Social networking information consumption gap resolution

Abstract

Social network content consumption activities of social network users related to content published by at least one social network are monitored. The monitored social network content consumption activities of each of at least two of the social network users are compared. A determination is made, based upon the comparison, that a difference in consumption of the published content exists between the at least two of the social network users. A notification is generated to any of the at least two of the social network users determined, based upon the difference in consumption, to have consumed less of the published content than at least one other social network user.

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         8 . A system, comprising:
 a communication module; and   a processor programmed to:
 monitor, using the communication module, social network content consumption activities of social network users related to content published via at least one social network; 
 compare the monitored social network content consumption activities of each of at least two of the social network users; 
 determine, based upon the comparison, that a difference in consumption of the published content exists between the at least two of the social network users; and 
 generate a notification to any of the at least two of the social network users determined, based upon the difference in consumption, to have consumed less of the published content than at least one other social network user. 
   
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 8 , where, in being programmed to monitor, using the communication module, the social network content consumption activities of the social network users related to the content published via the at least one social network, the processor is programmed to:
 detect, in association with each of the at least two of the social network users, social network user accesses to the at least one social network;   determine, within the at least one social network, a quantity of the published content viewed by each of the at least two of the social network users; and   create a social network activity log that documents the detected social network user accesses to the at least one social network, and that documents the determined quantity of the published content reviewed by each of the at least two of the social network users.   
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 8 , where the processor is further programmed to:
 monitor calendared meetings associated with the at least two social network users;   obtain, in response to detecting a calendared meeting, one of an agenda and a heading specified for the calendared meeting;   infer at least one social media topic related to the calendared meeting from one of the agenda and the heading specified for the calendared meeting;   search the at least one social network using the at least one inferred social media topic of the calendared meeting; and   identify published content related to the at least one inferred social media topic of the calendared meeting posted to the at least one social network by social network users on a list of invitees to the detected calendared meeting; and   where, in being programmed to compare the monitored social network content consumption activities of each of the at least two of the social network users, the processor is programmed to:
 obtain social network activity logs that document detected social network user accesses to the at least one social network, and that document a determined quantity of the published content reviewed by each of the at least two of the social network users; and 
 determine, using the social network activity logs for each social network user on the list of invitees to the detected calendared meeting, whether each other social network user on the list of invitees to the calendared meeting has reviewed the identified published content related to the at least one inferred social media topic of the calendared meeting posted to the at least one social network by respective social network user. 
   
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 8 , where, in being programmed to generate the notification to any of the at least two of the social network users determined, based upon the difference in consumption, to have consumed less of the published content than at least one other social network user, the processor is programmed to:
 generate, for each social network user determined to have consumed less of the published content than the at least one other social network user, a digest-formatted summary that comprises a hypertext link to each item of the published content posted by the at least one other social network user that has not been reviewed by the respective social network user determined to have consumed less of the published content than the at least one other social network user; and   send each digest-formatted summary to the respective social network user determined to have consumed less of the published content than the at least one other social network user.   
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 8 , where the processor is further programmed to:
 chart, across a plurality of days, user social network access behavior of each of the at least two of the social network users;   determine, based upon the charted user social network access behavior relative to a calendared meeting, a likely next social network access time period prior to the calendared meeting of any of the at least two of the social network users determined to have consumed less of the published content than the at least one other social network user; and   set a configured notification time during the determined likely next social network access time period prior to the calendared meeting at which to generate the notification to any of the at least two of the social network users determined to have consumed less of the published content than the at least one other social network user   
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 12 , where, in being programmed to generate the notification to any of the at least two of the social network users determined, based upon the difference in consumption, to have consumed less of the published content than the at least one other social network user, the processor is programmed to:
 generate, at the configured notification time during the determined likely next social network access time period prior to the calendared meeting, the notification to any of the at least two of the social network users determined to have consumed less of the published content than the at least one other social network user.   
     
     
         14 . A computer program product, comprising:
 a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, where the computer readable program code when executed on a computer causes the computer to:
 monitor social network content consumption activities of social network users related to content published via at least one social network; 
 compare the monitored social network content consumption activities of each of at least two of the social network users; 
 determine, based upon the comparison, that a difference in consumption of the published content exists between the at least two of the social network users; and 
 generate a notification to any of the at least two of the social network users determined, based upon the difference in consumption, to have consumed less of the published content than at least one other social network user. 
   
     
     
         15 . The computer program product of  claim 14 , where, in causing the computer to monitor the social network content consumption activities of the social network users related to the content published via the at least one social network, the computer readable program code when executed on the computer causes the computer to:
 detect, in association with each of the at least two of the social network users, social network user accesses to the at least one social network;   determine, within the at least one social network, a quantity of the published content viewed by each of the at least two of the social network users; and   create a social network activity log that documents the detected social network user accesses to the at least one social network, and that documents the determined quantity of the published content reviewed by each of the at least two of the social network users.   
     
     
         16 . The computer program product of  claim 14 , where the computer readable program code when executed on the computer further causes the computer to:
 monitor calendared meetings associated with the at least two social network users;   obtain, in response to detecting a calendared meeting, one of an agenda and a heading specified for the calendared meeting;   infer at least one social media topic related to the calendared meeting from one of the agenda and the heading specified for the calendared meeting;   search the at least one social network using the at least one inferred social media topic of the calendared meeting; and   identify published content related to the at least one inferred social media topic of the calendared meeting posted to the at least one social network by social network users on a list of invitees to the detected calendared meeting.   
     
     
         17 . The computer program product of  claim 16 , where, in causing the computer to compare the monitored social network content consumption activities of each of the at least two of the social network users, the computer readable program code when executed on the computer causes the computer to:
 obtain social network activity logs that document detected social network user accesses to the at least one social network, and that document a determined quantity of the published content reviewed by each of the at least two of the social network users; and   determine, using the social network activity logs for each social network user on the list of invitees to the detected calendared meeting, whether each other social network user on the list of invitees to the calendared meeting has reviewed the identified published content related to the at least one inferred social media topic of the calendared meeting posted to the at least one social network by respective social network user.   
     
     
         18 . The computer program product of  claim 14 , where, in causing the computer to generate the notification to any of the at least two of the social network users determined, based upon the difference in consumption, to have consumed less of the published content than at least one other social network user, the computer readable program code when executed on the computer causes the computer to:
 generate, for each social network user determined to have consumed less of the published content than the at least one other social network user, a digest-formatted summary that comprises a hypertext link to each item of the published content posted by the at least one other social network user that has not been reviewed by the respective social network user determined to have consumed less of the published content than the at least one other social network user; and   send each digest-formatted summary to the respective social network user determined to have consumed less of the published content than the at least one other social network user.   
     
     
         19 . The computer program product of  claim 14 , where the computer readable program code when executed on the computer further causes the computer to:
 chart, across a plurality of days, user social network access behavior of each of the at least two of the social network users;   determine, based upon the charted user social network access behavior relative to a calendared meeting, a likely next social network access time period prior to the calendared meeting of any of the at least two of the social network users determined to have consumed less of the published content than the at least one other social network user; and   set a configured notification time during the determined likely next social network access time period prior to the calendared meeting at which to generate the notification to any of the at least two of the social network users determined to have consumed less of the published content than the at least one other social network user   
     
     
         20 . The computer program product of  claim 19 , where, in causing the computer to generating the notification to any of the at least two of the social network users determined, based upon the difference in consumption, to have consumed less of the published content than the at least one other social network user comprises:
 generating, at the configured notification time during the determined likely next social network access time period prior to the calendared meeting, the notification to any of the at least two of the social network users determined to have consumed less of the published content than the at least one other social network user.