Abstract: When a user logs in to an MFP (S200), places an original on a scanner, and instructs the MFP to start a process, the MFP scans the original to recognize characters and words, and creates a word appearance frequency list (S201). Thereafter, records (histories) contained in information about histories of jobs that were executed in the past are narrowed into histories that were executed by users having the same attribute as that of the login user (S202). Functions of jobs contained in identified histories are compared, and job histories having similar functions are grouped. Finally, functions and settings of remaining histories are displayed on a user interface (S204). When any of them is selected, a document is processed according to the selected function and setting (S205). Thereafter, a history of the job is stored (S206).

Abstract: A program startup apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire type information indicating a kind of a read document, an identification unit configured to identify a program for an image forming apparatus corresponding to the type information acquired by the acquisition unit, and a startup unit configured to start the program identified by the identification unit.