Patent ID: 7853694

Claim:
A contents service providing system comprising: a service storing apparatus for storing service providing information related to available services and service request information from a user; a service requesting apparatus for composing a service search inquiry according to a contents service request inputted by a user, receiving result information of the service inquiry request, calling a corresponding service based on the received result information, receiving a corresponding contents service as the calling result, and providing the received contents service to a user; a service relaying apparatus for searching related service providing information from the service storing apparatus and providing information necessary for calling the service when the service search inquiry is received from the service requesting apparatus; and a service providing apparatus for providing service proxy information to provide a service corresponding to service providing information stored in the service storing apparatus and providing a corresponding contents service when a service is called by a service requesting apparatus that receives the proxy information wherein the service requesting apparatus obtains service proxy object information corresponding to the service proxy information from the service relaying apparatus, calls the contents service to the service providing apparatus using the service proxy object information; and wherein the service requesting apparatus receives property values for registering a service request from a user, generates service request information, and transmits the generated service request information to the service relaying apparatus if service providing information is not in the search result received from the service relaying apparatus.