Automatic determination of additional languages used in social networks

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9426110-B2
Application number	US-201414448099-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 31, 2014
Priority date	Jul 31, 2014
Publication date	Aug 23, 2016
Grant date	Aug 23, 2016

Abstract

A computer processor determines a first language in which a message posted on a social network is composed, the message corresponds to a user of a social network. The computer processor compares the first language of the message to a set of one or more languages understood by the user of the social network. In response to the first language of the message failing to match one language of the set of one or more languages understood by the user, the computer processor prompts the user to confirm continued use of the first language, within the social network.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for filtering messages of a social network, the method comprising:
a computer processor identifying a set of languages included in a settings file of a first user of a social network;
a computer processor determining which language is used to compose a message sent or received by the first user of the social network, by accessing a language library, wherein the message sent or received by the first user of the social network is an audio message that is converted in part to text using speech recognition and audio language libraries for determining a language in which the audio message is composed;
a computer processor determining whether a language that is used to compose the message is included in the set of languages of the settings file of the first user of the social network;
in response to determining that the message that is sent is composed in a language that is not included in the set of languages of the settings file of the first user, prompting, by a computer processor, the first user to indicate whether the language is to be added to the set of languages of the first user;
in response to determining that the message that is received is composed in a language that is not included in the set of languages of the settings file of the first user, prompting, by a computer processor, the first user to indicate whether the language is to be added to the set of languages of the first user;
in response to receiving a confirmation from the first user to add the language to the set of languages of the first user, a computer processor adding the language to the set of languages of the first user; and
in response to a denial by the first user to add the language to the set of languages of the first user, a computer processor filtering messages composed in the language that are directed to the first user from the social network wherein the messages that are filtered are blocked from display to the first user of the social media network.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message received by the first user corresponds to at least one of: a notification of a new posting, a delivery of content associated with a subscription to the social network, and content received as a result of following an author of one or more postings on the social network.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to the computer processor receiving a confirmation from the first user to add the language to the set of languages of the settings file of the first user, a computer processor suppressing subsequent prompting of the first user to confirm adding the language to the set of languages in the settings file of the first user.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the audio message that is composed by the first user of the social network is converted in part to at least one of:
an SMS message, an email message, or a notification.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein filtering, by a computer processor, messages composed in the language that are directed to the first user of the social network includes a separate storage of the message that is composed in the language.

6. A computer program product for filtering messages of a social network, the computer program product comprising:
one or more computer readable storage media having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the program instructions are executable by a computer processor, the program instructions comprising:
program instructions to identify a set of languages included in a settings file of a first user of a social network,
program instructions to determine which language is used to compose a message sent or received by the first user of the social network, by accessing a language library, wherein the message sent or received by the first user of the social network is an audio message that is converted in part to text using speech recognition and audio language libraries for determining a language in which the audio message is composed;
program instructions to determine whether a language that is used to compose the message that is sent or received is included in the set of languages of the settings file of the first user of the social network;
in response to determining that the message that is received is composed in a language that is not included in the set of languages of the settings file of the first user, program instructions to prompt the first user to indicate whether the language is to be added to the set of languages of the first user:
in response to determining that the message that is sent is composed in a language that is not included in the set of languages of the settings file of the first user, program instructions to prompt the first user to indicate whether the language is to be added to the set of languages of the first user;
in response to receiving a confirmation from the first user to add the language to the set of languages of the first user, program instructions to add the language to the set of languages of the first user; and
in response to a denial by the first user to add the language to the set of languages of the first user, program instructions to filter messages composed in the language that are directed to the first user from the social network, wherein the messages that are filtered are blocked from display to the first user of the social network.

7. The computer program product of claim 6 , wherein program instructions to filter messages composed in the language that are directed to the first user from the social network includes a separate storage of the message that is composed in the language.

8. The computer program product of claim 6 , wherein the message received by the first user of the social network corresponds to at least one of: a notification of a new posting, a delivery of content associated with a subscription to the social network, and content received as a result of following an author of one or more postings on the social network.

9. The computer program product of claim 6 , further comprising:
in response to the computer processor receiving a confirmation from the first user to add the language to the set of languages of the settings file of the first user, program instructions to suppress subsequent prompting of the first user to confirm adding the language to the set of languages in the settings file of the first user.

10. A computer system for filtering messages of a social network, the computer system comprising:
one or more computer processors;
one or more computer readable storage media; and
program instructions stored on the computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising:
program instructions to identify a set of languages included in a settings file of a first user of a social network;
program instructions to determine which language is used to compose a message sent or received by the first user of the social network, by accessing a language library, wherein the message sent or received by the first user of the social network is an audio message that is converted in part to text using speech recognition and audio language libraries for determining a language in which the audio message is composed;
program instructions to determine whether a language that is used to compose the message that is sent or received is included in the set of languages of the settings file of the first user of the social network;
in response to determining that the message that is received is composed in a language that is not included in the set of languages of the settings file of the first user, program instructions to prompt the first user to indicate whether the language is to be added to

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Aalbers Huibert F J

Classifications

• H04L51/04

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

• H04L51/10

  Multimedia information · CPC title

• H04W4/14 Primary

  Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD] · CPC title

• H04L67/306

  User profiles · CPC title

• G06F40/263

  Language identification · CPC title