Patent ID: 8396939

Claim:
A content distribution management device comprising: a storage unit that stores one or a plurality of addresses; a receiving unit that receives content data addressed to a communication terminal; a determination unit that determines whether or not the address of the origin of the received content data is an address that is stored in the storage unit; and a sending unit that, in the case where the determination unit has determined that the address of the origin of the received content data is an address that is stored in the storage unit, sends the content data and parameters specifying the format in which content is to be displayed by the communication terminal to which the content data is addressed to that communication terminal, wherein the content data is code that describes elements that indicate each of display objects that make up the content and layout information of each of the display objects using a predetermined markup language; and further wherein the parameters either indicate an element of a display object for which a predetermined pictogram is rendered upon being overlapped with a pointer due to an input unit of the communication terminal being operated after the object has been displayed in the display; or the parameters indicate an element of a display object for which a predetermined pictogram is rendered upon being highlighted due to an input unit of the communication terminal being operated after the object has been displayed in the display.