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US 4,303,998 AGranted
Dictation recording system
AssigneeLanier Business Products, Inc.
InventorLuther C. Plunkett, Jr.
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Abstract
A recording system for recording dictation originating at a plurality of dictate stations with a plurality of recorders and which provides for communication and monitoring functions between the dictate stations and a central control unit. In addition, the recording system provides for communication and monitoring functions between the central control unit and a plurality of transcriber stations at which the transcribing of dictation from a plurality of recorders is occurring. The monitoring functions include the monitoring of dictation being recorded by a selected recorder and of dictation being transcribed from a selected recorder and the communication functions include communication between a selected dictate station or a selected transcriber station and the central control unit.
Claims24
In a recording system having a plurality of dictate stations;
- a plurality of recorders;
- and a plurality of first audio circuits arranged to operatively connect said plurality of dictate stations with said plurality of recorders for the recording of dictation;
- a central control unit having a second audio circuit;
- a conditioning means having a polling mode of operation and for alternately and in predetermined sequence providing an intermittent condition within said recording system with respect to each of said plurality of first audio circuits when said conditioning means is in said polling mode of operation;
- a function selecting means associated with said central control unit and selectively operable to provide a function signal condition corresponding to a selection of a particular one of said plurality of first audio circuits for one of a plurality of functions operatively connecting said second audio circuit and said one of said plurality of first audio circuits in response to said channel function signal condition coinciding with said intermittent condition with respect to one of said plurality of first audio circuits;
- a function enabling means for rendering said recording system operative to provide said one of a plurality functions in response to said channel function signal condition coinciding with said intermittent condition with respect to one of said plurality of first audio circuits;
- function control means for terminating said polling mode of operation of said conditioning means in response to the establishment of said one of a plurality of functions by said function enabling means and for reestablishing said polling mode of operation of said conditioning means in response to termination of said one of a plurality of functions.
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In a recording system having a plurality of dictate stations operable to record dictation with a plurality of recorders:
- a plurality of channel units, each constructed and arranged to provide a first audio circuit between one of said plurality of dictate stations and one of said plurality of recorders;
- a central control unit having a second audio circuit;
- conditioning means for alternately and sequentially providing a selecting condition at each of said plurality of channel units;
- function selecting means selectively operable for providing an enabling signal which is uniquely characteristic of one of a plurality of functions for one of said plurality of channel units;
- function enabling means responsive to the simultaneous occurrence of said enabling signal and said selecting condition at said one of said plurality of channel units for enabling said recording system to establish said one of a plurality of functions operatively connecting said second audio circuit and said first audio circuit of said one of said plurality of channel units;
- function control means for terminating operation of said conditioning means in response to the establishment of said one of a plurality of functions by said function enabling means and for the establishing of said operation of said conditioning means in response to termination of said one of a plurality of functions.
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In a recording system having a plurality of dictate stations operable to record dictation with a plurality of recorders:
- a plurality of channel units, each constructed and arranged to provide a first audio circuit between one of said plurality of dictate stations and one of said plurality of recorders;
- a central control unit having a second audio circuit;
- conditioning means for alternately and sequentially providing a selecting condition at each of said plurality of channel units;
- function selecting means selectively operable at said central control unit and each of said plurality of channel units for providing an enabling signal which is uniquely characteristic of one of a plurality of functions for one of said plurality of channel units;
- function enabling means responsive to the simultaneous occurrence of said enabling signal for said one of a plurality of channel units and said selecting condition at said one of said plurality of channel units for enabling said recording system to establish said one of a plurality of functions operatively connecting said second audio circuit and said first audio circuit of said one of said plurality of channel units;
- function control means for terminating operation of said conditioning means in response to the establishment of said one of a plurality of functions by said function enabling means and for the establishing of said operation of said conditioning means in response to termination of said one of a plurality of functions.
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A dictation recording/transcribing system including a plurality of dictate stations operable to record dictation with a plurality of recorders comprising:
- a plurality of channel units, each constructed and arranged to provide a first audio circuit between one of said plurality of dictate stations and one of said plurality of recorders;
- a central supervision unit including a second audio circuit;
- a multiplexed enabling means for providing N enabling states, one at a time, within said system when said enabling means is in a polling mode;
- each of said N enabling states corresponding to one of a plurality of audio functions wherein said second audio circuit is operatively connected to a particular one of said plurality of first audio circuits;
- a function selecting means selectively operable from said central supervision unit and each of said plurality of channel units for providing one of N selection states, said N selection states corresponding to said N enabling states;
- function enabling means for establishing a particular one of said plurality of audio functions and for terminating said polling mode of said enabling means in response to the simultaneous occurrence of a particular one of said N selection states and a particular one of said N enabling states corresponding to said particular one of said plurality of audio functions;
- function control means for causing said enabling means to maintain said particular one of said N enabling states in response to said function enabling means and for terminating said particular one of said plurality of audio functions and for causing said enabling means to reestablish said polling mode in response to a selectively operable termination signal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.