Patent ID: 8010580

Claim:
An information browser comprising: a communication unit configured to receive meta information relating to contents from a content server; a meta-information-read unit configured to read meta information received by the communication unit; a display-storage unit configured to store first meta information read by the meta-information-read unit in order to display contents corresponding to the first meta information; a display unit configured to generate a display-screen image using the first meta information stored by the display-storage unit; a display-state-management unit configured to manage a state of the display-screen image generated by the display unit; a meta-information-pre-reading unit configured to pre-read meta information using the meta-information-read unit for each of a plurality of input operations, based on information about the input operations that change the display screen-image, included in display-state-management information managed by the display-state-management unit; a first pre-reading-storage unit configured to store meta information corresponding to a first input operation out of the meta information pre-read by the meta-information-pre-reading unit; a second pre-reading-storage unit configured to store meta information corresponding to a second input operation different from the first input operation out of the meta information pre-read by the meta-information-pre-reading unit; an operation-input unit; and an input-operation-determination unit configured to determine whether the operation-input unit performs a same input operation continuously, wherein, when the input-operation-determination unit determines that the first input operation is continuously performed, the second pre-reading-storage unit is appropriated to store the meta information corresponding to the first input operation, and the meta-information-pre-reading unit assigns priority to the meta information corresponding to the first input operation over the meta information corresponding to the second input operation, pre-reads the meta information corresponding to the first input operation, and the second pre-reading-storage unit stores the meta information corresponding to the first input operation.