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US 8,577,134 B2Granted
Method and system of facilitating search by color
AssigneeYahoo! Inc.
InventorsSundeep Tirumalareddy, Hayrettin Kolukisaoglu
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Abstract
A system and method of facilitating search by color processes an image of an item to obtain its color space parameter values and/or color names based on the color space parameter values, and adds the color space parameter values and/or color names as color attribute of the item. When a user inputs a color as a search criterion, the method searches the color attributes of items, and returns a list of items matching the color selected by the user.
Claims16
A method comprising:
- storing, in an attribute information database, color parameter values for items;
- wherein storing color parameter values for items includes, for each item of a plurality of items, storing, in association with the item, at least one color parameter value that represents a color of the item;
- receiving, from a user, a search request identifying a particular color;
- querying whether the user is interested in similar colors;
- in response to an indication that the user is interested in similar colors:
- determining a color parameter value range based on the particular color identified by the search request;
- searching the attribute information database for items having a color parameter value that falls within the color parameter value range;
- and
- in response to the search request, displaying one or more items that are associated with color parameter values that fall within the color parameter value range;
- in response to an indication that the user is not interested in similar colors:
- searching the attribute information database for items having a color parameter value that exactly matches the particular color identified by the search request;
- and
- in response to the search request, displaying one or more items that are associated with color parameter values that exactly match the particular color identified by the search request;
- wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.
11 more elements
A server, comprising:
- a processing unit;
- a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, cause the processing unit to perform:
- storing, in an attribute information database, color parameter values for items;
- wherein storing color parameter values for items includes, for each item of a plurality of items, storing, in association with the item, at least one color parameter value that represents a color of the item;
- receiving, from a user, a search request identifying a particular color;
- querying whether the user is interested in similar colors;
- in response to an indication that the user is interested in similar colors:
- determining a color parameter value range based on the particular color identified by the search request;
- searching the attribute information database for items having a color parameter value that falls within the color parameter value range;
- and
- in response to the search request, displaying one or more items that are associated with color parameter values that fall within the color parameter value range;
- in response to an indication that the user is not interested in similar colors:
- searching the attribute information database for items having a color parameter value that exactly matches the particular color identified by the search request;
- and
- in response to the search request, displaying one or more items that are associated with color parameter values that exactly match the particular color identified by the search request.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, which, when executed by one or more processors, cause performance of:
- storing, in an attribute information database, color parameter values for items;
- wherein storing color parameter values for items includes, for each item of a plurality of items, storing, in association with the item, at least one color parameter value that represents a color of the item;
- receiving, from a user, a search request identifying a particular color;
- querying whether the user is interested in similar colors;
- in response to an indication that the user is interested in similar colors:
- determining a color parameter value range based on the particular color identified by the search request;
- searching the attribute information database for items having a color parameter value that falls within the color parameter value range;
- and
- in response to the search request, displaying one or more items that are associated with color parameter values that fall within the color parameter value range;
- in response to an indication that the user is not interested in similar colors:
- searching the attribute information database for items having a color parameter value that exactly matches the particular color identified by the search request;
- and
- in response to the search request, displaying one or more items that are associated with color parameter values that exactly match the particular color identified by the search request.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.