Removal of irrelevant electronic messages
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsLisa Seacat Deluca, Jeremy A. Greenberger, James R. Kozloski
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Abstract
A processor-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product blocks irrelevant message targeted to mobile electronic device. One or more processors identify a contextual history and a cognitive state of a person while in a physical venue. The processor(s) block the electronic message targeted to a mobile electronic device in use by the person based on the contextual history of the person and the cognitive state of the person while in the physical venue, such that the electronic message is deemed to be an irrelevant message.
Claims6
A processor-implemented method of blocking irrelevant messages targeted to a mobile electronic device, the processor-implemented method comprising:
- identifying, by one or more processors, a contextual history of a person within a physical venue;
- identifying, by one or more processors, a cognitive state of the person while in the physical venue, wherein the cognitive state is represented by measures of physical gestures of the person over a particular period of time;
- further identifying, by one or more processors, the cognitive state of the person while in the physical venue based on a level of interaction between the person and an application on the mobile electronic device while in the physical venue;
- identifying, by one or more processors, an electronic message related to an item that is located within the physical venue;
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- blocking, by one or more processors, the electronic message targeted to the mobile electronic device in use by the person based on the contextual history of the person and the cognitive state of the person while in the physical venue, wherein the electronic message is deemed to be an irrelevant message about the item, and wherein blocking the electronic message blocks the mobile electronic device from receiving the electronic message.
A computer program product for blocking irrelevant messages targeted to a mobile electronic device, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code readable and executable by a processor to perform a method comprising:
- identifying a contextual history of a person within a physical venue;
- identifying a cognitive state of the person while in the physical venue, wherein the cognitive state is represented by measures of physical gestures of the person over a particular period of time;
- further identifying the cognitive state of the person while in the physical venue based on a level of interaction between the person and an application on the mobile electronic device while in the physical venue;
- identifying, by one or more processors, an electronic message related to an item that is located within the physical venue;
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- blocking the electronic message targeted to the mobile electronic device in use by the person based on the contextual history of the person and the cognitive state of the person while in the physical venue, wherein the electronic message is deemed to be an irrelevant message about the item, and wherein blocking the electronic message blocks the mobile electronic device from receiving the electronic message.
A computer system comprising:
- a processor, a computer readable memory, and a non-transitory computer readable storage medium;
- first program instructions to identify a contextual history of a person within a physical venue;
- second program instructions to identify a cognitive state of the person while in the physical venue, wherein the cognitive state is represented by measures of physical gestures of the person over a particular period of time;
- third program instructions to further identify the cognitive state of the person while in the physical venue based on a level of interaction between the person and an application on a mobile electronic device while in the physical venue;
- fourth program instructions to identify an electronic message related to an item that is located within the physical venue;
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- fifth program instructions to block the electronic message targeted to the mobile electronic device in use by the person based on the contextual history of the person and the cognitive state of the person while in the physical venue, wherein the electronic message is deemed to be an irrelevant message about the item, and wherein blocking the electronic message blocks the mobile electronic device from receiving the electronic message;
- and wherein the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth program instructions are stored on the non-transitory computer readable storage medium for execution by one or more processors via the computer readable memory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.