High-definition facsimile routing
AssigneeBiscom Inc.
InventorsS. K. Ho, Carlos Mainemer
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Abstract
A high-definition (HD) fax system routes outbound fax job requests including a high-resolution component to appropriate destinations, including among HD-enabled receiving devices and conventional fax devices. If it is determined that a fax destination is not HD-enabled, such as a conventional fax device, the high-resolution component of the outbound fax job request may be rendered as a low-resolution fax. The low resolution fax may be transmitted via a public switched telephone network (PSTN). On the other hand, if it is determined that a fax destination is HD-enabled, a determination may be made whether the HD-enabled fax destination is color enabled, and the high-resolution component may be rendered as either a high-resolution monochrome fax or a high-resolution color fax.
Claims58
A method performed by at least one computer processor of a high-definition (HD) fax system, the method comprising:
- (A) receiving an outbound fax job request, the outbound fax job request including a fax destination identifier and a high-resolution component;
- (B) determining whether the fax destination identifier corresponds with an HD-enabled receiving device;
- (C) if it is determined that the fax destination identifier does not correspond with the HD-enabled receiving device, rendering at least the high-resolution component of the outbound fax job request as a low-resolution fax, and transmitting the low-resolution fax via a public switched telephone network (PSTN);
- (D) if it is determined that the fax destination identifier does correspond with the HD-enabled receiving device, determining whether the HD-enabled receiving device is HD color-enabled;
- (E) if it is determined that the HD-enabled receiving device is not HD color-enabled, rendering at least the high-resolution component of the outbound fax job request as a high-resolution monochrome fax, and transmitting the high-resolution monochrome fax via a packet-switched network;
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- (F) if it is determined that the HD-enabled receiving device is HD color-enabled, rendering at least the high-resolution component of the outbound fax job request as a high-resolution color fax, and transmitting the high-resolution color fax via the packet-switched network.
A high-definition (HD) fax system comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer program instructions, wherein the computer program instructions are executable by at least one computer processor to perform a method, the method comprising:
- (A) receiving an outbound fax job request, the outbound fax job request including a fax destination identifier and a high-resolution component;
- (B) determining whether the fax destination identifier corresponds with an HD-enabled receiving device;
- (C) if it is determined that the fax destination identifier does not correspond with the HD-enabled receiving device, rendering at least the high-resolution component of the outbound fax job request as a low-resolution fax, and transmitting the low-resolution fax via a public switched telephone network (PSTN);
- (D) if it is determined that the fax destination identifier does correspond with the HD-enabled receiving device, determining whether the HD-enabled receiving device is HD color-enabled;
- (E) if it is determined that the HD-enabled receiving device is not HD color-enabled, rendering at least the high-resolution component of the outbound fax job request as a high-resolution monochrome fax, and transmitting the high-resolution monochrome fax via a packet-switched network;
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- (F) if it is determined that the HD-enabled receiving device is HD color-enabled, rendering at least the high-resolution component of the outbound fax job request as a high-resolution color fax, and transmitting the high-resolution color fax via the packet-switched network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.