Methods and apparatus for alerting users to media events of interest using social media analysis

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by at least one processing device to cause the at least one processing device to:

• collect user media preferences indicating events of interest to a given user;
• buffer at least a portion of media content associated with the collected user media preferences of the given user;
• monitor, using said at least one processing device, social media for one or more media events of interest to the given user based on the collected user media preferences of said given user;
• identify, using said at least one processing device, at least one media event in said buffered media content that satisfies one or more predefined interest criteria for the given user based on the monitored social media contributions of other parties and the collected user media preferences of said given user;
• and
• notify, using said at least one processing device, the given user of the at least one media event of interest.

A system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured for:
• collecting user media preferences indicating events of interest to a given user;
• buffering at least a portion of media content associated with the collected user media preferences of the given user;
• monitoring, using said at least one processor, social media for one or more media events of interest to the given user based on the collected user media preferences of said given user;
• identifying, using said at least one processor, at least one media event in said buffered media content that satisfies one or more predefined interest criteria for the given user based on the monitored social media contributions of other parties and the collected user media preferences of said given user;
• and
• notifying, using said at least one processor, the given user of the at least one media event of interest.