System and method for remote examination services
OwnerRod Cooper, Ed Hohninventors
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Abstract
A system and method for providing remote examination services is provided. The system includes a control system communicatively coupled to a document viewing system, audio-receiving devices, and a video imaging system. The control system may also be communicatively coupled to a network such that remote systems can participate in the examination. The control system can be configured to access a document, mark the document as an exhibit, and display the document on the document viewing system. The document can be highlighted by users of the control system, the document viewing system, and/or a remote system. Modifications (e.g., highlighting) to the document made with one system are preferably reflected in the display of the other systems.
Claims20
A method of providing remote examination services, the method comprising:
- communicatively coupling a first network device to a network;
- communicatively coupling a first display and a second display to the first network device such that the first network device may display information on the first display and the second display;
- communicatively coupling a video imaging system to the first network device such that the first network device may transmit video from the video imaging system over the network;
- communicatively coupling an audio-receiving device to the first network device such that the first network device may transmit audio from the audio-receiving device over the network;
- communicatively coupling a second network device to the network, the second network device being located at a remote location from the first network device, the second network device including a third display;
- selecting a document to view;
- displaying the document on at least the first display and the second display;
- transmitting audio detected by the audio-receiving device to the second network device;
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- transmitting video from the video imaging system to the second network device.
A system for providing remote examination services, the system comprising:
- a first display;
- a second display;
- a video imaging system to generate video signals;
- an audio-receiving device to generate audio signals;
- a remote network device communicatively coupled to a network, the remote network device having a third display;
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- a local network device communicatively coupled to the first display, the second display, the video imaging system, and the audio-receiving device, the local network device being communicatively coupled to the network and being configured to display a selected document on the first display and the second display, the local network device being configured to transmit to the remote network device the audio signals, the video signals, and an image presented on the first display.
A method of performing a remote examination, the method comprising:
- communicatively coupling a first network device to a network;
- generating by a video imaging system a first video image of a deponent, the video imaging system being communicatively coupled to the first network device;
- generating by a document viewing system a second video image of a physical exhibit, the document viewing system being communicatively coupled to the first network device;
- and
- transmitting the first video image and the second video image to a second network device, the second network device being communicatively coupled to the network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.