Patent ID: 8812753

Claim:
An information processing apparatus comprising: a setting information storage which stores setting information related to an operating environment of the information processing apparatus in association with identification information for identifying one of at least first and second users; the operating environment including at least one of a user dictionary and a history; a monitoring site storage which stores site information for identifying a web site and a name of a form in which login information is to be entered, the login information being for logging in the web site; a processor configured to: transmit information including the login information that requests access to an external web server with regard to the web site and receives, from the external web server, information that indicates whether access is permitted to the transmitted information; judge whether the information received from the external web server is information which indicates access permission; specify one of the at least first and second users on the basis of the transmitted login information when it is judged that the information received from the external web server is the information indicating access permission; read the setting information stored in the setting information storage in association with the identification information of the one of at least first and second users that is specified; and set the operating environment on the basis of the read setting information.