User interface in network environment

An information processing method, comprising the steps of:

• transmitting information concerning a provided service to a user terminal in response to an access from said user terminal;
• transmitting information for task execution and information for an icon for expressing the task to said user terminal in response to a task activation request associated with said provided service from said user terminal;
• and
• transmitting information concerning a processing result of said task and information of an icon for expressing a processing result of said task to said user terminal after processing completion of said task in said user terminal.

A program embodied on a medium, for causing a computer to perform a display on a display screen of a computer, said program comprising the steps of:

• displaying at least either of information concerning a service provided by another computer connected via a network and information concerning a state of communication with said another computer in a first display frame on said display screen of said computer;
• displaying at least processing content of a task associated with said service provided by said another computer in a second display frame on said display screen of said computer;
• and
• displaying at least an icon for expressing information intrinsic to a user in a third display frame on said display screen of said computer, wherein said information intrinsic to the user includes a processing result of said task associated with said service provided by said another computer.

A program embodied on a medium for causing a computer to perform an information processing, said program comprising the steps of:

• transmitting information concerning a provided service to a user terminal in response to an access from said user terminal;
• transmitting information for task execution and information for an icon for expressing the task to said user terminal in response to a task activation request associated with said provided service from said user terminal;
• and
• transmitting information concerning a processing result of said task and information of an icon for expressing a processing result of said task to said user terminal after processing completion of said task in said user terminal.

An information processing apparatus, comprising:

• means for displaying at least either of information concerning a service provided by another computer connected via a network and information concerning a state of communication with said another computer in a first display frame on said display screen of said computer;
• means for displaying at least processing content of a task associated with said service provided by said another computer in a second display frame on said display screen of said computer;
• and
• means for displaying at least an icon for expressing information intrinsic to a user in a third display frame on said display screen of said computer, wherein said information intrinsic to the user includes a processing result of said task associated with said service provided by said another computer.

An information processing apparatus, comprising:

• means for transmitting information concerning a provided service to a user terminal in response to an access from said user terminal;
• means for transmitting information for task execution and information for an icon for expressing the task to said user terminal in response to a task activation request associated with said provided service from said user terminal;
• and
• means for transmitting information concerning a processing result of said task and information of an icon for expressing a processing result of said task to said user terminal after processing completion of said task in said user terminal.