Generating a visitation schedule

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9659282-B2
Application number	US-201615045283-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 17, 2016
Priority date	Dec 18, 2014
Publication date	May 23, 2017
Grant date	May 23, 2017

Abstract

The method includes identifying a location of an individual and an amount of time the individual will be in the location. The method further includes identifying one or more contacts of the individual that are within a threshold distance of the identified location of the individual during the identified amount time the individual will be in the location. The method further includes generating a first visitation schedule and corresponding visitation route for the individual based upon the identified status for the one or more contacts of the individual based upon social media activity, the identified frequency of interaction between the individual and the identified one or more contacts of the individual, and the determined distances from the individual to the identified one or more contacts and between each of the identified one or more contacts.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for creating a visitation plan for a user based on social media, the method comprising:
identifying, by one or more computer processors, a location of an individual;
identifying, by one or more computer processors, one or more contacts of the individual that are within a threshold distance of the identified location of the individual;
identifying, by one or more computer processors, a status for a contact from the one or more contacts of the individual based upon social media activity;
identifying, by one or more computer processors, a frequency of interaction between the individual and the contact from the one or more contacts of the individual;
determining, by one or more computer processors, a distance from the individual to the identified one or more contacts and a distance between each of the identified one or more contacts; and
generating, by one or more computer processors, a first visitation schedule and corresponding visitation route for the individual based upon the identified status for the one or more contacts of the individual based upon social media activity, the identified frequency of interaction between the individual and the identified one or more contacts of the individual, and the determined distances from the individual to the identified one or more contacts and between each of the identified one or more contacts.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
sending, by one or more computer processors, the generated visitation schedule and visitation route to a computing device associated with the individual.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, by one or more computer processors, data indicating feedback from the individual pertaining to the first visitation schedule and visitation route; and
generating, by one or more computer processors, a second visitation schedule and corresponding visitation route based upon data from the individual pertaining to the first visitation schedule and corresponding visitation route.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying, by one or more computer processors, an updated location of the individual; and
generating, by one or more computer processors, a second visitation schedule and corresponding visitation route based on the updated location of an individual, the identified status for the one or more contacts of the individual based upon social media activity, the identified frequency of interaction between the individual and the identified one or more contacts of the individual, and the determined distances between the user of the client device and the distantness between each identified contact.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating a first visitation schedule and corresponding visitation route further comprises:
determining, by one or more computer processors, a value for the contact from the one or more contacts based on the identified status of the contact, wherein the value is calculated based on likes and comments associated with the identified status of the contact; and
generating, by one or more computer processors, the first visitation schedule and corresponding visitation route based on determined values for the one or more contacts based on identified statuses of the identified one or more contacts.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating a first visitation schedule and corresponding visitation route further comprising:
determining, by one or more computer processors, a value for the contact from the one or more contacts based on the identified frequency of interaction between the individual and the contact from the one or more contacts of the individual, wherein the value is calculated based on a number of communications between the individual and the contact on a social media website; and
generating, by one or more computer processors, the first visitation schedule and corresponding visitation route based on determined values for the one or more contacts based on the identified frequencies of interaction.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein generating the first visitation schedule and corresponding visitation route based on determined values for the one or more contacts based on identified statuses of the identified one or more contacts comprises:
calculating, by one or more computer processors, an order for the identified one or more contacts based on the determined value; and
generating, by one or more computer processors, the first visitation schedule and corresponding visitation route based at least in part on the calculated order, a determined distance from the individual to the one or more contacts, and the identified amount of time the individual will be in the identified location.

8. A computer program product for creating a visitation plan for a user based on social media, the computer program product comprising:
at least one computer readable storage medium that is not a transitory signal per se and program instructions stored on the at least one computer readable storage medium, the program instructions comprising: program instructions to identify a location of an individual; program instructions to identify one or more contacts of the individual that are within a threshold distance of the identified location of the individual; program instructions to identify a status for a contact from the one or more contacts of the individual based upon social media activity; program instructions to identify a frequency of interaction between the individual and the contact from the one or more contacts of the individual; program instructions to determine a distance from the individual to the identified one or more contacts and a distance between each of the identified one or more contacts; and program instructions to generate a first visitation schedule and corresponding visitation route for the individual based upon the identified status for the one or more contacts of the individual based upon social media activity, the identified frequency of interaction between the individual and the identified one or more contacts of the individual, and the determined distances from the individual to the identified one or more contacts and between each of the identified one or more contacts.

9. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising program instructions to:
send the generated visitation schedule and visitation route to a computing device associated with the individual.

10. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising program instructions to:
receive data indicating feedback from the individual pertaining to the first visitation schedule and visitation route; and
generate a second visitation schedule and corresponding visitation route based upon data from the individual pertaining to the first visitation schedule and corresponding visitation route.

11. The computer program product of claim 8 , further comprising program instructions to:
identify an updated location of the individual; and
generate a second visitation schedule and corresponding visitation route based on the updated location of an individual, the identified status for the one or more contacts of the individual based upon social media activity, the identified frequency of interaction between the individual and the identified one or more contacts of the individual, and the determined distances between the user of the client device and the distantness between each identified contact.

12. The computer program product of claim 8 , wherein generating a first visitation schedule and corresponding visitation route further comprises program instructions to:
determine a value for the contact from the one or more contacts ba

Assignees

• IBM
• Int Business Machines Corpoation

Inventors

• Eda Sasikanth
• Ghuge Deepak R
• Musial John G
• Patil Sandeep R
• Sivakumar Gandhi

Classifications

• G06Q10/40

  Business processes related to social networking or social networking services · CPC title

• G06Q10/1093 Primary

  Calendar-based scheduling for persons or groups · CPC title

• H04W4/025

  using location based information parameters · CPC title

• G06Q10/109

  Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting · CPC title

• G06Q50/01

  Physics · mapped topic