Patent ID: 7000195

Claim:
A viewer to display images on a display unit, the images being accessible by associated uniform resource locators (URLs), the viewer comprising: a definition management note to store a number of times of display of any image which has been accessed by an associated URL; and an importance degree control unit to count a number of times of display of any image accessed by the associated URL, wherein the importance degree control unit outputs the number for storage by the definition management note, wherein the definition management note stores a plurality of URLs that are associated with a plurality of images, each of which respectively corresponds to at least one threshold value that is associated with the image, and wherein the importance degree control unit executes a process of setting an importance degree mark, which is to be displayed for the associated URL on the display unit, when the counted number of times of display of any image accessed by the associated URL exceeds one of the corresponding stored threshold value associated with the image.