Method and system for transferring sponsored digitized representations of documents via computer network transfer protocols

A computer system comprises:

• a memory configured to store a facsimile transmission from a user, wherein the facsimile transmission includes a digitized representation of a document transmitted using a facsimile transmission format;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to process the digitized representation of the document to determine at least one destination e-mail address, wherein the processor is configured to reformat at least a portion of the digitized representation of the document into an e-mail attachment format, wherein the processor is configured to determine advertisement data associated with the facsimile transmission, and wherein the processor is configure to form an e-mail message addressed to the destination e-mail address;
• wherein the e-mail message includes a body portion and an attachment portion, wherein the body portion includes the advertisement data, and wherein the attachment portion includes the portion of the digitized representation of the document in the e-mail attachment format;
• wherein the processor is configured to process at least a portion of the digitized representation of the document with an optical character recognition engine to determine one or more key words;
• wherein the processor is configured to provide the one or more key words to an advertisement server;
• wherein the processor is configured to receive the advertisement data from the advertisement server;
• wherein the advertisement data includes one or more advertisements selected from a group consisting of:
• hyperlink, listing of at least one auction, search results;
• wherein the processor is also configured to process a first portion of the digitized representation of the document with an optical character recognition engine to determine a first candidate e-mail address;
• wherein the processor is configured to process a second portion of the digitized representation of the document with the optical character recognition engine to determine a second candidate e-mail address;
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• wherein the processor is configured to determine the destination e-mail address in response to the first candidate e-mail address and to the second candidate e-mail address.

A computer program product for a computer system including a processor includes:

• a tangible media configured to store:
• code that directs the processor to receive a facsimile transmission from a user, wherein the facsimile transmission includes a digitized representation of a document transmitted using a facsimile transmission format;
• code that directs the processor to process the digitized representation of the document to determine a destination e-mail address;
• code that directs the processor to format at least a portion of the digitized representation of the document into an e-mail attachment format;
• code that directs the processor to determining advertisement data associated with the facsimile transmission comprising:
• code that directs the processor to process at least a portion of the digitized representation of the document with an optical character recognition engine to determine one or more key words;
• code that directs the processor to provide the one or more key words to an advertisement server;
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• code that directs the processor to receive the advertisement data from the advertisement server;
• code that directs the processor to form an e-mail message addressed to the destination e-mail address, wherein the e-mail message includes a body portion and an attachment portion, wherein the body portion includes the advertisement data, and wherein the attachment portion includes the portion of the digitized representation of the document in the e-mail attachment format,
• code that directs the processor to determine a tracking number associated with the facsimile transmission;
• code that directs the processor to maintain processing status associated with the facsimile transmission;
• code that directs the processor to form an association between the tracking number and the processing status;
• code that directs the processor to storing the association between the tracking number and the processing status in the tangible memory;
• code that directs the processor to receive the tracking number from a user via a web site;
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• code that directs the processor to provide the processing status to the user via the web site, in response to the tracking number.

A method for a computer system comprising:

• receiving a facsimile transmission from a user in a fax server, wherein the facsimile transmission includes a digitized representation of a document transmitted using a facsimile transmission format;
• processing the digitized representation of the document to determine a destination e-mail address using the fax server;
• reformatting at least a portion of the digitized representation of the document into an e-mail attachment format using the fax server;
• determining advertisement data associated with the facsimile transmission using a third-party advertisement server;
• determining advertisement data associated with the facsimile transmission using third-party advertisement server comprising:
• processing at least a portion of the digitized representation of the document with an optical character recognition engine to determine one or more key words using the fax server;
• providing the one or more key words to the advertisement server;
• and
• receiving the advertisement data from the advertisement server,
• forming an e-mail message addressed to the destination e-mail address using the fax server and an e-mail server, wherein the e-mail message includes a body portion and an attachment portion, wherein the body portion includes the advertisement data, and wherein the attachment portion includes the portion of the digitized representation of the document in the e-mail attachment format;
• and
• determining a tracking number associated with the facsimile transmission;
• maintaining processing status associated with the facsimile transmission;
• forming an association between the tracking number and the processing status;
• storing the association between the tracking number and the processing status;
• receiving the tracking number from a user via a web page;
• and
• providing the processing status to the user in response to the tracking number.

A computer system comprises:

• a memory configured to store a facsimile transmission from a user, wherein the facsimile transmission includes a digitized representation of a document transmitted using a facsimile transmission format;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to process the digitized representation of the document to determine at least one destination e-mail address, wherein the processor is configured to reformat at least a portion of the digitized representation of the document into an e-mail attachment format, wherein the processor is configured to determine advertisement data associated with the facsimile transmission, and wherein the processor is configure to form an e-mail message addressed to the destination e-mail address;
• wherein the e-mail message includes a body portion and an attachment portion, wherein the body portion includes the advertisement data, and wherein the attachment portion includes the portion of the digitized representation of the document in the e-mail attachment format;
• wherein the processor is configured to process at least a portion of the digitized representation of the document with an optical character recognition engine to determine one or more key words;
• wherein the processor is configured to provide the one or more key words to an advertisement server;
• wherein the processor is configured to receive the advertisement data from the advertisement server;
• wherein the processor is also configured to determine a tracking number associated with the facsimile transmission;
• wherein the processor is also configured to maintain processing status associated with the facsimile transmission;
• wherein the processor is also configured to maintain an association between the tracking number and the processing status;
• wherein the processor is configured to receive the tracking number from a user via a web page;
• and
• wherein the processor is configured to provide the processing status to the user in response to the tracking number.