Patent ID: 8656282

Claim:
A method executed by an authoring device including a processor coupled to one or more user input devices and to a display device, the method comprising the following acts performed during playback of displayed images of a video clip on the display device, wherein the video clip depicts one or more objects that relate to one or more of gadgets, design, or style, the method comprising: displaying a list of tags, wherein each tag includes text for display during playback of the video clip; accepting one or more first signals from at least one of the one or more user input devices to select a selected tag that relates to gadgets, design, or style; and accepting one or more second signals from at least one of the one or more user input devices to visually place the selected tag onto the displayed images of the video clip at a selected time and position and to associate the selected tag with at least one of the one or more objects depicted in the video clip, so that during later playback of the video clip on a non-authoring viewer device, the selected tag is displayed at the selected time and position in the video clip and in a manner that visually conveys an association between the selected tag and said at least one of the one or more objects depicted in the video clip.