Down-line transcription system having context sensitive searching capability
DCFirst Claim
1. A computer terminal having a processing circuit for use by an attorney to search a database, said computer terminal comprising:
- a display screen which is electrically controllable by said processing circuit for displaying alphabetic and numeric text;
said processing circuit directing said display screen to display alphabetic and numeric text for a non-searching reason; and
means for permitting an attorney to manually select all or a portion of the alphabetic and numeric text displayed for the non-searching reason, and to initiate a search by said processing circuit of a database using the selected alphabetic and numeric text.
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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.
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1. A computer terminal having a processing circuit for use by an attorney to search a database, said computer terminal comprising:
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a display screen which is electrically controllable by said processing circuit for displaying alphabetic and numeric text; said processing circuit directing said display screen to display alphabetic and numeric text for a non-searching reason; and means for permitting an attorney to manually select all or a portion of the alphabetic and numeric text displayed for the non-searching reason, and to initiate a search by said processing circuit of a database using the selected alphabetic and numeric text. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer terminal used by an attorney during a proceeding in which real-time transcript is generated and delivered to said computer terminal, said computer terminal comprising:
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a storage device for storing text of relevance to a proceeding; said storage device comprising a transcript database for storing real-time transcription text; a processing circuit communicatively coupled to said storage device; a display screen which is electrically controllable by said processing circuit; said processing circuit providing selective display of text retrieved from said storage device on said display screen; means for permitting an attorney to manually select all or a portion of the text displayed on said display screen, and to cause said processing circuit to initiate a textual search of said storage device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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