Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a receiving unit that receives personal identification information to identify a user and system identification information to identify a local system, a recording unit that associates and records the personal identification information, the system identification information, system internal user identification information used in the local system to identify the user, and shared data about the user, a data search unit that searches for the shared data associated with the received personal identification information, a user search unit that searches for the system internal user identification information associated with the received personal identification information and the received system identification information, and a transmitting unit that transmits the shared data and the system internal user identification information that are obtained in a search.