Patent ID: 7783085

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for recognizing faces within images, the method comprising: accessing at least one query face; determining a set of search result images, wherein a search result image includes an application-selected face that is determined to be the same as the query face; providing an indication of the search result images to a user; receiving feedback related to the accuracy of the search result images; inferring additional feedback based on the received feedback; and updating the set of search result images based on the received feedback and the inferred additional feedback, wherein receiving feedback related to the accuracy of the search result images comprises receiving implicit user feedback provided when the user interacts with the provided search result images in at least one of a natural manner and a manner that implies that the application-selected face is, or is not, a match for the query face through a failure to interact with one or more of the provided search result images, and wherein a natural manner comprises a user printing one or more of the provided search result images, and inferring additional feedback based on the received feedback comprises inferring that a face in the printed one or more of the provided search result images matches the query face.