. . "By storing a program (more specifically a group of modules each operable discretely) for execution of the processing shown in FIG. 6 to FIG. 15 in a recording medium such as an IC card memory, a floppy disk, a electro-photo-magnetic disk, or a CD-ROM and installing the program stored in this recording medium in a server device as well as in a client device, it is possible to use the distributed pr" . .