A client computer installs a plurality of functions in advance, and the
client computer accesses a server computer to inform a function desired
to be used to the server computer. The server computer charges the price
of the informed function to a user, and transmits the fact to the client
computer. By removing the function limitation of the charged function,
the client computer becomes possible to use the function. Consequently,
because the user can use a necessary function by paying only the price of
the function, the user can save the costs of the use. Moreover, because
the user is not required to download a new function, the user can save
time.