Patent ID: 7398303
Filing Date: 2008-07-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A hypertext displaying apparatus for downloading hypertext data from a server device coupled to said hypertext display apparatus via a network, and displaying a content represented by the hypertext data, said hypertext displaying apparatus comprising: a download section operable to download, when a link destination is selected, hypertext data at the selected link destination from the server device via the network, and store the downloaded hypertext data in a temporary storage section; a stored data storage section operable to store hypertext data selected by a user from among the hypertext data having been downloaded and having been stored in said temporary storage section by said download section; a display section operable to display a content represented by a stored data in said stored data storage section or a content represented by hypertext data which is newly downloaded by said download section; a displaying history storage section operation to store a displaying history of at least one content represented by the hypertext data newly downloaded by said download section, wherein the displaying history is in accordance with an order in which the at least one content is displayed by said display section; and a redisplaying order control section operable to control, in accordance with the displaying history stored in said displaying history storage section, an order in which contents are redisplayed by the display section, wherein: when a content represented by a first stored data in said stored data storage section is displayed, and a content represented by a second stored data in said stored data storage section is displayed next as a source content having at least one link destination indicated within the source content, and the link destination within the source content is selected, said displaying history storage section stores a displaying history of the source content represented by the second stored data and a content at the selected link destination without storing a displaying history of the content represented by the first stored data; and when the content at the selected link destination indicated within the source content is displayed by said display section, and an instruction for displaying a content preceding the content at the link destination is issued, said redisplaying order control section allows contents to be redisplayed by said display section in a sequential manner in accordance with an order of the displaying history, going back at least to the source content, which is stored in said displaying history storage section.