Collaborative Question Interceptor

A data processing system for question interception, the data processing system comprising:

• a bus system;
• a storage device connected to the bus system, wherein the storage device stores program instructions;
• and
• a processor connected to the bus system, wherein the processor executes the program instructions to:
• determine that a first user corresponding to the data processing system is composing an electronic message to be transmitted via a network to a second data processing system corresponding to a second user;
• determine whether a question for the second user is identified in the electronic message prior to transmitting the electronic message to the second data processing system;
• retrieve an answer to the question from at least one of a plurality of data sources in response to determining that a question for the second user is identified in the electronic message prior to transmitting the electronic message to the second data processing system;
• calculate a confidence score for the answer to the question;
• determine whether the confidence score for the answer to the question is greater than or equal to a defined confidence level threshold value;
• and
• display the answer to the question to the first user prior to transmitting the electronic message to the second data processing system in response to determining that the confidence score for the answer to the question is greater than or equal to the defined confidence level threshold value.

A computer program product for question interception, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a data processing system to cause the data processing system to perform a method comprising:

• determining, by the data processing system, that a first user corresponding to the data processing system is composing an electronic message to be transmitted via a network to a second data processing system corresponding to a second user;
• determining, by the data processing system, whether a question for the second user is identified in the electronic message prior to transmitting the electronic message to the second data processing system;
• responsive to the data processing system determining that a question for the second user is identified in the electronic message prior to transmitting the electronic message to the second data processing system, retrieving, by the data processing system, an answer to the question from at least one of a plurality of data sources;
• calculating, by the data processing system, a confidence score for the answer to the question;
• determining, by the data processing system, whether the confidence score for the answer to the question is greater than or equal to a defined confidence level threshold value;
• and
• responsive to the data processing system determining that the confidence score for the answer to the question is greater than or equal to the defined confidence level threshold value, displaying, by the data processing system, the answer to the question to the first user prior to transmitting the electronic message to the second data processing system.