Patent ID: 8249228

Claim:
A method for transmitting a document via a phone connection, comprising: automatically making a call to a machine, wherein a fax server performs the calling; if the machine answers the call: transmitting the document to the machine; and terminating the call after transmission of the document is complete; if a person answers the call: telling the person about the transmission of the document, wherein the fax server performs the telling; if verification is required to deliver the document to the person, prompting the person to supply a verification code, wherein the fax server performs the prompting; if the verification code is received from the person, determining if the verification code is valid, wherein the fax server performs the determining; if the verification code is not valid, playing an error message to the person, wherein the fax server performs the playing; and if the verification code is valid or if verification is not required to deliver the document to the person, providing interactive voice controls to the person to transfer control of delivering the document over the phone connection from the fax server to the person.