A server includes circuitry configured to receive, from a transmission source terminal via a communication network, browser identification information identifying a web browser installed on the transmission source terminal, based on a determination that the transmission source terminal is a mobile terminal and the browser identification information indicates one browser created for the mobile terminal, transmit, to the transmission source terminal being the mobile terminal, a first application storing location information indicating a storing location of a first application, and based on a determination that the transmission source terminal is an image forming apparatus and the browser identification information indicates another browser created for the image forming apparatus, transmit, to the transmission source terminal being the image forming apparatus, a second application storing location information indicating a storing location of a second application.