Patent ID: 8719697

Claim:
An object control method for a Web page containing a plurality of link elements with a link provided to another Web page to display a plurality of icons in association with a link element among the plurality of link elements, the method causing a computer terminal for displaying the Web page containing the plurality of link elements to execute: a link element setting step of setting at least one link element among the plurality of link elements based on a current or past access data, which indicates a use history of the Web page related to the at least one link element or based on a current server load; a placement position setting step of setting, for each of the plurality of icons, a placement position of the icon within a content region of the set link element; an icon display step of displaying the plurality of icons in front of the link element at the set placement position to interfere with clicking on the link element; and an icon displacement step of displacing one or more of the plurality of icons when user operation on one of the plurality of icons is detected.