A Fax Adapter for Internet Fax-To-Fax Communication
Kai Jin, Chai Kiat Yeo, Siu Cheung Hui, Ing Yann Soon · International Journal of Computers and Applications · 2001
In order to facilitate Internet fax-to-fax communication, an Internet fax adapter (IFA) is designed to provide a seamless interface for traditional fax users to do Internet faxing without changing the mode of faxing operations they are familiar with. The IFA is designed to be inserted between the fax machine and the telephone line socket. It routes fax messages to an Internet fax gateway and captures the destination fax number without user intervention. The user simply needs to operate the fax machine normally by keying in the destination fax number and then feeding in the documents to be faxed. The entire process of routing the fax through the Internet is thus transparent.