International Business Machines Corporation

Marc D Labrecque

Jonathan Frederick Brunn

Jennifer E Heins

Amy Widmer

Erika Varga

Controlling access to categorized messages includes categorizing a message into a number of categories according to a message objective. The message objective informing user association, message association, and message access rules for each of the number of categories. Controlling access to categorized messages includes determining, based on the message objective, a number of users allowed access to the message. Controlling access to categorized messages includes allowing the number of users to access the message according to the message objective.

Determining a number of users allowed to access message based on message objective

A method, system and computer program product for handling notifications. A notification system monitors content (e.g., photograph) followed by a user for updates on a communication system. If the notification system identifies updates to content out of the monitored content, then the notification system applies the policy for delivering notifications concerning the content followed by the user that was updated. The notification system registers to receive information about updates to the content followed by the user as well as new events on the communication system. In response to identifying updates to content related to the content followed by the user that was updated from the received information, a summary concerning the updates to the content followed by the user and the related content is then generated. A notification is then delivered to the user containing the generated summary in a manner consistent with the policy.

Intelligently delivering notifications including summary of followed content and related content

The present disclosure provides for automatically detecting groups of people who may be interested in different types of content (e.g., different presentations, different presentation sections, different presentation styles). Further, the present disclosure provides for automatically providing presentation filters appropriate for each group of people.

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Marc D Labrecque