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Automatic discovery of popular landmarks

  • US 10,289,643 B2
  • Filed: 10/03/2016
  • Issued: 05/14/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

  • receiving, by one or more processors, a user query;

    identifying one or more trigger words in the user query;

    selecting one or more tags from a landmark database, the tags corresponding to the one or more trigger words;

    supplementing the user query with the one or more tags to generate a supplemented user query that describe a landmark;

    in response to receiving the supplemented user query, identifying a plurality of visual clusters from the landmark database wherein the plurality of visual clusters are associated with a landmark based on the supplemented user query;

    causing a user interface to be displayed, wherein the user interface includes the plurality of visual clusters;

    receiving user input wherein the user input indicates that a first visual cluster of the plurality of visual clusters and a second visual cluster of the plurality of visual clusters are to be merged, wherein the second visual cluster is different than the first visual cluster; and

    in response to receiving the user input, updating the landmark database to merge the first visual cluster and the second visual cluster.

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