Patent ID: 9043708
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus having a Web browser and being capable of communicating with a Web server via a network, comprising: a requesting unit that transmits, to the Web server, a request for a screen to be displayed by the Web browser; a reception unit that receives, from the Web server, a response to the request transmitted by the requesting unit, the response including priority information together with screen information; an obtaining unit that obtains the priority information included in the response received by the reception unit; a designating unit that designates display priority of the Web browser in accordance with the priority information obtained by the obtaining unit, the display priority indicating whether or not to display, with priority over a first screen which is to be displayed by an application other than the Web browser, a second screen which corresponds to the screen information included in the response received by the reception unit and is to be displayed by the Web browser; and a display control unit that, when an event to display the first screen occurs while the Web browser displays the second screen, controls whether or not to display the first screen with priority over the second screen, based on the display priority designated by the designating unit, wherein at least one of the requesting unit, reception unit, obtaining unit, designating unit and display control unit is implemented by a processor executing computer executable code stored in a memory.