Evolutionary content determination and management

Abstract

A visual refinement interface enables users to adjust and/or refine search results by selecting results that match a user's interest, and displaying subsequent results that are closer to the selected items. Multiple result sets can be displayed concurrently such that the user can maintain context for the results. Further, the user can quickly go back to modify an earlier selection without having to navigate to a previous page, for example, and a single modification can cause several subsequent result sets to automatically change such that the user can quickly view dozens of new results, for example, simply by selecting at least one different result from a displayed result set. Prior result sets can be modified, such as by reducing the size or adjusting the placement of the sets, such that the user can easily determine the current set and the relatedness to previous results sets.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A computing system, comprising:
 at least one processor; and   a memory device including instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing system to:
 receive a search query from a user device; 
 display first images corresponding to the search query; 
 receive a first selection corresponding to the first images; 
 display second images corresponding to the first selection, the second images displayed with prominence over the first images; 
 receive a second selection to exclude an image from the second images; 
 determine a feature present in the excluded image; 
 adjust the search query based at least in part on the feature; and 
 display third images corresponding to the adjusted search query, wherein at least a portion of the third images do not include the feature, the third images displayed with prominence over the second images and the first images. 
   
     
     
         2 . The computing system of  claim 1 , wherein the instructions when executed to adjust the search query further cause the processor to:
 identify search terms included in the search query;   determine at least one term describing the feature;   identify the at least one term as one of the search terms; and   remove the identified term from the search query.   
     
     
         3 . The computing system of  claim 1 , wherein each search result image of the first images and the second images corresponds to an item offered for consumption by an electronic marketplace. 
     
     
         4 . The computing system of  claim 1 , wherein the second images is based at least in part upon a product related to at least one search result image in the first images. 
     
     
         5 . The computing system of  claim 1 , wherein the search query includes at least one keyword or information corresponding to items added to a container, and wherein the first images are displayed more prominently by adjusting at least one of a size or position, color, color depth, transparency, rendering of each image of the first images, or displaying, using an animated motion, the first images more prominently than the second images. 
     
     
         6 . The computing system of  claim 1 , wherein the second images corresponds at least in part to one of items purchased or viewed by other users viewing the first search result image or items with similar attributes to the first search result image. 
     
     
         7 . The computing system of  claim 1 , wherein the instructions when executed further cause the processor to:
 receive information associated with a selection of multiple search results from the first images and the second images; and   cause, based at least in part upon information for the first images and the second images, subsequently-generated search result image sets to be displayed.   
     
     
         8 . The computing system of  claim 1 , wherein the instructions when executed further cause the processor to:
 receive information associated with an exclusion of at least one search result image from the first images and the second images; and   cause subsequently-generated set of search result images, based at least in part upon information for each excluded search result, to be displayed.   
     
     
         9 . The computing system of  claim 1 , wherein the instructions when executed further cause the processor to:
 display a graphical path indicating an order of selected search result images from at least the first images and the second images; and   store information of the graphical path.   
     
     
         10 . A computer-implemented method, comprising:
 receiving a search query from a user device;   displaying first images corresponding to the search query;   receiving a first selection corresponding to the first images;   displaying second images corresponding to the first selection, the second images displayed with prominence over the first images;   receiving a second selection to exclude an image from the second images;   determining a feature present in the excluded image;   adjusting the search query based at least in part on the feature; and   displaying third images corresponding to the adjusted search query, wherein at least a portion of the third images do not include the feature, the third images displayed with prominence over the second images and the first images.   
     
     
         11 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 10 , wherein each search result image of the first images and the second images corresponds to an item offered for consumption by an electronic marketplace, and wherein the second images is based at least in part upon a product related to at least one search result image in the first images. 
     
     
         12 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 receiving information associated with a selection of multiple search results from the first images and the second images; and   causing, based at least in part upon information for the first images and the second images, subsequently-generated search result image sets to be displayed.   
     
     
         13 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 receiving information associated with an exclusion of at least one search result image from the first images and the second images; and   causing subsequently-generated set of search result images, based at least in part upon information for each excluded search result, to be displayed.   
     
     
         14 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 10 , further comprising:
 displaying a graphical path indicating a selected search result image from the first images and the second images; and   storing information of the graphical path.   
     
     
         15 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 14 , further comprising:
 recommending search result images in response to requests based at least upon the stored information.   
     
     
         16 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 10 , wherein the search query includes at least one keyword or information corresponding to items added to a container, and wherein the first images are displayed more prominently by adjusting at least one of a size or position, color, color depth, transparency, or rendering of each image of the first images. 
     
     
         17 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more sequences of instructions executable by one or more processors to perform a set of operations comprising:
 receiving a search query from a user device;   displaying first images corresponding to the search query;   receiving a first selection corresponding to the first images;   displaying second images corresponding to the first selection, the second images displayed with prominence over the first images;   receiving a second selection to exclude an image from the second images;   determining a feature present in the excluded image;   adjusting the search query based at least in part on the feature; and   displaying third images corresponding to the adjusted search query, wherein at least a portion of the third images do not include the feature, the third images displayed with prominence over the second images and the first images.   
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 17 , further comprising instructions executed by the one or more processors to perform the set of operations of:
 receiving information associated with a selection of multiple search results from the first images and the second images; and   causing, based at least in part upon information for the first images and the second images, subsequently-generated search result sets to be displayed.   
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 17 , further comprising instructions executed by the one or more processors to perform the set of operations of:
 receiving information associated with an exclusion of at least one search result image from the first images and the second images; and   causing a subsequently-generated set of search results, based at least in part upon information for each excluded search result, to be displayed.   
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 17 , further comprising instructions executed by the one or more processors to perform the set of operations of:
 displaying a graphical path indicating a selected search result image from the first images and the second images; and   storing information of the graphical path.