# US 2018/0293455 A1 · Methods and systems for managing images > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0293455 A1 - Document ID: US20180293455A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/483,047 - Filed: 2017-04-10 - Published: 2018-10-11 - Earliest claimed: 2017-04-10 - Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation - Applicants: International Business Machines Corporation - Inventors: Christopher J. HARDEE; Steven R. JOROFF; Pamela A. NESBITT; Scott E. SCHNEIDER - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180293455A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus - G06F 3/0488: using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures - G06F 16/50: of still image data - G06F 16/532: Query formulation, e.g. graphical querying - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract Embodiments for managing images by one or more processors are described. A selection of at least one portion of a first image is received. A selection of a characteristic of the at least one selected portion of the first image is received. At least one of a plurality of second images is selected based on the selected characteristic of the at least one selected portion of the first image. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method, by one or more processors, for managing images, comprising: receiving a selection of at least one portion of a first image; receiving a selection of a characteristic of the at least one selected portion of the first image; and selecting at least one of a plurality of second images based on the selected characteristic of the at least one selected portion of the first image. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the selected characteristic of the at least one selected portion of the first image includes at least one of a color or an object type. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first image is rendered on a first computing device, and at least some of the plurality of second images are stored in a memory of a second computing device, wherein the second computing device is remote from the first computing device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further including rendering the selected at least one of the plurality of second images on a display of a computing device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein the rendering of the selected at least one of the plurality of second images on the display of the computing device includes generating a visual indication of the selected characteristic of the selected at least one portion of the first image on the selected at least one of the plurality of second images. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first image is rendered on the display of a computing device, and at least one of the receiving of the selection of the at least one portion of the first image and the receiving of the selection of the characteristic of the at least one selected portion of the first image includes detecting a user input device within a proximity of the display. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, further including rendering a characteristic menu on the display after the receiving of the selection of the at least one portion of the first image, and wherein the receiving of the selection of the characteristic of the at least one selected portion of the first image includes receiving a selection of an item within the characteristic menu. ### Claim 8 A system for managing mobile devices, comprising: at least one processor that receives a selection of at least one portion of a first image; receives a selection of a characteristic of the at least one selected portion of the first image; and selects at least one of a plurality of second images based on the selected characteristic of the at least one selected portion of the first image. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the selected characteristic of the at least one selected portion of the first image includes at least one of a color or an object type. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the first image is rendered on a first computing device, and at least some of the plurality of second images are stored in a memory of a second computing device, wherein the second computing device is remote from the first computing device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the at least one processor further renders the selected at least one of the plurality of second images on a display of a computing device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the rendering of the selected at least one of the plurality of second images on the display of the computing device includes generating a visual indication of the selected characteristic of the selected at least one portion of the first image on the selected at least one of the plurality of second images. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the first image is rendered on the display of a computing device, and at least one of the receiving of the selection of the at least one portion of the first image and the receiving of the selection of the characteristic of the at least one selected portion of the first image includes detecting a user input device within a proximity of the display. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein the at least one processor further renders a characteristic menu on the display after the receiving of the selection of the at least one portion of the first image, and wherein the receiving of the selection of the characteristic of the at least one selected portion of the first image includes receiving a selection of an item within the characteristic menu. ### Claim 15 A computer program product for managing images by one or more processors, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising: an executable portion that receives a selection of at least one portion of a first image; an executable portion that receives a selection of a characteristic of the at least one selected portion of the first image; and an executable portion that selects at least one of a plurality of second images based on the selected characteristic of the at least one selected portion of the first image. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the selected characteristic of the at least one selected portion of the first image includes at least one of a color or an object type. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the first image is rendered on a first computing device, and at least some of the plurality of second images are stored in a memory of a second computing device, wherein the second computing device is remote from the first computing device. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the computer-readable program code portions further include an executable portion that renders the selected at least one of the plurality of second images on a display of a computing device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The computer program product of claim 18, wherein the rendering of the selected at least one of the plurality of second images on the display of the computing device includes generating a visual indication of the selected characteristic of the selected at least one portion of the first image on the selected at least one of the plurality of second images. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the first image is rendered on the display of a computing device, and at least one of the receiving of the selection of the at least one portion of the first image and the receiving of the selection of the characteristic of the at least one selected portion of the first image includes detecting a user input device within a proximity of the display. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The computer program product of claim 20, wherein the computer-readable program code portions further include an executable portion that renders a characteristic menu on the display after the receiving of the selection of the at least one portion of the first image, and wherein the receiving of the selection of the characteristic of the at least one selected portion of the first image includes receiving a selection of an item within the characteristic menu.