System and method of using an image object as a visual data container

A computer system for improving graphical user interfaces, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a program memory storing executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computer system to:
• obtain a first electronic image of a physical object associated with a user of a computer device;
• receive a user request from the user to generate a data object associated with the first electronic image;
• analyze the first electronic image to determine an identifier of a type of the physical object;
• generate the data object associated with the first electronic image, wherein the data object includes a plurality of data entries in a database, including (i) the identifier of the type of the physical object and (ii) a reference to the first electronic image;
• access one or more additional data objects associated with the user of the computer device from the database, wherein the one or more additional data objects include identifiers and one or more references to one or more representative electronic images;
• present the first electronic image and the one or more representative electronic images to the user via a display of the computer device;
• receive a user selection of the first electronic image and a second electronic image of the one or more representative electronic images from the user, wherein the second electronic image is associated with a second data object of the one or more additional data objects;
• add a connection data entry to one or both of the data object or the second data object, wherein the connection data entry indicates an association of the data object and the second data object;
• and
• present an indication of the association of the data object and the second data object by displaying a graphical representation of a link between the first electronic image and the second electronic image via the display of the computer device.

A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium storing executable instructions for improving graphical user interfaces that, when executed by one or more processors of a computer system, cause the computer system to:

• obtain a first electronic image of a physical object associated with a user of a computer device;
• receive a user request from the user to generate a data object associated with the first electronic image;
• analyze the first electronic image to determine an identifier of a type of the physical object;
• generate the data object associated with the first electronic image, wherein the data object includes a plurality of data entries in a database, including (i) the identifier of the type of the physical object and (ii) a reference to the first electronic image;
• access one or more additional data objects associated with the user of the computer device from the database, wherein the one or more additional data objects include identifiers and one or more references to one or more representative electronic images;
• present the first electronic image and the one or more representative electronic images to the user via a display of the computer device;
• receive a user selection of the first electronic image and a second electronic image of the one or more representative electronic images from the user, wherein the second electronic image is associated with a second data object of the one or more additional data objects;
• add a connection data entry to one or both of the data object or the second data object, wherein the connection data entry indicates an association of the data object and the second data object;
• and
• present an indication of the association of the data object and the second data object by displaying a graphical representation of a link between the first electronic image and the second electronic image via the display of the computer device.