Method and system for providing facsimile service over a digital subscriber line

A method of providing facsimile service over a digital subscriber line, comprising the steps of:

• (a) dialing a telephone number at a facsimile machine connected to the digital subscriber line;
• (b) transmitting a plurality of facsimile data over a local area network to a local area network hub;
• (c) formatting the plurality of facsimile data for transmission over the digital subscriber line and transmitting the formatted plurality of facsimile data over the digital subscriber line to an internet service provider;
• (d) establishing an internet telephone call, by the internet service provider, to a facsimile machine associated with the telephone number;
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• (f) transmitting the plurality of facsimile data over the internet telephone call to the facsimile machine associated with the telephone number.

A method of providing facsimile service over a digital subscriber line, comprising the steps of:

• (a) dialing a telephone number associated with a facsimile machine connected to the digital subscriber line;
• (b) triggering on the telephone number at a service switching point;
• (c) sending a routing query to a switching control point;
• (d) routing a facsimile call to an interworking unit;
• (e) converting a plurality of analog facsimile data to a plurality of digital facsimile data;
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• (f) routing the plurality of digital facsimile data to the digital subscriber line.

A method of providing facsimile service over a digital subscriber line, comprising the steps of:

• (a) dialing a telephone number at a facsimile machine connected to the digital subscriber line;
• (b) transmitting a plurality of facsimile data over a local area network to a local area network hub;
• (c) routing the plurality of facsimile data over the digital subscriber line to an internet service provider;
• (d) routing the plurality of facsimile data to an interworking unit;
• (e) converting the plurality of facsimile data to a circuit switched data protocol to form a circuit switched facsimile data;
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• (f) transmitting the circuit switched facsimile data to a facsimile machine associated with the telephone number.

A method of providing facsimile service over a digital subscriber line, comprising the steps of:

• (a) dialing a telephone number at a facsimile machine connected to the digital subscriber line;
• (b) transmitting a plurality of facsimile data over an asynchronous transmission mode local area network to an asynchronous transmission mode switch;
• (c) routing the plurality of facsimile data over the digital subscriber line to a network asynchronous transmission mode switch using a virtual circuit;
• (d) transmitting the plurality of facsimile data over the virtual circuit to an interworking unit;
• (e) converting the plurality of facsimile data to a circuit switched data protocol to form a circuit switched facsimile data;
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• (f) transmitting the circuit switched facsimile data to a facsimile machine associated with the telephone number.

A method of providing facsimile service over a digital subscriber line, comprising the steps of:

• (a) dialing a phone number of a facsimile machine connected to the digital subscriber line;
• (b) routing the call to an interworking unit;
• (c) transmitting a plurality of circuit switched facsimile data to the interworking unit;
• (d) converting the plurality of circuit switched facsimile data to a plurality of ATM data;
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• (f) routing the ATM data over a virtual circuit to the digital subscriber line.

A system for providing facsimile service over a digital subscriber line, comprising:

• a facsimile machine coupled to an ATM switch;
• the ATM switch coupled to the digital subscriber line, wherein the digital subscriber line includes a first virtual circuit and a second virtual circuit;
• an interworking unit coupled to the second virtual circuit, the second virtual circuit connected to the facsimile machine;
• a public switch telephone network connected to the interworking unit;
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• a facsimile machine connected to the public switched telephone network.