System and method providing an embedded web server facsimile service

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a service provider, a facsimile sent to a telephone number;
• responsive to receiving the facsimile:
• (a) converting the facsimile from a fax format to a printable data format;
• (b) wrapping the converted facsimile in a network transfer protocol language;
• (c) identifying a Universal Resource Locator (URL) that corresponds to the telephone number;
• the URL identifying a web server module that is embedded in a printer;
• (d) communicating the wrapped facsimile to the web server for printing by the printer;
• (e) receiving, by the web server module, the communicated facsimile;
• and
• (f) responsive to receiving the communicated facsimile, printing, by the printer, the communicated facsimile.

An apparatus comprising:

• a service provider module operatively coupled to a telephone network;
• an embedded web server module that is operatively coupled to the service provider module;
• and
• a printer module operatively coupled to the embedded web server module;
• wherein the service provide module is configured to receive a facsimile sent to a telephone number that corresponds to the embedded web server module, and communicate the facsimile to the embedded web server module in a manner that enables the printer module to print the communicated facsimile.