Method and system for tagging of content

• US 8,306,977 B1
• Filed: 10/31/2011
• Issued: 11/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Gildfind, Andrew Joseph Alexander
• Primary Examiner(s): Radtke, Mark Andrew X
• Application Number:
  US13/286,115
• Time in Patent Office: 372 Days
• Field of Search: 707/734, 707/737, 707/777
• US Class Current: 707/734
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3322 using system suggestions G06F16/3325 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/202 Interconnection or interaction of plural electronic cash registers [ECR] or to host computer, e.g. network details, transfer of information from host to ECR or from ECR to ECR
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/204 comprising interface for record bearing medium or carrier for electronic funds transfer or payment credit

Abstract

A system and machine-implemented method for providing a user with a set of user-generated labels for tagging an item, including receiving an indication of a request from a user to tag an item, identifying one or more user-generated labels of a plurality of user-generated labels corresponding to the item in response to receiving the indication, each user-generated label of the plurality of user-generated labels representing a sentiment regarding the item and being associated with a fitness value and providing for display of the one or more user-generated labels to the user, and for receiving an entry from the user, the entry comprising an alternative user-generated label corresponding to the item, wherein the alternative user-generated label is different from the one or more user-generated labels.

Claims

1. A method executing on one or more computing devices for providing a user with a set of user-generated labels for tagging an item, the method comprising:

providing an item for display to a user;

receiving an indication of a request from a user to tag the item;

identifying a user-generated label set, being uniquely associated with the item in response to being previously used to tag the item or otherwise pre-assigned to the item, the user-generated label set comprising a plurality of user-generated labels;

identifying using the one or more computing devices two or more user-generated labels of the plurality of user-generated labels in response to receiving the indication, each user-generated label of the plurality of user-generated labels representing a sentiment regarding the item and being associated with a fitness value, comprising selecting at least one user-generated label of the two or more user-generated labels from the plurality of user-generated labels based on the fitness value of the at least one user-generated label and further comprising analyzing the sentiment represented by at least one user-generated label of the two or more user-generated labels based on the relation of the sentiment represented by the at least one user-generated label of the two or more user-generated labels to a pre-defined set of basic emotions,

wherein the set of user-generated labels are selected to provide a spectrum of sentiments regarding the item, such that at least two of the user-generated labels of the selected user-generated labels provide opposite sentiments from one another;

identifying display information regarding the two or more user-generated labels, the display information including one or more of size, color or location information for visually representing each of the two or more user-generated labels, wherein the size, color or location information for visually representing at least one user-generated label of the two or more user-generated labels is different from the size, color or location information for visually representing at least another user-generated label of the two or more user-generated labels; and

providing for display of the one or more user-generated labels to the user according to the display information and for display of a graphical component for receiving an entry from the user along with the two or more user-generated labels, the entry comprising an alternative user-generated label corresponding to the item, wherein the alternative user-generated label is different from the two or more user-generated labels.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying using the one or more computing devices a content identifier corresponding to the item; and

identifying using the one or more computing devices the plurality of user-generated labels based on the content identifier.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the content identifier comprises a Universal Resource Locator (URL) corresponding to the item.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the content identifier comprises a qualified content identifier including a content identifier for locating the item and context information associated with the specific instance of the item that the user is interacting with.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the process of identifying the one or more user-generated labels comprises:

selecting using the one or more computing devices at least one of the one or more user-generated labels from the plurality of user-generated labels based on the sentiment of the first user-generated label.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

performing a sentiment analysis of the two or more user-generated labels using the one or more computing devices, wherein the sentiment analysis analyzes the sentiment represented by each of the two or more user-generated labels.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the two or more user-generated labels comprises selecting the at least one of the two or more user-generated labels of the plurality of user-generated labels according to a fitness proportionate selection algorithm based on the fitness value of the at least one of the two or more user-generated labels.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the fitness value for each user-generated label represents a number of times the user-generated label has been used for tagging the item.

9. The method of claim 1,:

wherein the display information indicates the manner in which the two or more user-generated labels are displayed to the user.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the display information comprises information for visually representing an indication of the fitness value of each user-generated label in relation to at least one of the other one or more user-generated labels two or more user-generated labels.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the display information comprises information for visually representing an indication of the sentiment of each user-generated label in relation to the other one or more user-generated labels of the two or more user-generated labels.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an indication of a selection of a user-generated label of the one or more user-generated labels by the user for tagging the item; and

updating the fitness value of the selected user-generated label using the one or more computing devices to reflect the selection using the one or more computing devices.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an indication of an entry of at least a portion of an alternative user-generated label from the user;

identifying using the one or more computing devices one or more suggested user-generated labels of the plurality of labels matching the entry by the user; and

providing the one or more suggested user-generated labels for display to the user.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

receiving an indication of a selection of a user-generated label of the one or more suggested user-generated labels by the user for tagging the item; and

updating the fitness value of the selected user-generated label using the one or more computing devices to reflect the selection using the one or more computing devices.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an entry of an alternative user-generated label for tagging the item from the user; and

adding the alternative user-generated label to the plurality of user-generated labels in response to determining that the alternative user-generated label is different from the plurality of user-generated labels.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

determining that the alternative user-generated label is similar to an existing user-generated label of the plurality of user-generated labels; and

updating the fitness value of the existing user-generated label in response to the determination.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

receiving a request from a second user to tag the item; and

identifying a set of user-generated labels of the plurality of user-generated labels for display to the second user, wherein the plurality of user-generated labels includes the alternative user-generated label.

18. A system for providing a user with user-generated labels for tagging content, the system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a machine-readable medium comprising instructions stored therein, which when executed by the processors, cause the processors to perform operations comprising;

receiving an indication of a request to tag content representing an item being displayed to a user, while the user is interacting with the content, the content comprising a content identifier;

identifying a collection of user-generated labels including two or more user-generated labels corresponding to the content identifier, each user-generated label of the collection of user-generated labels representing a sentiment regarding the item and being associated with a fitness value, the identifying comprising selecting at least one of the set of user-generated labels from the plurality of user-generated labels based on a fitness value of the at least one user-generated label;

analyzing the sentiment represented by one or more of the user-generated labels of the collection of user-generated labels based on the relation of the sentiment represented by the user-generated label to a pre-defined set of basic emotions, wherein at least two of the user-generated labels of the selected user-generated labels provide opposite sentiments from one another;

identifying display information regarding the collection of user-generated labels, the display information providing a visual representation of the fitness value and sentiment provided by each of the user-generated labels of the collection of user-generated labels in relation to the other user-generated labels of the set of user-generated labels, wherein the display information includes one or more of size, color or location information for visually representing the two or more user-generated labels, wherein the display information for at least one user-generated label of the collection of user-generated labels is different from at least another user-generated label of the collection of user-generated labels; and

providing the one or more user-generated labels for display to the user according to the display information.

19. The system of claim 18, further comprising:

receiving an indication of a selection of a first user-generated label of the collection of user-generated labels by the user for tagging the item; and

updating a fitness score of the first user-generated label in response to receiving the indication.

20. A machine-readable medium comprising instructions stored therein, which when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

detecting a user request to tag an item, while the item is being displayed to the user;

identifying a content identifier corresponding to the item;

selecting a set of user-generated labels from a plurality of user-generated labels corresponding to the content identifier comprising selecting at least one of the set of user-generated labels from the plurality of user-generated labels based on a fitness value of the at least one user-generated label, wherein the set of user-generated labels comprises two or more user-generated labels of the plurality of user-generated labels, each of the plurality of user-generated labels representing a sentiment regarding the item, the selecting operation further comprising analyzing the sentiment represented by one or more of the user-generated labels of the set of user-generated labels based on the relation of the sentiment represented by the user-generated label to a pre-defined set of basic emotions;

wherein the set of user-generated labels are selected to provide a full spectrum of sentiments regarding the item, such that at least two of the user-generated labels of the selected user-generated labels provide opposite sentiments from one another;

identifying display information regarding the set of user-generated labels, the display information including one or more of size, color or location information for visually representing the set of user-generated labels; and

providing the set of user-generated labels to be displayed to the user on a display area, wherein the set of user-generated labels is provided for display to the user according to the display information and wherein the display information for at least one user-generated label of the set of user-generated labels is different from at least another user-generated label of the set of user-generated labels.

21. The machine-readable medium of claim 20, wherein the pre-defined set of basic emotions comprise the set of basic emotions as defined by Plutchik'"'"'s psychoevolutionary theory of basic emotions.

22. A method executing on one or more computing devices for providing a user with a set of user-generated labels for tagging an item, the method comprising:

providing an item for display to a user;

receiving an indication of a request from a user to tag the item;

identifying a plurality of user-generated labels corresponding to the item in response to receiving the indication, each user-generated label being associated with a fitness value and representing a sentiment regarding the item;

selecting, using the one or more computing devices, two or more user-generated labels from the plurality of user-generated labels comprising analyzing the sentiment represented by at least one of the two or more user-generated labels based on the relation of the sentiment represented by the user-generated label to a pre-defined set of basic emotions, wherein the pre-defined set of basic emotions comprise the set of basic emotions as defined by Plutchik'"'"'s psychoevolutionary theory of basic emotions, and further comprising selecting at least one of the two or more user-generated labels from the plurality of user-generated labels based on the fitness value of the at least one user-generated label;

wherein the set of user-generated labels are selected to provide a full spectrum of sentiments regarding the item, such that at least two of the user-generated labels of the selected user-generated labels provide opposite sentiments from one another; and

providing for display of the one or more user-generated labels to the user.