IP Library Granted Patent US 9,722,963
Granted Patent B2
US 9,722,963 · App. 15/291,387 · Granted Aug 1, 2017

Social media message delivery based on user location

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,722,963
App. No.
15/291,387
Granted
Aug 1, 2017
Kind
B2
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.

Claims (12)

1. A computer program product for delaying a social media message comprising:

one or more computer-readable storage devices and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage devices, wherein the claimed storage devices does not include transitory signals, and wherein the program instructions comprising:

program instructions to receive a first location of a user;

program instructions to detect a social media message of the user, wherein the social media message includes an image;

program instructions to determine one or more keywords based on identifying one or more landmarks depicted in the image;

program instructions to determine a second location of the user by comparing the one or more keywords with a locational reference database;

program instructions to determine whether the second location of the user is within a threshold distance of the first location of the user;

based on determining that the second location of the user is not within the threshold distance of the first location of the user, program instructions to delay a request to post the social media message and storing the social media message in a holding queue;

program instructions to reference a global positioning system (GPS) corresponding to a device associated with the user to determine one or more GPS coordinates;

program instructions to determine a third location based on the one or more GPS coordinates;

program instructions to detect that the third location of the user is within the threshold distance of the first location of the user; and

program instructions to transmit the request to post the social media message.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 13, 2021
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: KYNDRYL, INC.
Reel/Frame 057885/0644 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2016
From: ABUELSAAD, KELLY; DELUCA, LISA SEACAT; JANG, SOOBAEK; KROOK, DANIEL C.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039996/0910 →