Patent ID: 9043268
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for displaying to a user links to files on a network, the method comprising: collecting at least one keyword related to information being sought from the user using a digital interface to a search engine, said search engine being operable for crawling and indexing the network files; associating the at least one keyword to a class of objects, wherein the class of objects comprises a categorical noun grouping related to one or more of a pre-set object class of the search engine or an object class selected automatically by the search engine in relation to the collecting of the at least one keyword or an object class selected by the user in relation to the collecting of the at least one keyword; selecting the class of objects based at least on the associating the at least one keyword to the class of objects; searching the network files based on one or more of the collecting the keyword and the selecting class of objects for at least one file containing information related to the at least one keyword; upon the searching the network, wherein the searching returns a result comprising the at least one file related to the at least one keyword, the at least one file comprising at least one graphical image, performing an object recognition over the at least one graphical image; determining, based on the object recognition performed, whether or not the graphical image relates to an object within the selected class of objects; ranking the results based on a relevance related to one or more of the keyword and the performing the object recognition; and displaying the results for the user based on the ranking thereof, the displaying the results comprising: wherein the displaying the graphical image of an object within the selected class of objects in conjunction with the displayed link indicates that the displayed link has a relevance to the information related to the at least one keyword link, which based on the ranking the relevance, exceeds that of one or more of the hyperlinks presented independent of an image relating to the selected class of objects.