Organizing social network messages based on temporal characteristics

摘要

A method for organizing messages may include detecting, by a processor, receipt of each new message of an activity stream comprising a group of messages and determining, by the processor, a tense associated with each new message. The method may also include associating, by the processor, the tense with each new message. At least the tense may be used for organizing the group of messages of the activity stream. The method may additionally include adding, by the processor, each new message and the associated tense of the message to the activity stream.

主权项

1. A method for organizing messages, comprising:
detecting, by a processor, receipt of each new message of an activity stream comprising a group of messages; determining, by the processor, a tense associated with each new message; associating, by the processor, the tense with each new message, at least the tense being used for organizing the group of messages of the activity stream; determining, for each new message, at least one of a time the message is posted to a social network and a time the message is first viewed by a member of the social network; associating, with each new message, a decay function based on at least one of the time the message is posted to the social network and the time the message is first viewed by the member of the social network, wherein associating the decay function to each new message comprises one of invalidating or changing the tense of each new message based on a duration of time from at least one of when each new message was posted to the social network and when each new message was first viewed by the member of the social network; and adding, by the processor, each new message and the associated tense of the message to the activity stream.