Claims
- 1. A system for communicating an email to an email destination from a facsimile protocol compliant communication device, comprising:
a facsimile server configured to receive, from the facsimile protocol compliant communication device, a facsimile in a facsimile image format, the facsimile including a representation of an email address that references the email destination; a character recognizer in communication with the facsimile server and configured to extract the email address from the facsimile; a first format converter configured to receive the facsimile and convert the facsimile image format to an email format suitable for transport over an email system; and an email server configured to receive the email and extracted email address and transmit the email to the email destination.
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] The present application is a continuation application from co-pending, commonly assigned U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/537,830 filed on Mar. 28, 2000, entitled “FAX-TO-EMAIL AND EMAIL-TO-FAX COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD” by Henry, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety for all purposes.
Continuations (1)
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Number |
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Parent |
09537820 |
Mar 2000 |
US |
Child |
10155808 |
May 2002 |
US |