Apparatus and method for managing a social network
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1. A method, comprising:
- utilizing a processor for providing to a plurality of computing devices, an overlay combined with media content for presentation by each of the plurality of computing devices to illustrate one or more user-generated comments temporally associated with portions of the presented media content utilizing a time line and annotations along the time line that are representative of each of the one or more user-generated comments, wherein at least a portion of the one or more user-generated comments are shared among the plurality of computing devices;
collecting at the processor, the one or more user-generated comments from the plurality of computing devices;
utilizing the processor for detecting a correlation in the one or more user-generated comments collected from the plurality of computing devices;
utilizing the processor for facilitating establishment of a social network that includes at least a subset of the plurality of computing devices according to the detected correlation;
monitoring additional user-generated comments associated with the social network that are originated from the at least a subset of the plurality of computing devices;
determining a decorrelation in the additional user-generated comments; and
removing at least one computing device of the at least a subset of the plurality of computing devices from the social network based on the determined decorrelation without terminating the social network.
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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.
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1. A method, comprising:
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utilizing a processor for providing to a plurality of computing devices, an overlay combined with media content for presentation by each of the plurality of computing devices to illustrate one or more user-generated comments temporally associated with portions of the presented media content utilizing a time line and annotations along the time line that are representative of each of the one or more user-generated comments, wherein at least a portion of the one or more user-generated comments are shared among the plurality of computing devices; collecting at the processor, the one or more user-generated comments from the plurality of computing devices; utilizing the processor for detecting a correlation in the one or more user-generated comments collected from the plurality of computing devices; utilizing the processor for facilitating establishment of a social network that includes at least a subset of the plurality of computing devices according to the detected correlation; monitoring additional user-generated comments associated with the social network that are originated from the at least a subset of the plurality of computing devices; determining a decorrelation in the additional user-generated comments; and removing at least one computing device of the at least a subset of the plurality of computing devices from the social network based on the determined decorrelation without terminating the social network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system, comprising:
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a memory storing computer instructions; and a controller coupled with the memory, wherein the controller when executing the computer instructions performs operations comprising; collecting one or more remarks from each of a plurality of computing devices, wherein the one or more remarks are temporally associated with media content presented at the plurality of computing devices; detecting a correlation in the one or more remarks collected from the plurality of computing devices; 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. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium in a computing device, comprising computer instructions which when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
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collecting one or more comments temporally associated with a presentation of media content; and transmitting to a system the one or more comments, wherein the system is operable at least to; collect the one or more comments from the computing device along with other comments from other computing devices; detect a correlation in the one or more comments collected from the plurality of computing devices; establish a social network between at least a subset of the plurality of computing devices according to the detected correlation; collect additional comments associated with the social network that are originated from the computing device and the other computing devices that form a group of computing devices; determine a decorrelation in the additional comments; and remove at least one computing device of the group of computing devices from the social network based on the determined decorrelation. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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