Patent ID: 7268899

Claim:
A system for providing secure delivery of documents sent by facsimile transmission to remote users, comprising: a plurality of remote systems for documents sent by facsimile transmission, each remote system including: a security apparatus integrated within a kiosk for identifying and for validating an identity of a user, the security apparatus including identification of a user before accepting a first document sent by facsimile transmission utilizing at least one apparatus for scanning a finger print of a user, scanning a set of facial characteristics of a user, or scanning an eye of a user; and at least one repository server connected to the remote systems for storing at least one or more documents sent by facsimile transmission and for transmitting a first document sent by facsimile transmission to one of the remote systems at which the user has been identified and validated, wherein the user is able to receive the first document at any of the remote systems at which the user has been identified and validated.