PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To report the execution situation to the client in a service at a server side in response to the request of a client. ;SOLUTION: In a communication system 10, a server 20 is provided with a service monitoring part 34 which monitors the service execution situation of a service main body 28 which is activated by a cgi(Common Gateway Interface) 32. Then, the service execution situation of the service main body 28 is checked in each prescribed time by the service monitoring part 34. On the other hand, a progress communicating part 36 transmits information related with the service execution situation of the service main body 28 obtained by the service monitoring part 34 through a communicating means 26 such as a socket communication to a progress reporting module 24 provided at a portable information terminal 12(client). The progress reporting module 24 graphically displays the service execution situation of the service main body 28 based on the execution situation information received from the progress communicating part 36.;COPYRIGHT: (C)1999,JPO
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