DIGITAL IMAGE TAGGING APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS

• US 20090324137A1
• Filed: 06/30/2008
• Published: 12/31/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Data Services LLC (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Zafar, Shadman, Stallings, Heath, Hwang, Sok Y.
• Granted Patent: US 8,788,493 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/306
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/58 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/179 metadata assisted face recognition
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/63 by using electronic viewfinders
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/635 Region indicators; Field of view indicators
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/661 Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/80 Camera processing pipelines; Components thereof

Abstract

In an exemplary embodiment, user input is received, a selected portion of a digital image is identified based on the user input, and a tag is applied to the selected portion of the digital image. The applied tag provides an association between the selected portion of the digital image and a data instance.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving user input;

identifying a selected portion of a digital image based on said user input; and

applying a tag to said selected portion of said digital image, said applied tag providing an association between said selected portion of said digital image and a data instance.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating an image map for said digital image, wherein said applying includes configuring said image map to map said selected portion of said digital image to said tag.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said applying includes inserting data representative of said tag in metadata associated with said digital image.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said user input identifies said data instance, the method further comprising generating said tag to include a link to said data instance.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a visual indicator representative of said tag together with said digital image in a graphical user interface.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein said visual indicator visually indicates said selected portion of said digital image in said graphical user interface.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein said visual indicator comprises a selectable object, the method further comprising:

detecting a user selection of said visual indicator; and

displaying, in response to said user selection, data representative of said data instance.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a graphical user interface including a view of said digital image; and

providing at least one tool in said graphical user interface, said at least one tool facilitating a user to provide said user input, wherein said user input defines at least one of said selected portion of said digital image and said data instance.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein said providing said at least one tool comprises:

using metadata associated with the digital image to identify said data instance as being related to said digital image;

providing a user selectable option corresponding to said data instance for display in said graphical user interface;

detecting a user selection of said user selectable option; and

associating, in response to said user selection of said user selectable option, said tag with said data instance.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein said metadata comprises location data representative of a geographic location, and wherein said data instance is identified as being related to said geographic location.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

publishing said tagged digital image to a digital image storage and access subsystem over a network;

storing said tagged digital image at said digital image storage and access subsystem; and

providing a plurality of access devices with access to said tagged digital image over said network.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising updating said tagged digital image, including:

receiving additional user input;

identifying another selected portion of said digital image based on said additional user input; and

applying another tag to said another selected portion of said digital image, said another tag providing an association between said another selected portion of said digital image and another data instance.

13. The method of claim 1, tangibly embodied as computer-executable instructions on at least one computer-readable medium.

14. A method comprising:

capturing a camera image;

receiving user input defining a selected portion of said camera image;

identifying said selected portion of said camera image based on said user input;

providing a user selectable object corresponding to a data instance;

detecting a user selection of said user selectable object;

associating a tag with said data instance based on said user selection of said user selectable object; and

applying said tag to said selected portion of said camera image, said applied tag providing an association between said selected portion of said camera image and said data instance.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein said data instance comprises a contact data record.

16. A system comprising:

a user interface facility configured to provide a view of a digital image in a graphical user interface and at least one tool enabling a user to provide user input; and

an image tagging facility configured to

identify a selected portion of said digital image based on said user input, and

apply a tag to said selected portion of said digital image, said applied tag providing an association between said selected portion of said digital image and a data instance.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein said image tagging facility is configured to apply said tag by inserting data representative of said tag in metadata associated with said digital image.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein said user interface facility is further configured to display a visual indicator representative of said tag together with said digital image in said graphical user interface.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein said visual indicator visually indicates said selected portion of said digital image in said graphical user interface.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein said user interface facility is further configured to detect a user selection of said visual indicator and to display, in response to said user selection, data representative of said data instance in said graphical user interface.

21. The system of claim 16, further comprising:

a digital image storage and access subsystem;

a communication facility configured to communicate with said digital image storage and access subsystem over a network; and

a publishing facility configured to initiate providing data representative of said tagged digital image to said digital image storage and access subsystem over said network;

wherein said digital image storage and access subsystem is configured to receive data representative of said tagged digital image and provide a plurality of access devices with access to said tagged digital image over said network.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein said digital image storage and access subsystem is configured to:

receive additional user input from one or said access devices;

identify another selected portion of said digital image based on said additional user input; and

apply another tag to said another selected portion of said digital image, said another tag providing an association between said another selected portion of said digital image and another data instance.