Patent ID: 8291008

Claim:
A client apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit to receive an information picture from an information picture providing server, the information picture including a picture image, related information, and time limit information as a single handling unit, wherein a predetermined operation is processed as a single unit in response to a related operation command, the predetermined operation being one or more instructions, and corresponds with a respective related information, and wherein each of a plurality of operations comprise a specific predetermined operation and instructions; a recording unit to store the single handling unit in a first memory; a user interface for displaying the picture image and allowing a user to select the picture information which stores the single handling unit in a second memory; a display control unit to control display, in response to selection of the picture image, at least one related information; a processor device to execute processing of first corresponding predetermined operation based on the at least one related information, and in the case where there exist plural related information, executing processing second corresponding predetermined operation based on a selected one of the related information; a notifying unit for notifying a server that a client received and stored the single handling unit of information picture and related information; and a history recording unit for recording history of recording of the information picture; an updating permission/negation unit for determining permission/negation of updating of the related information in accordance with updating condition information, the updating condition information includes the history recorded in the history recording unit, wherein the information picture is a plurality of related information represented by a single picture image and the related information is links to an information provider such that selection of the single picture image cyclically guides a user through plurality of related information.