User interface for selecting a photo tag
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorsMichael Stephen Brown, Gerhard Dietrich Klassen, Terrill Mark Dent
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Abstract
There is disclosed a user interface for selecting a photo tag. In an embodiment, the user interface embodies a method of selecting a photo tag for a tagged photo, comprising: providing a tag entry field for entering a photo tag; in dependence upon a string entered by a user, displaying in a matching tag list any tags from one or more selected tag sources matching the entered string. The method may further comprise displaying a tag type for each tag appearing in the matching tag list. The method may further comprise allowing user selection of a tag in the matching tag list to complete the tag entry field.
Claims21
A communications device including a display, the communications device comprising:
- a processor in data communication with the display, the processor configured to:
- display an image containing a subject;
- display, concurrent with the image, a list including a tag associated with the subject, the tag including a tag type indicative of a tag source;
- highlight the subject with a visual indicator, the visual indicator corresponding to the tag type and being presented upon scrolling over the associated tag;
- and
- display a menu of options associated with at least one of the tag and the tag type, the menu of options being presented upon scrolling over the associated tag.
A method of presenting photo tags on a communication device having a display, said method comprising:
- displaying, via a processor in data communication with the display, an image containing a subject;
- displaying, concurrent with the image, a list including a tag associated with the subject, the tag including a tag type indicative of a tag source;
- highlighting the subject with a visual indicator, the visual indicator corresponding to the tag type and being presented upon scrolling over the associated tag;
- and
- displaying a menu of options associated with at least one of the tag and the tag type, the menu of options being presented upon scrolling over the associated tag.
A non-transitory memory storing instructions that, when loaded into a communications device, are executable to:
- display an image containing a subject;
- display, concurrent with the image, a list including a tag associated with the subject, the tag including a tag type indicative of a tag source;
- highlight the subject with a visual indicator, the visual indicator corresponding to the tag type and being presented upon scrolling over the associated tag;
- and
- display a menu of options associated with at least one of the tag and the tag type, the menu of options being presented upon scrolling over the associated tag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.