Apparatus and method for managing a social network
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsLinda Roberts, E-Lee Chang, Ja-Young Sung, Natasha Barrett Schultz, Robert Arthur King
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Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a system having a controller to collect one or more user-generated comments from each of a plurality of computing devices, detect a correlation in the one or more user-generated comments collected from the plurality of computing devices, and establish a social network between the plurality of computing devices according to the detected correlation. The one or more user-generated comments can be temporally associated with media content presented at the plurality of computing devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- presenting, by a communication device, media content;
- receiving, by the communication device, a first user-generated comment;
- presenting, by the communication device, an overlay that is combined with the media content, wherein the overlay illustrates user-generated comments that are associated with portions of the media content, wherein the user-generated comments include the first-user generated comment and other user generated comments from other computing devices, wherein at least a portion of the user-generated comments are shared among a plurality of computing devices that includes the communication device and the other computing devices;
- receiving, by the communication device, an invitation to access a social network that has been established among at least a subset of the plurality of computing devices, wherein the social network is established according to a correlation detected in the user-generated comments;
- receiving, by the communication device, a second user-generated comment;
- transmitting, by the communication device, the second user-generated comment to a server of the social network;
- and
- receiving, by the communication device, a denial of access to the social network responsive to a detection of a decorrelation between the second user-generated comment and additional user-generated comments of the social network.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, comprising computer instructions which, responsive to being executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- obtaining remarks originated at a plurality of computing devices, wherein the remarks are associated with media content presented at the plurality of computing devices;
- detecting a correlation in the remarks;
- facilitating establishment of a social network including at least a subset of the plurality of computing devices according to the detected correlation;
- monitoring additional remarks associated with the social network;
- determining a decorrelation in the additional remarks;
- and
- removing a target computing device from the social network based on the determined decorrelation.
A communication device, comprising:
- a memory storing computer instructions;
- and
- a processor coupled with the memory, wherein the processor, responsive to executing the computer instructions, performs operations comprising:
- presenting media content;
- receiving a first user-generated comment;
- presenting user-generated comments that are associated with portions of the media content, wherein the user-generated comments include the first-user generated comment and other user generated comments from other computing devices, wherein at least one of the user-generated comments is shared among a plurality of computing devices that includes the communication device and the other computing devices;
- receiving an invitation to access a social network that is accessible by at least a subset of the plurality of computing devices, wherein the invitation is received based on a correlation detected in the user-generated comments;
- receiving a second user-generated comment;
- providing the second user-generated comment for publication at the social network;
- and
- receiving a denial of access to the social network responsive to a detection of a decorrelation between the second user-generated comment and additional user-generated comments of the social network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.