Patent ID: 8554587

Claim:
A computerized method for identifying damage to an insured item, comprising: transmitting first data by a server computer to a remote computer through a communication link that renders a graphical user interface at the remote computer that enables a user of the remote computer to visually illustrate damage to the insured item, where a damage indicator tool is resident to the server computer, where the first data comprises data that renders an image of the insured item on a display device of the remote computer, where the first data comprises data that overlays or includes a first linked element in a first area of the image of the insured item, and where the first data comprises data that overlays or includes a second linked element in a second area of the image of the insured item; receiving second data by the server computer from the remote computer in response to the user of the remote computer selecting at least one selected linked element of the first and second linked elements from within the image of the insured item to identify at least one damaged area of the insured item; and storing data by the server computer that identifies a portion of the insured item that corresponds to a portion of the image associated with the selected linked element as being the damaged area of the insured item.