USER INTERFACE FOR VIEWING CLUSTERS OF IMAGES
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Abstract
A method and system for providing a user interface for presenting images of clusters of an image search result is provided. The user interface system displays the search result in a cluster/view form using a cluster panel and a view panel. The cluster panel contains a cluster area for each cluster. The view panel may contain thumbnails of images of the search result in a list view or a mix view. When a user selects a cluster area from the cluster panel, the user interface system displays a list view of thumbnails for that cluster in the view panel. The user interface system may display a thumbnail list near a cluster area of the cluster panel. The thumbnail list contains mini-thumbnails of the images of the selected cluster. The user interface system may also display a detail view of an image in the view panel when a user selects an image.
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40 Claims
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21. A method for presenting an image search result having clusters of images, the method comprising:
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receiving a image search query; identifying an image search result of images that are relevant to the image search query, each image having a relevance score indicating relevance of the image to the image query search, the images being organized into clusters; displaying in a cluster panel a cluster indication of each cluster, the cluster indication including thumbnails of multiple images from the cluster, the cluster indications being ordered based on relevance of the images in the cluster to the image search query; and displaying in a view panel thumbnails of images of one or more clusters ordered based on relevance of the images to the image search query. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A computer-readable storage medium containing computer-executable instructions for controlling a computer to present an image search result having clusters of images, by a method comprising:
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receiving an image search query; identifying an image search result of images that are relevant to the image search query, each image having a relevance score indicating relevance of the image to the image query search, the images being organized into clusters; displaying in a cluster panel a cluster indication of each cluster, the cluster indication including thumbnails of multiple images from the cluster, the cluster indications being ordered based on relevance of the images in the cluster to the image search query; and displaying in a view panel thumbnails of images of one or more clusters. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A computing device for presenting an image search result having clusters of images, by a method comprising:
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a store containing an image search result of images that are relevant to an image search query, each image having a relevance score indicating relevance of the image to the image query search, the images being organized into clusters; a memory storing computer-executable instructions of a component that displays in a cluster panel a cluster indication of each cluster, the cluster indication including thumbnails of multiple images from the cluster, the cluster indications are ordered based on relevance of the images in the cluster to the image search query; and a component that displays in a view panel thumbnails of images of one or more clusters; and a processor that executes the computer-executable instruction stored in the memory. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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