Patent ID: 8631465

Claim:
A terminal of an environment management station that calculates an evaluation value of a terminal of a service user in view of security, the evaluation value being used to determine whether to provide a service from a terminal of a service provider to the terminal of the service user through a terminal of a network provider, the terminal of the environment management station being set in a third-party organization other than the service provider, the service user or the network provider, the terminal of the environment management station comprising: a memory including an evaluation value storing logic that stores environment information away from the terminal of the service provider to identify software that can be installed in the terminal of the service user, hardware that can be incorporated in the terminal of the service user or hardware that can be connected to the terminal of the service user, and the evaluation value of the terminal of the service user in view of security based on vulnerability and capability of hardware and software in association with each other, the evaluation value storing logic updating the evaluation value associated with the environment information when new information about the environment information in view of security is obtained; and a hardware processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor executes a process comprising: receiving the environment information of the terminal of the service user from the terminal of the service user through the terminal of the network provider; registering a registration information about the terminal of the service user; determining whether the registering accepts the registration of the information about the terminal of the service user; calculating the evaluation value of the terminal of the service user based on the evaluation value storing logic and a result at the determining, the calculating being performed away from the terminal of the service provider; and transmitting the evaluation value calculated at the calculating to the terminal of the service provider through the terminal of the network provider.