Patent ID: 7523398

Claim:
A client/server system comprising a plurality of computers connected to a network, wherein: a server on the network stores button information which is data on menu buttons operating in connection with a client application introduced into a client computer, the client application being an image viewer, wherein the server generates customized updated button information based on a user's pre-stored personal information, and wherein the server has a function of transmitting the customized updated button information to the client computer; and the client application comprises a program for viewing a plurality of images, the image viewer including a window including a file list display section that displays a folder structure of the client computer, an image list display section that lists a reduced image of the images stored in a folder designated by a user, and a menu display section that displays a list of a plurality of menu buttons, each of the plurality of menu buttons corresponding to a service, the program causing the client computer to provide a function of communicating with the server to obtain the customized updated button information from the server, a function of displaying menu buttons on a display in combination with a GUI screen of the client application according to the customized updated button information obtained, and a function of performing operations defined for the displayed menu buttons, wherein a selected at least one image from the plurality of images in the image list display section is uploaded to a server associated with a selected menu button for performing the service associated with the selected menu button.