Image appended search string

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9881027-B2
Application number	US-201414588323-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 31, 2014
Priority date	Dec 31, 2014
Publication date	Jan 30, 2018
Grant date	Jan 30, 2018

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.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A machine-readable medium having no transitory signals and storing instructions which, when executed by at least one processor of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:
receiving a search string entered into a search bar on a user interface;
in response to receiving the search string, performing a search using the search string, accessing a plurality of images corresponding to search results, and causing presentation of the plurality of images corresponding to the search results on the user interface;
receiving, via the user interface, a selection of an image from the plurality of images corresponding to the search results that are presented on the user interface;
in response to the receiving the selection of the image from the plurality of images corresponding to the search results that are presented on the user interface, determining a keyword corresponding to the selected image, the determining the keyword comprising accessing metadata corresponding to the selected image based on a level of the search, the keyword being derived from the metadata;
appending the keyword determined based on the level of the search to the search string in the search bar on the user interface;
refining the search results based on the appending of the keyword to the search string in the search bar, the refined search results being at a search level lower than the search;
accessing images from a database that correspond to the refined search results; and
causing presentation of the refined search results including the images that correspond to the refined search results.

2. The machine-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise determining the level corresponding to the search.

3. The machine-readable medium of claim 2 , wherein the image is tagged to indicate the level, the determining the level comprising accessing a tag of the image.

4. The machine-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the refining the search results based on the appending of the keyword comprises searching for matches in the search results that include the keyword.

5. The machine-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the search results comprise results displayed on a homepage of a user based on the user being identified.

6. The machine-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the refining the search results and the causing the presentation occurs without a user selecting an enter key.

7. A method comprising:
receiving a search string entered into a search bar on a user interface;
in response to receiving the search string, performing a search using the search string, accessing a plurality of images corresponding to search results, and causing presentation of the plurality of images corresponding to the search results on the user interface;
receiving, via the user interface, a selection of an image from the plurality of images corresponding to the search results that are presented on the user interface;
in response to the receiving the selection of the image from the plurality of images corresponding to the search results that are presented on the user interface, determining a keyword corresponding to the selected image, the determining the keyword comprising accessing metadata corresponding to the selected image based on a level of the search, the keyword being derived from the metadata;
appending the keyword determined based on the level of the search to the search string in the search bar on the user interface;
refining, by a hardware processor, the search results based on the appending of the keyword in the search bar, the refined search results being at a search level lower than the search;
accessing images from a database that correspond to the refined search results; and
causing presentation of the refined search results including the images that correspond to the refined search results.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising determining the level corresponding to the search.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the image is tagged to indicate the level, the determining the level comprising accessing a tag of the image.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the refining the search results based on the appending of the keyword comprises searching for matches in the search results that include the keyword.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the search results comprise results displayed on a homepage of a user based on the user being identified.

12. The method of claim 7 , wherein the refining the search results and the causing the presentation occurs without a user selecting an enter key.

13. A system comprising:
one or more hardware processors; and
a storage device storing instructions that when executed by the one or more hardware processors, caused the one or more hardware processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving a search string entered into a search bar on a user interface;
in response to receiving the search string, performing a search using the search string, accessing a plurality of images corresponding to search results, and causing presentation of the plurality of images corresponding to the search results on the user interface;
receiving, via the user interface a selection of an image from the plurality of images corresponding to the search results that are presented on the user interface;
in response to the receiving the selection of the image from the plurality of images corresponding to the search results that are presented on the user interface, determining a keyword corresponding to the selected image, the determining the keyword comprising accessing metadata corresponding to the selected image based on a level of the search, the keyword being derived from the metadata; and
appending the keyword determined based on the level of the search to the search string in the search bar on the user interface;
refining the search results based on the appending of the keyword to the search string in the search bar, the refined search results being at a search level lower than the search;
accessing images from a database that correspond to the refined search results; and
causing presentation of the refined search results including the images that correspond to the refined search results.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the operations further comprise determining the level corresponding to the search.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the image is tagged to indicate the level, the determining the level comprising accessing a tag of the image.

Assignees

• Ebay Inc

Inventors

• Lenahan Michael George
• Mitchell Ben
• Pittman R J
• Lippman Dave

Classifications

• G06F16/58 Primary

  Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually · CPC title

• G06F16/535 Primary

  Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles · CPC title

• G06F17/30265 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic