# Thomas Killian — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Thomas Killian has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [How Computers Automatically Organize and Search Photos Using Contextual Data](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/8862582/amazon-redshift) — granted 2014
  A system for indexing images by attaching descriptive data to objects within them and adjusting search rankings based on how often a user searches for those specific items.

**Full profile:** https://patentbrief.org/inventor/thomas-killian

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