System and method for sending, delivery or receiving of faxes, over a computer based network according to security or other protocols
AssigneeOpen Text SA ULC
InventorBrian Lee Lennstrom
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Abstract
Embodiments of systems and methods for the sending, delivery and receiving of faxes according to particular protocols are disclosed. Certain embodiments may receive a fax from a sender and determine if the ability exists to send the fax over a computer based network according to a particular protocol. If there is no destination associated with the fax number for the protocol the fax may be sent according to the fax number. If, however, there is a destination for the protocol associated with the fax number an attempt is made to send the fax to the destination according to the protocol.
Claims21
A system for sending a fax as a Direct message, comprising:
- a faxing system configured to send the fax;
- and
- a traffic manager, the traffic manager including a computer readable medium having instructions for:
- receiving a fax including a document and a destination telephone number from a sender;
- determining if there is a Direct address associated with the destination telephone number;
- if there is a Direct address associated with the destination telephone number, initiating a sending of a Direct message with the document of the fax to the Direct address;
- and
- if there is not a Direct address associated with the destination telephone number, sending the fax through the fax system based on the destination telephone number.
A method for sending a fax as a Direct message, comprising:
- receiving a fax including a document and a destination telephone number from a sender;
- determining if there is a Direct address associated with the destination telephone number;
- if there is a Direct address associated with the destination telephone number, initiating a sending of a Direct message with the document of the fax to the Direct address;
- and
- if there is not a Direct address associated with the destination telephone number, sending the fax based on the destination telephone number.
A computer readable medium comprising instructions for sending a fax as a Direct message by:
- receiving a fax including a document and a destination telephone number from a sender;
- determining if there is a Direct address associated with the destination telephone number;
- if there is a Direct address associated with the destination telephone number, initiating a sending of a Direct message with the document of the fax to the Direct address;
- and
- if there is not a Direct address associated with the destination telephone number, sending the fax based on the destination telephone number.
The computer readable medium of claim 21, wherein the invitation fax includes a location to access an interface through a computer based network to provide or obtain a Direct address to associate with the telephone number of the fax.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.