Patent ID: 7239406
Filing Date: 2007-07-03
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: processing data corresponding to a facsimile transmission with a facsimile device coupled to a network; determining an operating mode of the facsimile device; if the facsimile device is operating according to a first automatic mode of operation, then automatically capturing the data corresponding to the facsimile transmission into metadata and sending the captured metadata, over the network using a facsimile protocol of the network, to a predetermined address other than a destination of the facsimile transmission; and if the facsimile transmission is operating according to a second manual mode of operation, then automatically selectively capturing and optionally modifying the data corresponding to the facsimile transmission into the metadata based upon external input data and sending the captured metadata, over the network using a facsimile protocol of the network, to the predetermined address.