Patent ID: 7937444

Claim:
A method for facilitating transmission of data from a sender to a recipient, comprising: receiving a call at an administration telephone number, the administration telephone number configured to facilitate recording of audio data; receiving at a network service node associated with the administration telephone number the data for transmission; providing by the network service node a sender prompt that includes a first option to transmit, to a receiving device which is configured to receive an electronic mail message, the received data as an attachment to the electronic mail message and a second option to transmit, to the receiving device which is configured to receive a facsimile message, the received data as the facsimile message; responsive to receiving selection of the first option by the sender and the data being Dual Tone Multi Frequency (DTMF) signals representing text characters, converting the Dual Tone Multi Frequency (DTMF) signals to an audio file; attaching the audio file as the attachment to the electronic mail message; and delivering the electronic mail message to the receiving device which is configured to receive the electronic mail message; responsive to receiving selection of the first option by the sender and the data being the audio data, saving the audio data as the audio file; attaching the audio file as the attachment to the electronic mail message; and delivering the electronic mail message to the receiving device which is configured to receive the electronic mail message; responsive to receiving selection of the second option by the sender and the data being the audio data, converting the audio data into a format associated with a facsimile device and delivering the converted audio data to the receiving device which is configured to receive the facsimile message; and responsive to receiving selection of the second option by the sender and the data being Dual Tone Multi Frequency (DTMF) signals representing text characters, converting the Dual Tone Multi Frequency (DTMF) signals to a text message and delivering the text message to the receiving device which is configured to receive the facsimile message; and responsive to receiving selection of at least one of the first or second options by the sender, prompting the sender for a delivery address associated with the selected receiving device.