Patent ID: 9449025
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving an image, the image including a representation of an item, the item being associated with a type of item; determining a plurality of similar items based at least in part upon the type of item represented in the image; determining a set of descriptors for at least one similar item of the plurality of similar items, each descriptor providing a score that indicates a relatedness of a visual aspect between the item and the at least one similar item of the plurality of similar items; obtaining subjective user-generated visual similarity data for the type of the item from at least one data store; determining, based on the subjective user-generated visual similarity data, a set of weighting to be applied to the set of descriptors; determining a subjective visual similarity score for each similar item of the plurality of similar items by applying each respective weighting to a respective value of a respective descriptor for each similar item of the plurality of similar items; monitoring user activity associated with the plurality of similar items; and updating the subjective user-generated visual similarity data and the corresponding set of weightings to be applied to each respective set of descriptors based on the user activity, wherein the updated subjective user-generated visual similarity data is stored in the at least one data store and the updated corresponding set of weightings are used in subsequent determinations of subjective visual similarity scores for the type of item.