Social Network Interaction

Apparatus, the apparatus having at least one processor and at least one memory having computer-readable code stored thereon which when executed controls the at least one processor:

• to receive through a user interface a user gesture made in relation to one or more displayed digital photographs, the or each photograph having one or more faces each with a tag identifying a contact associated with the face in the photograph;
• to identify locally a predefined social network function corresponding to said received user gesture and a tagged contact or contacts indicated by said gesture;
• and
• to communicate the locally-identified function to an external social network application so as to apply thereat said function in relation to the selected contact or contacts.

A method comprising:

• receiving through a user interface a user gesture made in relation to one or more displayed digital photographs, the or each photograph having one or more faces each with a tag identifying a contact associated with the face in the photograph;
• identifying locally a predefined social network function corresponding to said received user gesture and a tagged contact or contacts indicated by said gesture;
• and
• communicating the locally-identified function to an external social network application so as to apply thereat said function in relation to the selected contact or contacts.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer-readable code, which, when executed by computing apparatus, causes the computing apparatus to perform a method comprising:

• receiving through a user interface a user gesture made in relation to one or more displayed digital photographs, the or each photograph having one or more faces each with a tag identifying a contact associated with the face in the photograph;
• identifying locally a predefined social network function corresponding to said received user gesture and a tagged contact or contacts indicated by said gesture;
• and
• communicating the locally-identified function to an external social network application so as to apply thereat said function in relation to the selected contact or contacts.