Attribute category enhanced search

摘要

Performing a user initiated search query is disclosed and comprises receiving user input comprising description details of at least one desired object, retrieving a plurality of objects from a database sharing one or more of the description details of the user input, constructing a tree data structure based on the description details of the plurality of objects, the tree data structure comprising one or more attributes related to each of the plurality of objects retrieved, displaying visual images associated with the retrieved plurality of objects, the visual images matching at least one of the attributes related to the plurality of objects, and receiving a user selection of one or more of the visual images.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
retrieving at a computing device comprising at least one processor a plurality f obj from a database sharing one or more description details of a user input; displaying, via a display of the computing device, visual images associated with the retrieved plurality of objects such that each of the plurality of objects is depicted by at least one corresponding unique visual image; displaying a first predetermined number of selection option choices at a first iteration of the search, wherein the first predetermined number of selection options comprise at least one first visual image and at least one first corresponding attribute at a first level of a tree data structure based on the description details of the plurality of objects; receiving at least one selection of one or more of the visual images; displaying a second predetermined number of selection option choices at a second iteration of the search, wherein the second predetermined number of selection options comprise at least one second visual image and at least one second corresponding attribute at a second level of the tree, and wherein the at least one second visual image and the at least one second corresponding attribute are different from those in the first level of the tree; determining whether additional visual images are associated with the tree data structure, the additional visual images not yet provided to the user; if so, displaying the additional visual images associated with the tree data structure to the user; and receiving a user selection of one or more of the additional visual images; if none of the visual images are matching at least one of the attributes related to the plurality of objects, then prompting the user to perform at least one of change the user input comprising description details of at least one desired object and reduce the amount of entered information.