Patent ID: 7458023

Claim:
A data display system including a client computer and a server connected through a network, comprising: a first memory, provided at the server, storing a plurality of data definition files of a first type defining contents of data to be displayed on said client computer; a second memory provided at the server, storing a data definition file of a second type defining, as data, file names of said data definition files of the first type; a third memory, provided at the server, storing a style definition file, defining a style for displaying said data definition file, and switching a file to be displayed among said plurality of data definition files of the first type by using said data definition file of the second type; browser device of the client computer identifies the style definition file, checks contents of the data definition file of the second type and selects one of the data definition files of the first type and downloads the same to the client computer; and a display displaying data on the client computer using the files downloaded by the browser device from said first, second and third memories, wherein, when the contents of data to be displayed are updated, the browser device newly downloads only one of the data definition files of the first type and updates the contents of data to be displayed, thereby the display on the client computer being switchable from one display data of one language to another display data of another language without the necessity of changing the style definition file.