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System and method for automatically indexing facsimile transmissions received in a computerized image management system
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1991-04-30
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Granted: 1993-08-10
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Expires: 2011-04-30
Abstract
Abstract A system and method is provided for automatically indexing facsimile transmissions into an image management system by applying telephony data accompanying the fax transmission to index the transmission by use of a substitution table. In correlating telephony data functionally related to the sender identification to the image without having to read such data from the image itself by means of optical character recognition or the like, image data is first transmitted in facsimile form to an image management system where it is received and stored. Simultaneously, telephony data is received by the system associated with the image transmission. The system then processes the telephony data to detect the identity of the sender by means of a lookup table correlating the telephony number to the sender, whereupon the received image data is thereby associated with the detected sender identification. In a particular embodiment, the telephony data will further include data functionally related to enabling detection of length of call, day, date, and/or length of transmission, such supplemental parameters being employed in the indexing process for routing of the received image.
Inventors
- 👤 Charles J. Clarkson
- 👤 John E. St. Lawrence, Jr.
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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2026-10-26 21:04
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/32; H04N1/32101; H04N1/32106; H04N1/32122; H04N2201/00; H04N2201/32; H04N2201/3201; H04N2201/3202; H04N2201/3204; H04N2201/3205; H04N2201/3209; H04N2201/3212; H04N2201/3214; H04N2201/3215; H04N2201/3221; H04N2201/3274; H04N2201/3278
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 28
Claim 1
Independent Claim
76 words
For use in an image management system, a method for correlating images and transmission sources of said images comprising receiving a transmission of telephony data including an image component; recording the source and time of said received transmission; storing said image component; recording the time of storing of said image component; and correlating said time of storing of said image component with said time of said received transmission, thereby correlating said image component with said source.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
76 words
For use in an image management system, a method for correlating images and transmission sources of said images comprising receiving a transmission of telephony data including an image component; recording the source and time of said received transmission; storing said image component; recording the time of storing of said image component; and correlating said time of storing of said image component with said time of said received transmission, thereby correlating said image component with said source.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
39 words
The method of claim 1 further including recording the duration of said transmission; and estimating said time of said received transmission as a function of said time of storing of said image component and said duration of said transmission.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
47 words
The method of claim 2 further including establishing an expected difference between said time of said received transmission and said estimated time of said received transmission having a preselected magnitude; and wherein said correlating said image component and said source is as a function of said difference.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
69 words
The method of claim 3 further including storing image management data prior to said transmission of telephony data functionally related to said image component: detecting from said transmission of telephony data a characteristic of said image data; retrieving a portion of said image management data as a function of said detected characteristic; and processing said image component as a function of said retrieved portion of said image management data.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 4 wherein said characteristic of said image data is selected from a group comprising the magnitude of said image component and said time of said received transmission.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 5 wherein said step of processing said image component comprises routing said image component as a function of said magnitude.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 6 wherein said step of processing said image component comprises routing aid image component as a function of said time of transmission.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method of claim 3 wherein said correlating is only when the difference between said time of said received transmission and said estimated time of said received transmission are within said preselected magnitude.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 8 wherein said preselected magnitude is a function of delay in said system between said receiving of said transmission and said storing of said image component.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
54 words
The method of claim 9 further including detecting absence of such correlation and wherein when said absence is detected, said expected difference is increased by a preselected increment; and wherein said correlating between said image component and said source is as a function of the sum of said expected difference and said preselected increment.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
119 words
A computerized system for managing images comprising receiving means for receiving a telephony transmission including an image component; recording means interconnected to said receiving means for recording time, duration, and an indication of source of said telephony transmission; storing means interconnected to said receiving means for storing said image component and the time of storing of said image component; estimating means interconnected to said recording means and said storing means for determining an estimated time of said telephony transmission from said time of storing of said image component; and means interconnected to said estimating and said storing means for correlating said indication of source of said telephony transmission with said image component as a function of said estimated time.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
119 words
A computerized system for managing images comprising receiving means for receiving a telephony transmission including an image component; recording means interconnected to said receiving means for recording time, duration, and an indication of source of said telephony transmission; storing means interconnected to said receiving means for storing said image component and the time of storing of said image component; estimating means interconnected to said recording means and said storing means for determining an estimated time of said telephony transmission from said time of storing of said image component; and means interconnected to said estimating and said storing means for correlating said indication of source of said telephony transmission with said image component as a function of said estimated time.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
74 words
A system for correlating images and transmission sources of said images comprising means for receiving a transmission of telephony data including an image component; means for recording the source and time of said transmission; means for storing said image component and the time of said storing of said image component; and means for correlating said image component with said source from said recorded time of transmission and said time of storing said image component.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
74 words
A system for correlating images and transmission sources of said images comprising means for receiving a transmission of telephony data including an image component; means for recording the source and time of said transmission; means for storing said image component and the time of said storing of said image component; and means for correlating said image component with said source from said recorded time of transmission and said time of storing said image component.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
41 words
The system of claim 12 further including means for recording the duration of said transmission; and means for estimating said time of transmission as a function of said time of storing of said image component and said duration of said transmission.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
46 words
The system of claim 13 further including means for establishing an expected difference between said time of transmission and said estimated time of transmission having a preselected magnitude; and wherein said correlating said image component and said source is as a function of said expected difference.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
77 words
The system of claim 14 further including means for storing image management data prior to said transmission of telephony data functionally related to said image component; means for detecting from said transmission of telephony data a characteristic of said image data; means for retrieving a portion of said image management data as a function of said detected characteristic; and means for processing said image component as a function of said retrieved portion of said image management data.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
29 words
The system of claim 15 wherein said characteristic of said image data is selected from a group comprising the magnitude of said image component and said time of transmission.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
20 words
The system of claim 15 further including means for routing said image component as a function of said preselected magnitude.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
21 words
The system of claim 16 further including means for routing said image component as a function of said time of transmission.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
29 words
The system of claim 14 wherein said correlating is only when the difference between said time of transmission and said estimated time of transmission are within said preselected magnitude.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
27 words
The system of claim 19 wherein said preselected magnitude is a function of delay in said system between said transmission and said storing of said image component.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
48 words
The system of claim 20 wherein when said correlating is detected, said expected difference is increased by a preselected increment; and wherein said correlating between said image component and said source is then determined as a function of the sum of said expected difference and said preselected increment.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
115 words
A computer program for use in an image management system to correlate the source of a telephony transmission which includes an image component with said image component comprising telephony server code means for generating a call log having, for each of a plurality of said telephony transmissions, a telephony transmission receipt time, and a corresponding source of said telephony transmission; fax server code means for storing said image component and a time of said storing of said image component, and determining an estimate for said receipt time from said time of storing of said image component; and indexing code means for correlating said image component and said source from said estimate of said receipt time.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
115 words
A computer program for use in an image management system to correlate the source of a telephony transmission which includes an image component with said image component comprising telephony server code means for generating a call log having, for each of a plurality of said telephony transmissions, a telephony transmission receipt time, and a corresponding source of said telephony transmission; fax server code means for storing said image component and a time of said storing of said image component, and determining an estimate for said receipt time from said time of storing of said image component; and indexing code means for correlating said image component and said source from said estimate of said receipt time.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
17 words
The program of claim 22 wherein said image component of said telephony transmission is a facsimile transmission.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
84 words
The program code of claim 23, wherein said fax server code means includes code means for searching said call log to detect a match between one of a plurality of said telephony transmission receipt times and a corresponding said estimate for one of said receipt times within a preselected differential; increasing said preselected differential upon failing to detect said match; re-searching said call log to detect said match within said increased preselected differential; and repeating the previous two steps until said match is detected.
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