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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014

Filed:

Jan. 20, 2010
Applicants:

Linjun Yang, Beijing, CN;

BO Geng, Beijing, CN;

Xian-sheng Hua, Beijing, CN;

Inventors:

Linjun Yang, Beijing, CN;

Bo Geng, Beijing, CN;

Xian-Sheng Hua, Beijing, CN;

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/6252 (2013.01);
Abstract

This document describes techniques that utilize a learning method to generate a ranking model for use in image search systems. The techniques leverage textual information and visual information simultaneously when generating the ranking model. The tools are further configured to apply the ranking model responsive to receiving an image search query.


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