Systems and methods for the dissemination of content by a network using a facsimile machine
OwnerBarnaby Dorfman, John Hjelmstad +1inventors
InventorsBarnaby Dorfman, John Hjelmstad, Jonathan Leblang
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Abstract
A system and methods are provided for extracting content from a facsimile transmission, and providing the content to a web site or other content dissemination system. One embodiment provides the content in accordance with control information included in the facsimile transmission. In one embodiment, the system and methods permit originator-users, such as users that otherwise lack resources to create web pages, to conveniently and inexpensively provide content for a web site using a conventional facsimile machine.
Claims44
A computer-implemented method of providing content to a web site, the method comprising:
- receiving an electronic transmission of an image of a physical form, said form comprising a content portion that comprises content to be made available at the web site, and including a machine-readable control portion that includes control information associated with said content;
- storing a digital representation of the electronic transmission in computer storage;
- processing the digital representation of the electronic transmission to extract the content and the associated control information;
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- programmatically making the content available for end-user access at the web site in accordance with the control information, where the control information controls a graphical manipulation of the content as displayed for the end-user.
A computer-implemented method of modifying displayable content, the method comprising:
- receiving an electronic transmission of an image of a physical form, the form including a machine-readable control portion;
- storing a digital representation of the electronic transmission in an addressable storage medium;
- processing the digital representation of the electronic transmission to extract the control information;
- associating the extracted control information with the displayable content;
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- programmatically altering the displayable content according to the control information.
A computer-implemented method, the method comprising:
- receiving a facsimile transmission in one or more computer systems;
- processing at least a portion of the facsimile transmission to create a displayable content item;
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- associating the displayable content item directly or indirectly with a resource address for an electronic document such that the displayable content item is publicly accessible in an unrestricted manner without restriction by client address or by password.
A computer-implemented method, the method comprising:
- receiving a facsimile transmission in one or more computer systems of a form, where the form includes a content portion corresponding to content to be provided;
- automatically identifying a source of the facsimile transmission using at least one of a telephone service feature or a transmitting subscriber identification (TSI) number;
- processing at least a portion of the facsimile transmission to create a displayable content item;
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- using the identified source to associate the displayable content item with a database record.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.