Patent ID: 8150910

Claim:
A device for providing a service, the device comprising: a request receiving unit for receiving a processing request message for the service from a service request source; a processing unit for processing the service according to the processing request message; a request transmitting unit for transmitting, during the processing of the service, a different processing request message for a different service to a different service providing device, wherein the different service is used by the service to be provided to the service request source; a response receiving unit for receiving a processing result of the different service from the different service providing device; an additional information receiving unit for receiving an additional information piece from the different service providing device, wherein the additional information piece includes a terms of use agreement for the different service; a response transmitting unit for transmitting back to the service request source a processing result of the service; an additional information transmitting unit for transmitting to the service request source the additional information piece received from the different service providing device; an additional information storage unit for storing a terms of use agreement for the service provided by the service providing device; and a generating unit for generating a merged terms of use agreement by merging: (i) the terms of use agreement for the service provided by the service providing device and stored in the additional information storage unit and (ii) the terms of use agreement for the different service provided by the different service providing device and received by the additional information receiving unit.