Activity recommendations based on IoT and social media

#The present invention relates generally to mobile devices, and more particularly to activity recommendations based on social media of a user and a plurality of Internet of Things (IoT) enabled devices.

#In recent years, developments and the growth of Internet of Things (IoT) capable devices have created a wealth of opportunities to advance the capabilities to integrate systems. The Internet of things (IoT) is the internetworking of physical devices (also referred to as “connected devices” and “smart devices”), vehicles, buildings, and other items, embedded with electronics, software, sensors, actuators, and network connectivity that enable these objects to collect and exchange data. The IoT allows objects to be sensed and/or controlled remotely across existing network infrastructure, creating opportunities for more direct integration of the physical world into computer-based systems, and resulting in improved efficiency, accuracy, and economic benefit in addition to reduced human intervention. Each thing is uniquely identifiable through its embedded computing system but is able to interoperate within the existing Internet infrastructure.

#Social media is an interactive computer-mediated technology that facilitates the creation and sharing of information through virtual communities and networks. User-generated content, such as text posts or comments, photos, videos, and data generated through online interactions are the lifeblood of social media. Users usually access social media services via web-based technologies on desktops and laptops, or download services that offer social media functionality to their mobile devices (e.g., smartphones and tablets).

#FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a data processing environment, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

#FIG. 2 is a flowchart depicting operational steps of a program, within the data processing environment of FIG. 1, for recommending an activity engagement to user based on a social media profile and IoT devices, in accordance with embodiments of the present invention.

#FIG. 3 is a block diagram of components of FIG. 1, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

#Embodiments of the present invention allow for a cognitive solution of ingesting sentiment and use of social media to determine activities for a user. Embodiments of the present invention determine one or more activities a user participates in based on social media posts and Internet of things (IoT) devices and a level of satisfaction for the one or more activities. Embodiments of the present invention determine a set of conditions for the one or more activities based on conditions at the time of the one or more activities. Additional embodiments of the present invention predict crowd and travel route densities corresponding to the one or more activities and provide a user interface to modify preferences for crowd and travel route densities. Further embodiments of the present invention generate activity recommendations for the user based at least in part on historical references, current conditions, and frequency of user engagement in an activity.

#Some embodiments of the present invention recognize that activities exist that are more difficult to access and fully enjoy due to extremities in weather conditions and/or large populations of people. For example, due to countless unknown factors (e.g., weather, crowd size, etc.) the ability to schedule and/or modify activities can be a challenge. Various embodiments of the present invention remedy this challenge by predicting weather at a location using crowd sourcing data and real-time activity navigation of traffic, crowds, and group contacts. Also, embodiments of the present invention providing activity recommendations to a user by determining interests of the user from monitoring social media and IoT devices and comparing identified activities to historical conditions and transmitting recommendations when the conditions and timing match historical interest of the user.

#Embodiments of the present invention can operate to improve the efficiency of network resources by reducing the amount of data the network has to transmit by reducing the amount data transmitted to recipients of a subscriber list whose preferences do not match current activity conditions. Additionally, various embodiments of the present invention can operate to increase efficiency of a computer system by reducing the amount of memory resources utilized by reducing the size of subscriber lists.