Image-based search system and method
First Claim
1. An image-based search system, comprising:
- at least one user terminal for transmitting any one or more of a search term entry signal, an image selection signal and an image combination signal to a search server and receiving relevant search results from the search server;
an information communication network for connecting the user terminal, the search server and a web server to one another;
the search server for receiving any one or more of the search term entry signal, the image selection signal and the image combination signal from the user terminal, performing searching using attribute information of an image, and transmitting search results, including images, to the user terminal; and
the web server for forming a physical space over the information communication network, in which websites, which are objects from which information is gathered by the search server, exist.
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Abstract
Disclosed-herein is an image-based search system and method. The image-based search system includes at least one user terminal, an information communication network, a search server, and a web server. The user terminal transmits any one or more of a search term entry signal, an image selection signal and an image combination signal to a search server and receives relevant search results from the search server. The information communication network connects the user terminal, the search server and a web server to one another. The search server receives any one or more of the search term entry signal, the image selection signal and the image combination signal from the user terminal, performs searching using attribute information of an image, and transmits search results, including images, to the user terminal. The web server forms a physical space over the information communication network, in which websites, which are objects from which information is gathered by the search server, exist.
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25 Claims
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1. An image-based search system, comprising:
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at least one user terminal for transmitting any one or more of a search term entry signal, an image selection signal and an image combination signal to a search server and receiving relevant search results from the search server; an information communication network for connecting the user terminal, the search server and a web server to one another; the search server for receiving any one or more of the search term entry signal, the image selection signal and the image combination signal from the user terminal, performing searching using attribute information of an image, and transmitting search results, including images, to the user terminal; and the web server for forming a physical space over the information communication network, in which websites, which are objects from which information is gathered by the search server, exist. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An image-based search method, comprising:
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(a) gathering search object images; (b) determining whether the gathered search object images include attribute information; (c) if, as a result of the determination at the (b), the gathered search object images include the attribute information, performing image decoding; (d) storing the search object images and the attribute information; and (e) receiving a search request signal, performing searching in conformity with the search request signal, and then outputting search results. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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