Patent ID: 8732168

Claim:
A system for controlling metadata associated with content on an electronic device as directed by a user of the electronic device, the system comprising: a user interface comprising screens displayed on a screen of the electronic device; an input mechanism stored on the electronic device, the input mechanism receiving user instructions through the user interface displayed on the screen of the electronic device; a sharing component for selecting applicable content for export from the electronic device, for selecting a selected content sharing mechanism of a plurality of content sharing mechanisms and for sharing the applicable content through the selected content sharing mechanism; a plurality of profiles stored in memory of the electronic device, each profile including profile instructions regarding metadata control and being directed to at least one of the plurality of content sharing mechanisms; a metadata modification component for automatically selecting a relevant profile of the plurality of profiles based on the selected content sharing mechanism, the relevant profile being directed to the selected content sharing mechanism, and modifying metadata associated with the applicable content in accordance with the profile instructions of the relevant profile for the selected content sharing mechanism, the applicable content and the metadata associated with the applicable content being stored in the memory of the electronic device; a metadata association component for associating the modified metadata with the applicable content; and a marking component for marking modified content, the metadata associated with the modified content having been modified by the system; wherein the user interface includes a watermark selection field, the marking component adding a watermark to the modified content when the watermark selection field is selected, and the marking component not adding a watermark to the modified content when the watermark selection field is not selected; wherein the sharing component shares the applicable content and the modified metadata through the selected content sharing mechanism after processing by the metadata modification and association components.