An information processing apparatus is disclosed which includes: an accepting element for accepting an access request from a terminal over a network; a first acquiring element for acquiring information which designates a character unique to the terminal and which is received over the network; a second acquiring element for acquiring character data constituting the character designated by the character-designating information acquired by the first acquiring element; and a transmitting element for transmitting to the terminal over the network the character data acquired by the second acquiring element.