Patent ID: 9519918
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q,G06T

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving an image that has a visual characteristic quantifiable by an analysis of the image; performing the analysis of the image based on a pixel count of the image, the performing being performed by a processor of a machine; determining a score that quantifies the visual characteristic, the determining of the score being performed by the processor of the machine based on the analysis of the image; determining the shape of an item depicted in the image by segmenting the image; accessing a database that correlates the shape of the item with a stored description of the item; and providing a suggestion, at a user interface of a device of an uploader of the image, that the received image be replaced with an alternative image stored by the machine, the alternative image scoring higher than the determined score of the received image, the received image and the alternative image both depicting a same subject, the suggestion being provided based on the determined score of the received image and including the stored description of the item.