Patent ID: 8643886

Claim:
A database management device comprising: a database, the database operable to receive and store a receiving facsimile advertised communication network capability and a transmitting facsimile advertised communication network capability; a data network, the data network is connected to the database; a transmitting facsimile device; the transmitting facsimile device operable to store and transmit the receiving facsimile advertised communication network capability through the data network and operable to store and transmit the transmitting facsimile advertised communication network capability through the data network; a default communication network, the default communication network connecting the transmitting facsimile device with a receiving facsimile device; and an alternate communication network, the alternate communication network connecting the transmitting facsimile device with the receiving facsimile device; so that the receiving facsimile device and the transmitting facsimile device mutually communicate using either the default communication network or the alternate communication network as determined by a selection logic; where the selection logic is enabled by the database.