Patent ID: 7751078

Claim:
An electronic document generating apparatus comprising: a document scanning unit operable to scan a predetermined document on which a predetermined code is provided so as to generate image data of the scanned document; a job category information obtaining unit operable to obtain job category information indicating a predetermined job category, from predetermined code information represented by the predetermined code; a job category unique information holding unit which holds job category unique information for each of job categories, the job category unique information specifying a data structure of code information represented by a code provided on a document; a job category unique information selecting unit operable to select predetermined job category unique information identified by the job category information, from among plural job category unique information held by said job category unique information holding unit; and a various information obtaining unit operable to obtain information corresponding to details indicating an item unique to the predetermined job category, and information indicating how to handle a document and specifying an item common to plural job categories from the predetermined code information as various information according to the data structure specified by the predetermined job category unique information.