Methods and apparatus to perform outdial facsimile services
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1. A method comprising:
- sending an admittance request message containing a destination from a communication device to a gatekeeper;
receiving an admittance response message containing an address of a gateway at the communication device;
receiving a unified super-group identifier;
establishing a simple message transfer protocol (SMTP) session with the gateway;
sending the destination and the unified super-group identifier to the gateway; and
transmitting a copy of a stored facsimile from the communication device via the gateway to the destination, the copy of the stored facsimile to be transmitted to the destination via the identified unified super-group.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus to perform outdial facsimile services are disclosed. A disclosed method comprises sending an admittance request message containing a destination from a communication device to a gatekeeper, receiving an admittance response message containing an address of a gateway at the communication device, establishing a simple message transfer protocol (SMTP) session with the gateway, and transmitting a copy of a stored facsimile from the communication device via the gateway to the destination.
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24 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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sending an admittance request message containing a destination from a communication device to a gatekeeper; receiving an admittance response message containing an address of a gateway at the communication device; receiving a unified super-group identifier; establishing a simple message transfer protocol (SMTP) session with the gateway; sending the destination and the unified super-group identifier to the gateway; and transmitting a copy of a stored facsimile from the communication device via the gateway to the destination, the copy of the stored facsimile to be transmitted to the destination via the identified unified super-group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system comprising:
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a gateway; an application server to send an admittance request message containing a destination; a policy server, wherein the application server is to send a routing request to the policy server and to receive a unified super-group identifier from the policy server; and a gatekeeper to receive the admittance request and to provide an admittance response message containing an address of the gateway, wherein the application server is to establish a simple message transfer protocol (SMTP) session with the gateway at the address and to forward a copy of a stored facsimile to the gateway via the SMTP session, wherein the application server is to send the destination and the unified super-group identifier to the gateway, and wherein the gateway is to transmit the copy of the facsimile to the destination via the identified unified super-group. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A tangible computer readable medium storing machine readable instructions which, when executed, cause a machine to implement a method comprising:
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sending an admittance request message containing a destination to a gatekeeper; receiving an admittance response message containing an address of a gateway; receiving a unified super-group identifier; establishing a simple message transfer protocol (SMTP) session with the gateway; sending the destination and the unified super-group identifier to the gateway; and transmitting a copy of a stored facsimile from the communication device via the gateway to the destination, the copy of the stored facsimile to be transmitted to the destination via the identified super-group. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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