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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2008
Philip J. Smith, Beecher, IL (US);
Michael F. Curiel, Crown Point, IN (US);
Jason R. Woods, Tinley Park, IL (US);
Robert S. Gallagher, New Lenox, IL (US);
Ronald A. Stimson, Jr., Milford, IL (US);
Philip J. Smith, Beecher, IL (US);
Michael F. Curiel, Crown Point, IN (US);
Jason R. Woods, Tinley Park, IL (US);
Robert S. Gallagher, New Lenox, IL (US);
Ronald A. Stimson, Jr., Milford, IL (US);
APPLIED SYSTEMS, INC., University Park, IL (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides methods and apparatus for delivering documents. A web based application server transmits a document to a distribution management system. The distribution management system then translates the document if necessary (e.g., from a spreadsheet to a PDF and a fax) and sends the translated document to one or more destinations such as email inboxes, printers, and fax machines. For fax deliveries, the distribution management system sends the document to a particular client device that is associated with the fax destination. For example, the client device that actually transmits the fax may reside at a company, and the fax machine may be at a customer of that company. In this manner, fax transmissions appear to come from the correct source (not the distribution management system), and transmission charges associated with the fax are incurred by the appropriate company (not the company associated with the distribution management system).