Patent ID: 8244849
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A parameter setting/storing method, comprising the steps of: storing parameters necessary for browsing of content in a storage unit while associating the parameters with location information of the content; judging whether stored location information, which is identical with requested location information locating content for which browsing is requested, has been stored in the storage unit; acquiring parameters that have been stored in the storage unit that are associated with stored location information which is judged to be identical with the requested location information, so as to enable a user to browse the requested content while applying acquired parameters to browsing of the requested content; and acquiring parameters that have been stored in the storage unit that are associated with stored location information satisfying a prescribed rule with respect to the requested location information, from the storage unit, if it is judged that no location information identical with the requested location information has been stored in the storage unit, so as to enable the user to browse the requested content while applying acquired parameters to browsing of the requested content, wherein the judging steps comprising: successively comparing each element of the domain name of the requested location information with each element of the domain name of each piece of the stored location information stored in the storage unit starting from the rightmost element; and if all the elements of the domain name of the requested location information coincide with those of the domain name of the stored location information, successively comparing each element of the path name of the requested location information with each element of the path name of the stored location information stored in the storage unit starting from the leftmost element.