Patent ID: 7979204

Claim:
A contents server system for generating display information comprising: information acquisition means for acquiring information from a plurality of information providers, wherein the information from each of the information providers includes at least a first information element having a position defined by first positional information; display layer generating means for generating display layers including the information of the respective information providers, wherein each of the display layers is a transparent sheet, wherein the display layer for each of the information providers includes the at least first information element positioned based on the first positional information; and display means providing for display of a display layer corresponding to at least one selected information provider to appear on top of a portion of a display area of a screen display displaying a representation of a region defined by second positional information, wherein the at least first information element of the display layer of the selected information provider is displayed at a position on the screen display based on correspondence between the first positional information of the at least first information element of the display layer of the selected information provider and the second positional information of the region.