A service utilization route output method which, in a system having a plurality of service providing servers providing services on a network and a management server accessing said service providing servers and managing the access situation of a client utilizing said services, outputs the utilization routes of said client;
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- wherein, regarding said management server:
- if a data acquisition request receiving part thereof receives a request sent from said client to one of said service providing servers,
- a history information storage part thereof associates, and stores as access information in a memory part, sender information, recipient information, and the reception time at which said request was received, all included in said request;
- a utilization route extracting part thereof extracts, on the basis of said access information, the service accessed by said client and a service utilization route being the sequence of said service;
- a statistical information extracting part thereof computes the number of times of extraction of service utilization routes being the same as said extracted service utilization route;
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- a utilization route output information generating part thereof associates said service utilization route and said number of times of extraction, and generates output information.