Patent ID: 7755790
Filing Date: 2010-07-13
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for a computer system comprises: receiving a facsimile transmission from a user in a fax server, wherein the facsimile transmission includes a digitized representation of a document transmitted using a facsimile transmission format; processing the digitized representation of the document to determine a destination e-mail address using the fax server comprising: reformatting at least a portion of the digitized representation of the document into an e-mail attachment format using the fax server; determining advertisement data associated with the facsimile transmission using a third-party advertisement server comprising: forming an e-mail message addressed to the destination e-mail address using the fax server and an e-mail server, wherein the e-mail message includes a body portion and an attachment portion, wherein the body portion includes the advertisement data, and wherein the attachment portion includes the portion of the digitized representation of the document in the e-mail attachment format.