Tagging Digital Media

• US 20110231747A1
• Filed: 05/27/2011
• Published: 09/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Aaron Sittig, Mark Zuckerberg, Scott Marlette
• Inventors: Sittig, Aaron, Zuckerberg, Mark, Marlette, Scott
• Granted Patent: US 10,296,536 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/206
• 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 16/5866 using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, manually generated location and time information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/604 Tools and structures for managing or administering access control systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

A method for tagging digital media is described. The method includes selecting a digital media and selecting region within the digital media. The method may further include associating a person or entity with the selected region and sending a notification of the association the person or entity or a different person or entity. The method may further include sending advertising with the notification.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

presenting to a first user a graphical user interface including an item of digital media;

wherein the graphical user interface comprises a set of media interface control elements, wherein a first media interface control element comprises an auto list component operative to;

receive one or more text characters;

display a list of suggested tags based on the one or more text characters;

receive a selection of one or more tags from the list of likely tags; and

responsive to the selection of one or more tags from the list of suggested tags,

associating the one or more tags with the item of digital media selected with the auto list component; and

generating a notification to a second user if a tag of the one or more selected tags is associated with the second user.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the list of suggested tags comprises a text list and a friends list, wherein the friends list comprises one or more identifiers of users that are members of a social network.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein a second media interface control element of the set of media interface control elements comprises a notification component operative to receive contact information for the second user.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the contact information comprises an email address, and wherein the notification comprises an email.

5. The method of claim 3 wherein the contact information comprises a text message number.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein a third media interface control element of the set of media interface control elements comprises a region selection component operative to receive a selection of a region of the item of digital media to be associated with the one or more tags;

and further comprising

associating the one or more tags with the selection of the region in response to user interaction with the set of media interface control elements.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the notification is a tagging notification indicating that the second user has been tagged in association with the item of digital media.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the notification comprises a hyperlink to the item of digital media.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one of the one or more tags comprises a hyperlink.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the hyperlink links to information associated with text corresponding to the tag.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the text identifies the second user in a social networking system.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the hyperlink links to information associated with the second user in the social networking system.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing computer program code for:

presenting to a first user a graphical user interface including an item of digital media;

wherein the graphical user interface comprises a set of media interface control elements, wherein a first media interface control element comprises an auto list component operative to;

receive one or more text characters;

display a list of suggested tags based on the one or more text characters;

receive a selection of one or more tags from the list of likely tags; and

responsive to the selection of one or more tags from the list of suggested tags,

associating the one or more tags with the item of digital media selected with the auto list component; and

generating a notification to a second user if a tag of the one or more selected tags is associated with the second user.

14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 wherein the list of suggested tags comprises a text list and a friends list, wherein the friends list comprises one or more identifiers of users that are members of a social network.

15. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 wherein a second media interface control element of the set of media interface control elements comprises a notification component operative to receive contact information for the second user.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 wherein the contact information comprises an email address, and wherein the notification comprises an email.

17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 wherein a third media interface control element of the set of media interface control elements comprises a region selection component operative to receive a selection of a region of the item of digital media to be associated with the one or more tags;

and further comprising

associating the one or more tags with the selection of the region in response to user interaction with the set of media interface control elements.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 wherein the notification is a tagging notification indicating that the second user has been tagged in association with the item of digital media.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 wherein the notification comprises a hyperlink to the item of digital media.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 wherein at least one of the one or more tags comprises a hyperlink.

21. A method comprising:

presenting to a first user a graphical user interface including an item of digital media;

wherein the graphical user interface comprises a set of media interface control elements, wherein a first media interface control element comprises an auto list component operative to;

receive one or more text characters;

display a list of suggested tags based on the one or more text characters, wherein one or more of the tags in the list of suggested tags are each associated with a respective user;

receive a selection of one or more tags from the list of likely tags; and

responsive to the selection of one or more tags from the list of suggested tags,

associating the one or more tags with the item of digital media entered received by the tagging component; and

generating, if a tag of the one or more selected tags is associated with a second user, a hyperlink to information managed by the second user.

22. The method of claim 21 wherein the hyperlink links to a profile page of the second user in a social networking system.