Folks,
Black and White Software was selling software that monitored a fax modem
on NeXT computers and forwarded incoming faxes to e-mail addresses back
in 1992. If you need more information, I can dig up advertisements for
the product from NeXTWorld magazine. I used the product (and know other
who did as well.) It seems to be prior art to the fax via e-mail patents.
If you all need more help, just ping me.
Thanks,
David
Brian West wrote:
Anyone know a really good patent lawyers... Here are a list of
patents we have been accused of violating: (And yes we run Asterisk
+spandsp)
5675507 - Message storage and delivery system (voicemail)
6208638 - Method and apparatus for transmission and retrieval of
facsimile and
audio messages over a circuit or packet switched network
(spandsp sending faxes via email)
6350066 - Systems and methods for storing, delivering, and managing
messages (think vmail.cgi)
6564321 - Systems and methods for storing, delivering, and managing
messages (again vmail.cgi)
6857074 - Systems and methods for storing, delivering, and managing
messages (same as the other two)
6597688 - Scalable architecture for transmission of messages over a
network (usage with spandsp)
Non-Asterisk Related:
6073165 -Filtering computer network messages directed to a user's e-
mail box based on user defined filters, and forwarding a filtered
message to the user's receiver
Some of these patents are just silly and could apply to ANY voicemail
or messaging system on the planet even email. We face a "real" legal
battle with these patents in question.. putting this out here because
it could have an effect on anyone offering services be it voicemail
or fax using Asterisk.
Thanks,
Brian
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