Implementing automated personalized, contextual alert displays

• US 10,831,349 B2
• Filed: 02/05/2016
• Issued: 11/10/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Cudak, Gary D., Hardee, Christopher J., Rakshit, Sarbajit K., Roberts, Adam
• Primary Examiner(s): Bhatia, Ajay M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Pan, Phoebe X
• Application Number:
  US15/016,525
• Publication Number:
  US 20170228134A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,740 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement

Abstract

A method and apparatus are provided for implementing automated personalized, contextual alert displays. A display alert generator correlates user account information to web page advertisement images and text, and posts personalized reminders related to those images and text.

Claims

1. An apparatus provided on a user device for implementing automated personalized, contextual alert displays comprising:

a processor displaying a dashboard icon providing information for a user alert; and

a display alert generator tangibly embodied in a non-transitory machine readable medium used in implementing automated personalized, contextual alert displays on the user device,

a user entering user accounts and user information for registration for different user entered alerts and notifications, each said user entered user account and user information storing a service provider name,

said processor using said display alert generator, collecting information from the registration, responsive to a user opening a web page, searching the web page for said service provider name stored with each said user entered user account, and responsive to each identified service provider name, searching web page text and image objects, correlating said user entered user account and said user entered user information to web page advertisement images and web page advertisement text, and generating and posting an alert display modifying the web page on the user device including timely posting personalized reminders related to said user entered user account and said user entered user information on web page advertisement images, enabling a user to click one said posted personalized reminder to get more information and responsive to the text and image objects on the web page matching a context of the user, temporarily modifying the text and image objects by overlaying timely personalized reminders related to said context on the text and image objects.

2. The apparatus as recited in claim 1 includes said processor correlating advertisements to said user entered user account and said user entered user information and providing graphical overlays of notifications on web page advertisement images, and wherein the web page comprises a social networking site and the text and image objects comprise information uploaded by the user to the social networking site.

3. The apparatus as recited in claim 2 further includes said processor providing graphical overlays to advertisement text.

4. The apparatus as recited in claim 1 includes said processor receiving user entered user information including user entered user information for a service provider.

5. The apparatus as recited in claim 1 wherein said processor using said display alert generator includes said display alert generator provided on a server system.

6. The apparatus as recited in claim 1 wherein said processor using said display alert generator includes said display alert generator provided on a user'"'"'s computer system.

7. The apparatus as recited in claim 1 wherein said processor using said display alert generator includes said display alert generator storing user information defining a relationship between a user'"'"'s need and a service provider.

8. The apparatus as recited in claim 1 wherein said processor using said display alert generator includes said processor displaying additional information responsive to the user clicking one said posted personalized reminder.

9. The apparatus as recited in claim 1 wherein said processor using said display alert generator, correlating said user entered user account and said user entered user information to web page advertisement images includes said processor registering user entered user information including user accounts for different alerts and notifications.

10. The apparatus as recited in claim 9 further includes said processor storing said user entered user information on a selected one of a user'"'"'s device and a server system.

11. A method for implementing automated personalized, contextual alert displays using a user device, said method comprising:

displaying automated personalized, contextual alert displays on the user device comprising the steps of;

entering user accounts and user information by a user for registering different user entered alerts and notifications, each of the user accounts and user information store a service provider name;

collecting information associated with the different user entered alerts and notifications;

responsive to the user opening a web page, searching the web page for said service provider name stored with each said user entered user account, and responsive to each identified service provider name, searching web page text and image objects, and correlating said user entered user account and said user entered user information to web page advertisement images and web page advertisement text;

generating and posting an alert display modifying the web page of the user device including overlaying timely personalized reminders related to said user entered user account information on the web page advertisement images;

enabling a user to click one said timely personalized reminder to get more information; and

responsive to the text and image objects on the web page matching a context of the user, temporarily modifying the text and image objects by overlaying timely personalized reminders related to said context on the text and image objects.

12. The method as recited in claim 11 wherein correlating said user entered user account and said user entered user information to web page advertisement images includes searching web page advertisement images for said service provider name stored with each said user entered user, and providing graphical overlays of alerts to web page advertisement images, and wherein the web page comprises a social networking site and the text and image objects comprise information uploaded by the user to the social networking site.

13. The method as recited in claim 12 includes searching web page advertisement text for said service provider name stored with each said user entered user, and providing graphical overlays of alerts to advertisement text.

14. The method as recited in claim 11 includes registering user information received from the user including user accounts for the different user entered alerts and notifications.

15. The method as recited in claim 14 includes storing said user entered information on a user'"'"'s computer device or a server system.

16. The method as recited in claim 11 includes storing user information defining a relationship between a user'"'"'s need and a service provider.

17. The method as recited in claim 11 includes displaying additional information responsive to the user clicking one said posted personalized reminder.

18. The method as recited in claim 11 includes correlating advertisements to user entered user accounts and user entered user information and providing graphical overlays of notifications on web page advertisement images.

19. The method as recited in claim 18 includes providing graphical overlays to advertisement text.