Patent ID: 8589782

Claim:
A method, implemented on a machine having at least one processor, storage, and a communication platform connected to a network for saving and tagging a content item available on the network, the method comprising: receiving a request to bookmark a content item from a user, the content item provided over the network to a client device operated by the user; retrieving one or more items of tag information from a tag space associated with the content item, the tag space comprising a plurality of items of tag information associated with the content item, the plurality of items of tag information comprising a collection of tags specified by a plurality of users that have bookmarked the content item; suggesting to the user the one or more retrieved items of tag information; receiving from the user one or more items of user-generated tag information to be saved with the content item; saving a bookmark of the content item in conjunction with the one or more items of user-generated tag information; and associating the one or more items of user-generated tag information with the tag space associated with the content item.