CONTEXT-AWARE SOCIAL MEDIA DISASTER RESPONSE AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

摘要

Social media websites contain posts which may benefit persons affected by an emergency situation or natural disaster. Discovering trustworthy posters of useful information is disclosed such that messages indicating relevant information, and an associated trust value, may be provided to interested parties.

主权项

1. A method for performance by an electronic device, comprising:
monitoring a social media network operable to receive a post from a data source; determining that the post satisfied a criterion or set of criteria; upon determining that the post satisfies the criterion or set of criteria, determining a trust factor associated with a source of the post; and creating a notification in accord with the post and the trust factor.