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Search Result Enhancement Through Image Duplicate Detection

  • US 20110106798A1
  • Filed: 10/27/2010
  • Published: 05/05/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2009
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. One or more computer storage media storing computer-executable instructions for performing a method for enhancing search results, the method comprising:

  • receiving a user search query;

    identifying one or more images relevant to the search query, each image located on a web page or domain;

    accessing an index listing a plurality of images, each image located on a web page or domain, the index including;

    for one or more images listed in the index, an indication that one or more duplicates of the images are also listed in the index,information extracted from each of the one or more images having duplicates also listed in the index and information extracted from the duplicates, andfor each image having duplicates also listed in the index, aggregated information based on the total number of duplicates and based on information extracted from the image and extracted from each duplicate of the image,wherein duplicates of an image include both copies of the image and near duplicates of the image, near duplicates being substantially similar to the image but altered in some way;

    ranking the identified images in order of relevance to the received user search query based at least in part on the aggregated information; and

    providing a search result incorporating the ranked images.

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