Patent Document ID: 20100284604
Application ID: 12435447
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method comprising the following computer-executable acts: a) receiving an image; b) extracting a plurality of features from the image received at act a), wherein a feature is a representation of a portion of an image; c) creating a first global signature of the image based at least in part upon the plurality of features extracted from the image, wherein a global signature is a representation of an entirety of an image; d) accessing a data repository that comprises a first plurality of global signatures that are representative of a corresponding plurality of images; and e) comparing the first global signature created at act c) with the first plurality of global signatures in the data repository; f) determining that a first image in the plurality of images most closely matches the image received at act a) based at least in part upon the comparison of act e); and g) outputting an indication that the first image most closely matches the image received at act a).