Method and apparatus for expanded content tag sharing

An apparatus configured to expand content tag sharing, the apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory including computer program code,
• the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following,
• associate a plurality of data fields with a content associated with a first person, wherein the data fields include a content identifier field configured to hold a content identifier of the content, a tagged contact field configured to hold authorized contact data indicating one or more contacts of the first person are authorized to further tag one or more unidentified items presented in one or more portions in the content, and wherein the one or more contacts are different from the first person and the one or more unidentified items;
• initiate a presentation of the content on one or more user interfaces to the one or more contacts;
• and
• receive, via the one or more user interfaces, one or more item identifiers tagged to the one or more unidentified items by the one or more contacts.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to at least perform the following steps to expand content tag sharing:

• associating a plurality of data fields with a content associated with a first person, wherein the data fields include a content identifier field configured to hold a content identifier of the content, a tagged contact field configured to hold authorized contact data indicating one or more contacts of the first person are authorized to further tag one or more unidentified items presented in one or more portions in the content, and wherein the one or more contacts are different from the first person and the one or more unidentified items;
• initiating a presentation of the content on one or more user interfaces to the one or more contacts;
• and
• receiving, via the one or more user interfaces, one or more item identifiers tagged to the one or more unidentified items by the one or more contacts.