1. A status information providing system for sensing the status of an object terminal via a network of a general-purpose protocol and outputting information indicative of the sensed status to a prescribed output terminal, wherein said object terminal includes: status sensing means for sensing status of the terminal itself or status of a prescribed device located within the terminal; and transmitting means for transferring information, which relates to the status sensed, to a prescribed server on the network, and storing this information in storage means provided in said server; and said output terminal includes: readout means for reading information out of said storage means of said server; and output means for producing an output in accordance with the information read out of said storage means.