Tagging digital media

• US 9,646,027 B2
• Filed: 04/29/2011
• Issued: 05/09/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Zuckerberg, Mark, Sittig, Aaron, Marlette, Scott
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, MERILYN P
• Application Number:
  US13/097,521
• Publication Number:
  US 20110202531A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,202 Days
• Field of Search: 707737
• 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:

by one or more computing devices, receiving via a communications network an item of digital media and tag data associated with the item of digital media from a first user, the tag data defining a bounded two-dimensional region surrounding a particular feature within the item of digital media and associating a first tag with the bounded two-dimensional region;

by the one or more computing devices, receiving via the communications network an input from a second user selecting the item of digital media;

by the one or more computing devices, accessing the item of digital media and the tag data; and

by the one or more computing devices, providing via the communications network for presentation to the second user a graphical user interface comprising the item of digital media and a tag list separate from the item of digital media, the tag list comprising the first tag and a second tag, and the graphical user interface being configured to;

provide a visual or graphical indication, within the item of digital media, of the bounded two-dimensional region associated with the first tag by the tag data in response to user interaction with the first tag in the tag list; and

suppress the visual or graphical indication of the bounded two-dimensional region associated with the first tag in response to user interaction with the second tag in the tag list.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interaction with the first tag comprises a cursor hovering over the first tag.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interaction with the first tag comprises a cursor hovering near the first tag.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the graphical user interface is further configured to provide advertising to the second user in response to the user interaction with the first tag in the tag list.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the tag list is rendered in the graphical user interface below the bounded two-dimensional region associated with the first tag.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the visual or graphical indication of the bounded two-dimensional region associated with the first tag comprises a border outlining the bounded two-dimensional region associated with the first tag and surrounding the particular feature.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first tag comprises a link.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the link is associated with a user profile of a user of a social-networking system.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the graphical user interface is further configured to provide data identifying a person associated with the bounded two-dimensional region associated with the first tag in response to the user interaction with the first tag in the tag list.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the data identifying the person associated with the bounded two-dimensional region comprises an e-mail address or text-message number of the person.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the graphical user interface further comprises one or more controls to remove the first tag.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium embodying software configured when executed to:

receive via a communications network an item of digital media and tag data associated with the item of digital media from a first user, the tag data defining a bounded two-dimensional region surrounding a particular feature within the item of digital media and associating a first tag with the bounded two-dimensional region;

receive via the communications network an input from a second user selecting the item of digital media;

access the item of digital media and the tag data; and

provide via the communications network for presentation to the second user a graphical user interface comprising the item of digital media and a tag list separate from the item of digital media, the tag list comprising the first tag and a second tag, and the graphical user interface being configured to;

provide a visual or graphical indication, within the item of digital media, of the bounded two-dimensional region associated with the first tag by the tag data in response to user interaction with the second tag in the tag list; and

suppress the visual or graphical indication of the bounded two-dimensional region associated with the first tag in response to user interaction with the second tag in the tag list.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the user interaction with the first tag comprises a cursor hovering over the first tag.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the user interaction with the first tag comprises a cursor hovering near the first tag.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the graphical user interface is further configured to provide advertising to the second user in response to the user interaction with the first tag in the tag list.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the tag list is rendered in the graphical user interface below the bounded two-dimensional region associated with the first tag.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the visual or graphical indication of the bounded two-dimensional region associated with the first tag comprises a border outlining the bounded two-dimensional region associated with the first tag and surrounding the particular feature.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the first tag comprises a link.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the link is associated with a user profile of a user of a social-networking system.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the graphical user interface is further configured to provide data identifying a person associated with the bounded two-dimensional region associated with the first tag in response to the user interaction with the first tag in the tag list.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 20, wherein the data identifying the person associated with the bounded two-dimensional region comprises an e-mail address or text-message number of the person.

22. A system comprising:

at least one computing device comprising a storage device; and

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium coupled to the computing device comprising instructions executable by the computing device, the computing device operable when executing the instructions to;

receive via a communications network an item of digital media and tag data associated with the item of digital media from a first user, the tag data defining a bounded two-dimensional region surrounding a particular feature within the item of digital media and associating a first tag with the bounded two-dimensional region;

receive via the communications network an input from a second user selecting the item of digital media;

access the item of digital media and the tag data; and

provide via the communications network for presentation to the second user a graphical user interface comprising the item of digital media and a tag list separate from the item of digital media, the tag list comprising the first tag and a second tag, and the graphical user interface being configured to;

provide a visual or graphical indication, within the item of digital media, of the bounded two-dimensional region associated with the first tag by the tag data in response to user interaction with the second tag in the tag list; and

suppress the visual or graphical indication of the bounded two-dimensional region associated with the first tag in response to user interaction with the second tag in the tag list.