Patent ID: 8661364

Claim:
A non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising instructions for causing a computer to implement a method of graphically setting category information or metadata for a content item or group of content items, the method comprising: a. providing an entry window for a user to enter or select a content item or a group of content items; b. populating a window with at least one parent node corresponding to the entered or selected content item or group of content items and at least one child node, the child node indicating a category of metadata pertaining to the content item or group of content items, a distance of the child node from the parent node indicating a value of metadata in the category; and c. receiving user input graphically adjusting the distance of the child node from the parent node in the window by sliding one relative to the other, the distance indicating the value of the metadata within the category, and displaying a pop-up label indicating the value of the metadata within the category, the value dynamically updating as the distance of the child node from the parent node changes; d. such that the metadata value for the category for the content item or group of content items is set by the user through the graphically adjusting.