Patent ID: 8122383

Claim:
A method for classifying photographs using a TV having a TV display and a remote control wirelessly communicating with the TV, comprising: providing at least one multi-level graphical user interface (GUI) selected from the group consisting of a “who” GUI operable to classify a photograph according to a name of at least one person appearing in the photograph and a “what” GUI operable to classify a photograph according to a name or genre of a subject associated with the photograph; and allowing a user of the remote control to navigate through levels of the GUI presented on the TV display to select a classification for at least one photograph provided to the TV, wherein the GUI includes photographic classification labels representing respective classifications, the photographic classification labels appearing on the GUI in locations that dynamically change based on weight, such that in response to a predetermined number greater than one of selections of a first photographic classification label, the first photographic classification label is moved into a higher level in the GUI and a second photographic classification label in the higher level is demoted to a lower level of the GUI, such that when the weight of a photographic classification label reaches a threshold, the photographic classification label is automatically promoted into a higher level of the GUI for more convenient visual reference of the label on the GUI for later photo classifications, a classification by person(s) in the photo and/or by subject matter in the photo(s) of a first photo being used as a default classification for a second photo immediately following the first photo in the digital album such that the second photo thereafter has a default classification being the same as the classification of the first photo.