Patent ID: 8364718

Claim:
A method of collaborating tags in a bookmarking system wherein the bookmarking system comprises a plurality of tags applied to a plurality of content items by a plurality of users, wherein the plurality of tags comprise at least a first type of tag and a second type of tag, comprising: examining, by a processor, all the tags that are applied to all the content items; determining, by the processor, whether at least said first type and said second type of tag have been assigned to at least one of said plurality of content items; computing, by the processor, if at least said first type and said second type of tag have been assigned to at least one of said plurality of content items, a relative strength of said first type of tag with respect to said second type of tag, wherein the relative strength is computed by counting the number of times said second type of tag was assigned to the at least one of said plurality of content items by the plurality of users, and dividing by the sum total of the number of times said first type of tag was assigned to any content item in the entire bookmarking system by the plurality of users plus the number of times said second type of tag was assigned to any content item in the entire bookmarking system by the plurality of users; filtering out each relative strength that is below a system or user-defined threshold; providing a visual representation of the plurality of tags; and providing a visual representation of each relative strength between the tags in the bookmarking system that is above the system or user-defined threshold.