It appears to have a lot to do with the receiving and processing of inbound faxes.
Link to USPTO and this patent: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=8,503,630,.PN.&OS=PN/8,503,630,&RS=PN/8,503,630,
