Abstract: A client terminal sends a request signal representing contents of a questionnaire to an agent server, in accordance with operations of a client. The agent server sets target people to be provided with the questionnaire, in accordance with the contents of the questionnaire represented by the request signal sent from the client terminal through a network. The agent server creates a plurality of questions in accordance with the contents of the questionnaire which are represented by the request signal. The agent server sends the created questions to the set target people through a network. After this, the agent server sums up completed questionnaires sent back from the target people through a network. The agent server sends the summed result to the client terminal through a network, thereby to provide the summed result to the client.

Abstract: A client terminal sends a request signal representing contents of a questionnaire to an agent server, in accordance with operations of a client. The agent server sets target people to be provided with the questionnaire, in accordance with the contents of the questionnaire represented by the request signal sent from the client terminal through a network. The agent server creates a plurality of questions in accordance with the contents of the questionnaire which are represented by the request signal. The agent server sends the created questions to the set target people through a network. After this, the agent server sums up completed questionnaires sent back from the target people through a network. The agent server sends the summed result to the client terminal through a network, thereby to provide the summed result to the client.

Abstract: In the network-based design service system of the present invention, a parts vendor registers on a design DB server various kinds of information, including the names of parts/vendor items, sample circuits, and design know-how, e.g., anti-noise circuits, in advance through a parts vendor terminal via a network, a designer performs circuit design for a device on a WWW site through a designer terminal, and an account terminal pays a royalty for the utilization of the design database from the bank account of the designer to the bank account of the parts vendor upon utilization of the design database, and pays an employment fee from the bank account of the parts vendor to the bank account of the designer upon employment of a part.