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System and method for facsimile load balancing

  • US 5,917,615 A
  • Filed: 03/31/1994
  • Issued: 06/29/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/07/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method in first and second facsimile machines for facsimile communication, the first and second facsimile machines being coupled together to form a network, the first facsimile machine having a variable workload corresponding to a plurality of stored data files awaiting transmission to corresponding designated recipients, the method comprising the steps of:

  • in the first facsimile machine, determining a workload value indicative of the variable workload;

    determining if said workload value exceeds a predetermined value; and

    if said workload value exceeds said predetermined value transferring at least one of the stored data files from the first facsimile machine to the second facsimile machine over the network for transmission to the corresponding designated recipient by the second facsimile machine so that said one transferred data file is transmitted to the corresponding designated recipient by the second facsimile machine rather than the first facsimile machine.

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