Patent ID: 7069292

Claim:
An automatic display method for update information, comprising: receiving an information transmission request including an address and apparatus update information from a client apparatus, wherein said apparatus update information includes at least last access date from said client apparatus to said address; reading out server side document information including individual update information for each piece of individual information, wherein said individual update information includes at least a date when said each piece of individual information is last updated; extracting individual information that is updated after update of said apparatus update information by comparing at least last access date included in said apparatus update information and at least last updated date included in said individual update information; adding a display attribute to the extracted individual information; and editing the individual information to which a display attribute is added and returning the edited individual information to said client apparatus as document information for display, wherein said extracting said individual information further comprises: reading out the server side document information; analyzing whether or not a tag in the server side document information is an update tag having an update attribute; reading out, if the tag is an update tag, update date and time, or update date, included in the update tag as individual update information; comparing said update date and time, or said update date, with a last access date and time, or a last access date, with respect to said server side document information for each apparatus included in said apparatus update information; and extracting, as a result of said comparison, update information that is updated after the last access date and time or the last access date with respect to said server side document information.