Methods and apparatus for facsimile transmissions to electronic storage destinations including embedded barcode fonts

• US 20090059310A1
• Filed: 08/20/2007
• Published: 03/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: j2 Cloud Services, LLC (Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Mongonet
• Inventors: Fortescue, Christopher L., Henry, Matthew K.
• Granted Patent: US 7,826,100 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/403
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00212 Attaching image data to computer messages, e.g. to e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00214 details of transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0022 involving facsimile protocols or a combination of facsimile protocols and computer data transmission protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0036 Alphanumeric symbols
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00363 Bar codes or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00366 Marks in boxes or the like, e.g. crosses or blacking out H04N1/0036 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00379 Means for enabling correct scanning of a mark sheet or area, e.g. registration or timing marks
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32042 with reading of job-marks on a page
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32069 simultaneously to a plurality of destinations, e.g. multi-casting
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/34 for coin-freed systems ; Pay systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3218 of a confirmation, acknowledgement or receipt
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/325 Modified version of the image, e.g. part of the image, image reduced in size or resolution, thumbnail or screennail
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3278 Transmission

Abstract

A method for a computer includes determining a call-in fax telephone number called by a facsimile transmission device, receiving the facsimile transmission from a facsimile transmission device including a digitized representation of a transmission page including an optical representation of data associated with an e-mail address, determining the data optically, which is independent of the call-in number, determining a graphics template associated with the call-in number, combining a digitized representation of the transmission page with the graphics template to form a digitized representation of a composite page, formatting the digitized representation of the composite page into a second format, determining additional service provider data in response to the facsimile or the scanned image, and transmitting the additional service provider data and the digitized representation of the composite page in the second format to the electronic destination address.

Claims

1. A method for a computer system comprises:

opening a template page including an embedded font;

receiving a plurality of data from a user, wherein the plurality of data comprises an e-mail address;

determining bar code data from the plurality of data;

rendering the plurality of data and the bar code data on the template page to form a filled-in transmission instruction page, wherein the bar code data is rendered based upon the embedded font;

wherein when the filled-in transmission instruction page is faxed to a facsimile server;

wherein the facsimile server converts the facsimile into an e-mail attachment;

wherein the facsimile server optically derives the e-mail address from the transmission instruction page of the facsimile; and

wherein facsimile server need not know the e-mail address prior to receiving the facsimile.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the facsimile server optically derives the e-mail address from the transmission instruction page of the facsimile in response to the bar code data.

3. A method a computer system comprises:

a memory configured to store a template page including an embedded font, and a template page handling program;

a processor configured to opening the template page with the handling program, wherein the processor is configured to receive a plurality of data from a user, wherein the plurality of data comprises an e-mail address, wherein the processor is configured to determine bar code data from the plurality of data, wherein the processor is configured to render the plurality of data and the bar code data on the template page to form a filled-in transmission instruction page, wherein the bar code data is rendered based upon the embedded font; and

wherein when the filled-in transmission instruction page is to be faxed to a facsimile server;

wherein the facsimile server is to be convert the facsimile into an e-mail attachment;

wherein the facsimile server is to optically derive the e-mail address from the transmission instruction page of the facsimile; and

wherein facsimile server need not know the e-mail address prior to receiving the facsimile.