Down-line Transcription System Having Context Sensitive Searching Capability

• US 20070271236A1
• Filed: 11/13/2006
• Published: 11/22/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/1993
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Engate LLC
• Original Assignee: Engate, Inc.
• Inventors: Bennett, James, Jarvis, Lawrence
• Application Number:
  US11/559,246
• Publication Number:
  US 20070271236A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/332 Query formulation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/338 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/18 Legal services
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/04 Segmentation; Word boundary detection
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/10 Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/28 by using information signals recorded by the same method as the main recording G11B27/22 takes precedence

Abstract

A context sensitive searching front-end is disclosed for use in a deposition or trial proceeding wherein a computer aided transcription terminal provides real-time transcribed text down-line to attorney terminals. The terminals may thereafter use the transcribed text and any other text currently being displayed to formulate searches with little or no typing interaction required. Other text which may be used as a basis for searching includes communications from other attorney terminals, from artificial intelligence objection messages, and personal notes. Searching may be conducted on natural language or boolean front-ends which provide virtually instant feed-back as to the value of a search formulation before and after any “searching” actually occurs. Graphing of search results, including individual search word contribution, is provided for modification and selection of the documents to be reviewed. Library selection for searching is provided by analyzing the context from which the search originated, and from the actual words selected for searching. A database structure is also disclosed for providing backward referencing into the actual locations of search words without having to search the text files.

Claims

1. An attorney terminal for performing database searching comprising:

display means which is electronically controllable for displaying alphabetic and numeric text;

means for providing the display screen with alphabetic and numeric text provided for a non-searching reason;

said attorney terminal responding to the providing means by displaying the provided alphabetic and numeric text; and

a searching front-end selectively responding to provided alphabetic and numeric text by performing a search.

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