Patent ID: 7185007
Filing Date: 2007-02-27
Classification: H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus which causes a predetermined service providing apparatus which provides a predetermined service, to execute processing concerning a service providing request made by a terminal via a network, said information providing apparatus comprising: a responding part configured to cause the service providing apparatus to execute a plurality of processing units as the processing based on a single service providing request made by said terminal; a processing state obtaining part which obtains respective processing states of the plurality of processing units concerning the service providing request from said predetermined service providing apparatus; and a Web page generating part which, in response to a Web page display request made by said terminal, generates a Web page to display the processing states of the plurality of processing units by displaying the states of the plurality of processing units obtained via said processing state obtaining part, and transmits the thus-produced Web page to said terminal without waiting for respective completions of processing by the plurality of processing units, wherein: