Patent ID: 8635677

Claim:
An information processing apparatus capable of communicating with one or more user apparatuses, the information processing apparatus comprising: a storing portion capable of storing data in a plurality of storage areas; an authentication portion to authenticate a first user using one of said one or more user apparatuses on the basis of identification information received from the one of said one or more user apparatuses; a selecting portion to select, as main data, a piece of data currently being used by a second user from among one or more pieces of data stored in a presentation area, the presentation area being a predetermined one of said plurality of storage areas; a screen generating portion to generate an access screen including an image of said selected main data; an access detecting portion to detect an access to said presentation area by said first user; and a screen transmitting portion, in response to the event that said access detecting portion detects an access to said presentation area by said first user, to transmit said generated access screen to the one of said one or more user apparatuses that is used by said first user while said piece of data is being used by said second user.