244 results about "Facsimile transmission" patented technology

Transmission of messages composed on one or more input devices to a single or multiple recipients by means of one or plural communication modes is facilitated. Such communication modes may include conventional or wireless telephone, facsimile transmission, pager, e-mail, postal mail or courier. An application program interface (API) mediates between remote applications requesting messaging functions and a message server that actually implements these functions. The API is capable of processing high-volume requests for message routing, status information, and various other functions on an automated basis, enabling businesses to make routine use of these functions.

A Voice-over-Internet protocol (VOIP) communications network system that enables direct-dialed (single-stage) access to the Internet Protocol (IP) network from the circuit-switched network. Specifically, the VOIP network system includes a VOIP service implemented on a communications system which, after a customer number has been registered for the service, automatically recognizes calls from the registered customer's telephone number and determines if the call can be routed as a VOIP call over the IP network. In embodiments of the present invention, the customer can register for the VOIP service by selecting both a provider (PIC) and a calling plan or by only selecting a provider. The system can be implemented to handle intra-state, inter-state and international voice-band calls (for example, regular telephone calls, facsimile transmissions and modem initiated calls) using standard circuit-switched telephone lines, cable, twisted pair, digital subscriber line (DSL) and wireless.

A telecommunications system (100) includes network access devices (104) that couple user devices (102) to a telecommunications network (106). The user devices (102) include at least voice and preferably text display and text generation capability. A voicemail server (114) is coupled to the telecommunications network. The voicemail server (114) is also coupled to an application server (116). Selectively, speech traveling through the telecommunications network (100) from user devices (102) is converted into text, stored, and forwarded to a user device as a text message. The text message is for example a facsimile transmission, an e-mail, or a SMS message. The selectivity is based on a stored attribute, current status of the user device, attributes of the sending device and the like. Text can even be converted into speech as an option. Or, stored speech associated with a text message can be retrieved based on the text message.

A reliable facsimile transmission protocol and method for transmission of facsimile data over an IP network such as the Internet. The protocol features error correction through the use of a retransmission of packets with a flow-control window and a dynamic redundancy window which alters the number of redundant frames that are transmitted in the packet. The size of the dynamic redundancy window expands or contracts depending on the behavior and quality of the IP network, for example whether it exhibits choppy, error-causing characteristics.

Like Microsoft's call for trustworthy computing, there are similarly a few inherent problems in communications between computers and/or between other electronic devices (such as for example Fax machines), which can initiate a similar call for trustworthy communications. These problems are caused mainly by various limitations in the currently employed communication protocols, for example over the Internet, or in Fax transmissions. The two main problems are: Verification by the sender that the user indeed received the message, and verification by the receiver that the purported sender indeed is the one who initiated the message. Both of these features are currently lacking for example in normal Fax communications and in normal email communications. In electronic communications over the Internet for example normal email communications allow users very easily to falsify the sender's email address, as happens for example many times when spam (unsolicited junk mail) is sent, or when various viruses, such as for example the Klez worm, spread themselves. A deeper issue in preventing the faking of email addresses is preventing the faking of IP addresses, since, clearly, making sure that the IP address is not forged can help considerably for verifying also the email address. Similarly, when sending normal email messages, the user cannot be sure that the receiver indeed received the message and/or if he/she opened it or read it. Although there are already some solutions to this 2^nd problem, these solutions still have various remaining problems, so the problem has not been completely solved yet. The present invention solves the above problems by providing various solutions that preferably include improvement of the protocols and preferably include also methods for preventing theft of digital signatures.

A method and system are provided which enables automotive dealers to use a standard PC and Internet-type browser software package to enter credit/loan application data over the Internet. Such data can then be automatically distributed via the Internet to designated financial institutes or loan service providers for processing. The system also receives responses back from the service providers and displays these responses to the requesting dealer. To accommodate financial institutions which have not been provided with prearranged access, the system provides automatic enablement of facsimile transmission to dealer-chosen banks and credit unions. In addition, other information which facilitates the automotive credit process, such as completion of standard department of motor vehicles forms, insurance forms, etc., may also may be collected and transmitted electronically to the institution/company either directly or through a credit application service provider, with electronic responses provided back to the requesting dealer.

A fax interface unit provides a novel way of sending and receiving a fax over a global computer network such as the internet. The fax interface unit is coupled to a legacy fax machine on one side and to both a local area network and the telephone network on the other side. When a first location transmits a fax document to a second location having an email address capable of receiving the fax document, the telephone network is bypassed and the transmitted fax document arrives as email at the second location, thereby reducing telephone cost and providing the second location with an archived document.

A method for a computer system includes receiving a facsimile transmission from a user, wherein the facsimile transmission includes a digitized representation of a document transmitted using a facsimile transmission format, processing the digitized representation of the document to determine a destination e-mail address, reformatting at least a portion of the digitized representation of the document into an e-mail attachment format, determining advertisement data associated with the facsimile transmission, 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 includes the advertisement data, and wherein the attachment portion includes the portion of the digitized representation of the document in the e-mail attachment format.

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.

A system and method for the secure transmission of a facsimile, which verifies that a selected user transmitted the document and only allows for the designated recipient or recipients to receive the facsimile is provided. A sending user scans a document, which is then encrypted and digitally signed using the sender's private key, which is retrieved from a central authority or server. The digitally signed document is then encrypted using the recipient's public key. The encrypted digitally signed document is then faxed to the recipient. The device receiving the facsimile transmission then notifies the designated recipient of the receipt of the encrypted fax job. The recipient then logs onto the receiving device, which retrieves the sender's public key and the recipient's private key from the server. The retrieved keys are then used to decrypt the document and verify the identities of both the sender and the user.

A method and system for automated title searching and reporting, having one or more generally geographically located computers each having software and one or more databases; an interface for receiving instructions from one or more clients setting forth desired title information for one or more pieces of property such that the interface determines which of said computers to which to send the received instructions and communicates those instructions; searching and gathering data concerning the desired title information from a multiplicity of locations including regional records (from county clerk(s)), an intranet or the Internet; each of the computers via its software, presenting one or more screens for interpolation of data concerning said desired title information; interpolating the data into one or more screens; storing the interpolated data on one of the database(s); and transmitting the interpolated data to the proper client. Additionally, the method and system provides for logging each of its uses, archiving the data, providing access to the archived data by the proper client, reporting the recordation of documents relating to title information, management of all the data and billing the proper client and/or examiner (or user) for the use of the method and system in the manner proscribed, and facsimile transmission either by way of fax software or by hard copy.

A fax-aware telephone for handling facsimile transmissions over a computer network, such as the Internet, that includes a facsimile processing unit for handling an incoming or outgoing facsimile call, a voice processing unit for handling an incoming or outgoing voice call, a memory unit for storing an incoming facsimile transmission, and a file transfer protocol client for transferring a facsimile transmission to the computer network, an external storage device, or to a printer driver. The fax-aware telephone handles a facsimile call and a voice call together over a single data line from a computer network.

A system and method for fax transmission over a fax relay network that includes at least a wideband portion and a narrowband portion, includes a first fax relay gateway communicatively connecting a sending fax machine on the wideband portion of the network to the narrowband portion of the network, the first fax relay gateway receiving image data from the sending fax machine and outputting digitized image data in accordance with a data rate of the narrowband portion of the fax relay network. A second fax relay gateway, communicatively connects a receiving fax machine to the narrowband portion of the network. At least one of the first fax relay gateway or the second fax relay gateway includes a control process that determines whether an amount of data stored in a buffer in the fax relay gateway is greater or less than a particular threshold or determines that the amount of jitter in the narrow band network exceeds a particular threshold, and if so, initiates a retrain procedure to adjust the fax data rate.

A method for a computer system comprises receiving the facsimile or scanned image comprising a digitized instruction page and document, wherein the instruction page includes an optical representation of an electronic destination address, and wherein the document is encoded in a first format, determining the electronic destination address from the optical representation of the electronic destination address, wherein the electronic destination address need not be known before receiving the facsimile or scanned image, converting the document encoded from the first format to a second format and adding a watermark, determining service provider data, and transmitting the service provider data and the document encoded in the second format to the electronic destination address.

A facsimile method, system and apparatus for sending and receiving facsimiles over one or more networks including a fax sender connected to a network and the PSTN for sending facsimiles, an administrator connected to a network having a processor and at least one database for verifying the identity of the one or more fax receivers and fax senders, at least one fax receiver connected to at least one network for receiving facsimiles wherein the fax sender establishes a connection with the administrator, queries the database to determine the capabilities of the one or more fax receivers, and uses the capability information to send one or more facsimile transmissions to the one or more fax receivers.

A facsimile machine provides file specifying information of a transmission file to an agent software. The agent software runs an appropriate application program in accordance with the file specifying information. By using this function, a prescribed file on a data conversion device is converted directly into an image content via a network from the facsimile machine. Accordingly, a facsimile transmission of the image content to a prescribed destination can be carried out just by an operation from the facsimile machine. As a result, an efficiency of a facsimile transmission process is improved.

An image forming apparatus, an e-mail server, an e-mail facsimile transmission system having the same and an e-mail facsimile setting method of an image forming apparatus. The e-mail facsimile setting method of an image forming apparatus which transmits an e-mail for facsimile transmission to a facsimile server, includes displaying a parameter setting screen applied to a plurality of facsimile servers, inputting a parameter value depending on the displayed parameter setting screen; and transmitting an e-mail with an identification type to correspond to one kind of facsimile server of the plurality of facsimile servers to the facsimile server based on the input setting value. Thus, a setting screen commonly applied to a plurality of facsimile servers is provided to a user, thereby saving time and cost needed in an e-mail facsimile setting.

A novel and unique method, program and apparatus for secured facsimile transmission. It converts the image pixels into 8 bit ASCII characters, encrypting the data and reconverting the encrypted data back into a scrambled image, which is then compressed and transmitted according to international standard of facsimile transmission regulation (CCITT) over an insecure public telephone line to the recipient. The scrambled image is saved in a special memory area of the receiving machine and may be de-scrambled upon an input of a password by the intended recipient.

A system and methods are provided for extracting content from a facsimile transmission, and providing the content to a web site or other content dissemination system. One embodiment provides the content in accordance with control information included in the facsimile transmission. In one embodiment, the system and methods permit originator-users, such as users that otherwise lack resources to create web pages, to conveniently and inexpensively provide content for a web site using a conventional facsimile machine.

A facsimile machine includes an entry unit, a searching unit, a transmitting unit and a control unit. The entry unit accepts a transmission instruction including a destination. The searching unit searches the destination information in a database held by an external database device with the destination as a search key. The transmitting unit executes the facsimile transmission. The control unit causes the searching unit to execute searching for the first time immediately after the acceptance of the transmission instruction by the entry unit and for the second time immediately before the facsimile transmission in the case in which the entry unit accepts the time-specified transmission instruction or immediately before the redialing facsimile transmission and, when it is found that the destination information including the search key exists in the database by the searches for the first time and the second time, causes the transmitting unit to execute the facsimile transmission for the corresponding destination.

Disclosed is a system, method, and program for processing a message in a network computing system including a facsimile transmission comprised of a recipient contact address, e.g., phone number, e-mail address, etc., and one or more attached files. Facsimile transmissions are managed as fax jobs in a fax management system. For each attachment file in the fax job, the fax management system determines a network address of a computer including an application program capable of converting the attachment file to at least one image in a file format. Different computers at different network addresses are capable of converting different attachment file types to at least one image in the file format. The fax management system transmits the attachment file to the computer at the determined network address and the computer receiving the attachment file executes one application program to convert the attachment file to at least one image in a file format. After all the attachment files are converted to at least one image in the file format, the message is sent to a communication port for transmittal to the recipient contact address.