Appeal No. 97-2541
Application 08/369,022
participant(s) in the conference plus the corresponding text
equivalents transmitted from the workstation associated with
the respective participant;
storing both the local text equivalents and the
text equivalents received from the other workstation(s) in a
text file.
11. A system for textually recording at a
workstation spoken contributions to an audio conference, each
participant in the conference having an associated
workstation, the workstations being linked together by one or
more networks, the method comprising the steps of:
means for receiving local speech input at the
workstation;
means for performing speech recognition on the
local speech input at the workstation to generate a local text
equivalent;
means for transmitting the local speech input to
the other participant(s) in the conference;
means for receiving spoken contributions from
the other participant(s) in the conference plus the
corresponding text equivalents transmitted from the
workstation associated with the respective participant;
means for storing both the local text
equivalents and the text equivalents received from the other
workstation(s) in a text file.
Opinion
We reverse. Our opinion is based solely on the rationale
and position as articulated and advanced by the examiner. A
reversal of the rejections on appeal is only an indication of
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