Patents by Inventor Lawrence LAZARE

Lawrence LAZARE has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11048744
    Abstract: Methods for identifying data files responsive to a search query and weighted according to a stylistic preference are provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a search query for a collection of media files from a device associated with a user associated with a user identifier, and identifying a set of image files from the collection that is responsive to the query. Each image file in the set is associated with a relevancy score. The method also includes retrieving a stylistic preference profile associated with the user identifier to apply to the set, and weighting the score for each image file according to the profile to generate a weighted stylistic preference score for each image file. The method further includes creating a listing of the set that is sorted according to weighted stylistic preference score, and providing the listing to the device. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Shutterstock, Inc.
    Inventors: Heath Walter Hohwald, Lawrence Lazare, Kevin Lester
  • Patent number: 11042586
    Abstract: Various aspects of the subject technology relate to systems, methods, and machine-readable media for clustering search results based on image composition. A system may, for each image in a set of images, determine a compositional vector representing one or more objects and corresponding locations within the image using a trained computer-operated convolutional neural network. The system may provide each image through a clustering algorithm to produce one or more clusters based on compositional similarity. The system may provide images from the set of images clustered by composition, in which the images include a different listing of images for each of the one or more clusters. The system may provide a prioritized listing of images responsive to a user search query, in which the prioritized listing of images includes a different listing of images for each cluster of compositional similarity based on the metadata of each image associated with the cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Shutterstock, Inc.
    Inventors: Heath Hohwald, Lawrence Lazare
  • Publication number: 20180189325
    Abstract: Various aspects of the subject technology relate to systems, methods, and machine-readable media for clustering search results based on image composition. A system may, for each image in a set of images, determine a compositional vector representing one or more objects and corresponding locations within the image using a trained computer-operated convolutional neural network. The system may provide each image through a clustering algorithm to produce one or more clusters based on compositional similarity. The system may provide images from the set of images clustered by composition, in which the images include a different listing of images for each of the one or more clusters. The system may provide a prioritized listing of images responsive to a user search query, in which the prioritized listing of images includes a different listing of images for each cluster of compositional similarity based on the metadata of each image associated with the cluster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Heath HOHWALD, Lawrence LAZARE