Patent ID: 7568164

Claim:
A service providing apparatus to provide a specific service in a service providing system that provides the specific service in response to the contents of instructions issued from a system user having use authority, comprising: a use authority information input unit to input use authority information regarding the use authority of the system user; and a service providing system, the service providing system comprising: an instruction apparatus to give the instructions to the service providing apparatus; a use authority determination device to determine whether the system user has the use authority; and a virtual object management terminal to manage a virtual object, the virtual object management terminal including: a virtual object setting device which causes the service providing apparatus to be matched with a first virtual object and the instruction apparatus to be matched with a second virtual object and a predetermined device other than the service providing apparatus to be matched with a third virtual object, and places the first virtual object in a virtual space matched with an actual space and the second virtual object at or around the position of the instruction apparatus in the virtual space and the third virtual object at or around the position of the predetermined device in the virtual space, a position information acquisition device to acquire position information used to specify the position of the instruction apparatus, and a positional relationship calculation device to calculate the positional relationship between the first and second and third virtual objects based on the acquired position information, and the use authority determination device being configured to determine that the system user has the use authority if the calculated positional relationship is a relationship in which the second and third virtual objects and the first virtual object exist in an identical position in an overlapped state.