System and method for remote fax interconnect
AssigneeetherFAX, LLC
InventorsRobert N. CICHIELO, Paul J. BANCO, Emil STURNIOLO
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Abstract
Systems and methods for the virtualization, aggregation, enhancement, and distributed processing of facsimile communications. The Remote FAX Interconnect known as etherFAX® is a system and method that allows for the reception and delivery of information to or from one or more facsimile systems using Internet/web based communication protocols such as HTTP(S) as the transport between a cooperating facsimile capable application or hardware and the remotely accessible etherFAx® services.
Claims1
In a federated computing architecture, an enhanced facsimile communications environment that enables the transfer of at least one of (a) a document, (b) an origination identifier, and (c) data between cooperating peer facsimile capable system and non-cooperating facsimile capable peer systems;
- the environment comprising:
- a first Distributed Facsimile Service Provider (DSFP) is at least able to communicate with at least one cooperating facsimile capable peer system,
- at least one non-cooperating facsimile capable peer system is accessible by at least some of further DFSPs;
- wherein:
- the first DFSP is configured to receive routing information and at least one of (a) the document, (b) the origination information, and (c) the data from the at least one cooperating facsimile capable peer system destined for the at least one non-cooperating facsimile capable peer system;
- there is at least one Federated Facsimile Service Broker (FFSB), wherein the first and second DFSPs register their availability with the at least one FFSB;
- upon reception by the first DFSP of the routing information from the at least one cooperating facsimile capable peer system, the first DFSP communicates with the at least one FFSB to determine which of the further DFSPs are capable of accessing the at least one non-cooperating facsimile capable peer system;
- upon determining that the at least one non-cooperating facsimile capable peer system is accessible, the first DFSP transfers the routing information and at least one of (a) the document, (b) the origination information, and (c) the data to at least one other DFSP capable of accessing the non-cooperating facsimile capable peer system;
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- upon the successful transfer of the routing information and the at least one of (a) the document, (b) the origination information, and (c) the data to the at least one other DFSP, the first DFSP delegating communicating the at least one of (a) the document, (b) the origination information, and (c) the data to the at least one other DFSP.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.