Apparatus and method for managing a social network

摘要

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.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
obtaining, by a system including a processor, a plurality of commentaries from a plurality of computing devices including first and second computing devices, wherein a first presentation by the first computing device of an overlay combined with video content is at a different time than a second presentation by the second computing device of the overlay combined with the video content, wherein a first commentary of the plurality of commentaries is obtained from the first computing device during the first presentation, and wherein a second commentary of the plurality of commentaries is obtained from the second computing device during the second presentation; analyzing, by the system in the plurality of commentaries, a cluster of commentaries having a temporal proximity to each other in relation to the video content; detecting, by the system, a correlation in the cluster of commentaries; transmitting, by the system in response to the detecting of the correlation, a first message to target computing devices of the plurality of computing devices from which commentaries of the cluster of commentaries have been obtained, wherein the first message provides notice associated with a social network; establishing the social network responsive to receiving second messages from at least some of the target computing devices, wherein the second messages are associated with joining the social network; detecting, by the system, a decorrelation of commentaries collected from the plurality of computing devices, wherein the decorrelation indicates a lack of common interest between the plurality of computing devices in a portion of the social network; and selectively terminating, by the system, the portion of the social network responsive to the detecting of the decorrelation.