Computer provided assistance for coordinating gift collaboration

US10949911B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Priyanka Agrawal · Bengaluru, IN
• Pankaj S. Dayama · Kanchinakote, IN
• Amrita Saha · Bengaluru, IN
• Srikanth Govindaraj Tamilselvam · Ezhil Nagar, IN
• Vikas C. Raykar · Kanchinakote, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 29, 2017
• Grant date: Mar 16, 2021
• Expiry date: Mar 25, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q50/01
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A computer scans user data for upcoming events and identifies a potential gift giving event from these events using contextual information about the events to determine the events' nature. The computer identifies a plurality of event attendees and analyzes information about two or more of the event attendees. The computer groups a plurality of people into a group of potential gift collaborators, wherein the plurality of people is chosen from the plurality of attendees. The computer generates a first potential gift list. The computer analyzes gift giving abilities of the group members and selects, based partially upon the analysis, a gift giver. The computer generates a second potential gift list with detailed information about one or more potential gifts wherein the gifts are based partially on the first potential gift list. The computer provides at least a portion of the second potential gift list to the selected gift giver.