Patent Document ID: 8379072
Application ID: 12569767

Base Claim:
1. An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; at least one memory coupled to said at least one processor; a network coupled to said at least one processor; a control interface coupled to said at least one processor via a network; at least one audio input mechanism communicatively coupled to said control interface, said at least one audio input mechanism being configured to capture at least one audio signal; at least one user-controllable video input mechanism coupled to said network, said at least one user-controllable video input mechanism being configured to capture at least one video signal thereby allowing an interpreter to monitor at least one facial characteristic of a speaker; an audio output mechanism, said audio output mechanism being configured to output a translated audio signal; and a user interface, said user interface being configured to provide user-controllable routing of said at least one audio signal and said at least one video signal, thereby routing said at least one audio signal and said at least one video signal to a remote location for translation purposes, said translated audio signal being routed to isolated headsets by said translator when interpreting into a foreign language.

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Claim 8:
8. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a user interface residing in said memory, said user interface comprising at least two of: a scheduling mechanism, said scheduling mechanism being configured to provide information regarding the scheduling of remote translation services for at least one courtroom; a facility access mechanism, said facility access mechanism being configured to provide at least one facility profile, said at least one facility profile containing information on the presence and availability of audio-video equipment for said at least one courtroom; an audio control mechanism, said audio control mechanism being configured to provide user-selectable routing of said at least one audio signal to a plurality of audio output devices; and a video control mechanism, said video control mechanism being configured to provide user-selectable routing of said at least one video signal to a plurality of video output devices.