Method and apparatus for submitting, organizing, and searching for content

Abstract

Some embodiments of the invention provide a method for tagging and searching for content. In some embodiments, a tagging mechanism is provided that allows the creation of tag chains for tagging content. In some embodiments, once the content is tagged, a search tool is provided that allows the search for content, through the search for tag chains.

1 . A method for defining a user interface (UI) for specifying tags for a piece of content, the method comprising:
 defining a first set of UI items for selecting a first tag;   defining a second set of UI items for selecting a second tag; and   defining a third set of UI items for selecting a relationship operator that identifies a relationship between the first tag and the second tag.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising defining a display area for displaying a text representation of the relationship between the first tag and the second tag. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the relationship between the first and second tag defines a link of a tag chain that includes one or more links. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the third set of UI items is further for selecting at least one urinary operator that operates on a single tag to define a link of a tag chain that includes one or more links. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the relationship between the first and second tag defines a hierarchy between the first and second tag. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the third set of UI items comprises a list of different operators for identifying the relationship. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first and second tags is a sponsored tag. 
     
     
         8 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer program for execution by at least one processor, the computer program comprising sets of instructions for:
 receiving identification of a first tag;   receiving identification of a second tag;   receiving identification of a relationship operator; and   defining a link of a tag chain by creating a relationship between the first tag and the second tag using the relationship operator to describe the relationship between the first tag and the second tag.   
     
     
         9 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 8 , wherein the relationship between the first and second tag defines a hierarchical relationship between the first and second tag. 
     
     
         10 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 8 , wherein at least one of the first and second tags is a sponsored tag. 
     
     
         11 . A method of searching for content, said method comprising:
 receiving identification of a plurality of tags associated with the content;   receiving identification of a relationship between two tags within the plurality of tags; and   retrieving the content based on the relationship between the two tags.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein receiving identification of the relationship comprises receiving identification of an operator that describes the relationship between the two tags. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the relationship is a hierarchical relationship between the two tags. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the content is retrieved by filtering out the content from a list of content items. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the content is retrieved by sorting the content to the top position in a list of content items. 
     
     
         16 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer program for generating a graphical user interface (GUI), the GUI comprising:
 a first display area for receiving user comment; and   a second display area for displaying a list of sponsored and non-sponsored tags to input into the first display area.   
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 16 , wherein each tag comprises one or more keywords. 
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 16 , wherein the second display area displays each sponsored tag prior to any non-sponsored tag in the list of tags. 
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 16 , wherein the second display area displays each sponsored tag with a marking to distinguish the sponsored tags from other non-sponsored tags. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 16 , wherein the GUI further comprises a third display area for displaying a user-selected category, wherein the list of sponsored and non-sponsored tag is displayed in the second display area based on the user-selected category. 
     
     
         21 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 16 , wherein the first display area displays sponsored tags differently from other input text. 
     
     
         22 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of  claim 16 , wherein the tags in the list of tags allows a user to specify a tag chain.