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AssigneeMy Virtual Model Inc.
InventorsLouise Guay, Claude Faribault, Gregory Saumier-Finch, Elizabeth Haydock, Jean Francois St. Arnaud
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A visually-oriented search system guides a search with non-verbal inputs. Instead of specifying discrete attributes (words) as input to a search engine, a user may create a visual model of a desired end result and apply the model as a generalized input from which discrete attributes are extracted for submission to conventional search engines. The search may be enhanced with a simulation of the visually-created query, and the simulation may be transformed into a query suitable for distribution to one or more search engines. The query may be refined using domain-specific rules, vocabulary, expert systems, and the like. Search results may be browsed by a user, or employed to further refine subsequent searches.
A method comprising:
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A computer program product comprising computer executable code embodied in a computer readable medium that, when executing on one or more computing devices, performs the steps of:
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A user interface comprising:
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