Patent ID: 8234584

Claim:
A computer system, including a computer which is coupled to a server for providing requested information, and which collects the requested information, wherein the computer is configured to: obtain status histories including histories of operations to a screen of a web browser displayed on the computer and histories of operations to a screen of an application other than the web browser displayed on the computer, the status histories including information on the screen displayed on the computer; record the obtained status histories in chronological order to constitute a set of the status histories; divide, in a case where a history of an operation of switching between the screen of the web browser and the screen of the application other than the web browser is detected from the set of the status histories, the set of the status histories based on the history of the operation of switching between the screen of the web browser and the screen of the application other than the web browser; generate a plurality of combined histories in each of which corresponding status histories included in the divided set of the status histories are integrated based on screen information included in the status histories included in the divided set of the status histories, the plurality of combined histories each including an attribute which is set based on screen information on the corresponding integrated status histories of the combined history; and determine importance of each of the plurality of combined histories based on the attribute of the combined history and an importance of the combined history within consecutive combined histories of the plurality of combined histories, and wherein the plurality of combined histories include a pair of consecutive combined histories having a first combined history that includes histories of operations to the screen of the web browser and a second combined history that includes histories of operations to the application other than the web browser.