Transmittal of blocked message notification

• US 9,231,899 B2
• Filed: 01/13/2012
• Issued: 01/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated (Kyndryl Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Balasubramanian, Swaminathan, Bansal, Ravi P., O'Connell, Brian M., Jones, Andrew R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Coulter, Kenneth R
• Application Number:
  US13/350,103
• Publication Number:
  US 20130185361A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,453 Days
• Field of Search: 709204-206, 709/223, 709/224, 715751-759
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/18 Commands or executable codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services

Abstract

A method according to one embodiment is for transmitting a message. In one embodiment, one or more processor of a messaging system identifies a certain message of the messaging system, the certain message being a blocked message intended for transmission to a certain user of the messaging system. In one embodiment, the one or more processor further determines one or more of a popularity of content of the certain message and a relevance of content of the certain message to the certain user, the certain user being a prospective recipient of a message. In one embodiment, the one or more processor transmits a message to the certain user responsively to a result of the determining of the one or more of a popularity of content of the certain message and a relevance of content of the certain message to the certain user of the messaging system.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting a message, the method comprising:

one or more processor of a messaging system identifying a certain message of the messaging system, the certain message being a blocked message intended for transmission to a certain user of the messaging system, the certain user being a prospective recipient of a message;

the one or more processor determining a popularity of content of the certain message and a relevance of content of the certain message to the certain user;

the one or more processor transmitting a message to the certain user responsively to a result of the determining a popularity of content of the certain message and a relevance of content of the certain message to the certain user of the messaging system.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more processor in the determining of the relevance of content of the certain message to the certain user utilizes geographic preference data of the certain user.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more processor in the determining of the relevance of content of the certain message utilizes message history data of the certain user.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more processor in the determining of the relevance of content of the certain message to the certain user utilizes data of the certain user selected from the group consisting of personal activity data of the certain user, social activity data of the certain user, and availability data of the certain user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more processor in the determining of the relevance of content of the certain message to the certain user utilizes location data of the certain user.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more processor in the determining of the relevance of content of the certain message to the certain user utilizes a text to subject database.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the method includes the one or more processor utilizes a result of determining relevance of the certain message to the certain user as an input to a determining of popularity of the certain message.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the method includes the one or more processor assigns a relevance score of the certain message to the certain user, and uses the relevance score to adjust a threshold used for a determining of popularity of the certain message.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the method includes the one or more processor transmitting a message to the certain user responsively to a criteria used for determining popularity of content of the certain message and a criteria used for determining a relevance of content of the certain message to the certain user being satisfied.

10. A computer program product for transmitting a message, the computer program product comprising:

one or more computer-readable, tangible storage device;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage device for a processor to identify a certain message of a messaging system, the certain message being a blocked message intended for transmission to a certain user of the messaging system, the certain user being a prospective recipient of a message;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for a processor to determine a popularity of content of the certain message and a relevance of content of the certain message to the certain user;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for a processor to transmit a message to the certain user responsively to a result of a determining of a popularity of content of the certain message and a relevance of content of the certain message to the certain user of the messaging system.

11. The computer product of claim 10, wherein the computer program product includes program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more storage device for a processor to determine the popularity of content of the certain message a process including by determining a count of message transmissions by the messaging system of the certain message, wherein the count of messages comprises a count of one or more of the following selected from the group consisting of:

original message transmissions of the certain message, forwards of the certain message and replies to the certain message.

12. The computer product of claim 10, wherein the computer program product includes program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more storage device for a processor to transmit the message to the certain user by a process including transmitting the certain message to the certain user.

13. The computer product of claim 10, wherein the computer program product includes program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more storage device for a processor to determine the popularity of content of the certain message by a process including determining a count of message transmissions by the messaging system of the certain message within a time period.

14. The computer product of claim 10, wherein the messaging system is a messaging system selected from the group consisting of a social networking system, an electronic mail system, and a blog.

15. The computer product of claim 10, wherein the computer program product includes program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more storage device for a processor to determine the popularity of content of the certain message utilizing a website hyperlink of the certain message.

16. The computer product of claim 10, wherein the computer program product includes program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more storage device for a processor to determine the popularity of content of the certain message utilizing a subject classification of the certain message.

17. The computer product of claim 16, wherein the subject classification is determined utilizing a hashtag of the certain message.

18. The computer product of claim 16, wherein the subject classification is determined utilizing a text to subject database.

19. The computer product of claim 10, wherein the computer program product includes program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more storage device for a processor to identify a certain message of the messaging system by a process including storing the certain message in a memory store.

20. A computer system for transmitting blocked message information, the computer system comprising:

one or more processor, one or more computer-readable memory and one or more computer-readable, tangible storage device;

program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage device for execution by at least one of the one or more processor via at least one of the one or more memory, to identify a certain message of a messaging system, the certain message being a blocked message intended for transmission to a certain user of the messaging system;

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, to determine a popularity of content of the certain message and a relevance of content of the certain message to the certain user, the certain user being a prospective recipient of a message;

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, to transmit a message to the certain user responsively to a result of a determining of a popularity of content of the certain message and a relevance of content of the certain message to the certain user of the messaging system.