Method and system for tagging within virtual groups

摘要

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.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
providing a virtual group comprising a plurality of users at a central server, the plurality of users having separate media collections and sharing select media files from the separate media collections with the virtual group to provide a plurality of media files shared within the virtual group; defining a plurality of group tags for the virtual group at the central server; and enabling the plurality of users to tag the plurality of media files shared within the virtual group with select ones of the plurality of group tags for the virtual group at the central server.