Patent ID: 8504547
Filing Date: 2013-08-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving a query for images, the images including one or more of static images, moving images, or images within multimedia content; obtaining a plurality of search results, each search result identifying a respective image that is responsive to the query; selecting a first plurality of images from the identified images wherein each image of the first plurality of images is associated with first click data indicating a count of times the image was selected by first users as a search result responsive to a first query corresponding to the query, wherein the first users have various attributes; selecting a second plurality of images from the identified images wherein each image of the second plurality of images is associated with second click data indicating a count of times the image was selected by second users as a search result responsive to a second query corresponding to the query, wherein the second users have a language attribute and a locale attribute that are the same as corresponding attributes for a user that submitted the query; calculating a similarity between the first plurality of images and the second plurality of images, wherein calculating similarity includes comparing a number of images in common between the first plurality of images and the second plurality of images; ordering the search results based on the calculated similarity; and providing the ordered search results.