Patent ID: 7411703

Claim:
A facsimile transmission system, comprising: a first network; a fax source for generating a fax transmission and transmitting the generated fax transmission over said first network; a buffer node interfaced with said first network for receiving said fax transmission therefrom, said buffer node including: a buffer storage area for storing at least a portion of said received fax transmission, a fax transmission device for initiating a fax connection over a second network to a destination fax system, a fax delivery system for delivering said received fax transmission to said destination fax system, a status device for determining the status of the fax delivery by said fax delivery system to said destination fax system, and a status feedback device for forwarding said status information to said fax source through said first network during the delivery operation of said fax transmission to said destination fax by said fax delivery device; and said fax source having a storage area associated therewith for storing said received status information.