Patent ID: 9491316
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: G06F,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method of delivering a document, the method comprising: associating data indicative of a first fax machine with a first network address of a first computing device that resides at a first company; associating data indicative of a second different fax machine with a second different network address of a second different computing device that resides at a second company, which is different from the first company; responsive to receiving a client inquiry, providing data to populate a list of options configured to be selected by a user; determining that the document is to be faxed to a destination based on a user selection of at least one of the options by the user, the destination being one of the first fax machine and the second fax machine; performing a look-up of previously stored user preferences to determine a delivery mode to deliver the document to the destination, which is different from the first company and different from the second company; determining a selected computing device residing at a selected company by selecting one of the first computing device residing at the first company and the second computing device residing at the second company based on the destination and the delivery mode; transmitting first data indicative of the document from a server to the selected computing device residing at the selected company via a computer network; and faxing the document from the selected computing device residing at the selected company to the destination via a telephone network such that the selected company is the source of the faxed document.