Disclosed is a contents-providing system for receiving contents from a web
server and providing the contents to a portable terminal connected via a
network that comprises: a user information database for storing user ID
information; an authentication server for performing authentication based
upon the user ID information by using the user information database when
the user ID information and a URL of a web server are input by the
portable terminal, and outputting the URL after performing the
authentication; and a data server for requesting that the web server
corresponding to the URL provided by the authentication server provides
the contents, processing the contents provided by the web server into a
predetermined format, and transmitting the processed contents to the
portable terminal.