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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Franklin Fite, Jr, Bellevue, WA (US);
Arul Menezes, Bellevue, WA (US);
Sharad Mathur, Redmond, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358434 ; 358438 ;
Abstract
An method and system for increasing the compatibility of a fax machine enables one to make a fax machine compatible with at least one other fax machine feature set. The invention includes selecting a compatibility module to handle a fax transmission based on a frame of information provided by another fax machine. The compatibility module interprets this information and maps it to a capabilities object. A messaging protocol module reads this capabilities object to determine the available capabilities.