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Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 19, 2014
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Shadi E. Albouyeh, Raleigh, NC (US);

Bernadette A. Carter, Raleigh, NC (US);

Jeffrey R. Hoy, Southern Pines, NC (US);

Stephanie L. Trunzo, Wake Forest, NC (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/12 (2013.01); H04L 51/32 (2013.01);
Abstract

A social network activity mode that is implemented using social network activity rules is identified. The social network activity rules allow only social network posts of relevance to a particular activity of a user to be presented to the user. The social network activity mode is applied to a group of social network posts. Based upon applying the social network activity mode to the group of social network posts, social network posts that comply with the social network activity rules of the social network activity mode are provided to the user and social network posts that do not comply with the social network activity rules of the social network activity mode are blocked.


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