Patent ID: 7072969

Claim:
An information processing system connected to an external user terminal by way of a wide area network, wherein the system controls an access right of an external user who uses the external user terminal to input information and login, the system comprising: an external connection unit executing a first program that receives a login request of the external user and for providing the external user with a predetermined service when the external user is verified through the login request, wherein a process ID is assigned to the first program, wherein the external connection unit issues a job request, which corresponds to the service that is to be provided to the external user in response to an instruction from the external user terminal; an external verification unit including an external user management file, in which external user verification information is registered beforehand, wherein the external verification unit compares the input information of the login request with the external user verification information to verify the external user, the external verification unit further including a process/user association file for storing verified external user verification information and the process ID of the first program in association with each other; and a job performing unit performing a job corresponding to the job request of the external connection unit, wherein the job performing unit includes a user definition file in which the external user verification information and an account of a local network are previously defined in association with each other, and wherein the job performing unit receives the job request and the external user verification information, determines whether the account of the local network in association with the received external user verification information is defined in the user definition file, and performs the job corresponding to the job request in accordance with the account of the local network that is associated with the received external user verification information.