Processing a Fax Transmission Using a Mobile Device
AssigneeAdvanced Messaging Technologies, Inc.
InventorsYehoshua Lehavi, Kirk Freeman, Luis Garcia Meza
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus are described for receiving a fax transmission at a mobile phone. In one embodiment, the mobile phone receives an incoming call and answers the incoming call, upon receiving a command from a user of the mobile phone to answer the incoming call. A program on the mobile phone then detects that the incoming call is a fax transmission, and then places an outgoing call to a fax server. The program on the mobile phone then conferences the incoming call with the outgoing call to the fax server, such that the fax server receives the fax transmission. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
Claims1
A method performed by a mobile phone for receiving a fax transmission, comprising:
- receiving an incoming call on the mobile phone;
- answering the incoming call;
- detecting that the incoming call is a fax transmission;
- placing an outgoing call to a fax server;
- and
- merging the incoming call with the outgoing call to the fax server such that the fax server receives the fax transmission.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.