Patent ID: 7844591

Claim:
A method, comprising: in response to detecting a trigger related to a search request: determining a category for the search request; selecting an image from among a plurality of images, wherein the image is selected dependent upon the category of the search request, and dependent upon metadata associated with the plurality of images, wherein the metadata indicates a category for each image, and wherein said selecting is performed without downloading the plurality of images; subsequent to said selecting the image, retrieving the image; determining a search result based on the search request, wherein the search result is separate from the selected image; and presenting both the separate search result and the selected image inside a same window, wherein the selected image and the separate search result are simultaneously visible within the same window with the selected image displayed behind the separate search result; wherein said determining the category, said selecting, said retrieving, said determining the search result, and said presenting are all performed automatically in response to said detecting the trigger.