This Facebook patent by inventor Mark Zuckerberg is directed towards tagging digital media. Mr. Zuckerberg was awarded U.S. Patent 7945653 entitled “Tagging digital media” on May 17, 2011. The utility patent has been cited 332 times by other U.S. patents in the field of computer technology and in other fields.

A method for tagging digital media is described. The method includes selecting a digital media and selecting region within the digital media. The method may further include associating a person or entity with the selected region and sending a notification of the association the person or entity or a different person or entity. The method may further include sending advertising with the notification. Link: U.S. Patent 7945653

Facebook filed this utility patent on October 11, 2006 giving it a processing time of 1679 days (compared to an average processing time of 1859 in the field). They have a total number of 2008 patents. The first named inventor is Mark E. Zuckerberg of Palo Alto, CA. The patent was allowed by primary examiner Ramy M Osman and examiner .

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