Information generation device, information generation method, information generation program, and recording medium

An information generation method of an information generation device that transmits a Web page to a terminal device, the information generation method comprising:

• a first transmission step of transmitting a first Web page to the terminal device, the first Web page including a plurality of explanatory items related to a service provided through a Web page, the first Web page including a program for transmitting display explanatory information to the information generation device, the display explanatory information indicating one or more explanatory items, among the plurality of explanatory items, included in a part of the first Web page, the part having been actually displayed by the terminal device in the first web page;
• a first recording control step of, when one of a plurality of links indicating that the respective plurality of explanatory items are link destinations is selected by a user using the terminal device to display a part of the first web page, causing history information to be recorded in a recording unit, the displayed part including at least one explanatory item indicated as a link destination by the selected link among the plurality explanatory items, the history information indicating the explanatory item indicated as the link destination by the selected link;
• a second recording control step of receiving the display explanatory information transmitted from the terminal device having executed the program and of causing the received display explanatory information to be recorded as history information in the recording unit;
• an acquisition step of acquiring association information from a storage unit storing the association information, the association information indicating an element in association with the explanatory item, the element indicated by the association information being associated with the explanatory item among elements included in a second Web page;
• a generation step of, on the basis of the acquired association information, generating the second Web page in which an appearance of the element associated with the explanatory item indicated by the history information among the elements included in the second Web page displayed on the terminal device is different from an appearance in an initial state;
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• a second transmission step of transmitting the generated second Web page to the terminal device.

A non-transitory recording medium in which an information generation program is computer-readably recorded, the information generation program causing a computer, which is included in an information generation device that transmits a Web page to a terminal device, to function as:

• a first transmission unit that transmits a first Web page to the terminal device, the first Web page including a plurality of explanatory items related to a service provided through a Web page, the first Web page including a program for transmitting display explanatory information to the information generation device, the display explanatory information indicating one or more explanatory items, among the plurality of explanatory items, included in a part of the first Web page, the part having been actually displayed by the terminal device in the first web page;
• a first recording control unit that, when one of a plurality of links indicating that the respective plurality of explanatory items are link destinations is selected by a user using the terminal device to display a part of the first web page, causes history information to be recorded in a recording unit, the displayed part including at least one explanatory item indicated as a link destination by the selected link among the plurality of explanatory items, the history information indicating the explanatory item indicated as the link destination by the selected link;
• a second recording control unit that receives the display explanatory information transmitted from the terminal device having executed the program and causes the received display explanatory information to be recorded as history information in the recording unit;
• an acquisition unit that acquires association information from a storage unit storing the association information, the association information indicating an element in association with the explanatory item, the element indicated by the association information being associated with the explanatory item among elements included in a second Web page;
• a generation unit that, on the basis of the acquired association information, generates the second Web page in which an appearance of the element associated with the explanatory item indicated by the history information among the elements included in the second Web page displayed on the terminal device is different from an appearance in an initial state;
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• a second transmission unit that transmits the generated second Web page to the terminal device.