Abstract: A job brokering apparatus for brokering jobs in an open network environment, such as the internet, without complicated negotiations between a job provider and a contractor. A CGI program (broker program) started from a WWW server connected to a broker (300) in a network (500), such as the internet, receives registrations and applications for offered jobs from unspecified job-provider clients and unspecified contractor clients a process of a contractor selector portion (320), functionally realized by the broker program, refers to information about a job and to information about contractors to select a contractor, and notifies the job provider and the contractor using, for example, e-mail.

Abstract: Method and device for broadcasting over a network in a simple manner effective advertising likely to be taken in by users. Advertising registration process and advertising broadcast process are conducted. In advertising registration process an advertising server 1 accepts from an advertiser terminal 51 both the designation of an advertisement URL correlated with an advertisement and advertising information. This advertising information includes an advertisement icon and a hyperlink to an URL for details providing detailed advertising information. The advertising server 1 correlates advertising information it has received with the designated advertisement URL and stores this in an advertising DB 11.

Abstract: To reduce the burden of administering a service, thereby inducing utilization of the service. An access administration system includes a publisher DB 21, access data verification unit 24, access data determiner 25, access data issuing unit 1, an access submission unit 6. The publisher DB 21 stores publisher information pertaining to publishers who are authorized to issue predetermined access data. The access data verification unit 24 verifies the legitimacy of the access data received. The access determination unit 25 determines the access according to the access data received and a result of the verification, and reports the access to a service provision device. The access data issuing unit 1 generates access data. The access submission unit 6 sends access data to the access data verification unit 24.

Abstract: When a new customer appears in a shop, the customer is registered in an advertisement server 1 with shop terminal 2. When the customer registers an advertiser in his buddy list, an advertisement is distributed to user terminal 4. Namely, by registering an advertisement of the advertiser in buddy list system 4 as if the advertisement of the advertiser is status information of the advertiser, the advertisement is distributed to the user terminal 4 via the buddy list system 3. To persuade a customer to register an advertiser in his buddy list, the advertiser provides an incentive for a customer registering the advertiser in his buddy list (hereinafter referred to as registration customer). Incentive is, for example, adding a premium to points granted to the customer according to purchase history.

Abstract: The present invention provides technology for distributing user-acceptable and highly effective advertisements and enables detailed status representation on an awareness system. Advertisement icons such as a company symbol can be subsequently added to alternatives of user statuses and the icons can be set as user statuses. Display of an advertisement icon as status of an acquaintance in a buddy list allows companies to announce services or items they provide as used by the acquaintance that the status represents. Since advertisement icons are diffused via a reliable network composed of acquaintances in the buddy list, users have a good impression on the advertisements and high advertising effectiveness is expected.

Abstract: Method for making delivery of products more efficient, and having deliveries made that are convenient for delivery recipients. When a user (delivery recipient 3) purchases a product from a vendor and applies for delivery, a management server 4 accepts a delivery application from a vendor client 1. The management server 4 notifies the delivery recipient client 3 of the application for delivery, and prompts the user to designate delivery terms. For example, a delivery terms designation form is provided on a web page, and the URL for that web page is provided in the application for delivery notification. The delivery recipient client 3 accesses the web page and refers to a list of products to be delivered to him or herself. Moreover, the delivery recipient designates delivery terms when he or she is certain of his or her schedule. A delivery business is notified of these delivery terms.

Abstract: A job brokering apparatus for brokering jobs in an open network environment, such as the internet, without complicated negotiations between a job provider and a contractor. A CGI program (broker program) started from a WWW server connected to a broker 300 in a network 500, such as the internet, receives registrations and applications for offered jobs from unspecified job-provider clients and unspecified contractor clients a process of a contractor selector portion 320, functionally realized by the broker program, refers to information about a job and to information about contractors to select a contractor, and notifies the job provider and the contractor using, for example, e-mail.

Abstract: Used for a communication device, processing according to status of an accessed user. Statuses of users are stored and processing policy into which process for request according to another user requesting communication from a user, status of the requested user, and contents of the request are set for each user is prepared. When the above-mentioned request occurs, process for the request is decided according to policy of requestee. If the present invention is used for an information providing device, processing policy into which process for information request according to a user requesting information, status of another user in relation to information, and information to be requested are set for information is prepared. When request for any information occurs, process for the request is decided according to the processing policy of requested information.

Abstract: An information service system, information service participation management apparatus, information service providing apparatus, and recording medium which are designed to collectively manage identification information once acquired by a participant by the information service participation management apparatus, to once permit the participant who newly requests participation in the information service by the identification information to participate provisionally with the participant's behavior being recorded for a certain period, to permit/reject official participation depending on the evaluation of the recorded result, to record a history that the participant to whom the identification information has been issued is permitted or rejected participate in which information service, to report the historical information in response to an inquiry from the information service providing apparatus, and further to record a history of the participant to whom the identification information has been issued that in which i

Abstract: A communication system including a server having a state holding unit for holding variable state information and a state informing unit for holding a destination address of the state information to transmit the state information held by the state holding unit to the destination address. Further, a client's connected via a network to the server having plotting control for plotting one or more icons on an application, anyone of the icons being duplicatable between a plurality of mutually different applications, and the plurality of icons being increased in number by duplication. An icon management unit is provided for receiving the state information transmitted from the server to instruct the plotting control to reflect a state represented by the received state information on one or a plurality of icons plotted by the plotting control.