Service providing method, computer-readable recording medium containing service providing program, and service providing apparatus

摘要

A service providing method for allowing a user to select services matching his/her tastes with less personal data. When a service request arrives, a service category presenter extracts and transmits a plurality of service category information from a service category storage unit to a terminal device. When the identification information of selected service category information arrives from the terminal device via a network, a service specifying unit specifies the services associated with the selected service category information by referring to the metadata storage unit. A service providing unit extracts and transmits service data on the specified services from a service data storage unit to the terminal device.