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Samuel J Pinson

John Michael Thornton

Karthik G Anbalagan

Chunkit Jacky Chan

Scott Robert Ramsby

Alexander Sabo Brodie

Michael H Kim

Timothy R O'Connor

Bryan P Ferguson

Aanand Narayanan Pisharathu

William David Sproule

Eric W Richards

Gyorgy K Schadt

Eric Wayne Doerr

Ryan A Kabir

Shanjeef Satchithanantham

Mindy C King

Shawn Lee Morrissey

A global tag for an image is received identifies one or more objects in the image, and a region-specific tag for the image identifies one or more objects in a region of the image. The global tag and the region-specific tag are stored with the image. Displayed, along with the image, is an identifier for each of the one or more objects identified in the global tag, and an identifier for each of the one or more objects identified in the region-specific tag. Different users are able to maintain different names for the same person, allowing the same tag of the image to be used as the basis for displaying the image with different names for the different users. Additionally, the tags can be used as a basis for generating a credits list of people that are included in a compilation of images.

Image tagging user interface

An image to be shared with other users based on input from a first user is received. A second user is identified from a tag of the image, and information is provided, based at least in part on the tag, to one or both of the first user and the second user. Additionally, after editing of an image a determination can be made as to whether a region of the image having an associated tag has been affected by the editing. The tag associated with the region is altered if the region has been affected by the editing, otherwise the tag associated with the region is left unaltered. Furthermore, the tag can include a first portion storing data identifying a region of the image to which the tag corresponds, and a second portion storing data identifying a person shown in the region.

Tagging images with labels

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