Method and system for combining separate digitized representations of documents for retransmission via computer network transfer protocols
First Claim
1. A method for a computer system includes:
- receiving a first facsimile transmission from a user, wherein the first facsimile transmission includes a digitized representation of a first document transmitted using a facsimile transmission format;
processing the digitized representation of the first document with an optical character recognition process to determine a destination e-mail address, wherein the destination e-mail address need not be known to the computer system a priori;
reformatting at least a portion of the digitized representation of the first document into an e-mail attachment format;
determining advertisement data in response to the first facsimile transmission;
receiving a second facsimile transmission from the user, wherein the second facsimile transmission includes a digitized representation of a second document transmitted using the facsimile transmission format;
processing the digitized representation of the second document with the optical character recognition process to determine the destination e-mail address;
reformatting at least a portion of the digitized representation of the second document into the e-mail attachment format; and
forming an e-mail message addressed to the destination e-mail address, wherein the e-mail message includes a body portion and an attachment portion, wherein the body portion comprises the advertisement data, and wherein the attachment portion comprises the portion of the digitized representation of the first document in the e-mail attachment format and the portion of the digitized representation of the second document in the e-mail attachment format.
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Abstract
A method for a computer system includes receiving a first facsimile transmission from a user, wherein the first facsimile transmission includes a digitized representation of a first document transmitted using a facsimile transmission format, processing the digitized representation of the first document with an optical character recognition process to determine a first destination e-mail address, wherein the first destination e-mail address need not be known to the computer system a priori, reformatting at least a portion of the digitized representation of the first document into an e-mail attachment format, determining advertisement data in response to the first facsimile transmission, forming an e-mail message addressed to the destination e-mail address, wherein the e-mail message includes a body portion and an attachment portion, wherein the body portion comprises the advertisement data, and wherein the attachment portion comprises the portion of the digitized representation of the first document in the e-mail attachment format.
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17 Claims
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1. A method for a computer system includes:
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receiving a first facsimile transmission from a user, wherein the first facsimile transmission includes a digitized representation of a first document transmitted using a facsimile transmission format; processing the digitized representation of the first document with an optical character recognition process to determine a destination e-mail address, wherein the destination e-mail address need not be known to the computer system a priori; reformatting at least a portion of the digitized representation of the first document into an e-mail attachment format; determining advertisement data in response to the first facsimile transmission; receiving a second facsimile transmission from the user, wherein the second facsimile transmission includes a digitized representation of a second document transmitted using the facsimile transmission format; processing the digitized representation of the second document with the optical character recognition process to determine the destination e-mail address; reformatting at least a portion of the digitized representation of the second document into the e-mail attachment format; and forming an e-mail message addressed to the destination e-mail address, wherein the e-mail message includes a body portion and an attachment portion, wherein the body portion comprises the advertisement data, and wherein the attachment portion comprises the portion of the digitized representation of the first document in the e-mail attachment format and the portion of the digitized representation of the second document in the e-mail attachment format. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon program code executable by a processor, the program code comprising:
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code that directs the processor to receive a first facsimile transmission from a user, wherein the first facsimile transmission includes a digitized representation of a first document transmitted using a facsimile transmission format; code that directs the processor to perform an optical recognition process on the digitized representation of the first document to determine a destination e-mail address, wherein the destination e-mail address need not be known to the computer system; code that directs the processor to reformat at least a portion of the digitized representation of the first document into an e-mail attachment format; code that directs the processor to determine advertisement data in response to the first facsimile transmission; code that directs the processor to receive a second facsimile transmission from the user, wherein the second facsimile transmission includes a digitized representation of a second document transmitted using the facsimile transmission format; code that directs the processor to perform the optical recognition process on the digitized representation of the second document to determine the destination e-mail address; code that directs the processor to reformat at least a portion of the digitized representation of the second document into the e-mail attachment format; and code that directs the processor to form an e-mail message addressed to the destination e-mail address, wherein the e-mail message includes a body portion and an attachment portion, wherein the body portion comprises the advertisement data, and wherein the attachment portion comprises the portion of the digitized representation of the first document reformatted in the e-mail attachment format and the portion of the digitized representation of the second document reformatted in the e-mail attachment format. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer system includes:
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a memory configured to store; a first facsimile transmission from a user, wherein the first facsimile transmission includes a digitized representation of a first document transmitted using a facsimile transmission format, and wherein the memory is configured to store at least a portion of the digitized representation of the first document in an e-mail attachment format; and a second facsimile transmission from the user, wherein the second facsimile transmission includes a digitized representation of a second document transmitted using the facsimile transmission format, and wherein the memory is configured to store at least a portion of the digitized representation of the second document in the e-mail attachment format; and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to; process the digitized representation of the first document with an optical character recognition process to determine a destination e-mail address; form the portion of the digitized representation of the first document in the e-mail attachment format in response to at least a portion of the digitized representation of the first document transmitted using the facsimile transmission format; determine advertisement data associated with the first facsimile transmission; process the digitized representation of the second document with the optical character recognition process to determine the destination e-mail address; form the portion of the digitized representation of the second document in the e-mail attachment format in response to at least a portion of the digitized representation of the second document transmitted using the facsimile transmission format; and form an e-mail message addressed to the destination e-mail address, wherein the e-mail message includes a body portion and an attachment portion, wherein the body portion comprises the advertisement data, and wherein the attachment portion comprises the portion of the digitized representation of the first document in the e-mail attachment format and the portion of the digitized representation of the second document in the e-mail attachment format. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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