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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2012
Bjoern-ole Ebers, Halstenbek, DE;
Sven Duwenhorst, Hamburg, DE;
Bjoern-Ole Ebers, Halstenbek, DE;
Sven Duwenhorst, Hamburg, DE;
Adobe Systems Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
One exemplary embodiment involves generating a plurality of facets and descriptors of all items available via an electronic shop service based on the images depicting each of the items. The facets that may be generated include a color facet, a shape facet, a texture facet, and/or other facets. The embodiment further involves receiving search criteria from a user that includes a number of search criteria elements. Each element of the search criteria may be represented by an image. The embodiment involves generating a search criteria descriptor based on the images received in connection with the search criteria. Additionally, the embodiment involves identifying items associated with images that correspond with the search criteria descriptor and providing the images of the identified items in a user interface.