Electronic Whiteboard and Touch Screen Method for Configuring and Applying Metadata Tags Thereon

摘要

An electronic whiteboard and a touch screen method for configuring and applying metadata tags on an electronic whiteboard allows user-defined and user-classified metadata tags to be configured and applied to objects “on the fly” through touch screen inputs on the electronic whiteboard, providing object tagging in electronic whiteboard sessions that is less cumbersome, less disruptive to creative flow and more precise than conventional methods.

主权项

1. A touch screen method for configuring and applying metadata tags on an electronic whiteboard, comprising:
receiving as first touch screen input on the electronic whiteboard a tag class configuration instruction identifying a metadata tag class; receiving as second touch screen input on the electronic whiteboard a plurality of metadata tags for inclusion in the metadata tag class; associating in a memory on the electronic whiteboard the metadata tag class and the metadata tags; receiving as third touch screen input on the electronic whiteboard an object tagging instruction identifying an object on the electronic whiteboard to be tagged with metadata; generating on the electronic whiteboard using the associated metadata tag class and metadata tags a hierarchical selection menu including the metadata tag class as a selectable option on a first level and the metadata tags as selectable options on a second level; outputting on the electronic whiteboard the hierarchical selection menu; and receiving as fourth touch screen input on the electronic whiteboard a selection from the hierarchical selection menu of one of the metadata tags.