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.
Claims20
A non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising instructions for sending a Direct message, by:
- determining if there is a Direct address associated with a destination telephone number for a received fax, wherein the Direct address is a first email address linked to an associated certificate that confirms the identity of a domain name or address;
- when there is the Direct address associated with the destination telephone number, initiating a sending of a document of the received fax to the Direct address associated with the destination telephone number for the received fax;
- and
- when there is not the Direct address associated with the destination telephone number, initiating the sending of the document of the received fax to the destination telephone number over a Publicly Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), or over a computer network to a second email address associated with the received fax.
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising instructions for an integration component coupled to one or more fax senders wherein the integration component is adapted for:
- determining if there is a secured destination address associated with a destination telephone number for a received fax, wherein the secured destination address is an address on a computer network associated with a certificate that confirms the identity of a domain name or address on the computer network associated with the secured destination address;
- when there is the secured destination address associated with the destination telephone number, initiating a sending of a document of the fax to the secured destination address associated with the destination telephone number for the received fax;
- and
- when there is not the secured destination address associated with the destination telephone initiating the sending of the document of the fax to the destination telephone number over a Publicly Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) or over a computer network to an email address associated with the received fax.
A method, comprising:
- determining, at an integration component coupled to one or more fax senders, if there is a secured destination address associated with a destination telephone number for a received fax, wherein the secured destination address is an address on a computer network associated with a certificate that confirms the identity of a domain name or address on the computer network associated with the secured destination address;
- when there is the secured destination address associated with the destination telephone number, initiating a sending of a document of the fax to the secured destination address associated with the destination telephone number for the received fax;
- and
- when there is not the secured destination address associated with the destination telephone initiating the sending of the document of the fax to the destination telephone number over a Publicly Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) or over a computer network to an email address associated with the received fax.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.