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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2008
Edwin Seng Eng Ong, San Francisco, CA (US);
Aleksandra R. Vikati, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael L. Harville, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Kyle C. Maxwell, San Francisco, CA (US);
Andrew S. Cantino, San Francisco, CA (US);
Edwin Seng Eng Ong, San Francisco, CA (US);
Aleksandra R. Vikati, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael L. Harville, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Kyle C. Maxwell, San Francisco, CA (US);
Andrew S. Cantino, San Francisco, CA (US);
CastTV Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for clustering a set of web search results is disclosed. A first signature is compared based at least in part on an analysis of multimedia content associated with a first web search result with a second signature based at least in part on an analysis of multimedia content associated with a second web search result. The first web search result is clustered with the second web search result based at least in part on the comparison of the first signature with the second signature.