Patent ID: 6829619
Filing Date: 2004-12-07
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
An information providing server, comprising:a storing section storing a display control file including a character string and a control character string for controlling a display, wherein the display control file is provided to a client according to a search request from the client; a holding section holding an index image which displays contents of a home page displayed according to the display control file and a display file relating to the display control file by a single picture; and a providing section providing the index image held by the holding section according to the search request to a searching server, wherein the providing section provides, to the searching server, the index image to be included in a searched result corresponding to the search request that the searching server receives from the client, the searched result including the index image is provided from the searching server to the client, wherein the index image displays a latest state of the first screen of the home page.