Method and system for facilitating paper to electronic communications
First Claim
1. A system for transmitting a facsimile to an email destination, comprising:
- a facsimile server configured to receive the facsimile from a facsimile protocol compliant communication device, the facsimile including an email address designating the email destination;
a character recognizer in communication with the facsimile server and configured to identify the email address from the facsimile;
a format converter in communication with the facsimile server and configured to convert the facsimile to an email; and
an email server configured to deliver the email to the email destination designated by the email address.
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Abstract
A facsimile/email communication system for providing a user the ability to send emails from any standalone facsimile machine. The system does not require any additional hardware or software to be installed on equipment being used by a sender. The system further provides a user the ability to logon to a centralized web server and send facsimiles to any standalone fax machine. According to one aspect, the system receives a facsimile from a facsimile machine. The facsimile includes an email cover page having the email address of the intended recipient of the facsimile. The email address is extracted from the email cover page by optical character recognition. The facsimile is then converted into an email with the proper email format. The email is then transmitted to the extracted email address.
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1 Claim
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1. A system for transmitting a facsimile to an email destination, comprising:
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a facsimile server configured to receive the facsimile from a facsimile protocol compliant communication device, the facsimile including an email address designating the email destination;
a character recognizer in communication with the facsimile server and configured to identify the email address from the facsimile;
a format converter in communication with the facsimile server and configured to convert the facsimile to an email; and
an email server configured to deliver the email to the email destination designated by the email address.
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