Recommending electronic content based upon user availablity

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a system, method, and program product for recommending a digital publication. A computing device identifies a time interval for consuming a digital publication, based on schedule information in an electronic calendar. The computing device determines, based on characteristics of the time interval and a criteria, a digital publication, from a plurality of digital publications, for human consumption within the identified time interval.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for recommending a digital publication, the method comprising:
 a computing device identifying a time interval for consuming a digital publication, based on schedule information in an electronic calendar; and   the computing device determining, based on characteristics of the time interval and a criteria, a digital publication, from a plurality of digital publications, for human consumption within the identified time interval.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the characteristics of the time interval include one or more of:
 day of the week of the time interval;   context of the time interval;   start time and end time of the time interval;   whether the time interval is indicated as available; or   whether there is a time interval adjacent to the identified time interval that is indicated as available.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein context includes one or more of:
 purpose;   whether the time interval is reoccurring;   whether the time interval spans an entire day; or   whether there is a special notation associated with the time interval.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the criteria includes one or more of:
 a user profile;   a digital publication profile; or   a purchase price range of a digital publication.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the user profile includes one or more of: user age; gender; education; health considerations; commute schedule; or digital publication recommendations. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the digital publication profile includes one or more of: genre; author; readability score; type of publication; prior downloaded digital publications; digital publication consumption time estimate; or historical digital publication consumption rate per unit of time. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein the readability score is determined based on one or more of: Flesch formula; Dale-Chall formula; Gunning Fog index; Fry Readility graph; McLaughlin's SMOG formula, FORCAST formula, a predetermined reading rate, and a readability formula that measures ease with which a publication can be read and understood by a human, or that measures suitability of a publication for reading, understanding, or both by a human. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 the computing device determining, based on the characteristics of the time interval and the criteria, the extent of the human consumption possible within the identified time interval.