HOME PAGE AUTOMATIC UPDATE SYSTEM AND HOME PAGE AUTOMATIC UPDATE METHOD

A home page automatic update system includes home page management means for reading out an HTML document from a home page database in response to a request from a user terminal, and transmitting the readout HTML document to the user terminal, patrol search means for extracting update data by executing in turn a reception process of a mail message stored in a mail server, an extraction process of update data of an HTML document stored in the home page database, a file search process in a personal computer, and a search process of schedule data in a storage device on the basis of a priority order, and banner data generation means for generating update HTML data on the basis of the extracted update data. The home page management means transmits an HTML document which contains the update HTML data generated by the banner data generation means to the user terminal.