Patent Document ID: 7788144
Application ID: 10931889
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented method for presenting items from a data store to a user, the method comprising: accessing a digital image residing in the data store of a storage platform of a computer; defining at least a portion of said digital image as a region of interest; associating one or more properties with said region of interest via a user interface that enables a user to input properties that relate to the subject matter depicted within said region of interest, wherein said input properties include a description of the subject matter depicted in said region of interest; establishing at least one known relationship between said digital image and at least one or more items residing in said data store based on said input properties; utilizing said known relationship to infer a relationship between said region of interest and one or more non-image items residing in the data store by utilizing a processor of said computer to query said data store for one or more non-image items having associated properties similar to said properties associated with said region of interest; and displaying said digital image and said one or more non-image items to the user in response to a user input indicating a desire to view one or more items related to said digital image.