Patent ID: 8786874

Claim:
A program delivery server comprising: a collection unit configured to collect log information including actual use records of functions of an image forming apparatus, via a network; a storage unit configured to store a table for managing operations performed by a specific user at the image forming apparatus for each of a plurality of categories, based on log information of the specific user of the log information collected by the collection unit; a selection unit configured to select at least one control program corresponding to a category of an operation performed by the specific user at the image forming apparatus, from among a plurality of control programs, based on the table stored by the storage unit; a determination unit configured to determine whether the stored table includes more than a specified number of logs for operations performed by the specific user; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the control program selected by the selection unit to a client apparatus that the specific user uses in a case where the stored table is determined by the determination unit to include more than the specified number of logs for operations performed by the specific user, wherein the control program selected by the selection unit is a program that enables the operation performed by the specific user at the image forming apparatus to be done remotely from the client apparatus.