Session control method for rewriting information in a session control device in an interactive processing system

Claim 1

A session control method in an interactive processing system including a processor for executing a task while effecting input-output operations with a plurality of terminal devices, said processor having memory means for storing information indicating a corresponding relationship between said task and a terminal device and for effecting an input-output operation related to the execution of said task, said memory means includes a terminal management table having a plurality of areas each of which corresponds to a terminal device, first means for storing one or more sessions corresponding to one or more users, second means for storing data indicating a corresponding relationship between said areas and said users, third means for specifying one of said users ass being active for each of said terminal devices, and fourth means for specifying one of said sessions as being active for each of said users, said control method comprising steps of: altering, by said processor said data indicating a corresponding relationship between said areas and said users stored in said second means based on an instruction from one of said terminal devices; altering, by said processor, said specified user specified by said third means based on an instruction from one of said terminal devices; altering, by said processor, said specified session specified by said fourth means based on an instruction from one of said terminal devices; and executing, by said processor, said input-out operation with said terminal device indicated by said information indicating a corresponding relationship between said task and said terminal device during execution of said task.