Personalized low latency communication

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11336596-B2
Application number	US-201313915547-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 11, 2013
Priority date	Jun 11, 2013
Publication date	May 17, 2022
Grant date	May 17, 2022

Abstract

Embodiments relate to personalized low latency communications. A method may include receiving a description of content of a message, receiving recipient data corresponding to at least two possible recipients within a population of possible recipients, and selecting a relevant subpopulation of the population. The selecting may include, for each of the at least two possible recipients, ranking a strength of an indirect relationship between the description and the recipient data. The indirect relationship may be based on the description, the recipient data and at least one additional data source. The selecting may also include, for each of the at least two possible recipients, adding a possible recipient to the relevant subpopulation based on the ranking of the indirect relationship associated with the possible recipient. The method may further include initiating a two-way communication channel between a sender of the message and the relevant subpopulation.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a memory having computer readable computer instructons; and
a processor for executing the computer readable instructions to perform a method comprising:
receiving a description of content of a message, wherein the message is from a sender;
receiving recipient data corresponding to at least two possible recipients within a population of possible recipients, the recipient data including a graph, wherein each possible recipient of the atleast two possible recipient is modeled by a set of graph nodes within the graph, wherein the set of graph nodes comprising a first set of graph nodes indicating one or more topics that are of interest to the possible recipient and a second set of graph nodes indicating one or more topics that are not of interest to the possible recipient;
selecting a relevant subpopulation of possible recipients from the population of possible recipients, the selecting including:
for each corresponding possible recipient of the at least two possible recipients computing a strength of relationship between said description of content of the message and the corresponding possible recipient, wherein said computed strength of relationship is based on said description of content of the message, recipient data and the graph; and
adding a possible recipient of the at least two possible recipient to the relevant subpopulation based on the ranking of the computed strength of relationship associated with the possible recipient;
initiating a two-way communication channel between the sender of the message and the relevant subpopulation.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the description of the content of the message is based on at least one natural language expression.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the size of the relevant subpopulation changes over time based on at least one of
response times to one or more invitations, and
a quality of communication between the sender and said relevant subpopulation.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises transmitting one or more invitations to the relevant subpopulation in a sequential manner based on responses to previously transmitted invitations.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the sender of said message does not know at least one user of the relevant subpopulation.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the relevant subpopulation is selected based on geographical proximity of users included in the relevant subpopulation to a location associated with the description of the content of the message.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the adding a possible recipient to the relevant subpopulation is further based on an urgency level.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein a first set of users included in the relevant subpopulation is determined to be knowledgeable about the content of the message in an amount greater than a threshold, and wherein a second set of users included in the relevant subpopulation is determined to be knowledgeable about the content of the message in an amount less than the threshold.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
receiving a request from a user to browse a list of topics;
receiving a selection from the user of a topic included in the list of topics; and
initiating communication between the sender of said message and said user based on determining that the selected topic is related to the content of the message in an amount greater than a threshold.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the method further comprises initiating communication between said user and said relevant subpopulation.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein a lifetime of the communication channel is based on an amount of interaction over the communication channel.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises performing an amplification process on the recipient data, wherein output of the performing includes a probability estimate for a topic not in the recipient data.

13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises presenting a user in the relevant subpopulation with an advertisement that is contextually related to the description.

14. The system of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises providing a user in the relevant subpopulation with a monetary award.

15. The system of claim 1 , wherein the size of the relevant subpopulation is a first number based on an urgency level associated with the message being a first level and the size of the subpopulation is a second number larger than the first number based on the urgency level being a second level higher than the first level.

16. A computer program product, comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program code embodiment therewith, the program code executable by a computer to implement:
receiving a description of content of a message, wherein the message is from a sender;
receiving recipient data corresponding to at least two possible recipients within a population of possible recipients, the recipient data including a graph, wherein each possible recipient of the at least two possible recipient is modeled by a set of graph nodes within the graph, wherein the set of graph nodes comprising a first set of graph nodes indicating one or more topics that are of interest to the possible recipient and a second set of graph nodes indicating one or more topics that are not of interest to the possible recipient;
selecting a relevant subpopulation of possible recipients from the population of possible recipients, the selecting including:
for each corresponding possible recipient of the at least two possible recipients, computing a strength of relationship between said description of content of the message and the corresponding possible recipient, wherein said computed strength of relationship is based on said description of content of the message, recipient data and the graph; and
adding a possible recipient of the at least two possible recipients to the relevant subpopulation based on the ranking of the computed strength of relationship associated with the possible recipient, and
initiating a two-way communication channel between the sender of the message and the relevant subpopulation.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Abali Bulent
• Franceschini Michele M
• Jagmohan Ashish
• Lastras-Montano Luis A
• Soares Livio

Classifications

• H04L51/214 Primary

  using selective forwarding · CPC title

• G06F16/9535

  Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation · CPC title

• H04L51/222

  using geographical location information, e.g. messages transmitted or received in proximity of a certain spot or area · CPC title

• H04L51/52

  for supporting social networking services · CPC title

• H04L51/04 Primary

  Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM] · CPC title