Patent ID: 7899038
Filing Date: 2011-03-01
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A gateway comprising: a fax receiving module to convert an analog fax transmission to a fax data set; and an Internet Protocol (IP) communication module (a) to encapsulate said fax data set using a first streaming transport protocol and (b) to further encapsulate the encapsulated fax data set using a second streaming transport protocol, wherein the first streaming transport protocol comprises a Fax Relay Protocol (FRP) selected from the group consisting of: wherein the second streaming transport protocol comprises a real-time transport protocol, wherein a twice-encapsulated packet, comprising said fax data set firstly encapsulated using the Fax Relay Protocol and further encapsulated using the real-time transport protocol, comprises properties of the first and second streaming transport protocols, wherein said twice-encapsulated packet is to be either transferred to or received from a switched packet network over User Datagram Protocol and Internet Protocol (UDP/IP).