Patent ID: 8077855

Claim:
A system comprising: one or more computer-readable media; and computer-readable instructions on the one or more computer-readable media which, when executed, provide fax addressing functionality configured to: provide, on a display, a graphic user interface (GUI) to a fax application that facilitates a user to compose a fax including addressing information for a fax recipient, the GUI comprising one or more fields which permit entry of data relating to the fax; provide, via the GUI, multiple different ways that enable the user to address the fax, at least one of which enabling the user to enter, via an input device, addressing information of the fax recipient into at least one of the one or more fields; help the user enter the addressing information in a fax format; provide at least a portion of the addressing information onto an addressing line for the fax; resolve fax formatted addressing information as valid information; in response to determining that the fax formatted addressing information is resolved, present the fax formatted addressing information with underlining and enclosed in angle brackets; provide multiple address book support to enable the user to select from amongst multiple different address books, at least one of which being a messaging application programming interface (MAPI)-compliant address book; and encode fax format addresses to use the fax format addresses in MAPI-compliant contexts.