WO1999040718A1 - Document selection system - Google Patents
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- WO1999040718A1 WO1999040718A1 PCT/AU1999/000078 AU9900078W WO9940718A1 WO 1999040718 A1 WO1999040718 A1 WO 1999040718A1 AU 9900078 W AU9900078 W AU 9900078W WO 9940718 A1 WO9940718 A1 WO 9940718A1
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- document
- company
- identifying number
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- H04N1/00—Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof
- H04N1/32—Circuits or arrangements for control or supervision between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device, e.g. between a still-image camera and its memory or between a still-image camera and a printer device
- H04N1/327—Initiating, continuing or ending a single-mode communication; Handshaking therefor
- H04N1/32765—Initiating a communication
- H04N1/32771—Initiating a communication in response to a request, e.g. for a particular document
- H04N1/32782—Initiating a communication in response to a request, e.g. for a particular document using a tone- or pulse-coded request
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- H04N1/00—Scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission; Details thereof
- H04N1/32—Circuits or arrangements for control or supervision between transmitter and receiver or between image input and image output device, e.g. between a still-image camera and its memory or between a still-image camera and a printer device
- H04N1/327—Initiating, continuing or ending a single-mode communication; Handshaking therefor
- H04N1/32765—Initiating a communication
- H04N1/32771—Initiating a communication in response to a request, e.g. for a particular document
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a document selection system and refers particularly though not exclusively, to a system for selecting documents for delivery via an electronic medium.
- a system commonly known as 'fax on demand allows a caller to select the desired document from a menu
- the available documents are stored in electronic form, and when the caller selects a document from the menu that document is transmitted to the caller's facsimile machine
- the caller To request a document from a "fax on demand" bureau, the caller places a telephone call to a central office number. The equipment at the bureau answers the call, and then prompts the caller to enter an identifying number.
- the identifying number uniquely identifies a stored document which is then sent to the caller's facsimile machine.
- the identifying number is typically a unique number allocated by the bureau and advertised in the company's literature, advertisements, televised information, and the telephone directory.
- a method of obtaining a document including the steps of receiving a telephone call from a customer to a central bureau number, answering the telephone call, raising a prompt for an identifying number, and transmitting to the customer data representing the document identified by said identifying number; the identifying number being a telephone number of a company associated with the document.
- a method of obtaining a document including the steps of receiving a telephone call from a customer to a central bureau number, answering the telephone call, raising a prompt for an identifying number, providing a prompt to the caller to enter a further number to nominate a particular document, and transmitting to the customer data 3 representing the document identified by the identifying number; the identifying number being a telephone number of a company, individual, or other organisation or entity associated with the document.
- the invention also provides a method of obtaining a document including the steps of placing a telephone call to a central bureau number, answering a prompt when raised and entering an identifying number as the answer, and receiving the document; the identifying number being a telephone number of a company associated with the document.
- the central bureau may be operated independently of the company. Alternatively, it may be operated directly by the company.
- the invention also includes the means for carrying out the steps of the method of obtaining a particular document described in the preceding paragraphs.
- controller 3 speech synthesiser 4, and facsimile database 5 are the major parts of the apparatus of a 'fax-on-demand' bureau.
- a number of documents relating to a number of companies are stored in electronic form on database 5.
- a person wishing to obtain a copy of a particular document places a call to the bureau from facsimile machine FAX 1 using the public switched telephone network PSTN 2.
- Controller 3 answers the call and then uses speech synthesiser 4 to send a voice message to the caller requesting the person to enter the telephone number of the company whose 4 products/services is the subject of their enquiry. The person then enters in the relevant telephone number, which is received by controller 3.
- Controller 3 then accesses database 5 to find the documents associated with the telephone number received.
- the caller is so advised, using speech synthesiser 4. If there is one document, the caller is instructed to place their facsimile machine into 'receive' mode, after which controller 3 retrieves the relevant document and sends it by facsimile transmission to FAX 1 via PSTN 2. If there are multiple documents associated with the received telephone number, the person is so advised and requested to make a selection from a menu of available documents, each document having a further identifying number. Upon the person entering the correct number the particular document selected is transmitted.
- the delivery medium can be a data network, such as the internet
- the data format can be an image file, hypertext markup language file, text file, sound file, moving image file, or information in any other appropriate form.
- a computer may be used in place of the facsimile machine.
- the documents relative to a particular company may be obtained from the web site of the company, via the world wide web. If required, further prompts may be raised with the person so that the web site of the company concerned can be followed to obtain the correct documents.
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Priority Applications (5)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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AU25038/99A AU2503899A (en) | 1998-02-05 | 1999-02-05 | Document selection system |
EP19990904621 EP1074142A4 (en) | 1998-02-05 | 1999-02-05 | Document selection system |
IL13770399A IL137703A0 (en) | 1998-02-05 | 1999-02-05 | Document selection system |
JP2000531008A JP2002503062A (en) | 1998-02-05 | 1999-02-05 | Document selection system |
CA002320139A CA2320139A1 (en) | 1998-02-05 | 1999-02-05 | Document selection system |
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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AUPP1639 | 1998-02-05 | ||
AUPP1639A AUPP163998A0 (en) | 1998-02-05 | 1998-02-05 | Document selection system |
Publications (1)
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WO1999040718A1 true WO1999040718A1 (en) | 1999-08-12 |
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Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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PCT/AU1999/000078 WO1999040718A1 (en) | 1998-02-05 | 1999-02-05 | Document selection system |
Country Status (7)
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EP (1) | EP1074142A4 (en) |
JP (1) | JP2002503062A (en) |
CN (1) | CN1290450A (en) |
AU (1) | AUPP163998A0 (en) |
CA (1) | CA2320139A1 (en) |
IL (1) | IL137703A0 (en) |
WO (1) | WO1999040718A1 (en) |
Citations (4)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US5068888A (en) * | 1989-08-11 | 1991-11-26 | Afd Systems, Inc. | Interactive facsimile information retrieval system and method |
US5136634A (en) * | 1989-03-10 | 1992-08-04 | Spectrafax Corp. | Voice operated facsimile machine network |
US5532838A (en) * | 1993-12-27 | 1996-07-02 | Barbari; Edward P. | Method & apparatus for dynamically creating and transmitting documents via facsimile equipment |
EP0762729A2 (en) * | 1995-09-07 | 1997-03-12 | Sagem Sa | Method for managing a communication between a facsimile document server and a facsimile device connected to a telephone receiver |
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- 1998-02-05 AU AUPP1639A patent/AUPP163998A0/en not_active Abandoned
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- 1999-02-05 IL IL13770399A patent/IL137703A0/en unknown
- 1999-02-05 CN CN99802731A patent/CN1290450A/en active Pending
- 1999-02-05 WO PCT/AU1999/000078 patent/WO1999040718A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1999-02-05 JP JP2000531008A patent/JP2002503062A/en not_active Withdrawn
- 1999-02-05 CA CA002320139A patent/CA2320139A1/en not_active Abandoned
- 1999-02-05 EP EP19990904621 patent/EP1074142A4/en not_active Withdrawn
Patent Citations (4)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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US5136634A (en) * | 1989-03-10 | 1992-08-04 | Spectrafax Corp. | Voice operated facsimile machine network |
US5068888A (en) * | 1989-08-11 | 1991-11-26 | Afd Systems, Inc. | Interactive facsimile information retrieval system and method |
US5532838A (en) * | 1993-12-27 | 1996-07-02 | Barbari; Edward P. | Method & apparatus for dynamically creating and transmitting documents via facsimile equipment |
EP0762729A2 (en) * | 1995-09-07 | 1997-03-12 | Sagem Sa | Method for managing a communication between a facsimile document server and a facsimile device connected to a telephone receiver |
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CA2320139A1 (en) | 1999-08-12 |
CN1290450A (en) | 2001-04-04 |
AUPP163998A0 (en) | 1998-02-26 |
IL137703A0 (en) | 2001-10-31 |
EP1074142A4 (en) | 2002-11-06 |
JP2002503062A (en) | 2002-01-29 |
EP1074142A1 (en) | 2001-02-07 |
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