Social media message delivery based on user location

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9515975-B2
Application number	US-201615093288-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 7, 2016
Priority date	Mar 27, 2014
Publication date	Dec 6, 2016
Grant date	Dec 6, 2016

Abstract

An approach for delaying social media messages is provided herein. A first computing device receives user preferences. The first computing device detects a social media message of a user. The first computing device determines that the user is not in the physical location. The first computing device determines whether to delay the posting of the social media message based on a comparison of the content of the social media message with the received user preferences.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for delaying a social media message, comprising the steps of:
a first computing device receiving a first location of a user;
the first computing device detecting a social media message of the user, wherein the social media message includes an image;
the first computing device determining one or more keywords based on identifying one or more landmarks depicted in the image;
the first computing device determining a second location of the user by comparing the one or more keywords with a locational reference database;
the first computing device determining whether the second location of the user is within a threshold distance of the first location of the user;
based on the first computing device determining that the second location of the user is not within the threshold distance of the first location of the user, the first computing device delaying a request to post the social media message and storing the social media message in a holding queue;
the first computing device referencing a global positioning system (GPS) corresponding to a device associated with the user to determine one or more GPS coordinates;
the first computing device determining a third location based on the one or more GPS coordinates;
the first computing device detecting that the third location of the user is within the threshold distance of the first location of the user; and
the first computing device transmitting the request to post the social media message.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Abuelsaad Kelly
• Deluca Lisa Seacat
• Jang Soobaek
• Krook Daniel C

Classifications

• H04L67/18

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L51/20 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L51/32

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L51/10

  Multimedia information · CPC title

• H04L51/222 Primary

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