Patent Document ID: 8041738
Application ID: 13024889

Base Claim:
1. One or more computer-readable storage media devices having computer-readable instructions thereon which, when executed, implement a method comprising: presenting a user interface that enables a user to create a tag that is to be used to tag one or more digital objects; defining the tag using the user interface; strongly typing the tag by providing a unique ID that is associated with an individual or group of people, wherein the tag is configured to associate a changeable property with the unique ID, the changeable property being a name, wherein different names associated with a same unique ID are automatically resolved to the same unique ID independent of a user resolving the different names; using the tag to present multiple user-selectable communication options to the user that the user can select, via a cursor, to cause initiation of a communication with a tagged entity, responsive to the user interacting with the one or more digital objects; and presenting the tag in a navigation tree that is displayed on the user interface and which includes a tag node that is expandable to expose a list of previously created tags.

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Claim 4:
4. The one or more computer-readable storage media devices of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed, implement a method further comprising using the tag to provide one or more services to the user.