Patent ID: 7957022

Claim:
An information processing apparatus comprising: an accept unit, which accepts a plurality of log-in requests from a plurality of users including a first user and a second user; a setting unit, which sets both the first user and the second user concurrently to a logged-in status in a case where each of the users is authenticated; a display control unit, which controls a display device such that an object accessible to a given user is displayed on an operation screen of the display device, wherein a first display area in which an object accessible to the first user is displayed and a second display area in which an object accessible to the second user is displayed are concurrently displayed on the operation screen; a detecting unit that detects a display area on which a user instruction is performed; and an access unit that accesses the object by using access control information of the first if the display area detected by the detecting unit is the first display area, and accesses the object by using access control information of the second user if the display area detected by the detecting unit is the second display area.