| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently provide a service by distributing end-user terminals' use of an application that runs on a server, in a system configured such that a plurality of servers are hierarchically connected. <P>SOLUTION: The service providing system includes a service anchor DC which holds an original of an application program for providing a service; an end-user accommodation DC connected with a terminal of an end user; and a relay DC located on a route between the service anchor DC and the end-user accommodation DC. A copy of the application program is created in the end-user accommodation DC via the relay DC, the original of the application program being held by the service anchor DC, and the end-user accommodation DC runs the copy of the application program, thereby providing the service to the terminal of the end user. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT |
