The invention provides a method, system and computer-readable medium for storing
images with related information in a relational database and using the information
to order available products for a selected image over a network. Tag and business
information may be associated with an image in the database and a unique image
identifier is generated for each image. Different types of searches of the relational
database may be performed including product based and image based. Affirmative
results from searches are returned as images and/or products that are displayed
in pages. The returned images also include information indicating available products.
The selection of a returned image causes a cut-down version of the image and all
of the available products to be displayed in the same page. When an available product
is selected, a server enables a transaction for a user to order the selected product.
A Hyper Text Transport Protocol (HTTP) Cookie is employed to store a copy of a
client identifier at a client. Information associated with the client's behavior
for each session is stored in a profile that is used to customize the particular
options and products that are displayed to the user. A combination of user information,
product information, image information and contextual interaction information is
used to determine the display of the images and the products.
