Granted Patent B1

US 7,383,183 · App. 11/860,902 · Granted Jun 3, 2008

Abstract

Claims (51)

1. A method for transcribing information, comprising:

receiving a first information segment during a first interview session, the first information segment including private information;

receiving a second information segment during a second interview session, the second information segment including only non-private information;

providing information included in the first information segment to a first transcriber;

providing information included in the second information segment to a second transcriber;

receiving a transcription of the information provided in the first information segment;

receiving a transcription of the information provided in the second information segment; and

providing a combination of the transcribed information in the first information segment and the transcribed information in the second information segment to a recipient authorized to receive the private information,

wherein the first transcriber and the second transcriber do not communicate information from the first segment or the second segment to one another.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

receiving the first information segment includes prompting a user to provide information including private information; and

receiving the second information segment includes prompting the user to provide information excluding private information.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein providing information included in the first information segment, includes:

providing the private information only to an automated transcription system.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein providing a combination includes:

generating a document including the information transcribed from the first information segment and the information transcribed from the second information segment.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first information segment and the second information segment include audio data.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the private information is protected health information.

7. A method for transcribing information, comprising:

providing a first information segment during a first interview session, the first information segment including private information;

providing a second information segment during a second interview session, the second information segment including only non-private information segment; and

receiving a combination including the transcribed information in the first information segment and the transcribed information in the second information segment, wherein:

the transcription of the information provided in the first information segment is provided by a first transcriber,

the transcription of the information provided in the second information segment is provided by a second transcriber, and

the first transcriber and the second transcriber do not communicate information from the first segment or the second segment to one another.

8. A method of claim 7 , wherein:

receiving the first information segment includes prompting a user to provide information segment including private information; and

receiving the second information segment includes prompting the user to provide information segment excluding private information.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein providing information included in the first information segment, includes:

providing the private information only to an automated transcription system.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein providing a combination includes:

generating a document including the information transcribed from the first information segment and the information transcribed from in the second information segment.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the first information segment and the second information segment include audio data.

12. The method of claim 7 , wherein the private information is protected health information.

13. A system for transcribing of information, comprising:

a processor; and

a computer-readable medium including instructions that, when executed by the processor perform a method, the method including:

receiving a first information segment during a first interview session, the first information segment including private information,

receiving a second information segment during a second interview session, the second information segment including only non-private information,

providing information included in the first information segment to a first transcriber,

providing information included in the second information segment to a second transcriber;

receiving a transcription of the information provided in the first information segment,

receiving a transcription of the information provided in the second information segment, and

providing a combination of the transcribed information in the first information segment and the transcribed information in the second information segment to a user authorized to receive the private information,

wherein the first transcriber and the second transcriber do not communicate information from the first segment or the second segment to one another.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein providing information included in the first information segment, includes:

providing the private information only to an automated transcription system.

15. The system of claim 13 , wherein providing a combination includes:

generating a document including the information transcribed from the first information segment and the information transcribed from the second information segment.

16. The system of claim 13 , wherein the first information segment and the second information segment include audio data.

17. The system of claim 13 , wherein the private information is protected health information.

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