Patent ID: 8548862

Claim:
A method comprising: providing an application portal for access by remote computers operated by on-line shoppers for linking to one or more plurality of websites, as hosted by different retailers, that respectively permit for remote selection and communication of articles available from the different retailers; categorizing viewable articles according to a parameter and listing the different retailers for selection by an on-line shopper; in response to the on-line shopper selecting one or more articles from the different retailers, sending image data of the selected one or more articles from the one or more plurality of websites of the different retailers to a remote computer operated by the on-line shopper, the image data configured to display the articles in groups according to the categorization; receiving, from the remote computer, selection data identifying at least one of the one or more articles offered for sale by the different retailers; merging the image data for the at least one of the selected one or more articles with image data for a structure to generate a merged image data of the at least one of the selected one or more articles applied so that the merged image data depicts the structure as a foundation upon which the at least one of the selected one or more articles is located; and sending the merged image data for display at the remote computer.