Patent ID: 7945961

Claim:
A display control device comprising: an identification information obtaining unit that obtains identification information for identifying a user; a determination unit that determines, based on the identification information obtained by the identification information obtaining unit, whether the user belongs to a first group or a second group which is allowed to conduct operation concerning only processing items of a lower security level than a security level allowed for the first group; a storage unit that stores information concerning selection frequencies of display objects selected by the user on each device having a display unit to be controlled so as to display the display objects, the user being determined as belonging to the first group by the determination unit; a frequency information obtaining unit that obtains the information concerning selection frequencies of display objects; and a control unit that performs control so as to display, for the user determined as belonging to the second group by the determination unit, display objects corresponding to predetermined processing items of a lower security level than a security level of processing items to be displayed for the user determined as belonging to the first group, and performs control so as to display the display objects such that the higher the selection frequencies at which the display objects are selected by the user are, the more the display objects are emphasized, based on the information obtained by the frequency information obtaining unit.