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US 2008/0174829 A1Published application
Systems and methods for electronic facsimile communication
OwnerAthir Nuaimi, Ralph Musgroveinventors
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are systems and methods that provide a streamlined process for receiving and transmitting facsimile documents to one or more non-facsimile enabled destinations. The systems and methods can also convert received documents into a second format before transmission. Among other benefits, the streamlined systems and methods of the present invention, which do not require document storage between receipt and later transmittal, can lessen the risk of document transmittal failure.
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A method comprising:
- receiving a facsimile document over a first communication network;
- and transmitting portions of said received facsimile document over a second communication network while other portions of said document are still being received over said first communication network.
A method comprising:
- receiving a facsimile document over a first communication network;
- converting said received facsimile document into a second format;
- and
- transmitting said document converted into said second format over a second communication network wherein during the processes of receiving and converting said facsimile document and transmitting said document converted into said second format, information relating to said documents is not stored for later action.
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A method comprising:
- enabling a facsimile enabled receiving device to receive a connection with a first communication network and a facsimile transmittal through said connection with said first communication network;
- enabling a document converting device to convert a first portion of said facsimile transmittal into a second format wherein said conversion begins while said connection between said receiving facsimile device and said first communication network remains active;
- and
- enabling a transmitting device to generate a connection with a second communication network to transmit converted portions of said facsimile transmittal over said second communication network wherein at least a portion of said transmitting occurs while said connection between said receiving facsimile device and said first communication network remains active.
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A system comprising:
- a receiving facsimile device, a document converting device and a document transmitting device wherein said receiving facsimile device can receive a facsimile document over a first communication network;
- said document converting device can convert said received facsimile document into a second format;
- and said document transmitting device can transmit said document converted into said second format over a second communication network wherein during the processes of receiving and converting said facsimile document and transmitting said document converted into said second format, information relating to said documents is not stored for later action.
A system comprising:
- a facsimile enabled receiving device that can receive a connection with a first communication network and a facsimile transmittal through said connection with said first communication network;
- a document converting device that can convert a first portion of said facsimile transmittal into a second format wherein said conversion begins while said connection between said receiving facsimile device and said first communication network remains active;
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- a transmitting device that can generate a connection with a second communication network to transmit converted portions of said facsimile transmittal over said second communication network wherein said transmitting also occurs while said connection between said receiving facsimile device and said first communication network remains active.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.