Patent ID: 6175822
Filing Date: 2001-01-16
Classification: G11B,H04L,H04M

Abstract:
A method of providing network based transcription of a voice signal comprising, in combination:receiving the voice signal;storing a digital audio file representative of the voice signal in a file store associated with a server, the server being accessible over a data network, and the server being adapted to stream the digital audio file over the data network to a client terminal, the client terminal providing a plurality of streaming controls to enable a user at the client terminal to selectively play the voice signal represented by the digital audio file as the digital audio file is streamed to the client terminal;the client terminal sending to the server a request to begin streaming the digital audio file over the data network to the client terminal;the server receiving the request;in response to the request, the server beginning to stream the digital audio file over the data network to the client terminal; andas the streamed digital audio file arrives at the client terminal, (i) the client terminal receiving the digital audio file and audibly playing the voice signal represented by the digital audio file and (ii) a user at the client terminal transcribing the voice signal audibly played by the client terminal,wherein the client terminal may send control signals to the server to pause and stop streaming of the digital audio file, and the server may respond to the control signals, respectively, by pausing and stopping streaming of the digital audio file over the data network to the client terminal.