Patent ID: 8184316
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a computing device, a first recipient facsimile number and a first document; determining, by the computing device, that the first recipient facsimile number is stored in a database as a secure recipient facsimile number; sending, by the computing device, the first document to a machine associated with the first recipient facsimile number; receiving, by the computing device, a second recipient facsimile number and a second document; determining, by the computing device, that the second recipient facsimile number is not stored in the database as a secure recipient facsimile number; sending, by the computing device, to a machine associated with the second recipient facsimile number, a request to register the second recipient facsimile number as a secure facsimile number; receiving, by the computing device, a request that identifies the second recipient facsimile number as the secure facsimile number; storing, by the computing device, the second recipient facsimile number in the database, wherein storing the second recipient facsimile number comprises storing an expiration date of registration for the second recipient facsimile number; sending, by the computing device, the second document to the machine associated with the second recipient facsimile number; receiving, by the computing device, a third recipient facsimile number and a third document; determining, by the computing device, that the third recipient facsimile number is not stored in the database as a secure recipient facsimile number; sending, by the computing device, to a machine associated with the third recipient facsimile number, a request to register the third recipient facsimile number as an other secure facsimile number; determining, by the computing device, that a request that identifies the third recipient facsimile number as the other secure facsimile number has not been received; and holding, by the computing device, the third document until after the request that identifies the third recipient facsimile number as the other secure facsimile number is received.