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1. An improved computerized merchandising system, the improvement comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable medium containing executable code that executes procedures of: downloading from a server in network communication with a client during rendering a web page for display in a graphical user interface at said client a plurality of pictorial indicia corresponding to merchantable items, each of said indicia corresponding to a respective one of a plurality of text entries in a database in data communication with said server; wherein each of one said plurality of text entries correlates to an end node of a category tree, wherein each end node terminates its own branch path from a common category node of said category tree, wherein if a count of a number of indicia is less than a predetermined number of indicia to be displayed in a first region of said web page:
said downloading further downloads from said server each of said indicia corresponding to respective one of said text entries from each end node that has a branch path to a common node in each successively higher one of a plurality of levels of said category tree,until said count of said number of nodes at said selected one of said levels under said common category node at one of said successively higher one of said levels exceeds said predetermined number, automatically displaying for a period of time unless otherwise directed by user input in said first region of said web page said predetermined number of said indicia in adjacent relationship to each other, said first region having a replacement-in location and a selected location for enhanced display of one of said indicia; when one of said indicia is at said selected location, enhancing one of said indicia currently displayed at said selected location within said first region by enlarging said one of said indicia; downloading from said database to said client said respective one of said text entries corresponding to said one of said indicia currently displayed at said selected location in said first region; displaying in a second region of said web page a text entry corresponding to one of said indicia currently displayed at said selected location in said first region; automatically after a period of time unless otherwise directed by user input, replacing one of said indicia currently displayed in said first region with an adjacent one of said indicia or, if there is no adjacent indicia, with one of said plurality of indicia downloaded from said server but not currently displayed at said replacement-in location in said first region; automatically after a period of time unless otherwise directed by user input, replacing said one of said indicia at said selected location with an adjacent one of said indicia, said replaced one of said indicia then being displayed at another position adjacent to said selected location other than the position formerly occupied by said adjacent one of said indicia and reduced in size relative to its enlarged size at said selected location; upon selection of said enhanced one of said indicia of an item by a user, displaying additional text entries corresponding to said indicia, and a third region grouped with said first and second regions, said third region displaying information regarding one or more categories of said merchantable items and having a portion receiving user input to selectively display further pictorial indicia corresponding to a category of said merchantable items, as directed by user input. |
