Patent ID: 8370498

Claim:
A method of using a server whereby in order for a user terminal apparatus to access a processing server that performs predetermined processing via a network and use functions of said processing server, said user terminal apparatus makes a reservation for the use of said processing server via the network to a reservation control apparatus that controls the situation of the reservation of said processing server and uses functions of said processing server based on said reservation, said method comprising: a reservation requesting step of 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; a reservation accepting step of sending, when the reservation for the use of said processing server during said desired service time included in said reservation request information is accepted, reservation setting information including communication/connection information necessary for said user terminal apparatus to establish a communication/connection with said processing server from said reservation control apparatus to said user terminal apparatus via the network; a storing step of writing and storing said communication/connection information included in said reservation setting information sent from said reservation control apparatus in a predetermined storage area of said user terminal apparatus; and a communication establishing step of reading, when said user terminal apparatus accesses and uses said processing server based on said reservation, said communication/connection information stored in said predetermined storage area and establishing a communication/connection with said processing server based on the read communication/connection information, wherein said predetermined processing executed by said processing server is processing of carrying out stream distribution of content data to a requesting client terminal apparatus via the network, and after the communication/connection with said processing server is established in said communication establishing step, said user terminal apparatus sends said content data to be distributed to said client terminal apparatus to said processing server via the network.