Patent ID: 7917514
Filing Date: 2011-03-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system embodied on a computer-readable storage medium that facilitates multi-dimension computer search, comprising: a processor; an input analyzer component executable by the processor to: a search engine comprising: a multi-dimension index generator executable by the processor to collect and catalog a plurality of searchable data items as a function of a plurality of index criteria, the plurality of index criteria including at least visual criteria extracted from one or more image data items using at least one of pattern recognition or facial recognition analysis; and a retrieval component executable by the processor to access and retrieve a subset of the plurality of data items in response to the search query based on the text-based keywords and by comparing the visual criteria specified in the search query with the visual criteria extracted from the one or more image data items, the subset of the plurality of data items including one or more web pages, one or more image files, one or more audio files, one or more multi-media files, or a combination thereof.