Patent ID: 7295719

Claim:
An information management system comprising: at least one image of an object, wherein the object is comprised of a plurality of components; a plurality of images of at least a subset of the plurality of components; at least one first data table, wherein the first data table stores at least one relationship between the plurality of components and the object; at least one second data table, wherein the second data table stores associations between the at least one image of the object and the object; at least one third data table, wherein the third data table stores associations between the plurality of images of the plurality of components and the plurality of components; at least one fourth data table, wherein the fourth data table stores an identified at least one actionable region associated with the at least one image of the object, and wherein the fourth data table associates at least one action with each of the stored at least one actionable regions; at least one fifth data table, wherein the fifth data table stores an identified at least one actionable region and permits the at least one actionable region to be associated with at least one of the images; a user interface, wherein the user interface displays at least one of the plurality of component images or the at least one object image, wherein the user interface monitors user interaction to determine when a user activates a user actionable region, and wherein the user interface initiates the at least one action associated with the activated actionable region.