Method and system for tagging content
Systems and methods for tagging digital content are provided. In some embodiments, a method comprises receiving and storing personal data of a first user of an internet-based social network. The personal data of the first user can include one or more digital images or other digital content that the first user is willing to share with other users of the social network. Accordingly, a request from a second user of the internet-based social network can be received to view some of the digital content of the first user. A viewer image can be used to tag the digital content of the first user allowing the owner of the digital content to quickly determine the viewers. The viewer image can be a personal profile picture, an image, an icon, an avatar (two-dimensional or three-dimensional), or other on-screen representation that includes a visual indicator of the second user.
1. A method comprising:
receiving and storing personal data of a first user of an internet-based social network, wherein the personal data of the first user includes a particular digital image;
receiving a request from a second user of the internet-based social network to view the particular digital image of the first user;
obtaining a viewer image of the second user including a visual indicator of the second user;
modifying the viewer image of the second user, the modification to the viewer image of the second user indicating information about the second user; and
graphically overlaying the modified viewer image of the second user on the particular digital image of the first user that was viewed by the second user.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a request from a third user of the internet-based social network to view the particular digital image of the first user; and
graphically overlaying a second viewer image on the particular digital image of the first user that was viewed by the third user, wherein the second viewer image includes a visual indicator of the third user.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the modified viewer image and the second viewer image are aligned around a perimeter of the particular digital image of the first user that was viewed by the second user and the third user.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving and storing personal data of the second user of the internet-based social network, wherein the personal data of the second user includes a profile picture or an avatar; and
wherein the viewer image includes the profile picture or the avatar of the second user.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising recording in a database a viewing indicator indicating that the particular digital image was viewed by the second user.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying details of the second user in response to interaction with the viewer image graphically overlaid on the particular digital image of the first user.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying a personal profile page of the second user when the first user selects the viewer image graphically overlaid on the particular digital image of the first user.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein access of the second user to view the particular digital image of the first user is controlled by settings of the first user within the internet-based social network.
9. A system comprising:
a processor;
an account database having stored thereon a plurality of user accounts of an internet-based social network, wherein each of the plurality of user accounts include a personal profile and a digital image;
a monitoring module executable on the processor and configured to receive and record viewing activity for the digital image included in each of the plurality of user accounts, wherein the recorded viewing activity includes an indicator of a user of the internet-based social network that viewed the digital image;
a modification module executable on the processor and configured to modify a viewer image of the user that viewed the digital image, the modification to the viewer image of the user that viewed the digital image indicating information about the user that viewed the digital image;
a tagging module executable on the processor and configured to receive the recorded viewing activity of the digital image and tag the digital image with the modified viewer image of the user that viewed the digital image.
10. The system of claim 9 , further comprising an information module executable on the processor and configured to gather information about the user that viewed the digital image from one of the plurality of user accounts that is associated with the user, and wherein the information module embeds a subset of this information into the viewer image.
11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the information module embeds a link in the viewer image to the personal profile of the user that viewed the digital image so that a selection of the viewer image will present the personal profile of the user that viewed the digital image.
12. The system of claim 9 , further comprising:
an image viewing module executable on the processor and configured to receive a request from a first user to view a digital image of a second user;
an authorization module communicably coupled to the image viewing module,
wherein the authorization module is executable on the processor and configured to receive the request and use a set of viewing rules to generate an authorization indicator if the first user is authorized to view the digital image of the second user; and
wherein the viewing module will display the digital image of the second user when the authorization indicator is received from the authorization module.
13. The system of claim 9 , further comprising a communications module executable on the processor and configured to send the digital image with the viewer image of the user that viewed the modified digital image to a user associated with a user account associated with the digital image via email.
14. The system of claim 9 , further comprising a graphical user interface generation module executable on the processor and configured to generate a graphical user interface allowing a first user of the internet-based social network to view a personal profile and a digital image of a second user of the internet-based social network.
15. The system of claim 9 , wherein access of a second user to view a digital image of a first user is controlled by settings of the first user within the internet-based social network.
16. A non-transitory, tangible computer-readable storage medium containing a set of instructions to cause one or more processors to:
receive and store personal data of a first user of an internet-based social network, wherein the personal data of the first user includes a particular digital image;
receive a request from a second user of the internet-based social network to view the particular digital image of the first user;
obtain a viewer image of the second user including a visual indicator of the second user;
modify the viewer image of the second user, the modification to the viewer image of the second user indicating information about the second user; and
graphically overlay the modified viewer image of the second user on the particular digital image of the first user that was viewed by the second user.
17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the set of instructions further cause the one or more processors to:
receive a request from a third user of the internet-based social network to view the particular digital image of the first user; and
graphically overlay a second viewer image on the particular digital image of the first user that was viewed by the third user, wherein the second viewer image includes a visual indicator of the third user.
18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the set of instructions further cause the one or more processors to align the modified viewer image and the second viewer image around a perimeter of the particular digital image of the first user that was viewed by the second user and the third user.
19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the set of instructions further cause the one or more processors to:
receive and storing personal data of the second user of the internet-based social network, wherein the personal data of the second user includes a profile picture or an avatar; and
wherein the viewer image includes the profile picture or the avatar of the second user.
20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the set of instructions further cause the one or more processors to record in a database a viewing indicator indicating that the particular digital image was viewed by the second user.
21. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the set of instructions further cause the one or more processors to display details of the second user in response to interaction with the viewer image graphically overlaid on the particular digital image of the first user.
22. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the set of instructions further cause the one or more processors to display a personal profile page of the second user when the first user selects the viewer image graphically overlaid on the particular digital image of the first user.
23. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein access of the second user to view the particular digital image of the first user is controlled by settings of the first user within the internet-based social network.
24. The method of claim 1 , wherein modifying the viewer image comprises graphically overlaying at least a band of color over the viewer image.
25. The method of claim 1 , wherein the modification indicates information about the second user other than the second user having viewed the particular digital image.
26. The system of claim 9 , wherein modifying the viewer image comprises changing a transparency level of the viewer image.
27. The system of claim 9 :
wherein modifying the viewer image comprises adding a band of color to the viewer image; and
wherein the modification indicates information about the user that viewed the particular digital image other than the user having viewed the particular digital image.
28. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the modification graphically indicates a day on which the second user viewed the particular digital image.
29. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the modification indicates a particular relationship between the first user and the second user over the internet-based social network.