Granted Patent B2

US 8,031,170 · App. 11/746,285 · Granted Oct 4, 2011

Abstract

Claims (29)

1. A method of selecting a photo tag for a tagged photo, comprising:

providing a tag entry field for entering a photo tag;

in dependence upon a string, displaying in a matching tag list any tags from one or more selected tag sources matching the string;

displaying a tag type for each tag appearing in the matching tag list, said tag type being indicative of a tag source associated with the tag.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising ordering tags in the matching tag list by tag type.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising providing a graphical user interface to select a tag in the matching tag list to complete the tag entry field.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

if there are no tags remaining in the matching tag list, adding a new free-form text string to a free-form text cache.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising selecting as a tag source one or more of an online network profile, an address book, browser bookmarks, landmark tags, and free-form text.

6. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

an apparatus operable to add a new free-form text string to a free-form text cache if there are no tags remaining in the matching tag list.

7. The system of claim 1 , further comprising an apparatus operable to select as a tag source one or more of an online network profile, an address book, browser bookmarks, landmark tags, and free-form text.

8. A system for selecting a photo tag for a tagged photo, comprising:

an apparatus operable to provide a tag entry field for entering a photo tag;

an apparatus operable to display in a matching tag list, in dependence upon a string, any tags from one or more selected tag sources matching the string;

an apparatus operable to display a tag type for each tag appearing in the matching tag list, said tag type being indicative of a tag source associated with the tag.

9. The system of claim 8 , further comprising an apparatus operable to order tags in the matching tag list by tag type.

10. The system of claim 8 , further comprising an apparatus operable to allow selection of a tag in the matching tag list to complete the tag entry field.

11. A computer readable medium storing computer code that when loaded into a device adapts the device to select a photo tag for a tagged photo, the computer readable medium comprising:

code for providing a tag entry field for entering a photo tag;

code for displaying in a matching tag list, in dependence upon a string, any tags from one or more selected tag sources matching the string;

code for displaying a tag type for each tag appearing in the matching tag list, said tag type being indicative of a tag source associated with the tag.

12. The computer readable medium of claim 11 , further comprising code for ordering tags in the matching tag list by tag type.

13. The computer medium of claim 11 , further comprising code for providing a graphical user interface to select a tag in the matching tag list to complete the tag entry field.

14. The computer medium of claim 11 , further comprising:

code for adding a new free-form text string to a free-form text cache if there are no tags remaining in the matching tag list.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 11 , further comprising code for selecting as a tag source one or more of an online network profile, an address book, browser bookmarks, landmark tags, and free-form text.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 11 , further comprising code for displaying context data with the photo tag.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the context data is based on information in an address book.

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