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Method and system for forming a digital facsimile message including a subaddress

  • US 5,991,290 A
  • Filed: 06/03/1996
  • Issued: 11/23/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/03/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for forming a digital facsimile message comprising the steps of:

  • prompting a user at a source terminal to enter whether a subaddress is used for routing the digital facsimile message to a destination terminal in a network via a destination server;

    receiving a response from the user indicating whether the subaddress is used for the routing of the digital facsimile message;

    inputting from the user the subaddress, when an affirmative response is received by the receiving step;

    inputting from the user a telephone number of the destination server to which the digital facsimile message is to be sent;

    forming a digital facsimile message which includes the subaddress, when an affirmative response is received by the receiving step;

    sending the digital facsimile message through a communications channel to the destination server;

    converting at the destination server the subaddress into a network address; and

    routing the digital facsimile message through the network to the destination terminal using the network address, wherein,said converting step comprises converting the subaddress to at least one of an Internet Protocol address and an asynchronous transfer mode address.

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