Patent ID: 8576455
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: G06K,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method implemented in a fax machine for analyzing and processing a received fax document, the fax document being in the form of an image, comprising: (a) performing optical character recognition on the image to extract textual content of the received fax document; (b) determining whether a sender of the received fax document is identical to a receiver of any faxes sent by the fax machine within a predefined time period before a time of receipt of the received fax document; (c) determining whether the received fax document contains only one or two pages; (d) detecting keywords indicating an auto-reply in the extracted textual content; (e) detecting keywords indicating a received status in the extracted textual content; (f) determining whether the received fax document is an auto-reply based on the determination and detection results in steps (b) through (e); and (g) when the received fax document is determined not to be an auto-reply, printing the fax document, and when the received fax document is determined to be an auto-reply, taking an alternative action.