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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2008
Vanessa Murdock, Barcelona Catalunya, ES;
Roelof Van Zwol, Badalona Catalunya, ES;
Lluis Garcia Pueyo, Sant Cugat del Vallas Barcelona, ES;
Georgina Ramirez Camps, Barcelona Catalunya, ES;
Vanessa Murdock, Barcelona Catalunya, ES;
Roelof Van Zwol, Badalona Catalunya, ES;
Lluis Garcia Pueyo, Sant Cugat del Vallas Barcelona, ES;
Georgina Ramirez Camps, Barcelona Catalunya, ES;
Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques are described to increase the diversity or focus of image search results. A user submits an original query to search for images. A server generates a first results set by executing the original query using metadata associated with each image. The server selects, from the first results set, a specified number of results ranked highest and generates a list of terms from the metadata of each of the results selected. The terms may be only the tags of the results. The server generates an updated query using terms in the list that may be weighted based on the frequency of the term in the list or include only a specified number of the highest occurring terms in the list. The server generates a second results set by executing the updated query using metadata associated with each image. The second results set is then stored and displayed to the user.