Data forwarding system
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorSundaram Ramakesavan
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Abstract
A data forwarding system allows receivers with limited capabilities to receive information that was transmitted in a format which the user could not otherwise receive. For example, a receiver which does not include a fax modem may receive faxes which are transmitted to a station. The station receives the fax transmission and transmits it on to the receiver in a format compatible with the receiver's hardware and software. In addition, transactions which occur at a variety of sites may be transmitted to a remote station which then forwards the information about the transactions to the user's receiver. At the receiver, the information may be analyzed using conventional accounting software.
Claims20
A method of transmitting a fax comprising:
- receiving at a first receiver a fax over a fax modem wherein the fax is intended for one of a plurality of second receivers;
- recognizing the intended addressee of said fax at the first receiver;
- and
- transmitting a data transmission in non-fax format from the first receiver the data transmission including the information contained in the fax to the intended second receiver that does not require a fax modem to decode the data transmission.
A method of transmitting a fax comprising:
- receiving a fax over a fax modem;
- determining the intended receiver of the received fax;
- converting the fax data into non-fax format data;
- transmitting the non-fax format data by wireless signals to the intended receiver;
- receiving the non-fax format data by the intended receiver wherein the receiver does not require a fax modem to decode the non-fax format data in the wireless signals;
- and
- displaying the fax data on a display coupled to the intended receiver.
An article comprising a medium for storing instructions that cause a computer to:
- receive at a first receiver a fax over a fax modem wherein the fax is intended for one of a plurality of second receivers;
- recognize the intended addressee of said fax at the first receiver;
- and
- transmit a data transmission in non-fax format from the first receiver the data transmission including the information contained in the fax to the intended second receiver that does not require a fax modem to decode the data transmission.
An article comprising a medium for storing instructions that cause a computer to:
- receive a fax over a fax modem;
- determine the intended receiver of the received fax;
- convert the fax data into non-fax format data;
- transmit the non-fax format data by wireless signals to the intended receiver;
- receive the non-fax format data by the intended receiver wherein the receiver does not require a fax modem to decode the non-fax format data in the wireless signals;
- and
- display the fax data on a display coupled to the intended receiver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.