Patent ID: 7565360

Claim:
An electronic computer system for retrieving information, comprising: means for storing at least one image, wherein an image comprises at least one selectable object having associated metadata according to a metadata model formed with extensible Markup Language and Document Type Definitions; a visual output device; a processor, in communication with the visual output device and the storing means, for processing information, wherein the processor is configured to read the selectable image object metadata; user input means, in communication with the processing means, for instructing the processing means to read the selectable image object metadata associated with a displayed image object and to display the selectable image object metadata on the visual output device; wherein the processing means automatically initiates an information search via a search engine within a web browser displayed on the visual output device, wherein the read metadata is used as search terms in the information search, and wherein the processing means comprises a metadata editor configured to associate the selectable image object metadata with the selectable object.