METHOD FOR RECEIVING FAX MESSAGES INSTEAD OF A SUBSCRIBER'S FAX EQUIPMENT AS WELL AS A FAX RECEIVING FACILITY, SERVER AND EXCHANGE HERETO

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for receiving faxmessages instead of a subscriber's fax equipment as well asa fax receiving facility (FRCV), a server and an exchangetherefor. The fax receiving facility (FRCV), instead of thefax equipment, detects that it is to receive an incomingfax message. The fax receiving facility (FRCV) thenreceives and stores the fax message. A data terminal (DT)of the subscriber then sets up a connection to the faxreceiving facility (FRCV) via an on-line data network(ODN). The fax receiving facility (FRCV) sends the faxmessage to the data terminal (DT) via the online datanetwork (ODN). The data terminal (DT) or the fax receivingfacility (FRCV) subsequently terminate the connection viathe online data network (ODN) to the fax receiving facility(FRCV).