Method and system for data aggregation and diffusion

In an electronic communications network (“the network”) comprising at least a and data base server and a client system having a digitized camera, a method comprising:

• a. Storing at least one digitized graphical outline of a view of an article within the network;
• b. Receipt by the data base server of an identifier of the article;
• c. Transmission of the at least one digitized graphical outline to the client system;
• and
• d. Receipt from the client system by the network of a digitized image associated with the identifier of the article.

A system comprising:

• a. Means to capture a digitized image of an article;
• b. Means to post the digitized image at an evaluation website;
• c. Means to receive a descriptive datum associated with the article from the network;
• and
• d. Means to post the digitized image at a website in association with an information at least partly derived from the descriptive datum.

A method comprising:

• a. Generating a digitized image document of a plurality of articles;
• b. Submitting the digitized image to an automated identification and evaluation system;
• c. Receiving a plurality of discrete evaluation information from the automated identification and evaluation system, wherein each discrete evaluation information is individually associated with at least one identified article;
• and
• d. Digitally storing elements of the digitized image document in association with at least one information of the plurality of discrete evaluation information;
• e. Enabling access to the digitally stored elements of the digitized image document via an electronic communications network.

The method of claim 29, further comprising:

• d. Relating the at least one information to a data record accessible to the electronics communications network;
• e. Deriving a recommendation of utility of an article associated with the least one information on the basis of the data record;
• and
• f. Communicating the recommendation of utility to a human operator.