US 7,143,134 B2Granted

System and method for integrating electronic transcription systems

AssigneeVirtual Ink Corporation

InventorsJoseph Petrie, Yonald Chery, Matthew Gray, Christopher Cacioppo, Christopher Leonardo, Jeffrey Peden

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Abstract

The present invention provides a system and method for integrating one or more electronic transcription systems (12) having sessions providing data on a network (18) wherein real-time, two-way interactive access to the data by one or more remote users to the system is provided. In particular, the system and method provides one or more electronic transcription systems operably connected such that one or more users can access one or more of the electronic transcription systems. By networking the one or more electronic transcription systems and decoupling the processes of recording a particular transcription session, storing the data from the session on a network, and accessing the data, a wider range of control, access, and utilization of the electronic transcription systems can be accomplished.

Claims45

Dependent claims

A system for integrating one or more electronic transcription systems having sessions providing data and a network, wherein said transcription systems record processible stroke data corresponding to writing and is a transcription system selected from the group of active surface transcription and passive surface transcription;

the system comprising:
(a) one or more network interface devices each operably connected to the electronic transcription system which is integrated into the network which registers the electronic transcription system with the network, wherein each device includes hardware that has a first connection to connect the network interface device to the electronic transcription system, a second connection to connect the device to the network, and software code to enable the network interface device to convert data from the session with the electronic transcription system into data suitable for transmission over the network;
(b) one or more services to allow access to the data;
(c) one or more server systems, each server system operably connected to the network, wherein each of the server systems implements one or more of the services to enable access to the data from the one or more electronic transcription systems;
and
(d) a user device configured to enable a remote user access to the data from the session of the one or more electronic transcription systems connected to the network.

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A method for integrating one or more electronic transcription systems having sessions providing data and network, wherein said transcription systems record processible stroke data corresponding to writing and is a transcription system selected from the group of active surface transcription and passive surface transcription, comprising the steps of:

(a) providing one or more of network interface devices each operably connected to the electronic transcription system which is integrated into the network, which registers the electronic transcription system with the network, wherein each device includes hardware that has a first connection to connect the network interface device to the electronic transcription system, a second connection to connect the device to the network, and software code to enable the network interface device to convert data from the electronic transcription system into data suitable for transmission over the network;
(b) providing one or more services for accessing the data;
(c) providing one or more server systems, each server system operably connected to the network, wherein each of the server systems implements one or more services to enable access to the data from one or more electronic transcription system;
(d) providing a user device configured to enable the remote user access to the data from the session of the one or more electronic transcription systems connected to the network;
(e) connecting the electronic transcription system to the network interface device;
(f) connecting the network interface device to the server, wherein the network interface device obtains an IP address for the electronic transcription device from the server;
(g) beginning a session using the electronic transcription system, wherein the network interface device accesses a service;
(h) transferring data from the electronic transcription system through the network interface device to the server wherein a service automatically stores the data on the network;
and
(j) accessing the data from a remote location on the network.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 09/896,944Filed 1 Jun 2001 · us provisional application
Priority: 2 Jun 2000
Published: US 2002/0055788 A19 May 2002
Granted: 28 Nov 2006
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification14 codes

G06Q 10/10
Administration; Management: office automation; Time management
G09B 5/10
Providing for individual presentation of information to a plurality of student stations: all student stations being capable of presenting the same…
H04L 67/02
Protocols: based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
H04L 67/14
Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications: session management