Patent ID: 6871107
Filing Date: 2005-03-22
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A digital audio transcription system, comprising in combination: a. at least one selected source of audio signals to be recorded; b. an analog-to-digital converter circuit for converting the audio signals to digital signals; c. a computer including a memory for storing the digital signals provided by the analog-to-digital converter circuit and for allowing the stored digital signals to be played back; d. record control means for signaling the computer to start recording the digital signals, and for signaling the computer to stop recording the digital signals, in order to define a recording session; e. said computer being responsive to said record control means for storing the digital signals in said memory during each recording session, said computer creating at least one distinct file segment for storing each such recording session, said computer associating a date and time with each such distinct file segment; f. a display coupled to said computer, said computer allowing the display to indicate virtual file entries corresponding to those periods of time on which the computer has stored at least one recording session from the selected source of audio signals; g. playback selection means for allowing a user to select a desired virtual file entry from those virtual file entries indicated by the display; and h. said computer being responsive to said playback selection means for identifying all file segments that were stored in memory on the desired entry date from the selected source of audio signals, and which collectively represent the selected virtual file entry.