Digital content system, digital content display method, and recording medium having recorded thereon digital content display program

A digital content display method which displays digital content on a display apparatus of a user, the digital content display method causing a computer to implement:

• a step of distributing software causing the display apparatus to display digital content in one of a plurality of categories and allowing the user to select a predetermined category or a predetermined digital content among a plurality of categories of digital content;
• a step of receiving the category identification number of the selected category based on the software;
• a step of acquiring a plurality of digital content belonging to the category of the received category identification number through a network;
• a step of transmitting summary information of the plurality of acquired digital content and information for causing the software to display the summary information in a predetermined order to the display apparatus, and causing the display apparatus to display detailed information of a selected digital content according to selection information of digital content selected by the user from the summary information of the plurality of digital content;
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• a step of acquiring viewing information representing a viewing condition of the user corresponding to at least one of the selected category, the transmitted summary information, and the transmitted detailed information, updating summary information of digital content to be displayed on the display apparatus in a predetermined order, and transmitting the updated summary information to the display apparatus.

A recording medium having recorded thereon a digital content display program, which displays digital content on a display apparatus of a user, the digital content display program causing a computer to implement:

• a function of distributing software causing the display apparatus to display digital content in one of a plurality of categories and allowing the user to select a predetermined category or a predetermined digital content among a plurality of categories of digital content;
• a function of receiving the category identification number of the selected category based on the software;
• a function of acquiring a plurality of digital content belonging to the category of the received category identification number through a network;
• a function of transmitting summary information of the plurality of acquired digital content and information for causing the software to display the summary information in a predetermined order to the display apparatus, and causing the display apparatus to display detailed information of a selected digital content according to selection information of digital content selected by the user from the summary information of the plurality of digital content;
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• a function of acquiring viewing information representing a viewing condition of the user corresponding to at least one of the selected category, the transmitted summary information, and the transmitted detailed information, updating summary information of digital content to be displayed on the display apparatus in a predetermined order, and transmitting the updated summary information to the display apparatus.