Service management apparatus for managing service information for services present in network system and apparatus for instructing service management apparatus

摘要

In a network system capable of providing various services dispersed among plural apparatuses, the invention provides a service management apparatus capable of managing service information on the services present in the network system. The service management apparatus transfers the managed service information in response to a request from an external apparatus, and also renews the service information based on the current actual quality of the service.