Method and system for distribution of fax transmissions of an organization
AssigneeJ2 Cloud Services, LLC
InventorsFrancis Toscano, Menik Seneviratne
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Abstract
Methods and systems are described for receiving and distributing incoming fax transmissions. In one embodiment, an electronic device receives, over a computer network, an electronic message that includes an electronic document and a fax telephone number of an organization of a plurality of organizations, wherein the fax telephone number is) permanently associated with the organization and 2) uniquely identifies the organization from other organizations in the plurality of other organizations. The device determines a destination address of the organization based on the fax telephone number and transmits the electronic document and the fax telephone number to the destination address.
Claims19
A method performed by a programmed processor of an electronic device, the method comprising:
- receiving a request by an organization of a plurality of organizations for a fax telephone number to be assigned to the organization;
- permanently assigning the fax telephone number to the organization such that the fax telephone number will never be recycled to a different organization;
- receiving, over a computer network, an electronic message that includes an electronic document and the fax telephone number of the organization, wherein the fax telephone number uniquely identifies the organization from other organizations of the plurality of organizations;
- determining a destination address of the organization using the fax telephone number, wherein the destination address is different than the fax telephone number;
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- transmitting the electronic document and the fax telephone number to the destination address.
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having instructions stored therein which when executed by the processor causes the system to
- receive a request by an organization of a plurality of organizations for a fax telephone number to be assigned to the organization,
- permanently assign the fax telephone number to the organization such that the fax telephone number will never be recycled to a different organization,
- receive, over a computer network, an electronic message that includes an electronic document and the fax telephone number of the organization, wherein the fax telephone number uniquely identifies the organization from other organizations of the plurality of organizations,
- determine a destination address of the organization using the fax telephone number, wherein the destination address is different than the fax telephone number, and
- transmit the electronic document and the fax telephone number to the destination address.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions which when executed by a processor:
- receive a request by an organization of a plurality of organizations for a fax telephone number to be assigned to the organization,
- permanently assign the fax telephone number to the organization such that the fax telephone number will never be recycled to a different organization,
- receive, over a computer network, an electronic message that includes an electronic document and the fax telephone number of the organization, wherein the fax telephone number uniquely identifies the organization from other organizations of the plurality of organizations,
- determine a destination address of the organization using the fax telephone number, wherein the destination address is different than the fax telephone number, and
- transmit the electronic document and the fax telephone number to the destination address.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.