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Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019

Filed:

Apr. 13, 2017
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Corville O. Allen, Morrisville, NC (US);

Jeffrey D. Haggar, Holly Springs, NC (US);

Eileen J. Min, Columbia, MD (US);

Michael M. Skeen, Cedar Hills, UT (US);

Eric Woods, Durham, NC (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); G06Q 30/06 (2012.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G06F 17/27 (2006.01); G06Q 30/08 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 50/01 (2013.01); G06F 17/2785 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0239 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0269 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0275 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0611 (2013.01); G06Q 30/08 (2013.01); H04L 51/046 (2013.01); H04L 51/32 (2013.01); H04L 65/403 (2013.01);
Abstract

There are provided a system, a method and a computer program product for creating the social group whose participants are involved in an online conversation. The system aggregates data associated with the online conversation and a group profile, of the social group. The system determines, based on the online conversation data and the group profile, a context of the online conversation and a goal of the social group. The system receives, based on the determined context and the goal, a first bidding from each provider, the first bidding associated with the determined context and the goal, the each provider providing one or more of: goods, services or discounts associated with the context and the goal.


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