Scribe system for transmitting an audio recording from a recording device to a server

• US 9,305,551 B1
• Filed: 08/06/2013
• Issued: 04/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bryan Mccormick, Timothy A. Johns
• Original Assignee: Bryan Mccormick, Timothy A. Johns
• Inventors: Johns, Timothy A., McCormick, Bryan
• Primary Examiner(s): Pullias, Jesse
• Application Number:
  US13/960,401
• Time in Patent Office: 973 Days
• Field of Search: 704231-257, 704270-275
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/30 Distributed recognition, e.g. in client-server systems, for mobile phones or network applications
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A scribe system is provided. The scribe system includes a server operating a software product and a plurality of recording devices for recording speech of a user into a recorded audio file. The scribe system also includes a network connection between the server and the plurality of recording devices. Each recording device transfers the recorded audio file to the server through the network connection in response to completion of recording the audio file. The server confirms successful transmission to the recording device in response to operation of the software product.

Claims

1. A scribe system comprising:

a server operating a software product;

a plurality of recording devices for recording speech of a user into a recorded audio file; and

a network connection between the server and the plurality of recording devices, wherein;

each recording device transfers the recorded audio file to the server through the network connection in response to completion of recording the audio file; and

the server sends a notification the recording device to confirm successful transmission to the recording device in response to operation of the software product, wherein the recording device automatically deletes the recorded audio file, or the server sends a notification of unsuccessful transmission to the recording device in response to operation of the software, wherein the unsuccessful transmission includes operational instructions for the recording device to maintain the audio file on local storage and queue the audio file for another transfer.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein each recording device comprises a wireless communication device;

RAM;

removable memory;

a microphone;

a button;

a micro vibrator; and

audio storage.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein each recording device records speech of the user in response to pressing the button.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein speech of the user is saved in an audio file in the RAM and written to the removable memory in response to one of manual pressing of the button or automatically at lapsing of a predetermined time.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the software product sends notifications to the recording device from the server.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the notifications are one of transmission successful or transmission unsuccessful.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the recording devices deletes the recorded audio file in response to receiving the transmission successful notification from the software product.

8. A method of using a scribe system to record information and store the information on a server, the method comprising:

starting a recording function of a recording device;

recording a user speaking into a microphone of the recording device;

processing the recorded audio file;

transmitting the recorded audio file to a server for storage;

authenticating the recorded audio file by a software product operated on the server and confirming a complete transfer of the file; and

sending a successful transmission notification or an unsuccessful transmission notification to the recording device from the server in response to confirming the complete transfer of the file, wherein;

the recording device automatically deletes the recorded audio file in response to receiving a successful transmission notification, or the server sends a notification of unsuccessful transmission to the recording device in response to operation of the software, and

the unsuccessful transmission includes operational instructions for the recording device to maintain the audio file on local storage and queue the audio file for another transfer.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein starting the recording function comprises manually pressing a button on the recording device.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein recording a user speaking further comprises encrypting the audio file as it is being recorded.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein recording the user speaking comprises recording the audio file to RAM.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein ending the recording function comprises pressing a button of the recording device.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein processing the recorded audio file comprises one of performing a playback of the recorded audio file, writing the recorded audio to a removable memory of the recording device or re-recording the audio file.