Event determination and template-based invitation generation

• US 9,736,104 B2
• Filed: 04/19/2013
• Issued: 08/15/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Company Limited (ByteDance Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: McNeil, Kristin E., Mun, Soomi
• Primary Examiner(s): Dollinger, Tonia L
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chiou, Albert
• Application Number:
  US13/866,269
• Publication Number:
  US 20140317201A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,579 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services

Abstract

A computer creates an invitation on a social network. The computer receives data from a social networking post, and identifies in the data from the social networking post information about a future event that a first member of a social network intends to participate in. The computer determines an invitation template based on the information about the future event, and generates an invitation to a second member of the social network for the future event based on the information about the future event and based on the invitation template. The invitation template can be determined based on one or more of an event type and event subtype in an event record. The invitation can be generated by populating the template with information in the social networking post, other information in the social network, or other information not in the social network.

Claims

1. A method for creating an invitation on a social network, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving data from a social networking post, by one or more computer processors;

identifying in the data from the social networking post information about a future event that a first member of a social network intends to participate in, by the one or more computer processors;

determining the future event based on the information about the future event, by the one or more computer processors, wherein the future event includes a plurality of blank event records;

responsive to determining the future event, determining, by the one or more computer processors, whether a number of blank event records of the plurality of blank event records are filled in with event information for the future event is above a threshold;

responsive to determining that the number of blank event records of the plurality of blank event records are filled in with event information for the future event is above the threshold, determining, by the one or more computer processors, a list of invitation templates based on the future event, wherein the list of invitation templates includes two or more invitation templates;

transmitting, by the one or more computer processors, the list of invitation templates to the user;

receiving, by the one or more computer processors, an indication from the user, wherein the indication includes a selection of an invitation template of the two or more invitation templates; and

generating an invitation to a second member of the social network for the future event based on the information about the future event and based on the indicated invitation template, by the one or more computer processors.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the identifying in the data from the social networking post information about a future event includes performing text analytics on the data from the social networking post.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting the invitation for sending to a user device of the second member of the social network, by the one or more computer processors.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a correction to the information about the future event from a user device of the first member of the social network, by the one or more computer processors.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to determining that the number of blank event records of the plurality of blank event records are filled in with event information for the future event is below the threshold, receiving additional information about the future event from a user device of the first member of the social network, by the one or more computer processors.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the threshold is a percentage of the plurality of blank event records filled with event information for the future event.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the list of invitation templates is ranked based on an approval rate of each invitation template of the one or more invitation templates.

6. A computer program product for creating an invitation on a social network, the computer program product comprising:

one or more computer readable tangible storage devices and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to receive data from a social networking post;

program instructions to identify in the data from the social networking post information about a future event that a first member of a social network intends to participate in;

program instructions to determine the future event based on the information about the future event, wherein the future event includes a plurality of blank event records;

program instructions to, in response to determining the future event, determine whether a number of blank event records of the plurality of blank event records are filled in with event information for the future event is above a threshold;

program instructions to, in response to determining that the number of blank event records of the plurality of blank event records are filled in with event information for the future event is above the threshold, determine a list of invitation templates based on the future event, wherein the list of invitation templates includes two or more invitation templates;

program instructions to transmit the list of invitation templates to the user;

program instructions to receive an indication from the user, wherein the indication includes a selection of an invitation template of the two or more invitation templates; and

program instructions to generate an invitation to a second member of the social network for the future event based on the information about the future event and based on the indicated invitation template.

7. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein identifying in the data from the social networking post information about a future event includes performing text analytics on the data from the social networking post.

8. The computer program product of claim 6, further comprising:

program instructions to transmit the invitation for sending to a user device of the second member of the social network.

9. The computer program product of claim 6, further comprising:

program instructions to receive a correction to the information about the future event from a user device of the first member of the social network.

10. The computer program product of claim 6, further comprising:

program instructions to, in response to determining that the number of blank event records of the plurality of blank event records in the invitation are filled in with event information for the future event is below the threshold, receive additional information about the future event from a user device of the first member of the social network.

17. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein the threshold is a percentage of the plurality of blank event records filled with event information for the future event.

20. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein the list of invitation templates is ranked based on an approval rate of each invitation template of the one or more invitation templates.

11. A system for creating an invitation on a social network, the system comprising:

one or more processors, one or more computer readable memories, one or more computer readable tangible storage devices, and 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, the program instructions comprising;

program instructions to receive data from a social networking post;

program instructions to identify in the data from the social networking post information about a future event that a first member of a social network intends to participate in;

program instructions to determine the future event based on the information about the future event, wherein the future event includes a plurality of blank event records;

program instructions to, in response to determining the future event, determine whether a number of blank event records of the plurality of blank event records are filled in with event information for the future event is above a threshold;

program instructions to, in response to determining that the number of blank event records of the plurality of blank event records are filled in with event information for the future event is above the threshold, determine a list of invitation templates based on the future event, wherein the list of invitation templates includes two or more invitation templates;

program instructions to transmit the list of invitation templates to the user;

program instructions to receive an indication from the user, wherein the indication includes a selection of an invitation template of the two or more invitation templates; and

program instructions to generate an invitation to a second member of the social network for the future event based on the information about the future event and based on the indicated invitation template.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein identifying in the data from the social networking post information about a future event includes performing text analytics on the data from the social networking post.

13. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

program instructions to transmit the invitation for sending to a user device of the second member of the social network.

14. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

program instructions to receive a correction to the information about the future event from a user device of the first member of the social network.

15. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

program instructions to, in response to determining that the number of blank event records of the plurality of blank event records in the invitation are filled in with event information for the future event is below the threshold, receive additional information about the future event from a user device of the first member of the social network.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the threshold is a percentage of the plurality of blank event records filled with event information for the future event.