Patent ID: 8024289

Claim:
A system for handling digital dictation in a thin client environment, comprising: at least one server running at least one client software; at least one terminal server; and at least one terminal running at least one driver which communicates with the client software to create a virtual channel over which at least one digital dictation file is transmitted in packetized format between the terminal and the server, such that the client software controls operations performed at the terminal pertaining to the digital dictation file, wherein packetizing the digital dictation file for transmission includes capturing, from a recording device or a file manager, portions of the digital dictation file, compressing the individual portions, splitting the compressed portions into packets of a size suitable for transmission over the virtual channel, transmitting the packets via the virtual channel to the at least one terminal server or the at least one terminal, and wherein, on arrival at the terminal server or the at least one terminal, the packets are reassembled into the original compressed portions to be written to a hard drive in the terminal server or to be played through an audio device in the terminal.