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 processing system including a processor, a plurality of commentaries from a plurality of computing devices associated with a presentation of content, wherein the plurality of commentaries are obtained utilizing an overlay presented at each of the plurality of computing devices, and wherein the overlay is combined with the content during the presentation; detecting, by the processing system, a correlation in a subset of the plurality of commentaries; transmitting, by the processing system in response to the detecting of the correlation, a first message to target computing devices of the plurality of computing devices from which the subset of the plurality of commentaries have been obtained, wherein the first message provides notice associated with a social network; establishing, by the processing system, 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 processing 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 processing system, the portion of the social network responsive to the detecting of the decorrelation.