SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUAL CONTEXTUAL SEARCH
First Claim
1. A method for searching and retrieving one or more visual representations and contextual data associated with a given object and one or more constituent components of the object, the method comprising:
- receiving a first query identifying a given object;
identifying one or more visual representations and one or more items of contextual data corresponding to the given object;
displaying the one or more identified visual representations corresponding to the given object in conjunction with the one or more identified items of contextual data;
receiving a second query identifying a constituent component within the given object; and
identifying and displaying one or more visual representations of the constituent component in conjunction with one or more items of contextual data corresponding to the constituent component.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed towards systems, methods, and computer readable media for searching and retrieving one or more visual representations and contextual data associated with a given object and one or more constituent components of the object. The method of the present invention comprises receiving a first query identifying a given object. One or more visual representations and one or more items of contextual data corresponding to the given object are identified, and the one or more identified visual representations corresponding to the given object are displayed in conjunction with the one or more identified items of contextual data. A second query identifying a constituent component within the given object is received, and one or more visual representations of the constituent component are identified and displayed in conjunction with one or more items of contextual data corresponding to the constituent component.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for searching and retrieving one or more visual representations and contextual data associated with a given object and one or more constituent components of the object, the method comprising:
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receiving a first query identifying a given object; identifying one or more visual representations and one or more items of contextual data corresponding to the given object; displaying the one or more identified visual representations corresponding to the given object in conjunction with the one or more identified items of contextual data; receiving a second query identifying a constituent component within the given object; and identifying and displaying one or more visual representations of the constituent component in conjunction with one or more items of contextual data corresponding to the constituent component. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for searching and retrieving one or more visual representations and contextual data associated with a given object and one or more constituent components of the object, the system comprising:
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an image server component operative to store one or more visual representations of one or more objects and one or more visual representations of one or more constituent components within the one or more objects; and a contextual server component operative to store one or more items of contextual data for the one or more objects and the one or more constituent components within the one or more objects; and a search server component operative to; receive a first query identifying a given object; retrieve and display one or more visual representations corresponding to the given object from the image server and one or more items of contextual data corresponding to the given object from the contextual server; and receive a second query identifying a constituent component within the given object; and retrieve and display one or more visual representations corresponding to the constituent component from the image server and one or more items of contextual data corresponding to the constituent component from the contextual server. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. Computer readable media comprising program code for execution by a programmable processor to perform a method for searching and retrieving one or more visual representations and contextual data associated with a given object and one or more constituent components of the object, the program code comprising:
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program code for receiving a first query identifying a given object; program code for identifying one or more visual representations and one or more items of contextual data corresponding to the given object; program code for displaying the one or more identified visual representations corresponding to the given object in conjunction with the one or more identified items of contextual data; program code for receiving a second query identifying a constituent component within the given object; and program code for identifying and displaying one or more visual representations of the constituent component in conjunction with one or more items of contextual data corresponding to the constituent component. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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