US 11,689,681 B2
Method and system for distributing and receiving fax transmissions via a data connection that is owned by a service provider
Francis Toscano, Kendall Park, NJ (US)
Assigned to CONSENSUS CLOUD SOLUTIONS, LLC, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed by J2 Cloud Services, LLC, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/473,854.
Prior Publication US 2023/0083081 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 1/327 (2006.01); H04L 65/1043 (2022.01); H04L 65/1104 (2022.01); H04L 65/1106 (2022.01)
CPC H04N 1/32708 (2013.01) [H04L 65/1043 (2013.01); H04L 65/1104 (2022.05); H04L 65/1106 (2022.05); H04N 1/32726 (2013.01); H04N 1/32765 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a fax server of a fax service provider, the fax server is executing fax processing software, the method comprising:
receiving a signaling protocol invite from a telephone service provider in response to the telephone service provider receiving, over a circuit switched network and from a source device, an incoming call signal to a fax telephone number of a cloud-based service provider;
responding to the invite by establishing, over a data network, a data connection based on the signaling protocol with the telephone service provider, wherein the data connection is owned by the cloud-based service provider;
receiving, through the data connection, an incoming fax message that is in a fax format and is routed by the telephone service provider as the source device transmits the incoming fax message via the incoming call signal over the circuit switched network; and
transmitting, over the data network, the fax message to a destination address.