Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Hewlett-packard Company

John P Wolf

Steven G Henry

Kristin M Smith

A device scans text of an image media and generates text data corresponding to the scanned text. A research component of the device generates a phrase list from the text data and initiates research for information corresponding to the phrase list.

Information research initiated from a scanned image media

The present invention provides facsimile communication devices, communication systems and facsimile communication methods. According to one aspect of the present invention, a facsimile communication device comprises: a first input configured to receive a nonfacsimile destination designator; a second input configured to receive data to be communicated to the nonfacsimile destination designator; a processor configured to provide the nonfacsimile destination designator within a facsimile protocol file; and a facsimile modem coupled with the second input and adapted to communicate, using facsimile protocol communications, the data and the facsimile protocol file.

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Eagle, ID, United States of America

John P Wolf