Patent ID: 7818675

Claim:
A web information processing apparatus comprising: a first display control unit configured to display a web page on a display device; an information acquisition unit configured to acquire web page information for specifying the web page, for the web page being displayed on the display device; an input unit configured to accept a user instruction for association of a web page with a TV program; a holding unit configured to hold web page information specifying the web page and TV program information used to specify the TV program, by associating the web page information with the TV program information, based on the user instruction; a determination unit configured to determine, during the display of the web page on the display device by the first display control unit, whether the web page being displayed is a web page corresponding to the web page information held in the holding unit, based on the web page information held in the holding unit and the web page information obtained by the information acquisition unit for the web page being displayed; a search unit configured to search for the TV program, if the determination unit determines that the web page being displayed corresponds to the web page information held in the holding unit, by using the TV program information which is associated with the web page information of the web page being displayed; and a second display control unit configured to generate a screen notifying the existence of the TV program associated with the web page being displayed, and to display the screen on the display device, if the TV program is found by the search unit, wherein: the information acquisition unit also acquires web page information for another web page linked to the web page being displayed on the display device; the determination unit further determines whether the other web page is a web page corresponding to the web page information held in the holding unit; if the determination unit determines that the other web page is the web page corresponding to the web page information held in the holding unit, the search unit further searches for the TV program by using the TV program information held in the holding unit which is associated with the web page information of the other web page; and the second display control unit generates a screen notifying the existence of an associated TV program associated with the other web nage, and displays the screen on the display device, if the TV program is found by the search unit.