Method and apparatus for navigating a video program via a transcript of spoken dialog

• US 8,935,614 B2
• Filed: 12/08/2009
• Issued: 01/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Alfred, Joseph Anderson, Sommer, Joseph M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Sax, Steven
• Assistant Examiner(s): CHOI, DAVID E
• Application Number:
  US12/633,605
• Publication Number:
  US 20110138298A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,862 Days
• Field of Search: 705/319, 715/751, 715/760, 715/764
• US Class Current: 715/741
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

A method, computer readable medium and apparatus for providing control of social networking sites are disclosed. For example, the method establishes an owner profile, receives a request from a third party user to post information on a social networking site associated with an owner, determines if the request should be granted in accordance with the owner profile and posts the information on the social networking site associated with the owner if the request is granted.

Claims

1. A method for posting information on a social networking site associated with an owner, the method comprising:

establishing, by a processor, an owner profile, wherein the owner profile comprises a security profile, a relationship profile, an application profile and an order of posting profile, wherein the security profile blocks any posting that includes derogatory language, an owner defined topic and an owner defined keyword to be posted on the social networking site associated with the owner, wherein the relationship profile comprises a list of approved third party users, a relationship to the owner and which one of a plurality of social networking sites associated with the owner that each one of the third party users is allows to access, wherein the application profile defines how postings should appear and be encoded based upon an endpoint device that is used to access the postings, wherein the order of posting profile comprises an owner defined order based on the relationship to the owner and a different order of posting for each one of the plurality of social networking sites associated with the owner, wherein the owner profile applies to the plurality of social networking sites associated with the owner;

receiving, by the processor, a request from a third party user to post the information on the social networking site associated with the owner, wherein the plurality of social networking sites associated with the owner includes the social networking site associated with the owner, wherein the third party user comprises one of the approved third party users;

determining, by the processor, that the request should be granted in accordance with the owner profile, wherein the determining further comprises holding the information in a queue for the owner to review the information when it is determined that the request should be granted; and

posting, by the processor, the information from the owner on the social networking site associated with the owner when a permission is received from the owner to post the information, wherein the information is not posted on the social networking site associated with the owner when the permission is not received from the owner to post the information, wherein the processor is a processor of a communication network that is external to the plurality of social networking sites associated with the owner.

2. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for posting information on a social networking site associated with an owner, the operations comprising:

establishing an owner profile, wherein the owner profile comprises a security profile, a relationship profile, an application profile and an order of posting profile, wherein the security profile blocks any posting that includes derogatory language, an owner defined topic and an owner defined keyword to be posted on the social networking site associated with the owner, wherein the relationship profile comprises a list of approved third party users, a relationship to the owner and which one of a plurality of social networking sites associated with the owner that each one of the third party users is allowed to access, wherein the application profile defines how postings should appear and be encoded based upon an endpoint device that is used to access the postings, wherein the order of posting profile comprises an owner defined order based on the relationship to the owner and a different order of posting for each one of the plurality of social networking sites associated with the owner, wherein the owner profile applies to the plurality of social networking sites associated with the owner;

receiving a request from a third party user to post the information on the social networking site associated with the owner, wherein the plurality of social networking sites associated with the owner includes the social networking site associated with the owner, wherein the third party user comprises one of the approved third party users;

determining that the request should be granted in accordance with the owner profile, wherein the determining further comprises holding the information in a queue for the owner to review the information when it is determined that the request should be granted; and

posting the information from the owner on the social networking site associated with the owner when a permission is received from the owner to post the information, wherein the information is not posted on the social networking site associated with the owner when the permission is not received from the owner to post the information, wherein the processor is a processor of a communication network that is external to plurality of the social networking sites associated with the owner.

3. An apparatus for posting information on a social networking site associated with an owner, the apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising;

establishing an owner profile, wherein the owner profile comprises a security profile, a relationship profile, an application profile and an order of posting profile, wherein the security profile blocks any posting that includes derogatory language, an owner defined topic and an owner defined keyword to be posted on the social networking site associated with the owner, wherein the relationship profile comprises a list of approved third party users, a relationship to the owner and which one of a plurality of social networking sites associated with the owner that each one of the third party users is allowed to access, wherein the application profile defines how postings should appear and be encoded based upon an endpoint device that is used to access the postings, wherein the order of posting profile comprises an owner defined order based on the relationship to the owner and a different order of posting for each one of the plurality of social networking sites associated with the owner, wherein the owner profile applies to the plurality of social networking sites associated with the owner;

receiving a request from a third party user to post the information on the social networking site associated with the owner, wherein the plurality of social networking sites associated with the owner includes the social networking site associated with the owner, wherein the third party user comprises one of the approved third party users;

determining that the request should be granted in accordance with the owner profile, wherein the determining further comprises holding the information in a queue for the owner to review the information when it is determined that the request should be granted; and

posting the information from the owner on the social networking site associated with the owner when a permission is received from the owner to post the information, wherein the information is not posted on the social networking site associated with the owner when the permission is not received from the owner to post the information, wherein the processor is a processor of a communication network that is external to the plurality of social networking sites associated with the owner.