Patent ID: 8400657

Claim:
A data utilization device that is to be connected to a terminal device and a server, the data utilization device comprising: a processor; a data utilization information registering unit that registers data utilization information for using data; a first command receiving unit that receives a first command from the terminal device; a second command transmitting unit that transmits a second command to the server specified by address information included in the first command; a server registration item receiving unit that receives server registration items from the server, in response to the second command transmitting unit transmitting the second command, wherein the server registration items correspond to server registration information that is to be registered in the server; a third command transmitting unit that transmits a third command including the server registration items and data utilization items to the terminal device, wherein the data utilization items correspond to data utilization information that is to be registered in the data utilization device; a server registration information receiving unit that receives the server registration information and the data utilization information from the terminal device, in response to the third command transmitting unit transmitting the third command; a fourth command transmitting unit that transmits a fourth command including the server registration information to the server; a response receiving unit that receives from the server a response with respect to the supply of data to be utilized, in response to the fourth command transmitting unit transmitting the fourth command; and a registration control unit that controls the data utilization information registering unit to register the data utilization information from the terminal device for using the data if the response is an affirmative response.