1. An information terminal, comprising: communication means for providing a facility to communicate with servers on a network; one or more service object means for providing specific information processing facilities; local gateway means for providing a facility to communicate with the service object means; and browser means for providing facilities to browse information written in a markup description language, provided from the servers on the network and the service object means, and present instructions to the servers on the network and the service object means, via the communication means and the local gateway means.