Patent ID: 8806329

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of enhancing content on a web page being viewed by a user, comprising: receiving, at a server computer from a user device over a data communication network, a request for a webpage to be viewed; obtaining from a content producer information of subject matter included in the requested web page; obtaining user-centric information from the user device including a user device type and user preferences; identifying by the server computer a set of available applications able to operate on elements of the web page using data from third parties; obtaining select third party data upon execution of a select one of the applications; refraining from obtaining information that may be embedded in digital objects included in the web page; providing to the user device a server-side interpreted programming language script operative to: locate an enhanceable image on the webpage; provide for the setup on the webpage of a widget associated with the enhanceable image; overlay on the enhanceable image a widget presenting graphical content related to at least one subject of the enhanceable image; select a display mode for the overlay and sizing the overlay in accordance with the selected mode, wherein the mode is one of a small mode of 300 ×250 pixels, a medium mode of 400 ×300 pixels, and a large mode of 600 ×400 pixels, wherein the mode selected approximates the size of the underlying image; and provide a drop down list containing the at least one subject for a user to select one of the subject(s), wherein the subject placed at the top of the dropdown list is based on the selections of a plurality of other users; searching for digital content associated with a talent selected by the user, responsive to a request received from an application running on the user device selected by the user; returning digital content obtained responsive to the request from the user device, including content from a computer-readable data storage device (vault) having resident therein digital content associated with a plurality of talents; formatting, by a computing processor, the returned content for delivery to the user device; and delivering the formatted content to the user device over the data communication network.