Patent ID: 8195679

Claim:
A method for delivering descriptive content, the method being implemented by one or more processors and comprising: receiving a selection of one or more attributes that are descriptive of a subset of assets in a set of plural assets; determining an asset specification that is based on the selection of attributes, the asset specification being common to the subset of assets; identifying a plurality of metadata objects that are each associated with (i) the asset specification, (ii) a descriptive content, having a size, that is distinct from the asset specification and the metadata object itself, and (iii) a buoyancy; selecting, from the plurality of metadata objects that are associated with the asset specification, at least one metadata object, based at least in part on the size of the descriptive content and the buoyancy; providing the descriptive content of the selected metadata object for display on a display device in connection with information about at least one asset from the subset of assets.