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Fax-to-email and email-to-fax communication system and method

  • US 7,716,296 B2
  • Filed: 01/16/2007
  • Issued: 05/11/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for sending an e-mail message comprises:

  • sending a request by a user for a transmission instruction page to the facsimile sever;

    receiving the transmission instruction page via a telecommunications network from the facsimile server in response to the request, wherein a destination e-mail field is blank, and wherein a destination facsimile number field is provided with a destination facsimile number, wherein the facsimile number is determined for a user;

    printing-out the transmission instruction page;

    thereafterentering a plurality of text entries from the user comprising hand-printing the plurality of text entries on the transmission instruction page to form a filled-in transmission instruction page, wherein the plurality of text entries includes destination e-mail address, and wherein the destination e-mail address is entered in the destination e-mail field;

    sending a facsimile to the facsimile server by the user in response to the facsimile number, wherein the facsimile includes the filled-in transmission instruction page;

    wherein the facsimile server converts the facsimile into an e-mail attachment;

    wherein the facsimile sever determines advertisement data appropriate for the user to append to the e-mail message in response to the facsimile from the user;

    wherein the facsimile sever sends the e-mail message including the advertisement data and the e-mail attachment to the destination e-mail address;

    wherein the facsimile server optically derives the destination e-mail address from the transmission instruction page of the facsimile; and

    wherein the facsimile server maintains statistics regarding number of times the advertisement data is sent to provide to advertisers for payment purposes.

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