Facsimile telecommunications system and method
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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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Abstract
A fax processing system handles faxes that are originally destined for a recipient'"'"'s phone number. The fax processing system communicates with the fax recipient via a data communications network (for example, the Internet) and can provide more sophisticated fax handling capabilities than conventional fax machines.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for handling fax transmissions, comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A fax processing system, comprising:
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a fax management subsystem coupled to a public telephone network to receive a fax call for receiving a fax, the fax call originally destined for a subscriber'"'"'s phone number; and an online presence detection subsystem coupled to a data communications network to monitor status of a subscriber data device to determine availability of the subscriber data device for receiving data at a network address on the data communications network, wherein the fax management subsystem is to stream the fax to the subscriber'"'"'s network address in response to a determination that the subscriber'"'"'s data device is available, and wherein the streaming of the fax begins while the fax call is in process and regardless of whether the fax has been completely received. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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