Apparatus and method for transmitting media content
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1. A computing device, comprising:
- a memory to store computer instructions; and
a controller coupled with the memory, wherein the controller, responsive to executing the computer instructions, performs operations comprising;
receiving a plurality of user-generated comments associated with media content, wherein each of the plurality of user-generated comments are annotated to a portion of the media content during a presentation of the media content at a group of communication devices;
identifying from the plurality of user-generated comments a cluster of comments associated with a segment of the media content based on satisfaction of a threshold number of comments for the segment;
filtering the cluster of comments based on subject matter to generate a filtered cluster of comments; and
transmitting the filtered cluster of comments to a recipient device.
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Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a computing device having a controller to transmit a client program having a GUI to a media device, where the client program presents an overlay that superimposes onto media content received by the media device and enables the media device to associate a user-generated comment with the media content received at the media device. The controller can receive user-generated comments and media content in a temporal vicinity of the user-generated comments via the client program, and can receive a request for the user-generated comments. Other embodiments are disclosed.
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1. A computing device, comprising:
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a memory to store computer instructions; and a controller coupled with the memory, wherein the controller, responsive to executing the computer instructions, performs operations comprising; receiving a plurality of user-generated comments associated with media content, wherein each of the plurality of user-generated comments are annotated to a portion of the media content during a presentation of the media content at a group of communication devices; identifying from the plurality of user-generated comments a cluster of comments associated with a segment of the media content based on satisfaction of a threshold number of comments for the segment; filtering the cluster of comments based on subject matter to generate a filtered cluster of comments; and transmitting the filtered cluster of comments to a recipient device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method, comprising:
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receiving, by a system including a processor, a plurality of user-generated comments associated with media content, wherein each of the plurality of user-generated comments are temporally associated with a portion of the media content during a presentation of the media content at a group of communication devices; and identifying, by the systemp, from the plurality of user-generated comments a cluster of comments associated with a segment of the media content based on satisfaction of a threshold number of comments for the segment. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, comprising computer instructions which when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
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receiving a plurality of user-generated comments associated with media content, wherein each of the plurality of user-generated comments are annotated to a portion of the media content during a presentation of the media content at a group of communication devices via a time line presented with the media content; identifying from the plurality of user-generated comments a cluster of comments associated with a segment of the media content based on satisfaction of a comment threshold; filtering the cluster of comments based on a filtering parameter to generate a filtered cluster of comments; and transmitting the filtered cluster of comments to a recipient device. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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