Method and system for wireless device initiation of web page printouts via remotely located facsimile machines
AssigneeComverse, Inc.
InventorYuval J. Pecht
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Abstract
A system and method that provides remotely generate facsimile printouts of Web page content, without having to attach a printer or facsimile machine to the device. The system may be configured with a variety of different devices, such as wireless telephones, pagers, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), telephones, browsers, and interactive TVs. To initiate a Web page facsimile printout, a device generates a message that includes a Web page location and/or a facsimile machine location. The message is then communicated to a facsimile machine server. The Web page data is obtained and then communicated to one or more facsimile machines for subsequent output.
Claims41
A method of initiating a facsimile printout of a desired Web page, said method comprising:
- creating one of an SMS and a WAP message, said message including at least one of Web page location identifying information and facsimile machine location identifying information;
- and
- using said message to cause printout of the identified Web page at the identified facsimile machine.
A wireless communication system for initiating a facsimile printout of a desired Web page, said system comprising:
- a device terminal that provides one of an SMS and a WAP message, the message including at least one of Web page location identifying information and facsimile machine location identifying information;
- and
- a facsimile server responsive to said message for providing the identified Web page to the identified facsimile machine for printout.
A method that provides a facsimile output of a desired Web page, said method comprising:
- creating a message at a communication device, the message including one of Web page location identifying information and facsimile machine location identifying information;
- and
- augmenting the message such that said message can cause facsimile printout of the identified Web page at the identified facsimile machine.
A method that provides facsimile output of a desired Web page based on a voice message, said method comprising:
- creating a voice message including at least one of Web page location identifying information and facsimile machine location identifying information;
- converting the voice message to a text message;
- using said text message to cause printout of the identified Web page at the identified facsimile machine.
A method for forwarding a Web page to a desired facsimile machine for printing, comprising:
- receiving one of an SMS and a WAP message, the message including Web page location identifying information and facsimile machine location identifying information;
- and
- forwarding the identified Web page to the identified facsimile machine for printout.
A method that provides facsimile output of a desired Web page initiated from a Browser, the method comprising:
- creating a message at the Browser including Web page location identifying information and facsimile machine location identifying information;
- using the message to cause print out of the identified Web page at the identified facsimile location.
A method that provides facsimile output of a desired Web page initiated from an Interactive Television, the method comprising:
- creating a message at the Interactive Television including Web page location identifying information and facsimile machine location identifying information;
- using the message to cause print out of the identified Web page at the identified facsimile location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.