1. A method for sending information to a data processing apparatus for identification of a document having the information using a handheld device capable of communicating with the data processing apparatus, the handheld device having a memory, the method comprising: providing the document; capturing the information from the document; storing the captured information in the memory of the handheld device as document data; establishing a communications path between the handheld device and the data processing apparatus; retrieving the document data from the memory of the handheld device; and sending the retrieved document data from the handheld device to the data processing apparatus through the communications path for identification of the document.