Apparatus and method for managing a social network

US8224756B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

• Linda Roberts · Boynton Beach, US
• E-Lee Chang · Mableton, US
• Ja-Young Sung · San Jose, US
• Natasha Barrett Schultz · Lawrenceville, US
• Robert King · Roswell, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 5, 2009
• Grant date: Jul 17, 2012
• Expiry date: Sep 9, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q50/01
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

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.