Automatic path search of over the facsimile - network documents sent between data processing systems.

摘要

First (10) and second (12) data processing systems are interconnected by a fax network (14) which transmits binary and fax files between the systems. Each system includes a plurality of workstations (16, 18; 24, 26) connected to a host system (20, 30) which in turn is connected to a dedicated processor (20, 32). A text file to be transmitted as a binary file over the fax network is stored in a workstation (16), and the user enters information which is combined with the text file and controls the automatic routing of such file from the sender to a user or recipient at a workstation (26) in the receiving data processing system.