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Method for using extracted features to perform an action associated with selected identified image

  • US 10,521,471 B1
  • Filed: 09/14/2018
  • Issued: 12/31/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method comprising:

  • (a) receiving, at a computer system from a user electronic device, a query related to an image obtained from the user electronic device;

    (b) receiving, at the computer system, one or more extracted features of the image, wherein the one or more extracted features include a compact representation of at least a portion of the image related to one or more blocks of pixels of the image;

    (c) identifying, using the computer system, one or more annotations associated with the image;

    (d) identifying, at the computer system, one or more other images related to the image by comparing the one or more extracted features from the image with reference features from a first plurality of reference works using a sub-linear search of reference features that identifies one or more matches to the image but does not guarantee to identify an exact match to the image, wherein the first plurality of reference works are organized using a tree structure based on annotations including the one or more annotations to eliminate a second plurality of reference works from being searched;

    (e) providing, by the computer system to the user electronic device, the identified one or more other images along with action information associated with the identified one or more other images, wherein the action information is related to an action to be performed at the user electronic device;

    (f) receiving, at the computer system from the user electronic device, a selection of one of the identified one or more other images; and

    (g) providing, to the electronic device, machine readable instructions for performance of the action associated with the selected one of the identified one or more other images.

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