Universal dictation input apparatus and method
CA 2244046 A1 · Owner: Latson, Donald E. · Inventors: Latson, Donald E.; Parks, Franklin B.; Nelson, John R.
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The universal dictation input apparatus and method disclosed employs multiple wireless dictation devices ("WDD") and base stations each of which include a 900 MHz radio for communicating with one another over selected radio frequency ("RF") channel pairs to conduct dictation sessions on centralized dictation systems ("CDSs"). Each base station is uniquely assigned a single channel pair. The WDDs are programmed with code representing the exclusive channels of a select number of base stations. When a user takes a WDD off-hook a WDD, sequentially and cyclically scans for carrier transmitted by authorized base stations until an idle base station is identified and linked to over the authorized …
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- Filed July 28, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended July 28, 2018.
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