Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for managing a social network
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Application No.: US13517737Application Date: 2012-06-14
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Publication No.: US08504484B2Publication Date: 2013-08-06
- Inventor: Linda Roberts , E-Lee Chang , Ja-Young Sung , Natasha Barrett Schultz , Robert King
- Applicant: Linda Roberts , E-Lee Chang , Ja-Young Sung , Natasha Barrett Schultz , Robert King
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
- Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Guntin & Gust, PLC
- Agent Douglas Schnabel
- Main IPC: G06Q30/02
- IPC: G06Q30/02 ; G06Q10/10 ; G06Q10/06 ; G06Q40/02 ; G06Q99/00

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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120259935A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A SOCIAL NETWORK Public/Granted day:2012-10-11
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