Method and system for increasing the compatibility of a fax machine

摘要

An method and system for increasing the compatibility of a fax machine enables one to make a fax machine compatible with at least one other fax machine feature set. The invention includes selecting a compatibility module to handle a fax transmission based on a frame of information provided by another fax machine. The compatibility module interprets this information and maps it to a capabilities object. A messaging protocol module reads this capabilities object to determine the available capabilities.