Patent ID: 8527362

Claim:
A computerized system for identifying commercial suppliers in response to a user search, comprising: an image store for storing graphical images associated with commercial suppliers; a storage media for storing textual items associated with at least one graphical image in the image store; and, a processor in communication with the image store and the storage media, the processor programmed to perform steps comprising: populating the image store with graphical images separate from the textual items for the storage media; receiving a keyword and associating the keyword with at least one textual item; linking the at least one textual item to at least one of the graphical images; and, providing a displayable output list of the textual items corresponding to the received keyword and the displayable graphical images linked thereto, such that when the displayable output list is displayed, a user may readily identify a desired commercial supplier from the displayable graphical images in the displayable output list.