Status information concerning a particular terminal can be provided through
a simple arrangement while utilizing a general-purpose network. A terminal which
generates status information has a status sensing unit for sensing the status of
the terminal or of an input/output unit. Information representing the status sensed
is converted to text-format data and is transferred to a server on a network such
as the Internet at predetermined time intervals by a unit for generating transmitted
data. The data is stored as a file. An information display terminal uses a browser
to read the data out of the server and display the data.
