Patent ID: 9055045
Filing Date: 2015-06-09
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. An image providing device that provides images contained in a page to a client terminal, comprising: a first page information output unit configured to output first page information for displaying a first page containing at least one first image and the at least one first image contained in the first page to the client terminal; an image output unit configured to output a second composite image combining one or more images, other than the at least one first image contained in the first page, of a plurality of images contained in a second page to be displayed after the first page is displayed on the client terminal to the client terminal; and a second page information output unit configured to output second page information containing display instruction information to display a second image contained in the second page and contained in common in the first page based on the at least one first image output by the first page information output unit; a determination unit configured to determine whether the at least one first image contained in the first page is stored in the client terminal in such a manner that it can be re-displayed based on a condition of a request from the client terminal, wherein the second page information output unit is further configured to display a third image contained in the second page other than the at least one first image contained in the first page based on the second composite image output by the image output unit, and wherein the image output unit outputs the second composite image to the client terminal when the determination unit determines that the at least one first image contained in the first page is stored in the client terminal in such a manner that it can be re-displayed, and outputs a third composite image combining the plurality of images contained in the second page, including an image contained both in the first page and the second page, to the client terminal when the determination unit determines that the at least one first image contained in the first page is not stored in the client terminal in such a manner that it can be re-displayed.