Patent ID: 8032136

Claim:
A service providing system, comprising: a service using device; a service providing device for providing a service to the service using device, the service providing device being communicably connected to the service using device; and a template transmitting device for transmitting a template to the service using device over a communications network or a broadcasting network, the template containing: transmission destination information indicating a transmission destination to which the service using device transmits data for use in authentication; and user input assisting information based on which display means either provided in the service using device or communicably connected to the service using device displays an interface for use by a service user entering data to the service using device, wherein the service using device includes: template storage means for storing the template received from the template transmitting device; user input means for receiving input operation to select a template from the template storage means and to start reproduction of the selected template by the service user; and data transmitting means for transmitting transmission data to the transmission destination indicated in the transmission destination information, the transmission data containing user input information entered by the service user through the user input means.