Patent ID: 7478319

Claim:
A Web page viewing apparatus comprising: a display screen; an image information storing unit for storing image information of a Web page viewed online from a Web server; a selecting unit for selecting a page of a Web page image that a viewer desires to view; and a first comparing unit displaying image information corresponding to the selected page on the display screen, the first comparing unit independently from user input: if the Web page is offline, then displaying the image information stored in the image information storing unit corresponding to the selected page, and if the Web page is online, then comparing the image information stored in the image information storing unit with corresponding image information from the Web page available online from the Web server, if the image information stored in the image information storing unit is newer than the corresponding image information from the Web page available online, then displaying the image information stored in the image information storing unit corresponding to the selected page and updating the displayed image information and the image information stored in the image information storing unit from the corresponding image information from the Web page available online, otherwise displaying the image information from the Web page.