Appeal No. 96-0712 Page 2
Application No. 08/015,756
The invention is directed to a facsimile reception system
wherein a LAN server permits a group of users to share a single
modem residing at that server.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as
follows:
1. A method for transmitting a facsimile document from a
facsimile store-and-forward service computer to a networked
computer system and storing the received facsimile documents in
a file that is associated with an intended recipient of the
facsimile document, wherein the facsimile store-and-forward
service computer is of the type that receives and stores
facsimile documents for multiple users and the networked
computer system is of the type that includes one or more linked
computers, one of which is designated as a central server
computer, the method comprising the steps of:
i) transmitting a first code from a first facsimile-
compatible modem coupled to the central server computer to a
second facsimile-compatible modem coupled to the facsimile
store-and-forward service computer, wherein the first code
indicates to the facsimile store-and-forward service computer a
particular user of the networked computer system who is the
intended recipient of the facsimile document;
ii) transmitting a second code from the first
facsimile-compatible modem to the second facsimile-compatible
modem that causes the facsimile store-and-forward service
computer to transmit any facsimile documents that have been
received for the particular user from the facsimile store-and-
forward service computer to the central server computer;
iii) receiving the facsimile documents at the central
server computer that have been transmitted from the facsimile
store-and-forward service computer; and
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