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Facsimile telecommunications system and method

  • US 7,869,076 B1
  • Filed: 01/16/2009
  • Issued: 01/11/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for handling fax transmissions, comprising:

  • receiving a fax call to receive a fax via a public telephone network at a fax processing system, the fax call originally destined for a subscriber'"'"'s phone number;

    in response to receiving the fax call, determining whether a called number associated with the fax call is registered to a subscriber and determining that the subscriber is connected to a data communications network at a network address on the data communications network; and

    in response to determining that the subscriber is connected to the network, transmitting a fax call notification to the subscriber'"'"'s network address, wherein transmission of the fax call notification begins regardless of whether the fax has been completely received and wherein the notification is to display an indication to the subscriber that the fax call is in process.

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