MEDIA ANNOTATION VISUALIZATION TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES, AND AN AGGREGATE-BEHAVIOR VISUALIZATION SYSTEM UTILIZING SUCH TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES

摘要

Methods of facilitating the discovery of relationships between/among participants within systems for annotating visual media objects to create new associations, communities, and other relationships. These methods include processing annotations, metadata, and/or other information using one or more aggregate-behavior-visualization algorithms and displaying aggregate -behavior visualizations to users. These visualizations allow users to seek out and discover relationships and provide unique knowledge assets useful for a variety of purposes, including creating smart documents and fostering learning.