SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROUTING A FACSIMILE CONFIRMATION BASED ON CONTENT

• US 20110032578A1
• Filed: 10/20/2010
• Published: 02/10/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/01/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tungsten Automation Corp.
• Original Assignee: Kofax Incorporated
• Inventors: Couchman, Roy, Borrey, Roland G.
• Granted Patent: US 8,593,673 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/400
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/2247 Characters composed of bars, e.g. CMC-7
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/412 Layout analysis of documents structured with printed lines or input boxes, e.g. business forms or tables
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00122 of text or character information only
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00204 with a digital computer or a digital computer system, e.g. an internet server programmed control between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device H04N1/32561
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00209 Transmitting or receiving image data, e.g. facsimile data, via a computer, e.g. using e-mail, a computer network, the internet, I-fax
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00326 with a data reading, recognizing or recording apparatus, e.g. with a bar-code apparatus arrangements for the associated working of recording or reproducing apparatus with related apparatus G11B31/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32 Circuits or arrangements for control or supervision between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device, e.g. between a still-image camera and its memory or between a still-image camera and a printer device H04N1/38, H04N1/387 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32438 Informing the addressee of reception
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0017 Notifying a communication result
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0093 Facsimile machine H04N2201/0094 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3218 of a confirmation, acknowledgement or receipt

Abstract

A method for routing a confirmation of receipt of a facsimile or portion thereof according to one embodiment of the present invention includes analyzing text of a facsimile for at least one of a meaning and a context of the text; and routing one or more confirmations to one or more destinations based on the analysis. A method for routing one or more confirmations according to another embodiment of the present invention includes analyzing a pattern of light and dark areas of a facsimile; correlating the pattern to one or more forms; and routing one or more confirmations to one or more destinations based on the correlation. Additional systems and methods are also presented.

Claims

1. A method for routing one or more confirmations, comprising:

analyzing a pattern of light and dark areas of a facsimile;

correlating the pattern to one or more forms; and

routing one or more confirmations to one or more destinations based on the correlation.

2. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the form relates to one or more of a certain document type.

3. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the analyzing determines one or more document features of the pattern.

4. A method as recited in claim 3, wherein the correlating includes comparing at least one of the document features to features of the form.

5. A method as recited in claim 3, wherein the correlating includes determining the position of one or more of the document features within the pattern.

6. A method as recited in claim 3, wherein the correlating includes comparing at least one of the document features to other features of the pattern.

7. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the confirmation is selected from a group consisting of:

an email message, an audible message, a fax, a text message, and a multimedia message.

8. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the confirmation includes a request for additional information.

9. A method for routing a confirmation, comprising:

obtaining a pattern of light and dark areas of a facsimile;

determining one or more document features from the pattern;

determining a confirmation destination based on at least one of the following;

comparing the one or more document features to features of one or more forms, said forms relating to one or more of a certain document type;

determining the position of one or more of the document features within the pattern; and

comparing at least one of the document features to other features of the pattern; and

routing the facsimile to the confirmation destination based on the determination of the destination.

10. The method in claim 9, wherein multiple confirmation destinations are determined;

wherein the facsimile is routed to the multiple confirmation destinations.

11. The method in claim 9, wherein the computer-readable document is routed to the confirmation destination based on the determination.

12. The method in claim 11, wherein multiple confirmation destinations are determined;

wherein the facsimile is routed to the multiple confirmation destinations.

13. A system for routing a confirmation, comprising:

logic for obtaining a pattern of light and dark areas of a facsimile;

logic for determining one or more document features from the pattern;

logic for determining a confirmation destination based on at least one of the following;

logic for comparing the one or more document features to features of one or more forms, said forms relating to one or more of a certain document type;

logic for determining the position of one or more of the document features within the pattern; and

logic for comparing at least one of the document features to other features of the pattern; and

logic for routing the facsimile to the confirmation destination based on the determination of the confirmation destination.

14. The method in claim 13, wherein multiple confirmation destinations are determined;

wherein the facsimile is routed to the multiple confirmation destinations.

15. The method in claim 13, wherein the computer-readable document is routed to the confirmation destination based on the determination.

16. The method in claim 13, wherein multiple confirmation destinations are determined;

wherein the facsimile is routed to the multiple confirmation destinations.