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US 2017/0322980 A1Published application
Social networking automatic trending indicating system
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsAlaa Abou Mahmoud, Paul R. Bastide, Fang Lu
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Abstract
Systems, methods and/or software for identifying relevancy and trending among multiple messages in a social networking context. Topics that are of interest and/or relevant to a user are classified based on factors including frequency and trending behavior. Alert indicators, such as color-coded “sparklines” are generated and displayed close to the associated messages, to attract appropriate levels of attention from the user. The alert indicators are regularly updated to reflect trending changes, in near real time, as they occur.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving a machine readable activity-stream data set that includes:
- (i) a plurality of user-centric data items relating to a first user profile, and
- (ii) a plurality of trend data sets respectively associated with the user-centric data items, with each trend data set being indicative of trending information for the respectively associated activity-stream item;
- and
- creating a machine executable display data set corresponding to a visual presentation displayable by a display device, with the visual presentation including:
- (i) a visual indication of the user-centric data item of the plurality of user-centric data, with at least some of the user-centric data relating to the first user, and
- (ii) a visual indication of the trending information for each of the respectively corresponding user-centric data of the plurality of activity-stream items, with at least some of the activity-stream items including user-centric data relating to the first user profile.
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A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon:
- first program instructions programmed to receive a machine readable activity-stream data set that includes
- (i) a plurality of user-centric data items relating to a first user profile, and
- (ii) a plurality of trend data sets respectively associated with the user-centric data items, with each trend data set being indicative of trending information for the respectively associated activity-stream item;
- and
- second program instructions programmed to create a machine executable display data set corresponding to a visual presentation displayable by a display device, with the visual presentation including
- (i) a visual indication of the user-centric data item of the plurality of user-centric data, with at least some of the user-centric data relating to the first user profile, and
- (ii) a visual indication of the trending information for each of the respectively corresponding user-centric data of the plurality of activity-stream items, with at least some of the activity-stream items including user-centric data relating to the first user profile.
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A computer system comprising:
- a processor(s) set;
- and
- a computer readable storage medium;
- wherein:
- the processor(s) set is structured, located, connected and/or programmed to run program instructions stored on the computer readable storage medium;
- and
- the program instructions include:
- first program instructions programmed to receive a machine readable activity-stream data set that includes:
- (i) a plurality of user-centric data items relating to a first user profile, and
- (ii) a plurality of trend data sets respectively associated with the user-centric data items, with each trend data set being indicative of trending information for the respectively associated activity-stream item;
- and
- second program instructions programmed to create a machine executable display data set corresponding to a visual presentation displayable by a display device, with the visual presentation including:
- (i) a visual indication of the user-centric data item of the plurality of user-centric data, with at least some of the user-centric data relating to the first user profile, and
- (ii) a visual indication of the trending information for each of the respectively corresponding user-centric data of the plurality of activity-stream items, with at least some of the activity-stream items including user-centric data relating to the first user profile.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.