Patent ID: 8630011

Claim:
A method of delivering documents via facsimile, comprising: identifying a recipient of a document to be sent via facsimile; identifying a corresponding recipient facsimile number for the document to be sent via facsimile; determining, by a processor of a computing device, if the recipient facsimile number has been registered as a secure facsimile number, wherein determining comprises: querying a database module comprising a list of secure facsimile numbers, and determining, responsive to querying, a result, wherein the result identifies whether the recipient facsimile number is on the list of secure facsimile numbers; transmitting, by the processor, a registration request to the recipient facsimile number when either (a) the recipient facsimile number has not been previously registered as a secure facsimile number or (b) registration of the facsimile number as a secure facsimile number has expired; delivering, by the processor, the document via facsimile and one or more previously unsent documents to the recipient facsimile number after the recipient facsimile number is registered as a secure facsimile number.