US 2017/0255693 A1 · PROVIDING IMAGES FOR SEARCH QUERIES

Abstract

Techniques and technologies for providing images for search queries are described. In at least some embodiments, a system includes a scraping query component, a search component, and a search results analysis component. The scraping query component provides a scrape query based on textual information associated with an entity of interest. The search component conducts an electronic search via one or more networks to obtain search results based at least partially on the scrape query, the search results including at least a search result image and image metadata associated with the search result image. The search results analysis component determines a similarity between at least part of the image metadata associated with the search result image and at least part of the textual information associated with the entity of interest, and determines whether to store, provide, or discard the search result image based at least partially on the determined similarity.

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Dependent claims

A system for providing images for search queries, comprising:

a scraping query component configured to provide a scrape query based on textual information associated with an entity of interest;
a search component configured to conduct an electronic search via one or more networks to obtain search results based at least partially on the scrape query, the search results including at least a search result image and image metadata associated with the search result image;
and
a search results analysis component configured to:
determine a similarity between at least part of the image metadata associated with the search result image and at least part of the textual information associated with the entity of interest;
and
determine whether to at least one of store, provide, or discard the search result image based at least partially on the determined similarity.

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A method for providing images for search queries, comprising:

conducting an image search via one or more networks to obtain image search results, the image search results including at least a search result image and image metadata associated with the search result image;
determining a similarity between the search result image and an entity of interest, including at least:
comparing one or more attributes of at least part of the image metadata with textual information associated with the entity of interest using a string distance function to determine an overall similarity score;
and
determining whether to at least one of store, provide, or discard the search result image based at least partially on the overall similarity score.

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A system for providing images for search queries, comprising:

a query component configured to receive a search query, the search query including textual information associated with an entity of interest;
an external image retrieval component configured to conduct a search for one or more images associated with the search query via one or more networks;
a receiving component configured to receive a search result from the external image retrieval component, the search result including at least a search result image and image metadata associated with the search result image;
and
a search result analysis component configured to:
determine a similarity between at least part of the image metadata associated with the search result image and at least part of the textual information associated with the entity of interest;
and
determine whether to at least one of store, provide, or discard the search result image based at least partially on the determined similarity.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Providing images for search queries

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