MANAGEMENT SERVER FOR MANAGING ONLINE SHOPPING PORTAL SITES, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

摘要

A management server for managing a first portal site for online shopping, and for managing a second portal site, said first portal site providing access to a plurality of virtual stores, and said second portal site having a particular attribute and providing access to some virtual stores which are among the plurality of virtual stores, and which have the particular attribute. If the management server receives an access service request which was sent from one of the plurality of virtual stores, and which requests that the second portal site provide access to that virtual site, then the management server determines whether the virtual store that sent the access service request has the particular attribute, and if it is determined that the virtual store that sent the access service request has the particular attribute, the management server updates store information about the virtual store so that the store information indicates that the second portal site provides access to the virtual store.