Method and apparatus for recording and managing communications for transcription

• US 6,549,614 B1
• Filed: 04/05/1999
• Issued: 04/15/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Catuogno Court Reporting and Sten-Tel Transcription Incorporated
• Original Assignee: STEN-Tel, Inc.
• Inventors: Catuogno, Raymond Sr., Catuogno, George, Zebryk, Jay
• Primary Examiner(s): Tsang, Fan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Foster, Roland G.
• Application Number:
  US09/155,930
• Time in Patent Office: 1,471 Days
• Field of Search: 379/67.1, 379/68, 379/69, 379/74, 379/75, 379/88.01, 379/88.04, 379/88.05, 379/88.06, 379/88.11, 379/88.13, 379/88.14, 379/88.16, 379/88.23, 379/88.22, 379/88.25, 379/88.27, 379/201, 379/207, 369/25-29, 369/25-1-, 704/2-7, 704/231, 704/277, 704/270, 360/12
• US Class Current: 379/75
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/02 Control of operating function, e.g. switching from recording to reproducing
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 31/00 Arrangements for the associated working of recording or reproducing apparatus with related apparatus with cameras or projectors G03B31/00 ; recording/reproducing of music for electrophonic musical instruments G10H1/0033; automatic arrangements for answering calls or for recording messages for absent subscribers H04M1/64; telephonic communication systems adapted for combination with dictation recording and playback systems H04M11/10; connection of TV recorder with other related apparatus, e.g. TV camera or receiver, in which the TV signal is significantly involved H04N, e.g. H04N23/00, H04N5/765; combination of radio or TV with other apparatus, e.g. with vehicles H05K11/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/10 with dictation recording and playback systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42221 Conversation recording systems at the subscriber's set H04M1/656

Abstract

A server located at a first location for recording and managing communications for transcription generated at a second location. Clients contact the server to store communications for transcription. The client is given the option to create a user configurable profile that defines user identification data and recording options for that client. The user identification data includes a user identification number and an audible user identification which is associated with each user identification number. The communications are recorded based on the recording options in the user configurable profile. Exemplary recording options include file integrity and audio archiving. The server also provides the user with the ability to withhold a recording for completion at a later time.

Claims

1. A system for recording, at a first location, a communication at a second location, the first location being remote from the second location and interconnected by a communication medium, the system comprising:

a port for receiving a job from a client for a transcriptionist;

a port for providing the job to the transcriptionist;

a communication device for receiving billing data input by the transcriptionist; and

a controller for generating billing material based on said billing data;

wherein said billing data includes a number of pages of the job in transcribed form.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the billing material includes a bill to the client.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the billing material includes payables to the transcriptionist.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein said billing data includes time spent on the job by the transcriptionist.