Patent ID: 9619510
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a processor configured to perform a process including: obtaining first location information indicating an identifier of a personal data service of a user and a location of a user-specified directory with the personal data service, the user-specified directory being specified to store personal data of the user; producing, based on the first location information, second location information indicating a location of an application-specific directory which is uniquely assigned to an application, the application-specific directory being located below the user-specified directory; determining if there is a need to access the personal data of the user; producing, when it is determined there is the need to access the personal data of the user, first access target information that indicates a relative path and name of a target data file including the personal data of the user; producing, based on the second location information and the first access target information, second access target information indicating a storage location and name of the target data file, the first access target information being subordinated to the second location information; and accessing the target data file in the data storage device, based on the second access target information, so that the target data file is used to execute the application requested by the user.