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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2017
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Piyush K. Agarwal, Billerica, MA (US);
James J. Antill, Dublin, IE;
Vincent P. Burckhardt, Meath, IE;
Bernadette A. Carter, Raleigh, NC (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
User input including a social network notification symbol followed by a social network tag is detected in association with a social network user interface. The social network tag includes a text keyword that identifies a social network topic within the social network. A referential third-party social network user notification subset within the social network is defined as a subset of social network users within the social network that follow the social network topic. A referential third-party social network notification is published to the defined referential third-party social network user notification subset within the social network. The referential third-party social network notification includes the detected user input that includes the social network notification symbol followed by the social network tag.