OPERATION SUPPORT INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS, OPERATION SUPPORT INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM

An operation support information providing apparatus includes a memory and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry stores, in the memory, operation history information transmitted from a terminal device, the operational history information including a record of a series of touches performed by at least one user on a touchscreen of the terminal device in order to perform an operation procedure that includes a series of operations for executing a specific function. Further, the processing circuitry generates, based on the stored operation history information, operation support information indicating, for a particular operation procedure, a particular operation pattern that includes a particular series of operations for executing the specific function. Finally, the processing circuitry provides the operation support information to the terminal device to aid an operator of to the terminal device to perform the specific function.