Claims
- 1. A system for transmitting a facsimile to an email destination, comprising:
a facsimile server configured to receive the facsimile from a facsimile protocol compliant communication device, the facsimile including an email address designating the email destination; a character recognizer in communication with the facsimile server and configured to identify the email address from the facsimile; a format converter in communication with the facsimile server and configured to convert the facsimile to an email; and an email server configured to deliver the email to the email destination designated by the email address.
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] The present application is a continuation-in-part application from co-pending, commonly assigned U.S. patent application Ser. No. [to be assigned] filed on May 24, 2002, entitled “FAX-TO-EMAIL AND EMAIL-TO-FAX COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD” by Henry, which is a continuation application of 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 disclosures of both of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety for all purposes.
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