Opinion ID: 147423
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Heading: Bobo

Text: The Bobo patent, U.S. Patent No. 5,675,507 (Bobo) has a priority date of April 28, 1995. Bobo claims a system wherein users may access faxes by receiving HTML pages on the Web. Specifically, Bobo's claim 1 teaches: A network message storage and delivery system, comprising: means for receiving an incoming call and for detecting an address signal associated with said incoming call, said address signal associated with a user of said message storage and delivery system; means for receiving a message accompanied with said address signal, said message being in a first file format; means for converting said message from said first file format to a second file format; means for storing said message in said second file format in a storage area; means for receiving a request from said user for said message and for retrieving said message from said storage area; and means for transmitting a least a portion of said message in said second file format to said user; wherein said portion of said message is transmitted to said user over the network, said second file format is a mixed media page layout language and comprises a standard generalized mark-up language. Bobo col.20 l.64-col.21 l.18. The system allows the user to view faxes as text only, as text accompanied by a full-size image of the first page of the fax, or as text accompanied by a smaller thumbnail image of the first page of the fax. The user can also elect to view images of all of the pages of the fax in either full-size or thumbnail form. The user's preferred method of viewing the faxes is stored in a database to be retrieved for future inquiries.