Patent Document ID: 9836500
Application ID: 14734804

Base Claim:
1. A computer based method for creating a customized digital image which provides viewers of the customized digital image with information about objects and scenes displayed within identifiable areas of the customized digital image, the method comprising: (a) identifying objects and scenes of interest displayed within identifiable areas of the digital image, wherein the identifiable areas comprise less than the entire digital image; and (b) identifying one or more product information hyperlinks to be associated with at least one of the identifiable areas of the digital image; said step of identifying one or more product information hyperlinks to be associated with at least one of the identifiable areas of the digital image including: inputting, by a user, descriptive text that describes certain of the objects and scenes of interest in the identifiable areas of the digital image; and displaying a linking option window to the user, the linking option window containing a respective plurality of linking options for each of at least some of the identifiable areas, the linking options including an automatic linking option and a manual linking option; the method further comprising: receiving from the user an indication of the user's selection of said automatic linking option; in response to the user's selection of said automatic linking option, performing a search query based on the descriptive text that was input by the user; receiving a list of product information hyperlinks as output from the search query; selecting one or more of the received product information hyperlinks as an identified product information hyperlink; linking the identified product information hyperlinks with corresponding identifiable areas of the digital image to produce a customized digital image; and displaying the customized digital image to a viewer; wherein the step of displaying the customized digital image further comprises: displaying the identifiable areas as a first part of the customized digital image; displaying the descriptive text as a second part of the customized digital image; and displaying the product information hyperlinks as a third part of the customized digital image and at a location that is different from a location at which the descriptive text is displayed.

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Claim 7:
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: receiving, from the viewer, a selection for a given displayed product information hyperlink in said customized digital image, wherein the selection is made in association with one of the identifiable areas of the customized digital image; retrieving information, from an address included in said viewer selected product information hyperlink that identifies a location of content on an electronic network, and displaying said retrieved information to the viewer.