Patent ID: 8612889

Claim:
An information processing device comprising: a web browser unit which displays content; an application unit which communicates with an external device and receives information about the content, and then provides the content in accordance with the provided information to the web browser unit; and a window manager which controls display of a button that is selected by a user in order that the web browser unit makes a request to the application unit for the content and displays the content on a screen and controls an icon which is in accordance with the application unit, wherein the application unit transmits, to the web browser unit, a location at which the icon in accordance with the application unit is stored, a URL for accessing the application unit, and a title corresponding to the application unit, wherein the web browser unit requests registration of the button corresponding to the application unit by transmitting the location at which the icon is stored and the title to the window manager, and then stores button identification information which is provided by the window manager upon registration of the button in the window manager and the URL in a correlated manner, wherein after the registration of the button corresponding to the application unit, the window manager displays the icon corresponding to the application unit and the title on an application selection screen together with the registered button, and wherein the web browser unit receives button identification information provided upon selection of the button on the application selection screen, and accesses the application unit in accordance with the URL in association with the button identification information and receives the content.