METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MANIPULATING AND PROVIDING FACSIMILE TRANSMISSIONS TO ELECTRONIC STORAGE DESTINATIONS
First Claim
1. A method for a computer system for transmitting a facsimile to an electronic destination address, comprises:
- receiving the facsimile comprising an instruction page and a document, wherein the instruction page includes an optical representation of the electronic destination address and an optical representation of a user selection of one or more options, and wherein the document is encoded in a first transmission format;
determining the electronic destination address from the optical representation of the electronic destination address, wherein the electronic destination address need not be known to the computer system before receiving the facsimile;
determining the one or more selected options in response to the optical representation of the user selection of one or more options;
determining a modified document in response to the document and in response to the one or more selected options;
encoding the modified representation of the document into a second transmission format;
determining additional service provider data in response to the facsimile; and
transmitting the additional service provider data and the modified representation of the document encoded in the second transmission format to the electronic destination address.
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Abstract
A method for a computer system for transmitting a facsimile to an electronic destination, includes receiving the facsimile comprising an instruction page with an optical representation of the electronic destination address and an optical representation of a user selection of an option, and a document encoded in a fax format, determining the electronic destination address from the optical representation of the electronic destination address, wherein the electronic destination address need not be known to the computer system before receiving the facsimile, determining the one selected option in response to the optical representation of the user selection of the option, determining a modified document in response to the document and in response to the one selected option, encoding the modified document into a second transmission format, and transmitting the modified document and additional service provider data encoded in the second transmission format to the electronic destination address.
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34 Claims
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1. A method for a computer system for transmitting a facsimile to an electronic destination address, comprises:
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receiving the facsimile comprising an instruction page and a document, wherein the instruction page includes an optical representation of the electronic destination address and an optical representation of a user selection of one or more options, and wherein the document is encoded in a first transmission format;
determining the electronic destination address from the optical representation of the electronic destination address, wherein the electronic destination address need not be known to the computer system before receiving the facsimile;
determining the one or more selected options in response to the optical representation of the user selection of one or more options;
determining a modified document in response to the document and in response to the one or more selected options;
encoding the modified representation of the document into a second transmission format;
determining additional service provider data in response to the facsimile; and
transmitting the additional service provider data and the modified representation of the document encoded in the second transmission format to the electronic destination address. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for a computer system for transmitting a facsimile to an electronic destination address, comprises:
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receiving the facsimile comprising a transmission cover page and a document;
entering a plurality of text entries and at least a marked option on the transmission cover page to form a filled-in transmission cover page, wherein the plurality of text entries includes the electronic destination address; and
sending a digitized transmission encoded in a transmission format to a transmission server, wherein the digitized transmission includes the filled-in transmission cover page and a document;
wherein a transmission is sent to the electronic destination address and includes service provider data and a modified document stored in a storage format;
wherein the electronic destination address is optically derived from the plurality of text entries on the transmission cover page;
wherein the modified document stored in the storage format is determined in response to a user-selected option, and in response to the document in the transmission format;
wherein the user-selected option is optically derived from the marked option on the transmission cover page; and
wherein the transmission server need not know the electronic destination address prior to receiving the digitized transmission. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A computer system for transmitting a facsimile to an electronic destination address, comprises:
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a receiving portion configured to receive the facsimile comprising an instruction page and a document, wherein the instruction page includes an optical representation of the electronic destination address and an optical representation of a user selection of one or more options, and wherein the document is encoded in a first transmission format;
a detecting portion coupled to the receiving portion, wherein the detecting portion is configured to determine the electronic destination address from the optical representation of the electronic destination address, wherein the electronic destination address need not be known to the computer system before receiving the facsimile;
a determining portion coupled to the receiving portion, wherein the determining portion is configured to determine the one or more selected options in response to the optical representation of the user selection of one or more options;
a modification portion coupled to the receiving portion and to the determining portion, wherein the modification portion is configure to determine a modified document in response to the document and in response to the one or more selected options;
an encoding portion coupled to the modification portion, wherein the encoding portion is configured to encode the modified representation of the document into a second transmission format; and
a transmitter portion coupled to the encoding portion and to the detecting portion, wherein the transmitter portion is configured to transmit additional service provider data and the modified document encoded in the second transmission format to the electronic destination address. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34)
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