SYSTEM FOR DIGITAL USERS TO MANAGE RECEIVED ANALOG INFORMATION

• US 20100149601A1
• Filed: 04/16/2009
• Published: 06/17/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Aditya Rampal, Andrew Yang, Daniel Melkenbaum, John Baird, Mahendra Srinivasan, Manu Nath Cappor, Robert P. Antonacci, Vedprakash Dubey
• Original Assignee: Aditya Rampal, Andrew Yang, Daniel Melkenbaum, John Baird, Mahendra Srinivasan, Manu Nath Cappor, Robert P. Antonacci, Vedprakash Dubey
• Inventors: Yang, Andrew, Baird, John, Dubey, Vedprakash, Rampal, Aditya, Antonacci, Robert P., Melkenbaum, Daniel, Cappor, Manu Nath, Srinivasan, Mahendra
• Application Number:
  US12/425,082
• Publication Number:
  US 20100149601A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/403
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2854 Wide area networks, e.g. public data networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• 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 1/2179 Interfaces allowing access to a plurality of users, e.g. connection to electronic image libraries
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2187 with image input from a plurality of different locations or from a non-central location, e.g. from one or more users
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/324 intermediate the transmitter and receiver terminals, e.g. at an exchange
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32411 Handling instructions for routing or relaying
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32432 in a particular memory file for retrieval by the user, e.g. in a facsimile mailbox
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3225 of data relating to an image, a page or a document
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3288 Storage of two or more complete document pages or image frames

Abstract

A fax storage and retrieval system comprised of a fax receiving module configured to receive a plurality of facsimile documents from a plurality of fax devices. A document attribute module is provided, configured to allow a user to associate each incoming fax document to a unique attribute set. A fax page splitter module is also provided, configured to split images of each of the facsimile documents to individual image pages. A document storage and retrieval system is coupled to the fax receiving module and configured to store each of the pages of the plurality of facsimile documents such that each of the pages is individually retrievable.

Claims

1. A fax storage and retrieval system comprising:

a fax receiving module configured to receive a plurality of facsimile documents from a plurality of fax devices;

a document attribute module configured to allow a user to associate each incoming fax document to a unique attribute set;

a fax page splitter module configured to split images of each of said facsimile documents to individual image pages; and

a document storage and retrieval system coupled to said fax receiving module and configured to store each of said pages of said plurality of facsimile documents such that each of said pages is individually retrievable.

2. The system in accordance with claim 1 further comprising a fax routing module coupled to said fax receiving module, said fax routing module configured to assign fax numbers for an entity intending to receive said plurality of fax documents.

3. The system in accordance with claim 2 wherein said fax routing module is further configured to assign fax numbers to individual departments within said entity.