Using location and propensity based predictive analytics to provide mobile message QOS

• US 9,161,169 B2
• Filed: 01/02/2014
• Issued: 10/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/02/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Amrhein, Dustin K., Berg, Douglas C., Gaur, Nitin, Johnson, Christopher D.
• Primary Examiner(s): DOAN, PHUOC HUU
• Application Number:
  US14/146,502
• Publication Number:
  US 20150189474A1
• Time in Patent Office: 649 Days
• Field of Search: 455/456.3, 455/435, 715/751, 709/217
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters

Abstract

In the sending messages, a notification system determines locations of mobile devices and user profiles for users of the mobile devices, identifies a target message for a target device, determines a number of users with overlapping target message candidacy based on the locations and the user profiles, and determines whether the number of users exceed a predetermined threshold. If the number of users exceeds the predetermined threshold, the notification system determines a target message trigger time based on when the number of users exceed a predetermined threshold, determines a target message assembly time and a target message delivery time, and determines whether a sum of the target message assembly time and the target message delivery time is less than a difference between a current time and the trigger time. If so, then a sending of the target message to the target device for displaying at the target device is triggered.

Claims

1. A method for sending messages, comprising:

determining locations of a plurality of mobile devices and user profiles for a plurality of users of the plurality of mobile devices;

identifying at least one target message for at least one target device;

determining, by a computing processor, a number of users with overlapping target message candidacy based on the locations and the user profiles;

determining whether the number of users exceed a predetermined threshold; and

in response to determining that the number of users exceed the predetermined threshold;

determining, by the computing processor, a target message trigger time based on when the number of users exceed a predetermined threshold;

determining, by the computing processor, a target message assembly time for assembly the target message and a target message delivery time for delivering the target message to the target device;

determining whether a sum of the target message assembly time and the target message delivery time is less than a difference between a current time and the trigger time; and

in response to determining that the sum of the target message assembly time and the target message delivery time is less than the difference between the current time and the trigger time, triggering a sending of the target message to the target device for displaying at the target device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining the number of users with overlapping target message candidacy based on the locations and the user profiles comprises:

determining the number of users with overlapping locations and user profiles that match one or more predetermined parameters corresponding to the target message.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein in response to determining that the number of users does not exceed the predetermined threshold, not triggering the sending of the target message to the target device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein in response to the triggering of the sending of the target message to the target device, assembling the target message and sending the target message to the target device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the trigger time comprises a start time and a stop time of when the number of users with overlapping target message candidacy exceeds the threshold.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the target device comprises the mobile devices of the users with overlapping target message candidacy, wherein the target message is sent to each of the mobile devices of the users with overlapping target message candidacy.

7. A computer program product for sending messages, the computer program product comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the program code executable by a processor to;

determine locations of a plurality of mobile devices and user profiles for a plurality of users of the plurality of mobile devices;

identify at least one target message for at least one target device;

determine a number of users with overlapping target message candidacy based on the locations and the user profiles;

determine whether the number of users exceed a predetermined threshold; and

in response to determining that the number of users exceed the predetermined threshold;

determine a target message trigger time based on when the number of users exceed a predetermined threshold;

determine a target message assembly time for assembly the target message and a target message delivery time for delivering the target message to the target device;

determine whether a sum of the target message assembly time and the target message delivery time is less than a difference between a current time and the trigger time; and

in response to determining that the sum of the target message assembly time and the target message delivery time is less than the difference between the current time and the trigger time, trigger a sending of the target message to the target device for displaying at the target device.

8. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the program code executable by the processor to determine the number of users with overlapping target message candidacy based on the locations and the user profiles is further executable to:

determine the number of users with overlapping locations and user profiles that match one or more predetermined parameters corresponding to the target message.

9. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein in response to determining that the number of users does not exceed the predetermined threshold, not trigger the sending of the target message to the target device.

10. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein in response to the triggering of the sending of the target message to the target device, assemble the target message and send the target message to the target device.

11. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the trigger time comprises a start time and a stop time of when the number of users with overlapping target message candidacy exceeds the threshold.

12. The computer program product of claim 7, wherein the target device comprises the mobile devices of the users with overlapping target message candidacy, wherein the target message is sent to each of the mobile devices of the users with overlapping target message candidacy.

13. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the program code executable by the processor to;

determine locations of a plurality of mobile devices and user profiles for a plurality of users of the plurality of mobile devices;

identify at least one target message for at least one target device;

determine a number of users with overlapping target message candidacy based on the locations and the user profiles;

determine whether the number of users exceed a predetermined threshold; and

in response to determining that the number of users exceed the predetermined threshold;

determine a target message trigger time based on when the number of users exceed a predetermined threshold;

determine a target message assembly time for assembly the target message and a target message delivery time for delivering the target message to the target device;

determine whether a sum of the target message assembly time and the target message delivery time is less than a difference between a current time and the trigger time; and

in response to determining that the sum of the target message assembly time and the target message delivery time is less than the difference between the current time and the trigger time, trigger a sending of the target message to the target device for displaying at the target device.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the program code executable by the processor to determine the number of users with overlapping target message candidacy based on the locations and the user profiles is further executable to:

determine the number of users with overlapping locations and user profiles that match one or more predetermined parameters corresponding to the target message.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein in response to determining that the number of users does not exceed the predetermined threshold, not trigger the sending of the target message to the target device.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein in response to the triggering of the sending of the target message to the target device, assemble the target message and send the target message to the target device.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein the trigger time comprises a start time and a stop time of when the number of users with overlapping target message candidacy exceeds the threshold.

18. The system of claim 13, wherein the target device comprises the mobile devices of the users with overlapping target message candidacy, wherein the target message is sent to each of the mobile devices of the users with overlapping target message candidacy.