Data retrieval, manipulation and transmission with facsimile images

A method of processing data comprising the steps of:

• providing a data processor coupled through a local facsimile device to a telephone communications line;
• at a location remote from said data processor, transmitting a facsimile image containing graphical or textual images to said data processor through a remote facsimile device;
• said data processor recognizing certain of said graphical or textual images and retrieving and manipulating specific data in response to said graphical or textual images;
• and
• said data processor transmitting data, responsive to said recognized graphical or textual images, to a remote location.