Social health risk estimation
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsPaul R. Bastide, Matthew E. Broomhall, Robert E. Loredo
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A method, a processing device, and a computer program product are provided. In various embodiments, one or more processing devices retrieves one or more network communications. The one or more network communications are analyzed, by the at least one processing device, and identifies objects referred to in the network communications having frequent physical contact with different entities. A resulting health risk is produced by aggregating the health risk for each identified object. Based on the resulting health risk, a modified course of action for an entity is advised.
Claims24
A method of monitoring network communications for a health risk comprising:
- retrieving, by at least one processing device, one or more network communications;
- analyzing, by the at least one processing device, the network communications and identifying objects referred to in the network communications having frequent physical contact with different entities;
- determining, by the at least one processing device, for each identified object a health risk associated with that object;
- and
- aggregating, by the at least one processing device, the health risk for each identified object to produce a resulting health risk.
At least one processing device for monitoring network communications for a health risk, each of the at least one processing device comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory connected with the at least one processor, wherein the at least one memory has instructions for the at least one processor to perform a method comprising:
- retrieving, by at least one processing device, one or more network communications;
- analyzing, by the at least one processing device, the network communications and identifying objects referred to in the network communications having frequent physical contact with different entities;
- determining, by the at least one processing device, for each identified object a health risk associated with that object;
- and
- aggregating, by the at least one processing device, the health risk for each identified object to produce a resulting health risk.
A computer program product comprising:
- at least one computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith for execution on a processing system, the computer readable program code being configured to be executed by the processing system to:
- retrieve one or more network communications;
- analyze the network communications and identify objects referred to in the network communications having frequent physical contact with different entities;
- determine for each identified object a health risk associated with that object;
- and
- aggregate the health risk for each identified object to produce a resulting health risk.
A system for monitoring network communications for a health risk, the system comprising:
- at least one server connected to a network, wherein the at least one server is configured to:
- retrieve one or more network communications;
- analyze the network communications and identify objects referred to in the network communications having frequent physical contact with different entities;
- determine for each identified object a health risk associated with that object;
- and
- aggregate, by the at least one processing device, the health risk for each identified object to produce a resulting health risk.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.