Patent ID: 7307748

Claim:
A method comprising: in response to a facsimile transmission with a facsimile device coupled to a network, automatically capturing data corresponding to the facsimile transmission into metadata and sending over the network the captured metadata to a predetermined address other than a destination of the facsimile transmission using a facsimile protocol of the network, if the facsimile device is operating according to a first automatic mode of operation; and automatically selectively capturing and optionally modifying the data corresponding to the facsimile transmission into the metadata based upon external input data and sending over the network the captured metadata to the predetermined address using a facsimile protocol of the network, if the facsimile device is operating according to a second manual mode of operation, wherein automatically sending the facsimile transmission comprises: generating, without user intervention, metadata representing attributes of the facsimile transmission, encapsulating, without user intervention, the metadata according to one of a plurality of network encapsulation protocols, and transmitting, without user intervention, the encapsulated metadata to a second device indicated by a capture address.