Appeal No. 2001-1352
Application 08/802,828
- data compression means for data compressing the speech
signal into a data compressed speech signal, the data compression
means being adapted to carry out a data compression step on the
speech signal in one of at least two different data compression
modes, the at least two different data compression modes
resulting in different data compression ratios when applied to
the same speech signal, the said at least two different data
compression modes being selectable by a user, the data
compression means being further adapted to create data files
comprising a data compressed speech signal, the data files
comprising a header portion, the data compression means being
also adapted to generate an identifier signal identifying the
data compression mode selected and being adapted to store said
identifier signal in said header portion,
- storing means for storing the data files in the memory
means, the storing means comprising address generator means for
generating addresses for said addressable memory means, for
storing blocks of information comprised in a data file in the
memory means,
- control means selectively operable by a user for providing
an insert signal and an end of insert signal,
- pointing vector generator means for generating a block of
pointing vectors in response to the occurrence of each insert
signal, said block of pointing vectors comprising a first address
signal corresponding to an address of where a dictation insert
should be placed in the data file and a second address signal
corresponding to a beginning address of an available portion of
said addressable memory for storing the dictation insert.
The following references are relied on by the examiner:
Baron 4,053,840 Oct. 11, 1977
Mozer et al. (Mozer) 4,384,170 May 17, 1983
Oye et al. (Oye) 4,791,660 Dec. 13, 1988
Bissonnette et al.
(Bissonnette) 5,602,963 Feb. 11, 1997
(filed Oct. 12, 1993)
Microsoft Press Computer Dictionary, Second Edition, pages 294-95
(1994).
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