Hierarchical tags with community-based ratings

摘要

A method for generating and maintaining hierarchical tags with community-based ratings is provided. Tags for media streams are organized into a hierarchical format. Users may select tags from the hierarchical tag database that describes a particular multimedia content. If the user is unable to locate a desired tag, the user may submit a new tag. Upon submission of the new tag, a librarian approves the tag before storing and placing the tag in the hierarchical tag database. Users are also able to rate the quality of the association between the tag and the multimedia content. If a tag is rated low, the tag may be removed from the hierarchical tag database. If the tag is rated highly, display of the tag in a list of tags becomes more prominent.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
maintaining, at a server, a set of tags that have been approved for use in associating tags with content; receiving, at the server, a particular tag associated with a particular item of multimedia content, the particular tag among a plurality of tags from a plurality of users, the plurality of tags associated with particular items of multimedia content; determining, by the server, that the particular tag is not in the set of tags; submitting, by the server, the particular tag to an automated approval process; upon a determination by the automated approval process that the particular tag has not been approved for adding to the set of tags, the server discarding the particular tag; and upon a determination by the automated approval process that the particular tag has been approved for adding to the set of tags, the server updating the set of tags to include the particular tag; providing the set of tags to devices for use in user interfaces for selecting tags; wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.