In a system including a plurality of electronic devices connected to each other by a network, wherein each electronic device is capable of transmitting or receiving information to or from another electronic device via said network, an electronic device network usage method, performed in each electronic device, comprising the steps of:
- transmitting inquiring information including network usage desired information indicating an amount of network usage desired to a second electronic device via said network from a first electronic device;
- receiving network usage information transmitted from said second electronic device via said network;
- and
- judging a possibility of said network usage based upon said received network usage information and said network usage desired information,
- wherein said network usage desired information and said network usage information includes at least information of a network transferring capacity, starting time of network usage, and finishing time of network usage,
- wherein said network usage information is used to determine based on said network usage desired information an amount of permitted network usage by said electronic device.