Patent ID: 7215438
Filing Date: 2007-05-08
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A transmitting method of an Internet facsimile system, the Internet facsimile system comprising a telephone network, a transmitting network, a server and an office machine, the server having therein a network interface and a memory unit, the office machine comprising a data storage means and a network interface, wherein the office machine transmits a fax through the telephone network and establishes a connection with the server through the transmitting network, and wherein the storage means has a memory capacity much less than that of the memory unit, the method comprising following steps: (a) scanning paper documents into the office machine to create scanned image data; (b) storing the scanned image data in the storage means; (c) transmitting a transmitting signal and the scanned image data from the storage means to the memory unit of the server through the transmitting network, and storing the transmitting signal and the scanned image data in the memory unit; (d) after completion of said transmitting and storing steps, accessing the transmitting signal and the scanned image data from the memory unit by the office machine, and obtaining a fax number of another machine to which the stored image data is to be transmitted; (e) activating the office machine to establish a connection with the other machine, accessing the data stored in the server, and transmitting the accessed data to the other machine through the telephone network; and (f) deleting the stored data and signal from the server.