Patent ID: 7805524

Claim:
A display control apparatus comprising: a computer including: a CGI processing section that executes a CGI process and outputs an outcome of the CGI process in response to a CGI request received from a client; an address shifting section that connects the display control apparatus to a link address different from an address that the client connected to issue the CGI request, according to the CGI request; and an output section that outputs display information for displaying information according to the outcome of the CGI process output from the CGI processing section to the client for whom the address to be connected is shifted by the address shifting section, wherein the address shifting section includes a source code generating section that generates a source code for connecting the client to the link address different from the address that the client connected to issue the CGI request, and transmits the source code to the client, the source code generating section generates a source code containing information corresponding to the outcome of the CGI process and a first identifier for connecting the client to the link address, and the output section includes a source code rewriting section that rewrites the first identifier to a second identifier, and causing the client for whom the source code is executed to display the information corresponding to the outcome of the CGI process.