Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image search engine employing image correlation
- Patent Title (中): 图像搜索引擎采用图像相关
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Application No.: US12185804Application Date: 2008-08-04
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Publication No.: US08180788B2Publication Date: 2012-05-15
- Inventor: James D. Bennett
- Applicant: James D. Bennett
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: Enpulz, L.L.C.
- Current Assignee: Enpulz, L.L.C.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Garlick & Markison
- Agent Bruce E. Garlick
- Main IPC: G06F7/00
- IPC: G06F7/00 ; G06F17/30

Abstract:
An Internet infrastructure that supports searching of images by correlating a search image with that of plurality of images hosted in Internet based servers, containing an image search server, and a web browser contained in a client device that supports displaying of the images. The image search server supports delivery of search result pages to a client device based upon a search string or search image, and contains images from a plurality of Internet based web hosting servers. The image search server delivers a search result page containing images upon receiving a search string and/or search image from the web browser. The selection of images in the search result page is based upon: (i) word match, that is, by selecting images, titles of which correspond to the search string; and (ii) image correlation, that is, by selecting images, image characteristics of which correlates to that of search image. The selection of images in the search result page also occurs on the basis of popularity.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090307220A1 IMAGE SEARCH ENGINE EMPLOYING IMAGE CORRELATION Public/Granted day:2009-12-10
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