Image-based search system and method
First Claim
1. An image-based search system, comprising:
- at least one user terminal configured to transmit any one or more of a search term entry, an image selection and an image combination 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 configured to determine whether gathered search object images include attribute information, and as a resultdecode the image when the gathered search object images includes the attribute information, then store the search object images and the attribute information and search in conformity with a search request, and then output search results,determine whether a HyperText Markup Language (HTML) meta tag exists in the search object images when the search object images do not include the attribute information,encode the image when the HTML meta tag exists in the search object images, then store the search object images and the attribute information, and search in conformity with a search request, and then output search results, andperform image file name encoding when the HTML meta tag does not exist in the search object images then store the search object images and the attribute information, and search in conformity with a search request, and then output search results; 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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23 Claims
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1. An image-based search system, comprising:
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at least one user terminal configured to transmit any one or more of a search term entry, an image selection and an image combination 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 configured to determine whether gathered search object images include attribute information, and as a result decode the image when the gathered search object images includes the attribute information, then store the search object images and the attribute information and search in conformity with a search request, and then output search results, determine whether a HyperText Markup Language (HTML) meta tag exists in the search object images when the search object images do not include the attribute information, encode the image when the HTML meta tag exists in the search object images, then store the search object images and the attribute information, and search in conformity with a search request, and then output search results, and perform image file name encoding when the HTML meta tag does not exist in the search object images then store the search object images and the attribute information, and search in conformity with a search request, and then output search results; 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, by a search server, search object images; (b) determining, by the search server, 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, by the search server, the search object images and the attribute information, and (e) searching in conformity with a search request, and then outputting search results, wherein; (c-1) if, as a result of the determination at the (b), the search object images do not include the attribute information, determining whether a HyperText Markup Language (HTML) meta tag exists in the search object images, (c-2) if, as a result of the determination at the (c-1), the HTML meta tag exists in the search object images, performing image encoding and returning to the (d), and (c-3) if, as a result of the determination at the (c-1), the HTML meta tag does not exist in the search object images, performing image file name encoding and returning to the (d). - View Dependent Claims (23)
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