System and methods for enhanced facsimile communication network and preference selection

• US 8,643,886 B2
• Filed: 08/11/2012
• Issued: 02/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Michael A. Oliszewski
• Original Assignee: Michael A. Oliszewski
• Inventors: Oliszewski, Michael A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Popovici, Dov
• Application Number:
  US13/572,639
• Publication Number:
  US 20120314255A1
• Time in Patent Office: 542 Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/5692 Selection among different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/066 Telephone sets adapted for data transmision
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/33323 transmission mode only, e.g. speed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/33346 adapting to a particular standardised protocol
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/33369 Storage of mode or retrieval of prestored mode
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/002 Selecting or switching between an image communication channel and a non-image communication channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0093 Facsimile machine H04N2201/0094 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/33364 Type of modulation; Type of channel, e.g. digital or analog; Type of communication, e.g. half-duplex or full-duplex

Abstract

Disclosed is a database management device that has a transmitting facsimile device and a receiving facsimile device to select between a default communications network and an alternate communications network based on advertised communication network capability and by a selection logic, this selection logic determined by color, resolution, baud rate, compression format; the communications network can be the public switched telephone network, the internet, or other networks.

Claims

1. A database management device comprising:

a database, the database operable to receive and store a receiving facsimile advertised communication network capability and a transmitting facsimile advertised communication network capability;

a data network, the data network is connected to the database;

a transmitting facsimile device;

the transmitting facsimile device operable to store and transmit the receiving facsimile advertised communication network capability through the data network and operable to store and transmit the transmitting facsimile advertised communication network capability through the data network;

a default communication network, the default communication network connecting the transmitting facsimile device with a receiving facsimile device; and

an alternate communication network, the alternate communication network connecting the transmitting facsimile device with the receiving facsimile device;

so that the receiving facsimile device and the transmitting facsimile device mutually communicate using either the default communication network or the alternate communication network as determined by a selection logic;

where the selection logic is enabled by the database.

2. The database management device according to claim 1 where the default communication network is a public switched telephone network.

3. The database management device according to claim 1 where the alternate communication network is an internet.

4. The database management device according to claim 1 where the alternate communication network uses an ITU T.38 communications protocol.

5. The database management device according to claim 1 where the alternate communication network uses an ITU T.30 communications protocol.

6. The database management device according to claim 1 where the alternate communication network uses a non standard data frame.

7. The database management device according to claim 1 where the database is capable of storing a facsimile capability data and/or receiving user preferences of the receiving facsimile device.

8. The database management device according to claim 1 where a user preference updates the transmitting facsimile advertised communication network capability.

9. The database management device according to claim 1 where the selection logic having a set of parameters, the parameters selected from a group consisting of transmission speed, transmission cost, security parameters, color, resolution, baud rate, and compression format.