SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR TRANSMITTING ELECTRONIC MAIL USING A CONVENTIONAL FACSIMILE DEVICE
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Abstract
This invention relates to a system for combining an electronic mail (email) address or addresses and/or facsimile telephone numbers into a fax message, so that when received by a server the fax document is processed and transmitted as an email attachment to the email addresses or a fax message to the telephone numbers of the intended fax recipients. This allows the user to be able to send faxes and emails from a conventional fax machine or personal computer without having an Internet connection.
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24 Claims
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12. A system for transferring data received from a fax device over a telephone line, comprising:
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a telephone line interface to receive an incoming fax transmission sent with data demarcated by tags; a fax processor to convert the fax transmission into a fax image; and a computing device to execute a program that includes a function which converts the fax image into a computer-readable format, a function which reads the tagged data received with the fax transmission, a function that causes a portion of the fax image to be routed, in said computer-readable format, via an email message to a plurality of email addresses, and a function that accesses one or more memory locations, containing a listing of the plurality of email addresses, that are designated by an indicator in the fax transmission. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for transferring data received from a fax device over telephone line, comprising:
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a telephone line interface to receive an incoming fax transmission; a fax processor to convert the fax transmission into a fax image; and a computing device to execute a program that includes a function which converts the fax image into a computer-readable format, a function which extracts header information from the fax image, a function that accesses a stored mailing list of a plurality of email addresses in response to an indicator received in the fax transmission, and a function that causes a portion of the fax image to be routed, in said computer-readable format, to the plurality email addresses. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A system for transferring data received from a fax device over a telephone line, comprising:
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a telephone line interface to receive an incoming fax transmission including a data field from a sender; a fax processor to convert the fax transmission into a fax image; and a computing device to execute a program that includes a function which converts the fax image into a computer-readable format, a function which reads the data field received with the fax transmission, and a function that causes a portion of the fax image to be routed, in said computer-readable format, to an email address via an email message, wherein the email address is read from a stored mailing list of a plurality of email addresses, wherein the stored mailing list is designated by an indicator in the fax transmission, and wherein the sender'"'"'s telephone number taken from the data field is to be inserted into the email message. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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