Identity-based imaging inbound facsimile service

1. A method for storing a facsimile message for use with an identity-based imaging system, comprising:

receiving a facsimile message;

converting said facsimile message to a facsimile image;

obtaining user information for a recipient of the facsimile message;

utilizing the obtained user information to identify a path to a personal image repository uniquely associated with the user information; and

saving said facsimile image to the identified path.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving said facsimile message comprises receiving said facsimile message on a device selected from be group consisting of a facsimile machine, a computer, and a web-based facsimile repository.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein said received facsimile is a hardcopy facsimile.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein converting said facsimile message to a facsimile image comprises:

scanning said hardcopy facsimile into an image; and

converting said image into a facsimile image having a format usable across multiple computer operating systems.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein said converting said facsimile message to a facsimile image comprises:

creating a digital image of said facsimile message; and

storing said digital image as said facsimile image.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein said identifying said path and saving said facsimile image to the identified path are performed automatically after receiving a facsimile.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising viewing said facsimile image using the identified personal image repository.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein said viewing said facsimile image using said personal image repository comprises:

accessing a web browser operatively connected to a web server for accessing the identified personal image repository;

retrieving a facsimile image from the identified personal image repository; and

downloading said facsimile image to said web browser for display.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising providing a computing system for converting said facsimile message to a facsimile image and storing said facsimile image to the identified personal image repository.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein saving said facsimile image to the identified path comprises saving said facsimile image to the identified path wherein the identified path is a path to a personal image repository is remote to said computing system.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising executing an identity-based imaging system for retrieving a facsimile image stored in the identified personal image repository.

12. A system for storing facsimile messages, comprising:

a device configured to receive a facsimile message;

a computing system configured to convert said facsimile message to a format for storage; and

a personal image repository uniquely associated with user information; the personal image repository being configured to store facsimile messages converted by the computing system; and

wherein the computing system is further configured to obtain user information for the recipient of the facsimile message, utilize the obtained user information to identify a path to the personal image repository, and save the converted facsimile image to the identified path.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein said device configured to receive a facsimile message comprises a device selected from the group consisting of a facsimile machine, a computer, and a web-based facsimile repository.

14. The system of claim 12 , wherein said computing system comprises a computing system selected from the group consisting of a computer workstation, a networked computer, a server computer, a cell phone, a personal digital assistant, a pager, and a remote computer system.

15. The system of claim 12 , wherein said personal image repository comprises a portion of a storage device selected from the group consisting of a hard disk, a floppy disk, an optical storage device, and a memory.

16. The system of claim 12 , wherein said personal image repository is stored on a remote computing system.

17. A computer readable medium having computer executable code for saving a facsimile message to a personal image repository, the medium comprising:

a conversion code for converting said facsimile message to a facsimile image format;

an identification code for obtaining user information for a recipient of the facsimile message;

a save code for utilizing obtained user information to identify a path to a personal image repository uniquely associated with said user information obtained by said identification code and saving said facsimile image to the identified path.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 17 , wherein said computer readable medium is embedded in a device selected from the group consisting of a computer, a networked computer, a server computer, a remote computer, a cell phone, a personal digital assistant, a pager, and a portable computer.