Method and system for relaying communications from authorized users

A system for transmitting, comprising:

• means for registering a user by inputting an identifier of the user and inputting billing information of the user to create registration information;
• means for transmitting to the user an authorization code which is only valid for a predetermined number of communications;
• means for creating a communication by the user which includes a message and the authorization code;
• means for transmitting the communication from a first location to a second location;
• means for receiving the communication at the second location;
• means for determining if the communication which has been received is from an authorized user;
• means for determining if the communication which has been received contains a valid authorization code;
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• means for transmitting an object from the second location to a third location, when the communication is determined to be from an authorized user and the communication is determined to contain a valid authorization code;
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• means for providing a new authorization code which is only valid for a predetermined number of communications using said registration information.

A method for converting an electronic mail message to a facsimile message, comprising the steps of:

• registering a user by inputting an identifier of the user which is an electronic mail address of the user, and inputting billing information of the user;
• transmitting to the user an authorization code which is only valid for a predetermined number of uses, after the step of registering;
• creating an electronic mail message by the user which includes the authorization code, the identifier of the user which is the electronic mail address of the user, and a telephone number of a facsimile machine;
• transmitting the electronic mail message as a communication from a first location to a second location;
• receiving the communication at the second location;
• determining if the communication which has been received is from an authorized user by determining if the electronic mail message originated from the electronic mail address of the user which has been registered;
• determining if the communication which has been received contains a valid authorization code;
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• converting the electronic mail message to a facsimile message without the authorization code;
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• transmitting the facsimile message from the second location to the telephone number of a facsimile machine which is at a third location.

A method for transmitting, comprising the steps of:

• creating a communication by the user which includes a message and an authorization code therein;
• transmitting the communication from a first location to a second location;
• receiving the communication at the second location;
• determining if the communication which has been received contains a valid authorization code;
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• transmitting an object from the second location to a third location, when the communication is determined to contain a valid authorization code.