Granted Patent B2

US 8,279,173 · App. 13/252,807 · Granted Oct 2, 2012

Abstract

Claims (29)

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

displaying a tag list including tags from one or more tag sources matching a search string;

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

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising providing a tag entry field for entering the search string.

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

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising providing a graphical user interface to select a tag in the tag list.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

adding a new free-form text string to a free-form text cache based upon the search string.

6. 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.

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

an apparatus operable to display a tag list including tags from one or more tag sources matching a search string;

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

8. The system of claim 7 , further comprising an apparatus operable to provide a tag entry field for entering a photo tag.

9. The system of claim 7 , further comprising an apparatus operable to order tags in the tag list by tag type.

10. The system of claim 7 , further comprising an apparatus operable to allow selection of a tag in the tag list to complete the tag entry field.

11. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

an apparatus operable to add a new free-form text string to a free-form text cache based upon the search string.

12. 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.

13. 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 displaying a tag list including tags from one or more tag sources matching a search string;

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

14. The computer readable medium of claim 13 , further comprising code for providing a tag entry field for entering the search string.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 13 , further comprising code for ordering tags in the tag list by tag type.

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

17. The computer medium of claim 13 , further comprising:

code for adding a new free-form text string to a free-form text cache based upon the search string.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 13 , 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.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 13 , further comprising code for displaying context data with the photo tag.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the context data is based on information in an address book.

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