Patent ID: 8059139

Claim:
A display controller comprising: a character display means for displaying at least one word on a display means; a keyword detecting means for detecting whether a predetermined keyword is included in the at least one word to be displayed by the character display means by comparing the at least one word to be displayed to a plurality of predetermined keywords stored in a keyword database; an image information detecting means for detecting whether image information includes additional information which corresponds to the predetermined keyword detected by the keyword detecting means, from image information including predetermined additional information and stored in storing means; and a thumbnail image displaying means for displaying on the display means at least one thumbnail image of the image information detected by the image information detecting means which includes the additional information that corresponds to the predetermined keyword, wherein the thumbnail image displaying means operates so that each thumbnail image detected by the image information detecting means is displayed on the display means together with the at least one word being displayed by the character display means, each thumbnail image being displayed on the display means in a horizontal row at a position below the predetermined keyword.