Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Shanjeef Satchithanantham

John Michael Thornton

Alexander Sabo Brodie

Bryan P Ferguson

William David Sproule

Karthik G Anbalagan

Chunkit Jacky Chan

Scott Robert Ramsby

Michael H Kim

Eric W Richards

Timothy R O'Connor

Eric Wayne Doerr

Ryan A Kabir

Samuel James Pinson

Mindy C King

Samuel J Pinson

Shawn Lee Morrissey

Aanand Narayanan Pisharathu

Ananda Narayanan Pulamanthole Pisharathu

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

A method disclosed herein includes the acts of receiving a document that has a people tag assigned thereto, wherein the people tag comprises first data that is indicative of an identity of a first individual that corresponds to the document, and wherein the people tag is assigned to the document by an assignor, and accessing contact data pertaining to a second individual, wherein the contact data comprises second data that is indicative of identities of contacts of the second individual, wherein the second data comprises data that is indicative of the identity of the first individual. The method also includes comparing the contact data with the first data, and displaying the document on a computer screen in conjunction with text that identifies the first individual to the third individual, wherein the text indicates a name of the first individual as assigned to the first individual by the second individual.

Organizing documents through utilization of people tags

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Shanjeef Satchithanantham