more recent response message than related to a less recent response message then removing at least one data recipient from the plurality of data recipients and adding the removed at least one data recipient to said new group of data recipients.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein determining a decrease in the plurality of response messages received from the at least said portion of the plurality of data recipients further comprises:

comparing a total number of response messages received related to a first transmitted message to a total number of response messages received related to a second transmitted message; and

determining a percentage decrease in response messages received based on a difference between the total number of response messages received related to the first transmitted message and the total number of response messages received related to the second transmitted message.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the processor is further performs:

repeating the comparing and determining operations to determine a second percentage decrease in response messages received between the second transmitted message and a third transmitted message, a third percentage decrease in response messages received between the third transmitted message and a fourth transmitted message, and a fourth percentage decrease in response messages received between the fourth transmitted message and a fifth transmitted message; and

determining an average percentage decrease based on the first, second, third and fourth percentage decrease values.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the processor further performs:

comparing the average percentage decrease value to a predetermined threshold value and when the average percentage decrease value is less than the predetermined threshold value then removing at least one data recipient from the plurality of data recipients and adding the removed at least one data recipient to said new group of data recipients.