Fax routing system and method using standard fax machine and personal computer
AssigneeInfotrieve, Inc.
InventorsJoseph Elias Bashoura, Charles J. Coudsi, Peter Victor Derycz, Fady Joseph Garabet
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Abstract
A fax routing system and method using a standard fax machine and personal computer. The telephone number is decoded from the telephone number dialing which is generated by the fax machine. This number is looked up in a table. If a corresponding Internet-address is found, the fax is downloaded from the fax machine, converted into a computer file, and sent to the recipient via his Internet address. If a corresponding Internet address is not found, the decoded number is dialed on a telephone line and, thereafter, the telephone line is connected to the fax machine for normal fax delivery.
Claims5
A system co-located with a sender of a fax for directing a fax over the Internet to a desired recipient at an Internet address, the desired recipient being identified to the system by an identification code that is not the Internet address, comprising:
- a. a storage system co-located with the sender of the fax for storing a plurality of records in a table, each record containing:
- (1) an identification code identifying a recipient that can receive a fax at an Internet address that is not the identification code;
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- (2) the Internet address;
- b. a processing system co-located with the sender of the fax in communication with said storage system configured to:
- (1) receive the identification code;
- (2) determine whether said storage system contains a matching record having the identification code;
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- (3) direct the fax to the Internet address in the matching record if said storage system contains a matching record.
A system co-located with a sender of a fax for directing a fax over a network to a desired recipient at a network address, the desired recipient being identified to the system by an identification code that is not the network address, comprising:
- a. a storage system co-located with the sender of the fax for storing a plurality of records in a table, each record containing:
- (1) an identification code identifying a recipient that can receive a fax at a network address that is not the identification code;
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- (2) the network address;
- b. a processing system co-located with the sender of the fax in communication with said storage system configured to:
- (1) receive the identification code;
- (2) determine whether said storage system contains a matching record having the identification code;
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- (3) direct the fax to the network address in the matching record if said storage system contains a matching record.
A system under the management of a sender of a fax for directing a fax over the Internet to a desired recipient at an Internet address, the desired recipient being identified to the system by an identification code that is not the Internet address, comprising:
- a. a storage system under the management of the sender of the fax for storing a plurality of records in a table, each record containing:
- (1) an identification code identifying a recipient that can receive a fax at an Internet address that is not the identification code;
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- (2) the Internet address;
- b. a processing system under the management of the sender of the fax in communication with said storage system configured to:
- (1) receive the identification code;
- (2) determine whether said storage system contains a matching record having the identification code;
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- (3) direct the fax to the Internet address in the matching record if said storage system contains a matching record.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.