USER INTERFACE FOR EDITING PHOTO TAGS

• US 20080282177A1
• Filed: 05/09/2007
• Published: 11/13/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Brown, Michael S., Klassen, Gerhard D., Dent, Terrill
• Granted Patent: US 8,667,384 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/763
• 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 16/81 Indexing, e.g. XML tags; Data structures therefor; Storage structures

Abstract

There is disclosed a user interface for editing photo tags. In an embodiment, the user interface embodies a method of editing photo tags, comprising: displaying a photo on a display; providing a photo tagging mode for editing tags for the displayed photo; and for each tag used to tag a subject or object in the photo, identifying the tag type and associating a unique pointer for each tag type to highlight the corresponding tagged subject or object. The method may further comprise: displaying a tag list of tags used to tag a subject or object in the photo; and identifying the tag type of each tag in the tag list. In an embodiment, context sensitive information may be accessed for each tag depending on the tag type.

Claims

1. A method of editing photo tags, comprising:

displaying a photo on a display;

providing a photo tagging mode for editing tags for the displayed photo; and

for each tag used to tag a subject or object in the photo, identifying the tag type and associating a unique pointer for each tag type to highlight the corresponding tagged subject or object.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a tag list of tags used to tag a subject or object in the photo; and

identifying the tag type of each tag in the tag list.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising displaying a unique visual identifier to identify the tag type of each tag in the tag list.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

upon user selection of a tag in the displayed tag list, highlighting the associated subject or object in the photo using the unique pointer associated with the tag type.

5. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

upon user selection of a tagged subject or object in the photo, highlighting the associated tag in the tag list.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

displaying context data associated with the highlighted tag in the tag list.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a user controllable navigational device pointer operable in the photo tagging mode and navigable only within the boundaries of the photo to tag a subject or object in the photo.

8. A system for editing photo tags, comprising:

means for displaying a photo on a display;

means for providing a photo tagging mode for editing tags for the displayed photo; and

means identifying the tag type for each tag used to tag a subject or object in the photo, and associating a unique pointer for each tag type to highlight the corresponding tagged subject or object.

9. The system of claim 8, further comprising:

means for displaying a tag list of tags used to tag a subject or object in the photo; and

means for identifying the tag type of each tag in the tag list.

10. The system of claim 9, further comprising means for displaying a unique visual identifier to identify the tag type of each tag in the tag list.

11. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

means for highlighting, upon user selection of a tag in the displayed tag list, the associated subject or object in the photo using the unique pointer associated with the tag type.

12. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

means for highlighting, upon user selection of a tagged subject or object in the photo, the associated tag in the tag list.

13. The system of claim 12, further comprising means for displaying context data associated with the highlighted tag in the tag list.

14. The system of claim 9, further comprising a user controllable navigational device pointer operable in the photo tagging mode and navigable only within the boundaries of the photo to tag a subject or object in the photo.

15. A data processor readable medium containing data processor code that when loaded into a device adapts the device to edit photo tags, the data processor readable medium comprising:

code for displaying a photo on a display;

code for providing a photo tagging mode for editing tags for the displayed photo; and

code for identifying, for each tag used to tag a subject or object in the photo, the tag type and associating a unique pointer for each tag type to highlight the corresponding tagged subject or object.

16. The data processor medium of claim 15, further comprising:

code for displaying a tag list of tags used to tag a subject or object in the photo; and

code for identifying the tag type of each tag in the tag list.

17. The data processor medium of claim 16, further comprising code for displaying a unique visual identifier to identify the tag type of each tag in the tag list.

18. The data processor medium of claim 16, further comprising:

code for highlighting, upon user selection of a tag in the displayed tag list, the associated subject or object in the photo using the unique pointer associated with the tag type.

19. The data processor medium of claim 16, further comprising:

code for highlighting, upon user selection of a tagged subject or object in the photo, the associated tag in the tag list.

20. The data processor medium of claim 15, further comprising code for providing a user controllable navigational device pointer operable in the photo tagging mode and navigable only within the boundaries of the photo to tag a subject or object in the photo.