International Business Machines Corporation

Scott Howard Prager

David Andrew Brooks

Mustansir Banatwala

Joseph Anthony Russo

Vijay Francis

Jeffrey N Eisen

Erika Varga

Cameron J Bosnic, Jr

Jacob M Lineberry

Miguel A Estrada

Eric M Wilcox

Martin T Moore

Anuphinh Phimmasorn Wanderski

Maureen G Leland

Bill Looby

Gary Paul Rheaume

Jason R Gary

Siu Y Maffa

Christoph Josef Luecking

Sami Mohammed Shalabi

Ethan L Perry

Charles Robert Hill

Douglas M Conmy

Patrick Charles Mancuso

Glen E Salmon

Suzanne O Livingston

Managing email content in an activity stream includes receiving a selection of a number of criteria that indicate content to be presented in an activity stream, retrieving email content based on the number of criteria, and displaying the email content in an activity stream by referencing email data related to the metadata.

Managing email content in an activity stream

Mapping and obscuring digital representations of a number of user accounts on a social network map includes identifying a primary user account from a number of user accounts of a social network, determining, based on metadata associated with the user accounts, a relationship for each of the user accounts relative to the primary user account, mapping, based on the relationship for each of the user accounts relative to the primary user account, a digital representation of each of the user accounts to a territory on a social network map, determining, based on the relationship for each of the user accounts relative to the primary user account, an obscurity level for each of the user accounts, and obscuring, based on the obscurity level, the territory associated with the digital representation of each of the user accounts on a social network map from the primary user account.

Mapping and obscuring digital representations of a number of user accounts on a social network map

A method, system and computer program product for updating the time-related information in a post to make it more relevant for the requester on a subsequent retrieval of the post. A post with a reference to an event or activity (e.g., 'leaving for Florida in 3 days') is identified using natural language processing. Upon receiving a request from a requester to retrieve the post prior to the expiration of the event/activity, the post is updated by substituting a time countdown in the post with an up-to-date time countdown or with a current status of the referenced event/activity. If, however, the request is received after the expiration of the event/activity, then the post is removed or updated with an indication that the referenced event/activity has expired. In this manner, the requester will be receiving more accurate and relevant time-related information concerning the event or activity referenced in the post.

Updating time-related information in post to make it more relevant for the requester on subsequent retrieval of post

Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to meta-data management for an activity thread in an activity-centric collaborative environment, and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for private metadata integration. In one embodiment of the invention, a private meta-data integration method can be provided for an activity-centric collaborative environment. The method can include selecting an activity thread for display to a collaborator in an activity map of the activity-centric collaborative environment, and identifying the collaborator. For meta-data instances associated with corresponding activity objects in the activity thread, the meta-data instances can be excluded that have been marked private by a creator other than the identified collaborator.

Integrating private metadata into a collaborative environment

A method, system and computer program product for utilizing email as a transport mechanism for activity stream posting. The method, program system, and computer product may include receiving an email, with content, at a target email system of a target from a source email system of a source. Content that is to be posted to an activity stream is extracted from the email content. The extracted content is posted to the activity stream. The method, program system, and computer product may further include examining the email at the target to identify whether the email includes content that is to be posted to the activity stream, or the target email system may deliver the email to a designated email address mailbox assigned to emails containing content to be sent to the activity stream. A notification of the email may be provided or the mailbox may be checked for email.

Email as a transport mechanism for activity stream posting

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Stratham, NH, United States of America

Scott Howard Prager