Method and apparatus for communicating fax data over the internet
US7899038B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 30, 2006 |
| Grant date | Mar 1, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 4, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/164
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Gateway, method, and apparatus for communicating fax data over the Internet. A gateway includes: a fax receiving module adapted to convert an analog fax transmission to a fax data set; and an Internet Protocol (IP) communication module adapted to encapsulate said data set using a first streaming protocol and b further encapsulate the encapsulated data set using a second streaming protocol; wherein the first streaming protocol comprises a fax relay protocol and the second streaming protocol comprises a real-time protocol; wherein encapsulation of said data set using the fax relay protocol comprises encapsulation of said data set into a payload of network packet comprising a fax relay protocol packet; wherein further encapsulation of said encapsulated data set using the real-time protocol comprises inclusion of said fax relay protocol packet into a higher layer payload of network packet comprising a real-time protocol packet; wherein the gateway is to transfer to a switched packet network a twice-encapsulated packet comprising said data set firstly encapsulated using the fax relay protocol and further encapsulated using the real-time protocol.
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