14. A method of processing information comprising the steps of: receiving from a mobile handheld device that includes a camera a message including data representing an image of a document and an identifier of a type of the document; storing the data and the associated identifier; performing image enhancement based on the identifier so as to obtain an enhanced image; recognizing information in the enhanced image so as to obtain data representing the image in a non-image format, wherein a recognition technique is determined in accordance with the identifier; for specific documents, analyzing at least some of the data representing the image in a non-image format so as to obtain the meaning of information in said data and storing portions of the data in accordance with the meaning; creating an output message including the result of one of the step of recognizing and the step of analyzing depending on the value of the identifier having information formatted in accordance with the identifier; and providing said message to a user.
14. A method of processing information comprising the steps of: receiving from a mobile handheld device that includes a camera a message including data representing an image of a document and an identifier of a type of the document; storing the data and the associated identifier; performing image enhancement based on the identifier so as to obtain an enhanced image; recognizing information in the enhanced image so as to obtain data representing the image in a non-image format, wherein a recognition technique is determined in accordance with the identifier; for specific documents, analyzing at least some of the data representing the image in a non-image format so as to obtain the meaning of information in said data and storing portions of the data in accordance with the meaning; creating an output message including the result of one of the step of recognizing and the step of analyzing depending on the value of the identifier having information formatted in accordance with the identifier; and providing said message to a user. 25. The method of claim 14 , wherein the received message includes data representing capabilities of the handheld device.