Patent ID: 8645841

Claim:
A method for providing greetings to social media content, the method comprising: a processor scanning a first social media network for first content directed to a user, wherein the first social media network is a passive social media network; the processor receiving the first content from the first social media network, wherein the first content includes a first timestamp, a first venue, and a contactor of a first type; the processor determining, from an electronic calendar, that the user has a first electronic calendar entry indicating that the user is unavailable at the time of the first timestamp, wherein a first customized greeting, created by the user, is associated with the first electronic calendar entry, wherein the first customized greeting created by the user is specific to the first electronic calendar entry; the processor determining the first venue and the first type; based on the first venue and the first type, the processor retrieving the first customized greeting created by the user; the processor automatically providing the first customized greeting created by the user to the contactor; the processor receiving second content from a second social media network directed to the user; the processor determining that the first content and the second content are both from the contactor; the processor determining that the first content and the second content are related; and in response to determining that the first content and the second content are related and both from the contactor, the processor posting the first customized greeting created by the user on the first social media network and in response to determining that the first content and the second content are related and both from the contactor, the processor not posting the first customized greeting created by the user on the second social media network, wherein the posted first customized greeting created by the user on the first social media network also references the second content from the second social media network.