Patent ID: 8458281

Claim:
A file sharing system, comprising: a first information processing apparatus including a file storage part configured to store a plurality of files; and a second information processing apparatus connected to the first information processing apparatus via a network and configured to access each of the files in the file storage part, wherein the second information processing apparatus comprises: an access request generating part configured to generate access requests to the files in the file storage part; an access request storage part configured to sequentially store a plurality of access requests generated by the access request generating part; an access request notifying part configured to integrate two or more of the plurality of access requests in the access request storage part based on a storage status in the access request storage part to notify the integrated access request to the first information processing apparatus; and a virtual access responding part sending a virtual response notice in which the access requests sequentially stored in the access request storage part are virtualized as already notified to the first information processing apparatus, to the access request generating part in response to the access requests.