Google Inc.

Ian Mesa

Alan Joyce

Edgar Chung

Joseph Olson

Zhe Yang

Systems and methods for identification and retrieval of content for visual search are provided. An example method includes receiving data specifying a digital supplement. The data may identify a digital supplement and a supplement anchor for associating the digital supplement with visual content. The method may also include generating a data structure instance that specifies the digital supplement and the supplement anchor and, after generating the data structure instance, enabling triggering of the digital supplement by an image based at least on storing the data structure instance in a database that includes a plurality of other data structure instances. The other data structure instances may each specify a digital supplement and one or more supplement anchors.

Digital supplement association and retrieval for visual search

Systems and methods for identification and retrieval of content for visual search are provided. An example method includes transmitting a visual-content query to a server computing device and receiving a response to the visual-content query that identifies a digital supplement. The example method also includes causing a user interface to be displayed that includes information associated with the digital supplement. The visual-content query may be based on an image. The digital supplement may include information about the content of the image.

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