Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval – General recording or reproducing – Signal switching
Patent
1975-01-02
1976-06-22
Moffitt, James W.
Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval
General recording or reproducing
Signal switching
1791001DR, G11B 2716
Patent
active
039654842
ABSTRACT:
A central dictation system including a plurality of remote dictate stations, a plurality of record/reproduce stations and a plurality of transcribing stations operatively connected to respective ones of the record/reproduce stations. Any one of the remote dictate stations is capable of communicating with any one of the record/reproduce stations so as to execute a dictate and/or playback operation. A transcribing operation is capable of being performed substantially independent of the dictate and/or playback operation and, therefore, may be performed simultaneously therewith. Apparatus is provided for each record/reproduce station to provide an indication of the cumulative amount of record medium upon which dictated information has been recorded which is awaiting transcription. This indication is affected in a first direction when dictation proceeds and is affected in a opposite direction when the dictated information is transcribed. In another embodiment of the present invention, this indication is combined with an efficiency rating of a transcribing operator to produce a signal representing the effective capacity of the record/reproduce station to receive further dictated information. This signal can be compared with similar signals associated with the remaining record/reproduce stations so as to determine which record/reproduce station effectively has the greatest capacity for further recording and to promote the establishment of communication of a remote dictate station with that record/reproduce station.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3708633 (1973-01-01), Nye et al.
patent: 3821802 (1974-06-01), Nye et al.
Matz Bjorn J.
Rivers Paul F.
Dictaphone Corporation
Moffitt James W.
Smith Arthur V.
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