| 摘要 |
A telephone network carrying a facsimile transmission transmitted by a user from a facsimile transmission source modifies the user's facsimile transmission by incorporating with the user's facsimile information at least one advertisement, so as to form a combination facsimile transmission that is transmitted to a destination specified by the user. Ultimately, when the facsimile is printed or displayed, the advertisement will be printed or displayed as well. One or more "sheets" of facsimile information contained within the original facsimile transmission of the user may have an advertisement included therewith. The advertisement incorporated with each sheet may, but need not, be the same. The particular advertisements being incorporated with the user's facsimile information are independent of the content of the user's facsimile information, although they may be selected as a function of one or more parameters of the call over which the facsimile transmission travels. Depending on the option chosen, the advertisement may a) be placed into any available "white space" in which it will fit on the sheet of the facsimile information, i.e., the advertisement will not overwrite any of the user's facsimile information, b) be placed in available white space only in the margin areas of the sheet, or c) the image of the sheet may be shrunk slightly and the advertisement placed in the resulting available white space. Optionally, in exchange for agreeing to the inclusion of the advertisement the facsimile transmitter and/or the facsimile receiver are granted a discount on the cost of the call.
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