System and method for guaranteed high speed fax delivery

摘要

Described herein is a fax processing system that improves the speed and reliability of fax transmissions via a data communications network and provides a new method of transmitting facsimile images. Fax images are encoded with an embedded bit signal by a fax software program on the originating fax, where such bit signal is recognized by fax software at a fax service such that the original image data is transferred to the fax service via a secure link over a data communications network at internet speeds and notifies the fax service software with a confirmation.

主权项

1. A facsimile system for the real-time delivery of facsimile image data of a facsimile communication call comprising:
a software encoder program capable of encoding non-facsimile image digital data bits in an image data; a software decoder program capable of authenticating the non-facsimile-image digital data bits in the image data sent from the software encoder program; the software encoder program capable of sending a message to the software decoder program, the message is selected from a group consisting of a checksum, a number of pages, a number of bytes, a unique identifier of the facsimile image, a unique identifier of the software encoder program, a customer subscriber identification field, a non-standard capabilities field or a fax information field; the software decoder program capable of recognizing the message from the software encoder program and authenticating the facsimile image data and sending an internet link to stream the facsimile image data; the software encoder program capable of streaming the facsimile image data through the internet link using a transport layer, application layer or internet layer protocol; the software decoder program capable of controlling a transmission speed of the facsimile image data; the software decoder program capable of sending a confirmation message to the software encoder program, the confirmation message is selected from a group consisting of a checksum received, a number of received pages, a number of received bytes, or a unique identifier of the received facsimile image data; the software decoder program capable of detecting if the streamed facsimile image data via the internet is complete; the software decoder program capable of sending a T.30 confirmation signal to the software encoder program confirming a completion of the facsimile communication call and terminating the facsimile communication call.