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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2006
Christopher M. Amidon, Apex, NC (US);
Cheryl Adams, Cary, NC (US);
Christopher M. Amidon, Apex, NC (US);
Cheryl Adams, Cary, NC (US);
Qurio Holdings, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Abstract
A system and method are provided for tagging images or albums shared by a group of users. More specifically, a virtual group is defined, where each user in the virtual group has an associated image collection. The image collection of each user, or a select portion thereof, is made available to the other users in the virtual group. A number of group tags forming a tag vocabulary are defined for the virtual group, and the users in the virtual group are enabled to tag their own images, images shared by other users in the virtual group, or both using the group tags. Using the group tags, the images shared within the virtual group can be efficiently sorted, searched, and organized. Permissions may be defined to control access to and visibility of the group tags.