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Automatic networked facsimile queuing system

  • US 5,627,658 A
  • Filed: 12/14/1994
  • Issued: 05/06/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/14/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of optimizing facsimile transmission wait time in a device including a facsimile functionality connected in a network system of devices with said facsimile functionality including:

  • at a first device, receiving and storing job data and job instructions in a job memory for a facsimile job;

    determining a transmission time for the facsimile job as a function of previous stored and uncompleted jobs in said job memory;

    querying at least one other facsimile machine connected to the network to determine the likelihood of an earlier transmission time at said other facsimile machine;

    transferring said facsimile job to said other facsimile machine upon determination of said earlier transmission time.

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