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Systems and methods for routing facsimiles based on content

  • US 8,279,465 B2
  • Filed: 05/01/2007
  • Issued: 10/02/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/01/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for routing a facsimile, comprising:

  • receiving or generating text of a facsimile in a computer-readable format;

    performing text analysis and fax analysis by parallel processing;

    wherein the text analysis comprises;

    analyzing portions of the text of the facsimile for at least one of a meaning and a context of the text to determine one or more other destinations, anddetermining one or more keywords in the text, wherein none of the one or more determined keywords contains any destination information selected from a group consisting of a physical address, an email address, a fax number, and a name of a desired recipient; and

    wherein the fax analysis comprises;

    analyzing a pattern of light and dark areas of a facsimile in the computer-readable format without optical character recognition;

    correlating the pattern to one or more forms without optical character recognition;

    routing the facsimile to one or more destinations based on the text analysis and the fax analysis.

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