Patent ID: 7903904

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for linking data related to a set of similar digital images, the method comprising: uploading an image to a photo-sharing central server host site, said upload further including attendant data associated with said image; comparing at the photo-sharing central server host site, said currently uploaded image with a plurality of previously uploaded images to determine whether said currently uploaded image is similar to at least one of said previously uploaded images, identifying at least one similar image from amongst said plurality of previously uploaded images, broadcasting a message from said photo-sharing central server host site to a provider of said currently uploaded image, wherein said broadcast message includes a prompt to augment a local server record associated with said currently uploaded image to include attendant data associated with said at least one similar image, determining at said photo-sharing central server host site that said provider of said currently uploaded image elects to augment the local server record associated with said currently uploaded image to include said attendant data associated with said at least one similar image.