Patent ID: 8707183

Claim:
A method executed in a data processing device connected to a web data providing unit, the data processing device including a displaying unit that displays a web page; a pointing device; and a key inputting unit having Tab key, Space key, Alt key, and Arrow key, the method comprising: counting a number of times an input operation is performed with the key inputting device; displaying a dialog box on the displaying unit when the number of times the input operation is performed with the key inputting device exceeds a first predetermined number, the dialog box having a text, a first button, and a NO button, the text indicating a message prompting a user to confirm whether to acquire an alternate web page; determining whether or not the first button is pressed with the pointing device; setting a toggle flag to ON when it is determined that the first button is pressed with the pointing device; counting a number of times an input operation is performed with the pointing device; determining whether or not the number of times the input operation is performed with the pointing device exceeds a second predetermined number; setting the toggle flag to OFF when it is determined that the number of times the input operation is performed with the pointing device exceeds the second predetermined number or when it is determined that the first button is pressed with the pointing device; acquiring first web page data for displaying first web page from the web data providing unit via a network, the first web page including a first information region, the first web page data including first displaying information and URL information, the first displaying information for displaying a first image that cannot be voiced by a screen reader on the first information region, the URL information for obtaining second web page data for displaying a second web page on the displaying unit, the first image that cannot be voiced by the screen reader being displayed on the first information region based on the first displaying information contained in the first web page data, the second web page including a second information region, the second web page data including second displaying information for displaying a second image that can be voiced by the screen reader on the second information region, a matter indicated by the second image displayed on the second information region being substantially identical to a matter indicated by the first image displayed on the first information region; determining whether the toggle flag is set to ON or OFF after the first web page data is acquired; when the toggle flag is determined to be ON, acquiring the second web page data using the URL information contained in the first web page data and displaying the second web page based on the second web page data; and when the toggle flag is determined to be OFF, displaying the first web page based on the first web page data without acquiring the second web page data using the URL information.