Patent ID: 8615721
Filing Date: 2013-12-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An information display system comprising: a thumbnail image generating unit that generates thumbnail images from a plurality of images having a sequential relation, the thumbnail image generating unit further generates thumbnails according to the thumbnail image displaying unit determination; a thumbnail image displaying unit of a server device that forwards a thumbnail list view of the thumbnail images of a first size generated according to the sequential relation to a display of a client device; a thumbnail image designating unit that receives a designation of a thumbnail image from among the thumbnail images; an enlarging unit that generates an enlarged image of a designated thumbnail image of a second size larger than the first size from the thumbnail list view and enlarged images of thumbnail images positioned before and after the enlarged designated thumbnail image in the thumbnail list view based on the sequential relation, the enlarged images of thumbnail images positioned before and after the enlarged designated thumbnail image being fully viewable and having a size smaller than a size of the enlarged image of the designated thumbnail image and larger than the first size; an enlarged image displaying unit that displays the enlarged images and a plurality of enlarged thumbnail images from among the enlarged designated thumbnail image and the enlarged thumbnail images positioned before and after the enlarged designated thumbnail image according to the sequential relation; a forward-advance designating unit that designates a forward advance of the enlarged image displayed by the enlarged image displaying unit according to the sequential relation; the client device caches encoded data related to the thumbnail list view of the generated thumbnail images, the client device being configured to receive, from the server device, when the enlarged images are to be displayed at the display of the client device, additional encoded data of the enlarged images to be displayed at the client device; and a classifying unit that classifies the thumbnail images based on pieces of classification information of the images obtained from outside, wherein