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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 26, 1996
Edward Stanley Szurkowski, Maplewood, NJ (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
In a communications system for conducting a teleconference, a voice bridge is employed to establish communication connections with attendees of the teleconference. In addition, a facsimile bridge is employed to distribute facsimile data associated with the teleconference. In an illustrative embodiment, the attendees provide, through the communication connections, their facsimile numbers which may be used by the facsimile bridge to distribute the facsimile data to those attendees. Alternatively, through the communication connections, the voice bridge provides the attendees with an access number for retrieving the facsimile data from the facsimile bridge.