公开(公告)号：US09225851B2

公开(公告)日：2015-12-29

申请号：US14081661

申请日：2013-11-15

Applicant: ADVANCED MESSAGING TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

Inventor： Christian M Watts ,  Edward D. Shephard

IPC: H04M11/00 ,  H04N1/00 ,  H04L12/58 ,  H04M7/00 ,  H04N1/32

CPC classification number: H04N1/001 ,  H04L51/36 ,  H04M7/0024 ,  H04N1/32416 ,  H04N1/32422 ,  H04N2201/3209

Abstract: Methods and systems for processing outbound fax messages in an efficient and scalable manner are provided. According to one embodiment, a request to deliver a fax message is received by an Internet fax system. Source files associated with the request and representing at least a portion of content to be included as part of the fax message are stored to a shared storage area accessible by multiple imaging systems and multiple fax processing resources. A load score is calculated for each imaging system based on one or more of a processor load and a memory load. An imaging system is selected, based on the load scores, to convert the source files into a digital representation suitable for faxing. The source files are converted by associating the digital representation with an outbound fax job. The fax message is delivered by submitting the outbound fax job to one of the fax modems.

Abstract translation: 提供了以有效和可扩展的方式处理出站传真消息的方法和系统。 根据一个实施例，由互联网传真系统接收传送传真消息的请求。 与请求相关联并且表示要作为传真消息的一部分包括的内容的至少一部分的源文件被存储到可被多个成像系统和多个传真处理资源访问的共享存储区域中。 基于处理器负载和存储器负载中的一个或多个来计算每个成像系统的负载分数。 基于负载分数选择成像系统，以将源文件转换成适合于传真的数字表示。 通过将数字表示与出站传真作业关联来转换源文件。 通过将出站传真作业提交给其中一个传真调制解调器来传送传真信息。