Information processing apparatus and method for appropriately terminating processing

An information processing apparatus comprising:

• client means for, in accordance with an operation performed by a user, generating and transmitting a request for the performance of a process, and for receiving operating screen information and providing said operating screen information to said user;
• server means for interpreting said request and adding object information to a database, and for generating and transmitting operating screen information to said client means;
• and
• execution means for monitoring said database, and for detecting object information that is to be processed and for processing said object information,
• wherein, in accordance with a specific operation selected by said user, said client means internally performs a process, instead of generating and transmitting a request for the performance of said process.

An information processing method comprising:

• an end instruction step of instructing termination of information processing;
• an end processing step of performing an end process when termination is instructed at said end instruction step;
• an input step of entering a password;
• and
• a control step of identifying said password, and of controlling said end process at said end processing step based on said password that is identified.

An information processing method comprising the steps of:

• a client process for generating and transmitting a request for performing a process in accordance with an operation performed by a user;
• a server process for interpreting said request and adding object information to a database, and for generating and transmitting operating screen information to said client process;
• and
• an execution process for monitoring said database and detecting object information that is to be processed, and for processing said object information,
• wherein in said client process, said operating screen information is received and provided for said user, and wherein, in accordance with a specific operation selected by said user, a corresponding process is performed by said client process, instead of a request for the performance of said process being generated and transmitted.

A computer-readable storage medium on which a program for controlling a computer is stored, said program comprising codes for causing the computer to perform;

• an end instruction step for instructing termination of information processing;
• an end processing step of performing an end process when termination is instructed at said end instruction step;
• an input step of entering a password;
• and
• a control step of identifying said password and of controlling said end process at said end processing step based on said password that is identified.

A computer-readable storage medium on which a program for controlling a computer is stored, said program comprising:

• a client process for, in accordance with an operation performed by a user, generating and transmitting a request for the performance of a process, and for receiving operating screen information and providing said operating screen information to said user;
• a server process for interpreting said request and adding object information to a database, and for generating and transmitting operating screen information to said client process;
• and
• an execution process for monitoring said database and for detecting object information that is to be processed, and for processing said object information,
• wherein in accordance with a specific operation selected by said user, a corresponding process is performed by said client process, instead of a request for the performance of said process being generated and transmitted.