Patent ID: 7209246
Filing Date: 2007-04-24
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: specifying means for specifying numbers of page data consisting of data in a plurality of document files to be created, by referring to a table which defines the respective numbers of page data for the plurality of document files independently; scanning means for scanning multiple-page data of a document; counting means for setting the number specified for one of the plurality of document files, counting a number of page data scanned by said scanning means and resetting the number specified for next one of the plurality of document files when the counted number reaches the currently set number; dividing means for separating the multiple-page data of the document scanned by said scanning means each time the counted number reaches the specified number, thereby dividing the multiple-page data of the document into a plurality of document data in which each one of the document data corresponds to the respective one of the numbers of page data defined in the table; generation means for generating respective file identifiers for the plurality of document data divided by said dividing means; and file creation means for creating the plurality of document files in a memory and storing the plurality of document data divided by said dividing means into respective document files in correspondence with the respective file identifiers.