System and method for bookmarking and auto-tagging a content item based on file type
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving a command to bookmark a content item;
capturing content-identifying information that identifies the content item;
determining a file type of the content item;
tagging the content item with tag information based on the file type of the content item;
determining one or more compatible interactive viewers for the content item on the basis of the file type of the content item and on the basis of a client device of a given user;
associating the one or more compatible interactive viewers with the client device of the given user corresponding to the content item; and
storing the content-identifying information, tag information and the association of the one or more compatible interactive viewers with the client device of the given user corresponding to the content item, the association capable of being utilized, upon retrieval of the content item by the given user, to identify the compatible interactive viewers associated with the client device of the given user.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for bookmarking and tagging content items such as media files with user-defined tag information and system-defined tag information based on file types. Utilizing tag information, a user of a bookmarking and tagging service provider can easily search for and retrieve links to media files having specific tag information, even if the media files are located at geographically disparate sites. A user may also retrieve the media files using web feeds.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a command to bookmark a content item; capturing content-identifying information that identifies the content item; determining a file type of the content item; tagging the content item with tag information based on the file type of the content item; determining one or more compatible interactive viewers for the content item on the basis of the file type of the content item and on the basis of a client device of a given user; associating the one or more compatible interactive viewers with the client device of the given user corresponding to the content item; and storing the content-identifying information, tag information and the association of the one or more compatible interactive viewers with the client device of the given user corresponding to the content item, the association capable of being utilized, upon retrieval of the content item by the given user, to identify the compatible interactive viewers associated with the client device of the given user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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storing content-identifying information, tag information and an association of one or more compatible interactive viewers with a client device of a given user corresponding to a content item, the association capable of being utilized, upon retrieval of the content item by the given user, to identify the compatible interactive viewers associated with the client device of the given user; receiving a command to search for bookmarked content items having specific tag information and specific file types associated with the bookmarked content items; querying a database of bookmarked content items for bookmarks having the specific tag information and specific file types; retrieving the bookmarks; identifying one or more compatible interactive viewers for the bookmarks on the basis of the specific file types associated with the bookmarks and on the basis of the client device of the given user; retrieving the one or more compatible interactive viewers for the bookmarks corresponding the client device of the given user; and providing the one or more compatible interactive viewers along with the bookmarks. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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