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Architecture for responding to a visual query

  • US 20110125735A1
  • Filed: 08/04/2010
  • Published: 05/26/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method of processing a visual query comprising:

  • at a server system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors;

    receiving a visual query from a client system;

    processing the visual query by sending the visual query to a plurality of parallel search systems for simultaneous processing, wherein ones of the plurality of search systems implement a respective visual query search process of a plurality of visual query search processes, wherein the plurality of visual query search processes includes at least;

    optical character recognition (OCR), facial recognition, and a first query-by-image process other than OCR and facial recognition;

    receiving a plurality of search results from one or more of the plurality of parallel search systems; and

    sending at least one of the plurality of search results to the client system.

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