# US 2018/0025006 A1 · System and method for providing image search result online using device information > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0025006 A1 - Document ID: US20180025006A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/654,518 - Filed: 2017-07-19 - Published: 2018-01-25 - Earliest claimed: 2016-07-20 - Assignees: NHN Entertainment Corporation - Applicants: NHN Entertainment Corporation - Inventors: Miyoung JANG - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180025006A1 ## CPC - G06F 16/434: {using image data, e.g. images, photos, pictures taken by a user} - G06F 16/196: {Specific adaptations of the file system to access devices and non-file objects via standard file system access operations, e.g. pseudo file systems (dedicated interfaces to storage systems G06F3/0601)} - G06F 16/41: Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures - G06F 16/907: Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A method of providing an image search result online using device information including: receiving an input of a search query; identifying first device information of a device from the search query; indexing an image that matches the first device information by comparing the first device information to second device information included in metadata of the image; and providing the indexed image that matches the first device information as a search result of the search query. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of providing an image search result online using device information, the method comprising: receiving an input of a search query; identifying first device information of a device from the search query; indexing an image that matches the first device information by comparing the first device information to second device information included in metadata of the image; and providing the indexed image that matches the first device information as a search result of the search query. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the indexing of the image comprises: searching for the image associated with the first device information included in the search query; and determining whether the second device information is included in the metadata of the image. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the indexing of the image further comprises: extracting the second device information associated with the first device information from content in which the image is included, in response to determining that the metadata of the image does not include the second device information; and indexing the image included in the content. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the identifying of the first device information comprises: identifying at least one of type information of the device, a model name of the device, and a name of the device as the first device information. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the providing of the indexed image comprises: including the second device information in metadata of an image uploaded from a user that is captured from a device matching the first device information; and providing the uploaded image as the search result. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the providing of the indexed image comprises: changing metadata of the image uploaded from the user in response to changing of the image uploaded from the user; and indicating the change in the metadata. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the providing of the indexed image comprises: sorting and providing a plurality of images that match the first device information based on a predetermined criterion. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: providing an image searched according to the search query and the second device information extracted from the metadata of the image as the search result of the search query in response to identifying that the search query does not include the first device information. ### Claim 9 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method of providing an image search result online using device information, comprising: receiving an input of a search query; identifying first device information of a device from the search query; indexing an image that matches the first device information by comparing the first device information and second device information included in metadata of the image; and providing the indexed image that matches the first device information to be output as a search result of the search query. ### Claim 10 An online image search result providing system, comprising: a receiver configured to receive an input of a search query; an identifier configured to identify first device information of a device from the search query; an indexer configured to index an image that matches the first device information by comparing the first device information to second device information included in metadata of the image; and a provider configured to provide the image that matches the first device information as a search result of the search query. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The image search result providing system of claim 10, wherein the indexer is configured to search for the image associated with the first device information included in the search query, and to determine whether the second device information is included in the metadata of the image. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The image search result providing system of claim 11, wherein the indexer is configured to extract information associated with the first device information from content in which the image is included, in response to determining that the metadata of the image does not include the second device information, and to index an image included in the content. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The image search result providing system of claim 10, wherein the identifier is configured to identify at least one of type information of the device, a model name of the device, and a name of the device as the first device information. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The image search result providing system of claim 10, wherein the provider is configured to include the second device information in metadata of an image uploaded by a user that is captured from a device matching the first device information, and to provide the uploaded image as the search result. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The image search result providing system of claim 14, wherein the provider is configured to change metadata of the image uploaded from the user in response to changing of the image uploaded from the user, and to indicate the change in the metadata. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The image search result providing system of claim 10, wherein the provider is configured to sort and provide a plurality of images that match the first device information based on a predetermined criterion. ### Claim 17 (depends on 10) The image search result providing system of claim 10, wherein the provider is configured to provide an image searched according to the search query and the second device information extracted from the metadata of the image as the search result of the search query in response to identifying that the search query does not include the first device information.