Patent SG-11201805167Q-A (SG)
Title: System and method for remote fax interconnect
Inventor: CICHIELO ROBERT
IPC: H04L12/42
Filed: 2016-12-19
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property -, I1 Organization M11111011010101H HO 11111 011101011011011H0111 00 111110111011# International Bureau ... .1 2d ..... ...... (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date WO 2017/106813 Al 22 June 2017(22.06.2017) WIPO I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HO4L 12/46 (2006.01) HO4L 12/42 (2006.01) HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, HO4L 12/28 (2006.01) KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, (21) International Application Number: NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, PCT/US2016/067447 RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, (22) International Filing Date: TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, 19 December 2016 (19.12.2016) ZA, ZM, ZW. (25) Filing Language: English (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, (26) Publication Language: English GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, (30) Priority Data: TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, 62/269,826 18 December 2015 (18.12.2015) US TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, (71) Applicant: ETHERFAX, LLC [US/US]; 101 Crawfords LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, Corner Road, Holmdel, NJ 07733 (US). SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, (72) Inventors: CICHIELO, Robert, N.; 23 Alpaugh Drive, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Asbury, NJ 08802 (US). BANCO, Paul, J.; 57 Woodhol- Declarations under Rule 4.17: low Road, Colts Neck, NJ 07722 (US). STURNIOLO, — of inventorship (Rule 4. 17(iv)) Emil; 4050 Alameda Court, Medina, OH 44256 (US). (74) Agent: FARIS, Robert, W.; Nixon & Vanderhye P.C., Published: 901 North Glebe Road, 11th Floor, Arlington, VA 22203- — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) 1808 (US). — before the expiration of the time limit for amending the = (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every claims and to be republished in the event of receipt of kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, amendments (Rule 48.2(h)) AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, = = = (54) Title: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE FAX INTERCONNECT = = = _ ETHERFAX FEDERATED ECOSYSTEM • General Purpose - Applications 610 = 620 = 1 A7 licrt - Fax Server etherFAX \"virtual :\ Office/ 660 etherFAX = 6 00 Exchange, U 0 adapter installed Cloud Data Center = ion fax server. j 601 = ull 630 400 , ,, t ° ' TSP B 672 A tIO I 640 TSP-A 671 ... 670 Public - I Purpose Built Devices Internet NO ii Sharp Server operates ? _681 mi Xerox • Ricoh Il behind corporate firewall. ,., 690 ¨ DFSP • Etc. .4 602 Cr) • Purpose Built Applications P a l RFC protocol ensures confidentiality between fax virtual adapter and etherFAX Cloud Data B DFSP-A • • 680 - - - - i • SAP GC il Microsoft Dynamics Cent& Ensures confidentiality between ''' 0 Figure 6 etherFAX Cloud Data Center arid Distributed Fax Service Provider ... , Il • -.... IN Il (57) : Systems and methods for the virtualization, aggregation, enhancement, and distributed processing of facsimile cam- = munications. The Remote FAX Interconnect known as etherFAX® is a system and method that allows for the reception and delivery \" of information to or from one or more facsimile systems using Internet/web based communication protocols such as HTTP(S) as the 0 transport between a cooperating facsimile capable application or hardware and the remotely accessible etherFAX® services.