Characteristic tagging
First Claim
1. A computer-readable medium including executable instructions which, when executed, enable tagging by:
- identifying a contact as a person of interest to associate with a tag;
presenting a number of recommended tags including presenting the number of recommended tags based in part on information collected from electronic communications with the contact;
tagging the contact with a characterizing tag, wherein the characterizing tag identifies information associated with the contact and defines an association with the contact based in part on prior electronic communications with the contact, wherein a tagging user can add characterizing tags for other persons of interest by selecting another contact to tag with a same or different characterizing tag, including presenting one or more recommended tags for each person of interest;
identifying other users that share a common characterizing tag; and
,storing the characterizing tag in a tag store, including storing identification information associated with a tagging user that tagged the contact as the person of interest with the characterization tag.
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Abstract
Embodiments are provided to enable a user to easily and conveniently assign, share, and/or locate characteristic and other information associated with others. In an embodiment, a user can assign, share, and use one or more characterizing tags. A user can use the one or more characterizing tags to characterize a person of interest and/or a relationship or association between the user and the person of interest. A user can also perform searches using one or more characterizing tags to locate others who may be associated with the one or more characterizing tags. Users can also view user profiles including any characterizing tags and/or communicate with others based in part on a characterizing tag. The various embodiments provide a forum for social tagging, allowing a user to apply and use one or more characterizing tags that are associated with a person of interest.
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19 Claims
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1. A computer-readable medium including executable instructions which, when executed, enable tagging by:
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identifying a contact as a person of interest to associate with a tag; presenting a number of recommended tags including presenting the number of recommended tags based in part on information collected from electronic communications with the contact; tagging the contact with a characterizing tag, wherein the characterizing tag identifies information associated with the contact and defines an association with the contact based in part on prior electronic communications with the contact, wherein a tagging user can add characterizing tags for other persons of interest by selecting another contact to tag with a same or different characterizing tag, including presenting one or more recommended tags for each person of interest; identifying other users that share a common characterizing tag; and
,storing the characterizing tag in a tag store, including storing identification information associated with a tagging user that tagged the contact as the person of interest with the characterization tag. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system to enable tagging comprising:
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a processor coupled to memory; an interface used in part to identify a contact as a person of interest; a recommendation component to use information collected from a number of electronic communications to provide a number of recommended tags; a tag component to tag a contact with a characterizing tag associated with the contact, wherein the characterizing tag is based on at least one of a personal perception and an association with the contact that is based in part on prior electronic communications with the contact, wherein the tag component can operate to add characterizing tags for other persons of interest by selecting another contact to tag with a same or different characterizing tag; a presentation component to present characterization tag information including presenting users who share a common characterizing tag including presenting one or more recommended tags for each person of interest; a tag store to store the characterizing tag and identification information associated with a tagging user that tagged the contact as the person of interest with the characterization tag; and
,a search component to search the tag store using a tag query, wherein the search component is configured to return a search result based on the tag query. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of social tagging comprising:
- selecting a person of interest to tag;
recommending a number of recommended tags associated with the person of interest based in part on information collected from electronic communications; applying a characterizing tag to the person of interest, wherein the characterizing tag is based in part on at least one of a communication or an association with the person of interest; identifying other users that share a common characterizing tag; storing the characterizing tag and identification information associated with a tagging user that tagged the person of interest with the characterization tag in a tag store comprising a computer-readable storage medium; and
,presenting characterization tag information including presenting other users that share common characterizing tags. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
- selecting a person of interest to tag;
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