Patent ID: 7010601

Claim:
A server reservation method whereby a user terminal apparatus makes a reservation for the use of a processing server that performs predetermined processing to a reservation control apparatus that controls the reservation state of said processing server via a network in order for said user terminal apparatus to use the functions of said processing server by accessing said processing server via the network, said server reservation method comprising: sending reservation request information including a desired service time to use said processing server from said user terminal apparatus to said reservation control apparatus via the network; transmitting, when the reservation for the use of said processing server during said desired service time included in said reservation request information is accepted, a permission notification information to notify that the reservation is accepted, to said user terminal apparatus via the network; transmitting reconfirmation information for said accepted reservation, from said user terminal apparatus to said reservation control apparatus via the network; and confirming said reservation when said reservation control apparatus receives said reconfirmation information sent from said user terminal apparatus, by a predetermined time before said desired service time, and of canceling said reservation when said reservation control apparatus does not receive said reconfirmation information by a predetermined time before said desired service time; and storing communication/connection information used for said user terminal apparatus to connect and communicate with said processing server sent from said reservation control apparatus when said reservation is confirmed, in a predetermined storage area of said user terminal apparatus.