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 |
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.
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