Patent ID: 6542261
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A method for communicating a secure FAX document to an intended recipient, said method comprising the steps of:providing destination information and a document to be faxed to a sending facsimile system; providing a code to said sending facsimile system; encrypting said document to be FAXED into an encrypted FAX document, wherein said encrypting further comprises incorporating error protection and redundant data into the document data; faxing a header containing destination information and said encrypted FAX document as a secure FAX document; receiving said secure FAX document at a destination facsimile system; reading said header to determine the intended recipient but, not being able to read said encrypted FAX document portion of the received secure FAX document; providing said secure FAX document to an intended recipient; providing said code by said intended recipient to a decryption system; decrypting said encrypted FAX using said code; and providing a facsimile of said document to be FAXED to said intended recipient.