Patents Assigned to Faxnet Corp.
  • Proactive voice mail service
    Patent number: 5751794
    Abstract: A method for providing a proactive voice mail service wherein a message is recorded by a voice mail server if the customer's phone line is busy or does not answer and the voice mail server then attempts to deliver the message proactively to the customer. The method avoids loop-back charges which limit the usefulness of present implementations of proactive voice mail and allow for a nation-wide proactive voice mail service utilizing a server with toll-free inbound phone lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: Faxnet Corp.
    Inventors: Stanley Kugell, David Friend
  • Never-busy facsimile service
    Patent number: 5729595
    Abstract: A method for providing a never-busy fax service wherein a customer's fax machine appears to be never busy to a caller. The method avoids loop-back charges which limit the usefulness of present implementations of never-busy fax and allow for a nation-wide never-busy fax service utilizing a server with toll-free inbound phone lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Assignee: Faxnet Corp.
    Inventors: Stanley Kugell, David Friend