Method for transmitting fax messages from a fax message sending device to a fax message receiving device

US10057454B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• retarus GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Martin Hager · Jena, DE
• Michael Grauvogl · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 8, 2016
• Grant date: Aug 21, 2018
• Expiry date: Apr 6, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04N2201/3204
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a method of transmitting fax messages from at least one fax message sending device to at least one fax message receiving device. The method is implemented in a fax communication device driver. The method comprises the steps of receiving, from a fax server software module, fax data associated with a fax message to be transmitted from a fax message sending device to a fax message receiving device; deciding, on the basis of at least one predetermined routing rule, whether to route the fax data to the fax communication device or to the cloud provider; and based on a decision result, selectively transmitting the fax data to the fax communication device or to the cloud provider for transmission to the fax message receiving device.