Abstract: An approach is provided for providing social interactions with programming content. The tracking platform processes and/or facilitates a processing of one or more images of one or more users watching programming content to cause, at least in part, an identification of the one or more users. Next, the tracking platform determines one or more social connections among the one or more users, one or more other users, or a combination thereof. Then, the tracking platform causes, at least in part, a transmission of status information associated with the one or more users, the one or more other users, the programming content, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: In accordance with an example embodiment a method and apparatus is provided. The method comprises providing a plurality of plug-ins associated with a platform in a framework, the plurality of plug-ins comprising a set of source plug-ins, a set of target plug-ins and a set of filter plug-ins, the set of filter plug-ins comprising in-built plug-ins and a user-defined plug-ins. A selection of a source plug-in from the set of source plug-ins, at least one filter plug-in from the set of filter plug-ins, and a target plug-in from the set of target plug-ins may be facilitated and the selected source plug-in, the at least one filter plug-in and the target plug-in may be linked for configuring at least one application in the framework.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing improved memory usage may include a processor. The processor may be configured to receive media content data, direct storage of up to a predetermined amount of a most recently received portion of the media content data into a first memory reservoir, and, in response to storing the predetermined amount in the first memory reservoir, transfer oldest portions of the received media content from the first memory reservoir to a second memory reservoir to maintain the storage in the first memory reservoir at the predetermined amount.