Patent ID: 8549063

Claim:
A service box to be installed in an end-user accommodation apparatus having a unit configured to connect with a terminal of an end user, wherein the end-user accommodation apparatus is included in a system for providing service that further includes: a first service anchor apparatus having a unit configured to hold an original of a first application program for providing a first service; and a relay apparatus located on a route between the first service anchor apparatus and the end-user accommodation apparatus, the relay apparatus additionally operating as a second service anchor apparatus having a unit configured to hold an original of a second application program for providing a second service different from the first service, and the system includes a mechanism configured to create, via the relay apparatus, a copy of the first application program in the end-user accommodation apparatus, the original of the first application program being held by the first service anchor apparatus, and to create a copy of the second application program in the end-user accommodation apparatus the original of the second application program being held by the second service anchor apparatus, the service box for the first service comprising: a unit that stores information for accessing the first service anchor apparatus; and resources for being used in providing the first service to the terminal of the end user, wherein in response to installation into the end-user accommodation apparatus where a determination is to provide the first service and by use of the information and the resources, a copy of the first application program is created in the end-user accommodation apparatus by the mechanism and the first service is provided to the terminal of the end user by running said copy, the service box for the second service comprising: a unit that stores information for accessing the second service anchor a apparatus; and resources for being used in providing the second service to the terminal of the end user, wherein in response to installation into the end-user accommodation apparatus where a determination is to provide the second service and by use of the information and the resources, a copy of the second application program is created in the end-user accommodation apparatus by the mechanism and the second service is provided to the terminal of the end user by running said copy.