Online platform for design, creation, maintenance, and information sharing of a garden
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1. In an online garden platform for design, creation, maintenance, and information sharing of gardens by users of the online platform, a method comprising:
- generating a user interface for receiving information from the users of the online garden platform relating to gardens of the users;
generating, in response to the information received by the user interface from the users of the online garden platform, a selection of plant varieties based on geographic and environmental information;
providing at least one centralized plant database of user created garden knowledge containing the information received by the user interface from the users of the online garden platform, including the generated selection of plant varieties, the at least one centralized plant database being dynamically maintained and accessible by all of the users of the online garden platform; and
performing plant identification searches by using geometry-based botanical properties in a visual search comprising multiple questions each containing text and at least two visual images grouped by a similarity range, the multiple questions being presented in an order according to a specificity ranking.
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Abstract
An online platform for design, creation, maintenance, and information sharing of a garden is disclosed. A user interface is generated for receiving information from a user relating to a garden. In response to receiving information from the user, a selection of plant varieties is generated based on garden geotagging and environmental information. At least one, dynamically maintained plant database of user created garden knowledge is provided. Identification searches are performed by using geometry-based botanical properties in a visual search.
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1. In an online garden platform for design, creation, maintenance, and information sharing of gardens by users of the online platform, a method comprising:
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generating a user interface for receiving information from the users of the online garden platform relating to gardens of the users; generating, in response to the information received by the user interface from the users of the online garden platform, a selection of plant varieties based on geographic and environmental information; providing at least one centralized plant database of user created garden knowledge containing the information received by the user interface from the users of the online garden platform, including the generated selection of plant varieties, the at least one centralized plant database being dynamically maintained and accessible by all of the users of the online garden platform; and performing plant identification searches by using geometry-based botanical properties in a visual search comprising multiple questions each containing text and at least two visual images grouped by a similarity range, the multiple questions being presented in an order according to a specificity ranking. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An online garden platform for design, creation, maintenance, and information sharing of gardens by users of the online garden platform, comprising:
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a processor; a memory configured to provide computer program instructions to the processor; a module to generate a user interface for receiving information from the users of the online garden platform relating to gardens of the users; a module to generate, in response to the information received by the user interface from the users of the online platform, a selection of plant varieties based on geographical and environmental information; a module to provide at least one centralized plant database of user created garden knowledge containing information received by the user interface from the users of the online garden platform, including the generated selection of plant varieties, the at least one centralized plant database being dynamically maintained and accessible by all of the users of the online garden platform; and a module to perform plant identification searches by using geometry-based botanical properties in a visual search comprising multiple questions each containing text and at least two visual images grouped by a similarity range, the multiple questions being presented in an order according to a specificity ranking. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer program product including a non-transitory computer program medium that aids users in the design, creation, maintenance, and information sharing of gardens of the users, and includes instructions to:
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generate a user interface for receiving information from the users relating to the users'"'"' gardens; generate, in response to the information received by the user interface from the users, a selection of plant varieties based on geographic and environmental information; provide at least one centralized plant database of user created garden knowledge containing the information received by the user interface from the users, including the generated selection of plant varieties, the at least one centralized plant database being dynamically maintained and accessible by all of the users; and perform plant identification searches by using geometry-based botanical properties in a visual search comprising multiple questions each containing text and at least two visual images grouped by a similarity range, the multiple questions being presented in an order according to a specificity ranking. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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