Patent ID: 7797730
Filing Date: 2010-09-14
Classification: G06F,G06Q,G10L,H04L,H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for automatically tracking and collecting revenue in a downline transcription system, comprising: communicatively coupling a computer aided transcription system to a remote terminal device; billing, by the computer aided transcription system, the remote terminal device fbr an amount of transcription; authorizing, by the computer aided transcription system, the billed amount of transcription for the remote terminal device; transcribing, by the computer aided transcription system, one or more transcription signals that represent one or more spoken words in real time; communicating, from the computer aided transcription system to the remote terminal device, the one or more transcription signals that represent the one or more spoken words in response to determining that the billed amount of transcription authorized for the remote terminal device has not been reached; and preventing, by the computer aided transcription system, the remote terminal device from viewing one or more further transcription signals in response to determining that that the billed amount of transcription authorized for the remote terminal device has been reached.