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US 2014/0156764 A1Published application
Systems and Methods for the Distribution of Electronic Messages
OwnerMike Oliszewskiinventor
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Abstract
A system and method for an Enhanced Analog Telephone Adapter (E-ATA) that scans and converts outbound faxes, converts the faxes into a text readable document, and then looks up either a phone and/or fax number(s) in the document and extracts the phone number and cross references this number to an email address. This email address is then used to transmit the document to the destination email address.
Claims7
A method of sending a facsimile document by electronic mail comprising the steps of:
- receiving a PSTN facsimile transmission by an enhanced analog telephone adapter adaptably connected to an internet protocol gateway;
- converting the facsimile transmission into an electronic document;
- storing the electronic document as a facsimile image in the database;
- processing the facsimile image to extract a multiplicity of telephone numbers from the facsimile image;
- cross referencing the telephone numbers to one or more email addresses associated with the telephone numbers;
- creating an electronic mail document;
- attaching the fascsimile image to the electronic mail document;
- sending the electronic mail document to one or more email addresses to a multiplicity of recipients using the internet product gateway;
- so that each of the recipients receives the electronic mail document.
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A apparatus for converting facsimile documents into an electronic mail comprising:
- an enhanced analog telephone adapter having a public switched telephone network interface, a controller connected to the public switched telephone network interface, and an internet connection connected to the controller;
- the controller further comprising:
- a means for receiving and storing a facsimile document from the public switched telephone network interface,
- a means for the extraction from the facsimile document one or more telephone numbers from the facsimile document;
- a means for matching the telephone numbers to one or more electronic mail addresses;
- a means for the creation of an electronic mail with an electronic mail address;
- a means for sending the electronic mail with the facsimile document;
- such that an electronic mail is received, converted, attached and electronically mailed by the enhanced analog telephone adapter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.