Patent ID: 6707580
Filing Date: 2004-03-16
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04N

Abstract:
A communication system for communicating information found originally as an image on paper, said system comprising:a public switched telephone network (â€œPSNâ€ ); a computer network; a server being in communication with said PSN and being in communication with said computer network; a facsimile for generating facsimile information from information found originally as an image on paper, said facsimile communicating with said PSN along a communications link; an interface being responsive to signals received at said interface to function in an e-mail mode, during which said interface initiates communication between said server and said facsimile, transmits to the server a sender entered destination address associated with said computer network, and cooperates with said facsimile to accomplish transmission of facsimile information from said facsimile to said server using a facsimile protocol via said PSN, wherein said facsimile and said server engage in facsimile protocol handshake with one another.