Patent ID: 6597688
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A system for supporting a message delivery service, comprising:a plurality of processing servers each being coupled to communicate with a plurality of first outbound resources and a database server, over an internal packet-switched data network, the database server containing account information on customers of the message delivery service, each processing server implements a router-filter and a message queue, the message queue to store request messages that are received from a customer of the message delivery service over an external packet-switched data network, the router-filter to obtain a request message from the queue while polling the queue for pending requests, validate a customer associated with said request message after accessing the account information in the database server, and determine to which of the plurality of first outbound resources to assign said request message, each of the first resources being capable of converting an input request message into a format capable of being received by a fax machine over a telephone network.