Patent ID: 7933051

Claim:
A program startup apparatus, comprising: a scanner unit configured to read a plurality of documents and generate document data consisting of a plurality of pages; an acquisition unit configured to acquire document type information about each page included in the documents based on the plurality of documents read by the scanner unit; an identification unit configured to, in a case where the acquisition unit acquires three kinds of document type information of an external transmission sheet, a merchandise cost list, and a merchandise arrangement table, identify an approval system transmission application corresponding to a combination of these three kinds of document type information, in a case where the acquisition unit acquires two kinds of document type information of an application form and an estimate form, identify an ordering system transmission application corresponding to a combination of these two kinds of document type information, and in a case where the acquisition unit acquires three kinds of document type information of a project cover, a project plan, and a schedule, identify an automatic bookbinding printing application corresponding to a combination of these three kinds of document type information; a startup unit configured to start an application identified by the identification unit; a transmission unit configured to, in a case where the application started by the startup unit is the approval system transmission application, transmit the document data to a workflow system of document approval according to the approval system transmission application, and in a case where the application started by the startup unit is the ordering system transmission application, transmit the document data to a workflow system of an article order according to the ordering system transmission application; and a printing unit configured to, in a case where the application started by the startup unit is the automatic bookbinding printing application, print the document data according to the automatic bookbinding printing application.