Patents by Inventor Howard S. Hoffmann

Howard S. Hoffmann has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Methods and systems for protecting private information during transcription
    Patent number: 7383183
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for transcribing private information. The method, includes receiving a first information segment during a first interview session, and receiving a second information segment during a second interview session, wherein the first information segment A includes private information and the second information segment includes only non-private information. The exemplary method also includes providing information in the first information segment to a first transcriber, providing information in the second information segment to a second transcriber, wherein the second transcriber has no communication with the first transcriber. The exemplary method further includes providing a combination of the information transcribed from the first and second information segments to a user or other recipient authorized to receive the private information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Medquist Inc.
    Inventors: Tad Alan Davis, Howard S. Hoffmann, Emmy Brock Weber, Mark Ivie, Dori Dunn, Vasudevan Jagannathan