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.

 
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