Patent ID: 8725817

Claim:
A service disclosure apparatus capable of disclosing a service via a network to a service using device, the service disclosure apparatus comprising: a reception unit configured to receive a search message transmitted from the service using device; a display control unit configured to control for displaying information about the service using device that transmitted the search message; an input unit configured to input a disclosure permission to disclose the service to the service using device whose information is displayed on the display unit; a registration unit configured to register in a storage unit identification information of the service using device to which the service is permitted to disclose by the disclosure permission input via the input unit; and a transmission unit configured to transmit a message indicating the service to be disclosed to the service using device to which the service is permitted to disclose by the disclosure permission, wherein the transmission unit transmits a response message indicating the service to be disclosed to the service using device if the identification information of the service using device is stored in the storage unit when the search message is received.