Patent ID: 7218424
Filing Date: 2007-05-15
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for facsimile transmission over a packet network, comprising: establishing a facsimile call between first and second facsimile terminals in accordance with a facsimile protocol, using a facsimile gateway to convey communications between the terminals over the packet network; awaiting arrival at the gateway of a complete page of actual facsimile data conveyed over the packet network from the first terminal, to be transmitted from the gateway to the second terminal as provided by the protocol; transmitting a fill page from the gateway to the second terminal if the complete page of actual facsimile data does not arrive within a time limit determined in accordance with the protocol, the fill page comprising at least one entire page of content that is created by the gateway; and receiving the complete page of actual facsimile data at the gateway and transmitting the complete page from the gateway to the second terminal after transmitting the fill page.