Patent ID: 8498673

Claim:
A software output destination handling terminal that handles a display terminal as a destination to which a software application is output, and comprises: a terminal type data receiving unit that receives from the display terminal with which connection by communication has been established, data which indicates a type of the relevant display terminal; a usage status data obtaining unit that obtains data which indicates a usage status of a user of the display terminal; a display rule data obtaining unit that obtains data which indicates a display rule for a software application to be displayed under the usage status indicated by the data obtained by the usage status data obtaining unit, where in the display rule, information for designating the type of the display terminal is associated with information for designating a category of the software application to be displayed at the display terminal having the relevant type; a software category specifying unit that specifies, based on the display rule indicated by the data obtained by the display rule data obtaining unit, the category of the software application to be displayed at the display terminal having the type indicated by the data received by the terminal type data receiving unit; a software specifying unit that specifies, based on the category of the software application specified by the software category specifying unit, a software application belonging to the category from among a plurality of software applications; a display instruction data generation unit that generates data which indicates an instruction to the display terminal to display the software application specified by the software specifying unit; and a display instruction data sending unit that sends the data generated by the display instruction data generation unit to the display terminal.