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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2010
Ric Clippard, Murfreesboro, TN (US);
Rajesh Kommineni, Bozeman, MT (US);
Brian Rudolph, Sussex, WI (US);
Scott Rudolph, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Ric Clippard, Murfreesboro, TN (US);
Rajesh Kommineni, Bozeman, MT (US);
Brian Rudolph, Sussex, WI (US);
Scott Rudolph, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Edgenet, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a method to generate data describing a product. The method includes the steps of comparing a digitized query image of the product to digitized pre-existing product images in a pre-existing product database. The pre-existing product database is organized using a taxonomy and an ontology. The pre-existing product images are linked to a corresponding node in the taxonomy and are also linked to attribute data and attribute value data in the ontology. At least one pre-existing product image is then retrieved that most closely matches the query image based on at least one matching criterion selected in whole or in part by a user. From the pre-existing product database is extracted the node in the taxonomy, the attribute data, or the attribute value data linked to the pre-existing product image retrieved earlier. In this fashion, product data relevant to the item depicted in the query image can be generated automatically from existing product data.