US5740245A
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Down-line transcription system for manipulating real-time testimony
Assignee: LiveNote Inc
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Filing: 1994-11-15
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Granted: 1998-04-14
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Expires: 2014-11-15
Abstract
Abstract A transcription network having linked computer terminals for a court reporter and for examining, defending, and associate attorneys is disclosed. Real-time transcription text is communicated from the reporter's terminal through the network. Secure message interchange between the examining attorneys and between defending attorneys is provided along independent communication links and using encryption. Off-site terminals for clients, experts, or other associate attorneys may be linked to the network. Communication on the network is hierarchically controlled so as not to bombard the examining attorney, and is managed by a protocol for updating disconnected and non-listening terminals. The terminals provide software routines for automatically delivering proposed objections to the form of a question or answer. Stenographic keystrokes that cannot be directly transcribed are converted to a phoneme form for down-line readability. A synchronization scheme provides for automatic play-back of audio and video recordings corresponding to the transcribed text of a specific question or answer.
Inventors
- 👤 James D. Bennett
- 👤 Lawrence M. Jarvis
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 21:09
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06Q; G06Q10/00; G06Q10/10; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/30; G06F16/31; G06F16/313; G06F16/60; G06F16/68; G06F16/683; G06F16/685; G06F16/70; G06F16/78; G06F16/783; G06F16/7844; G06F40/00; G06F40/10; G06F40/166; G06F40/169; G06F40/20; G06F40/237; G06F40/242; G06F40/268; G06F40/274; G06F40/279; G06F40/289; G06F40/40; G06F40/55; G06F40/58; G10; G10L; G10L15/00; G10L15/26; H; H04; H04L; H04L12/00; H04L12/02; H04L12/16; H04L12/18; H04L12/1813; H04L12/1822; H04L12/1827; H04L12/1831; H04L65/00; H04L65/60; H04L65/75; H04L65/762; H04L9/00; H04L9/40; H04M; H04M11/00; H04M11/10; H04N; H04N21/00; H04N21/20; H04N21/23; H04N21/236; H04N21/2368; H04N21/40; H04N21/43; H04N21/434; H04N21/4341; H04N7/00; H04N7/14; H04N7/141; H04N7/147; H04N7/15; H04L65/1066; H04L65/1101; H04N5/00; H04N5/04; H04N5/06; H04N5/067; H04N5/073
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
88 words
A transcription system used to transcribe spoken words into a textual form, the transcription system comprising: transcription means for producing, in real time, transcript signals representative of spoken words; a terminal capable of performing a predefined function; the terminal comprising evaluation means for evaluating the transcript signals produced by the transcription means to determine whether the transcript signals contain a predefined word selection; and the evaluation means initiating the performance of the predefined function if the transcript signals representative of the spoken words contain the predefined word selection.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
88 words
A transcription system used to transcribe spoken words into a textual form, the transcription system comprising: transcription means for producing, in real time, transcript signals representative of spoken words; a terminal capable of performing a predefined function; the terminal comprising evaluation means for evaluating the transcript signals produced by the transcription means to determine whether the transcript signals contain a predefined word selection; and the evaluation means initiating the performance of the predefined function if the transcript signals representative of the spoken words contain the predefined word selection.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
54 words
The transcription system of claim 1 wherein the predefined word selection used by the evaluation means comprises word occurrences which when present in the transcript signals constitute objectionable legal form, and wherein the predefined function initiated by the evaluation means comprises the generation of a message indicating the presence of the objectionable legal form.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
34 words
The transcription system of claim 1 wherein the evaluation means evaluates the transcript signals by searching the transcript signals for the predefined word selection as the transcript signals are produced by the transcription means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
54 words
The transcription system of claim 3 wherein the predefined word selection used by the evaluation means comprises word occurrences which when present in the transcript signals constitute objectionable legal form, and wherein the predefined function initiated by the evaluation means comprises the generation of a message indicating the presence of the objectionable legal form.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
82 words
A transcription network for use by attorneys in the examination of a witness comprising: transcription means for generating transcript signals representative of spoken words in real time; a terminal capable of performing a predefined function; the terminal receiving the transcript signals from the transcription means and comprising evaluation means for evaluating the transcript signals as they are received to determine whether the transcript signals contain a predefined word selection; and the terminal responding to the evaluation means to perform the predefined function.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
82 words
A transcription network for use by attorneys in the examination of a witness comprising: transcription means for generating transcript signals representative of spoken words in real time; a terminal capable of performing a predefined function; the terminal receiving the transcript signals from the transcription means and comprising evaluation means for evaluating the transcript signals as they are received to determine whether the transcript signals contain a predefined word selection; and the terminal responding to the evaluation means to perform the predefined function.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
59 words
The transcription network of claim 5 wherein the predefined word selection used by the evaluation means comprises a set of words indicative of a legal objection to the spoken words as represented by the transcript signals, and wherein the predefined function caused by the evaluation means comprises the generation of a message indicating the possibility of the legal objection.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
96 words
A transcription network comprising: transcription means for generating transcript signals representative of spoken words in real time; an attorney's terminal receiving the transcript signals generated by said transcription means and having a first screen for display of the transcript signals; an associate's terminal receiving the transcript signals generated by said transcription means and having a second screen for display of the transcript signals; a communication link between said attorney's terminal and said associate's terminal; and said associate's terminal, via said communication link, providing for selective control of the display on the screen of the attorney's terminal.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
96 words
A transcription network comprising: transcription means for generating transcript signals representative of spoken words in real time; an attorney's terminal receiving the transcript signals generated by said transcription means and having a first screen for display of the transcript signals; an associate's terminal receiving the transcript signals generated by said transcription means and having a second screen for display of the transcript signals; a communication link between said attorney's terminal and said associate's terminal; and said associate's terminal, via said communication link, providing for selective control of the display on the screen of the attorney's terminal.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
22 words
The transcription network of claim 7 wherein said attorney's terminal and said associate's terminal exchange messages for display via said communication link.
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