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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2014
Ebay Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Michael George Lenahan, Moraga, CA (US);
Ben Mitchell, Oakland, CA (US);
R J Pittman, San Jose, CA (US);
Dave Lippman, San Jose, CA (US);
eBay Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Example embodiments of the present disclosure include a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program and a computer-implemented method for providing an image appended search string. In example embodiments, a selection of an image is received. The image is a search result from a plurality of search results obtained based on a matching process performed on a current search string. A keyword corresponding to the selected image is determined. The keyword corresponding to the selected image is appended to the current search string. The plurality of search results is refined based on the appending of the keyword. The refined search results are then caused to be presented.