Patent Document ID: 9116921
Application ID: 14492515

Base Claim:
1. A method implemented by one or more computers comprising one or more processors, the method comprising: receiving an image query; receiving ranked image search results responsive the image query; generating, by the one or more processors, a hierarchical grouping of the image search results based on measures of similarity between images identified by the image search results; identifying, by the one or more processors, a respective canonical image for each of a plurality of groups in the hierarchical grouping based on a likelihood that users will interact with the canonical image when presented with multiple images from the group; and providing, in response to the image query and by the one or more processors, data that present a visual representation of the identified canonical images wherein canonical images for lower levels of the hierarchy are presented smaller than canonical images for higher levels of the hierarchy.

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Claim 7:
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the likelihood that users will interact with the canonical image is based on a number of local descriptors that the canonical image has in common with the multiple images from the group.