On net bus for distributing fax transmissions
AssigneeJ2 Cloud Services, LLC
InventorFrancis Toscano
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Abstract
Method and system are described for fax transmission distribution by an online fax service provider. In one embodiment, an electronic document is received, over a computer network, to be routed to a fax telephone number. A request is transmitted to an online database to determine whether the fax telephone number is registered to not receive incoming fax transmissions over a circuit-switched network. In response to determining that the fax telephone number is registered, the electronic document is transmitted to a destination address. In response to determining that the fax telephone number is not registered, an outgoing call is placed to the fax telephone number and the electronic document is transmitted in a fax format over the outgoing call.
Claims20
A method performed by a programmed processor of an online fax service provider, the method comprising:
- receiving, over a computer network, an electronic document to be routed to a fax telephone number;
- transmitting, over the computer network, a request to an online database to determine whether the fax telephone number is registered to not receive incoming fax transmissions over a circuit-switched network;
- in response to determining that the fax telephone number is registered, transmitting, over the computer network, the electronic document to a destination address;
- in response to determining that the fax telephone number is not registered,
- placing an outgoing call to the fax telephone number;
- and
- transmitting the electronic document in a fax format over the outgoing call.
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, over a computer network, an electronic document to be routed to a fax telephone number,
- transmit, over the computer network, a request to an online database to determine whether the fax telephone number is registered to not receive incoming fax transmissions over a circuit-switched network,
- in response to determining that the fax telephone number is registered, transmit, over the computer network, the electronic document to a destination address,
- in response to determining that the fax telephone number is not registered,
- place an outgoing call to the fax telephone number, and
- transmit the electronic document in a fax format over the outgoing call.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions which when executed by a processor:
- receive, over a computer network, an electronic document to be routed to a fax telephone number;
- transmit, over the computer network, a request to an online database to determine whether the fax telephone number is registered to not receive incoming fax transmissions over a circuit-switched network;
- in response to determining that the fax telephone number is registered, transmit, over the computer network, the electronic document to a destination address;
- in response to determining that the fax telephone number is not registered,
- place an outgoing call to the fax telephone number;
- and
- transmit the electronic document in a fax format over the outgoing call.
The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium 16, wherein the destination address is a first destination address that is associated with the online database, wherein upon receiving the electronic document the online database becomes configured to route the electronic document to a second destination address that is unknown to the online fax service provider.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.