Cognitive memory and auto-associative neural network based search engine for computer and network located images and photographs

A photographic or image search engine for a computer or other information appliance, the photographic or image search engine characterized in that photographs or images stored in said computer or other information appliance are accessible to said photographic or image search engine, and are retrieved in response to receipt of a query comprising at least one text or symbolic information and at least one photograph or image, wherein both the at least one text or symbolic information and at least one photograph or image have a relationship to said photographs or images stored in said computer or other information appliance.

A photographic or image search engine for a computer or other information appliance, wherein photographs or images stored in said computer or other information appliance are accessible to said photographic or image search engine, and are retrieved in response to receipt of a query comprising of a query photograph, where said query photograph has one or more objects of interest or at least one persons face, and said photographs or images stored in said computer or other information appliance contain objects of interest or at least one persons face, and wherein said photographic or image search engine further comprises:

• (a) first means for locating said objects of interest or people's faces in both said query photograph and in said photographs stored in said computer or other information appliance;
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• (b) second means for relating said objects of interest in said query photograph to corresponding objects in said photographs stored in said computer or other information appliance.

A photographic search engine for the World Wide Web or other types of interconnected networks of computers, servers, information networks, or information appliances, wherein:

• (a) photographs and documents containing photographs or images stored on network or web servers or other types of information storage appliances are accessible to said photographic or image search engine, and paths, addresses, universal resource locators (URL's), or other source or location information that refer to said photographs or images and said documents containing photographs;
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• (b) said paths, addresses, URL's, and/or other source or location information are retrieved in response to receipt of a query consisting of a query photograph or image which has a relationship to said photographs or images and documents containing photographs stored on said web servers or other types of information storage appliances.

A photographic search engine for the World Wide Web or other types of interconnected networks of computers, servers, information networks, or information appliances, wherein:

• (a) photographs and documents containing photographs stored on web servers or other types of information storage appliances are accessible to said photographic search engine, and paths, addresses, or universal resource locators (URL's) that refer to said photographs and said documents containing photographs;
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• (b) said paths addresses, or URL's are retrieved in response to receipt of a query consisting of text and a query photograph, which have a relationship to said photographs and documents containing photographs stored on said web servers or other types of information storage appliances.

A photographic search engine for the World Wide Web or interconnected networks of computers, servers, information networks, or information appliances, wherein photographs or images are stored on web servers or other information storage appliances are accessible to said photographic search engine, and are retrieved in response to receipt of a query consisting of a photograph, the query photograph, where said query photograph has one or more objects of interest or people's faces, and said photographs stored on said web servers or said other information storage appliances contain objects of interest or people's faces, where said photographic search engine has:

• (a) first means for locating said objects of interest or people's faces in both said query photograph and in said photographs stored on said web servers or said other information storage appliances;
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• (b) second means for relating said objects of interest in said query photograph to corresponding objects in said photographs stored on said web servers or said other information storage appliances.

In a photographic search engine for the World Wide Web or interconnected networks of computers, servers, information networks, or information appliances, wherein photographs or images are stored on web servers or other information storage appliances are accessible to said photographic search engine, and are retrieved in response to receipt of a query consisting of a photograph, the query photograph, where said query photograph has one or more objects of interest or people's faces, and said photographs stored on said web servers or said other information storage appliances contain objects of interest or people's faces, a method for performing a search for photographs or images comprising:

• (a) locating said objects of interest or people's faces in both said query photograph and in said photographs stored on said web servers or said other information storage appliances;
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• (b) relating said objects of interest in said query photograph to corresponding objects in said photographs stored on said web servers or said other information storage appliances.