Method and apparatus of organizing and delivering data to intended recipients

• US 9,444,770 B1
• Filed: 02/13/2015
• Issued: 09/13/2016
• 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:
  US14/621,620
• Time in Patent Office: 578 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 of organizing a plurality of data recipients subscribed to receive information from a leader via a management application, the method comprising:

identifying response messages via a parameter identification protocol operated by the management application;

receiving the response messages from at least a portion of the plurality of data recipients, wherein the plurality of data recipients are each part of a first group;

determining a decrease in the response messages received from the at least the portion of the plurality of data recipients based on a previous number of response messages received by comparing a total number of response messages received for a first transmitted message to a total number of response messages received for a second transmitted message, and determining a percentage decrease in the response messages received based on a difference between the total number of response messages received for the first transmitted message and the total number of response messages received for the second transmitted message;

comparing the total number of response messages received for at least one additional transmitted message to a total number of response messages received for at least a second additional transmitted message and determining an additional percentage decrease in additional response messages received based on the difference between the total number of additional response messages received for the at least one additional transmitted message and the total number of response messages received for the at least the second additional transmitted message;

determining an average percentage decrease based on the percentage decrease and the at least one additional percentage decrease;

comparing the average percentage decrease value to a predetermined threshold value and determining the average percentage decrease value is less than the predetermined threshold value;

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

automatically removing the at least one data recipient from the first group via the management application and adding the removed at least one data recipient to a new group of data recipients responsive to the decrease in the response messages received and responsive to when the number of characters per response message is lesser for a more recent response message than for a less recent response message and responsive to determining the average percentage decrease value is less than the predetermined threshold value.

2. The method of claim 1, 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.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

automatically determining that the at least one data recipient should 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 a leader of the plurality of data recipients.

4. An apparatus configured to organize a plurality of data recipients subscribed to receive information via a management application, the apparatus comprising:

a receiver configured to receive response messages from at least a portion of the plurality of data recipients, wherein the plurality of data recipients are each part of a first group; and

a processor configured to

identify the response messages via a parameter identification protocol operated by the management application,

determine a decrease in the response messages received from the at least a portion of the plurality of data recipients based on a previous number of response messages received, by a comparison of a total number of response messages received for a first transmitted message to a total number of response messages received for a second transmitted message, and determine a percentage decrease in the response messages received based on a difference between the total number of response messages received for the first transmitted message and the total number of response messages received for the second transmitted message,

compare the total number of response messages received for at least one additional transmitted message to a total number of response messages received for at least a second additional transmitted message and determining an additional percentage decrease in additional response messages received based on the difference between the total number of additional response messages received for the at least one additional transmitted message and the total number of response messages received for the at least the second additional transmitted message,

determining an average percentage decrease based on the percentage decrease and the at least on additional percentage decrease,

compare the average percentage decrease value to a predetermined threshold value and determining the average percentage decrease value is less than the predetermined threshold value,

when the number of characters per response message is lesser for a more recent response message than for a less recent response message automatically remove the at least one data recipient from the first group via the management application and add the removed at least one data recipient to a new group of data recipients responsive to the decrease in the response messages received and responsive to when the number of characters per response message is lesser for a more recent response message than for a less recent response message and responsive to determining the average percentage decrease value is less than the predetermined threshold value.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the processor is further configured to repeat 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.

6. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the processor is further configured to automatically determine that the at least one data recipient should 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 a leader of the plurality of data recipients.

7. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform organizing a plurality of data recipients subscribed to receive information, the processor being further configured to perform:

identifying response messages via a parameter identification protocol operated by the management application;

receiving the response messages from at least a portion of the plurality of data recipients, wherein the plurality of data recipients are each part of a first group;

determining a decrease in the response messages received from the at least the portion of the plurality of data recipients based on a previous number of response messages received by comparing a total number of response messages received for a first transmitted message to a total number of response messages received for a second transmitted message, and determining a percentage decrease in the response messages received based on a difference between the total number of response messages received for the first transmitted message and the total number of response messages received for the second transmitted message;

comparing the total number of response messages received for at least one additional transmitted message to a total number of response messages received for at least a second additional transmitted message and determining an additional percentage decrease in additional response messages received based on the difference between the total number of additional response messages received for the at least one additional transmitted message and the total number of response messages received for the at least the second additional transmitted message;

determining an average percentage decrease based on the percentage decrease and the at least on additional percentage decrease;

comparing the average percentage decrease value to a predetermined threshold value and determining the average percentage decrease value is less than the predetermined threshold value;

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

automatically removing the at least one data recipient from the first group via the management application and adding the removed at least one data recipient to a new group of data recipients responsive to the decrease in the response messages received and responsive to when the number of characters per response message is lesser for a more recent response message than for a less recent response message and responsive to determining the average percentage decrease value is less than the predetermined threshold value.

8. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to perform:

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 or first, second, third and fourth percentage decrease values.