Patent ID: 7202978
Filing Date: 2007-04-10
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. One or more computer readable media storing a program with instructions that upon execution by a computer acting as at least a part of a store and forward facility, the computer having access to a mass storage device and being coupled to a switched telephone network, wherein the stored instructions cause the computer to control operation of the store and forward facility to facilitate facsimile communication between a transmitting facsimile machine and an intended receiving facsimile machine by performing the steps comprising of: a) receiving transmissions from the transmitting facsimile machine via the switched telephone network; b) storing facsimile transmissions together with information identifying the transmitting facsimile machine and the intended receiving facsimile machine; c) transmitting a facsimile message stored in the mass storage device to the intended receiving facsimile machine; d) providing a reply service allowing an addressee associated with the intended receiving facsimile machine to send a reply message which is selected from a reply service menu back to (1) the transmitting facsimile machine or (2) a telephone number designated in an instruction received from a subscriber.