Patent Document ID: 5517605
Application ID: 08104784
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A graphics management system for organizing a plurality of graphic image files and displaying the graphic images in each of the plurality of graphic image files on a display apparatus, the system comprising: a database having a plurality of records, each of the plurality of records being uniquely linked to one of the plurality of graphic images files wherein each of the records comprises: a filename which designates a file location of a graphic image file in which a particular graphic image is stored; and an index name comprising textual information selected by a user to identify the graphic image; a database view processor cooperating with the database for creating a selection set based on the textual information in each of the plurality of records; and a graphics display processor responsive to the selection set for retrieving graphic images from the graphic images files in the selection set and simultaneously displaying a plurality of the retrieved images and at least a portion of the textual information on the display apparatus.