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Facsimile telecommunications system and method

  • US 8,081,337 B2
  • Filed: 01/06/2011
  • Issued: 12/20/2011
  • 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 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, streaming the fax to the subscriber'"'"'s network address by the fax processing system, wherein the streaming of the fax begins while the fax call is in process and regardless of whether the fax has been completely received.

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