Document delivery system
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1. A phone mail server comprising:
- a receiver, wherein the receiver receives an electronic document over a telephone line;
an intelligent character reader, wherein the intelligent character reader reads a recipient'"'"'s name on the electronic document, and wherein the recipient'"'"'s name is location independent;
a processor, wherein the processor converts the name of the recipient read by the intelligent character reader to an address of the recipient; and
,a transmitter, wherein the transmitter transmits the electronic document to the address of the recipient.
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Abstract
A mail terminal senses insertion of a document into the terminal, scans the document in response to the sensed document insertion, and transmits the scanned document electronically over a telephone network. A host server receives the document over the telephone network, determines the name of the addressee from the received document, looks up document delivery instructions stored in a memory in association with the name of the addressee, and delivers the document to the addressee according to the delivery instructions. The mail terminal also prints documents that it receives from the host server.
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1. A phone mail server comprising:
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a receiver, wherein the receiver receives an electronic document over a telephone line; an intelligent character reader, wherein the intelligent character reader reads a recipient'"'"'s name on the electronic document, and wherein the recipient'"'"'s name is location independent; a processor, wherein the processor converts the name of the recipient read by the intelligent character reader to an address of the recipient; and
,a transmitter, wherein the transmitter transmits the electronic document to the address of the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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