Patents Assigned to Pinterest, Inc.
  • Patent number: 9418050
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems and methods that enable attribution information to be obtained and associated with digital items, also referred as representations, as well as enable supplemental information to be associated with the representations. In some implementations, a user may request to use a representation and the system may determine that attribution information is to be obtained from a rights holder and/or provider of the representation. When the attribution information is obtained it is associated with the representation that is available for use by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Pinterest, Inc.
    Inventor: Kent Stanley Brewster
  • Publication number: 20150134688
    Abstract: Described is a system and method for enabling visual search for information. With each selection of an object included in an image, additional images that include visually similar objects are determined and presented to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Pinterest, Inc.
    Inventors: Yushi Jing, Cai Wei