Patents by Inventor Roger S. Zimmerman

Roger S. Zimmerman 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).

  • Patent number: 9632992
    Abstract: A computer program product for use with text transcribed from audio information, the computer program product residing on a computer-readable medium, includes computer-readable instructions for causing a computer to: enable defined keystroke combinations for use in editing the text transcribed from audio, the defined keystroke combinations corresponding to formatting functions identified as frequently-used functions during editing of a transcribed text; and respond to an activated keystroke combination by replacing a first format in the text document with a second format corresponding to the chosen keystroke combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventor: Roger S. Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 9576498
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system for training transcription system trainees is provided. The system includes a memory, at least one processor coupled to the memory, and a training component executable by the at least one processor. The training component is configured to evaluate performance of at least one transcription system trainee.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: 3Play Media, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger S. Zimmerman, Christopher S. Antunes, Jeremy E. Barron, Sharon Lee Tomasulo, Claudia W. Fiore, Christopher E. Johnson, Anatole Khesin, Joshua Miller
  • Patent number: 9460719
    Abstract: A system for delivering transcription products is provided. The system includes a memory, a processor coupled to the memory, a customer interface component, an automatic speech recognition component, an editor interface component, and a delivery agent component. The customer interface component is configured to receive transcription request information identifying at least one media file, the at least one media file including content. The automatic speech recognition component is configured to generate draft transcription information that represents a draft transcription of the content. The editor interface component is configured to generate edited transcription information that represents an edited transcription of the content. The delivery agent component is configured to evaluate delivery criteria to determine whether to deliver a transcription product and transmit the transcription product in response to determining that the delivery criteria is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: 3Play Media, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher S. Antunes, Roger S. Zimmerman, Christopher E. Johnson, Anatole Khesin, Jeremy E. Barron, Joshua Miller, Harriet Ruth Owers-Bradley
  • Patent number: 9456170
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment, a system for positioning captions upon video images of a media file is provided. The system includes a memory storing at least one caption frame associated with at least one video frame, at least one processor in data communication with the memory, and a caption engine component executable by the at least one processor. The caption engine component is configured to determine that at least one region of the at least one video frame is free of identified content and position the at least one caption frame within the at least one region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: 3Play Media, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Miller, Anatole Khesin, Christopher E. Johnson, Roger S. Zimmerman, Christopher S. Antunes, Jeremy E. Barron, Andrew H. Schwartz
  • Patent number: 8930308
    Abstract: A system for associating metadata with at least one media file is provided. The system includes a memory storing transcription information associated with the at least one media file, at least one processor coupled to the memory, and a component executed by the at least one processor and configured to associate metadata with the at least one media file by storing an association between the transcription information and the metadata within the memory. In the system, the transcription information may be synchronized with the at least one media file and the association engine may be further configured to associate the metadata with a portion of the at least one media file by storing an association between a portion of the transcription information and the metadata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: 3Play Media, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher E. Johnson, Harriet Ruth Owers-Bradley, Anatole Khesin, Roger S. Zimmerman, Joshua Miller, Jeremy E. Barron, Christopher S. Antunes
  • Patent number: 8918311
    Abstract: According to at least one embodiment, a system for generating a plurality of caption frames is provided. The system comprises a memory storing a plurality of elements generated from transcription information, at least one processor coupled to the memory, and a caption engine component executed by the at least one processor. The caption engine component is configured to identify at least one element sequence as meeting predetermined criteria specifying a plurality of caption characteristics, the at least one element sequence including at least one element of the plurality of elements, and store the at least one element sequence within at least one caption frame. The at least one element sequence may correspond to at least one sentence. The transcription information may be time-coded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: 3Play Media, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher E. Johnson, Christopher S. Antunes, Roger S. Zimmerman, Jeremy E. Barron, Joshua Miller, Anatole Khesin
  • Publication number: 20140207491
    Abstract: A computer program product for use with dictated medical patient information resides on a computer-readable medium and comprises computer-readable instructions for causing a computer to analyze the dictated information, identify likely confidential information in the dictated medical patient information, and treat the likely confidential information disparately from likely non-confidential information in the dictated medical patient information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger S. Zimmerman, Paul Egerman, Benjamin Chigier
  • Patent number: 8745693
    Abstract: A computer program product for use with dictated medical patient information resides on a computer-readable medium and comprises computer-readable instructions for causing a computer to analyze the dictated information, identify likely confidential information in the dictated medical patient information, and treat the likely confidential information disparately from likely non-confidential information in the dictated medical patient information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger S. Zimmerman, Paul Egerman, Benjamin Chigier
  • Patent number: 8700395
    Abstract: A computer program product, for performing data determination from medical record transcriptions, resides on a computer-readable medium and includes computer-readable instructions for causing a computer to obtain a medical transcription of a dictation, the dictation being from medical personnel and concerning a patient, analyze the transcription for an indicating phrase associated with a type of data desired to be determined from the transcription, the type of desired data being relevant to medical records, determine whether data indicated by text disposed proximately to the indicating phrase is of the desired type, and store an indication of the data if the data is of the desired type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger S. Zimmerman, Paul Egerman, George Zavaliagkos
  • Publication number: 20130298016
    Abstract: A device, for use by a transcriptionist in a transcription editing system for editing transcriptions dictated by speakers, includes, in combination, a monitor configured to display visual text of transcribed dictations, an audio mechanism configured to cause playback of portions of an audio file associated with a dictation, and a cursor-control module coupled to the audio mechanism and to the monitor and configured to cause the monitor to display multiple cursors in the text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventors: Benjamin Chigier, Edward A. Brody, Daniel Edward Chernin, Roger S. Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 8504369
    Abstract: A device, for use by a transcriptionist in a transcription editing system for editing transcriptions dictated by speakers, includes, in combination, a monitor configured to display visual text of transcribed dictations, an audio mechanism configured to cause playback of portions of an audio file associated with a dictation, and a cursor-control module coupled to the audio mechanism and to the monitor and configured to cause the monitor to display multiple cursors in the text.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Chigier, Edward A. Brody, Daniel Edward Chernin, Roger S. Zimmerman
  • Publication number: 20130013306
    Abstract: A computer program product, for performing data determination from medical record transcriptions, resides on a computer-readable medium and includes computer-readable instructions for causing a computer to obtain a medical transcription of a dictation, the dictation being from medical personnel and concerning a patient, analyze the transcription for an indicating phrase associated with a type of data desired to be determined from the transcription, the type of desired data being relevant to medical records, determine whether data indicated by text disposed proximately to the indicating phrase is of the desired type, and store an indication of the data if the data is of the desired type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: eScription Inc.
    Inventors: Roger S. Zimmerman, Paul Egerman, George Zavaliagkos
  • Publication number: 20120310644
    Abstract: A computer program product, for automatically editing a medical record transcription, resides on a computer-readable medium and includes computer-readable instructions for causing a computer to obtain a first medical transcription of a dictation, the dictation being from medical personnel and concerning a patient, analyze the first medical transcription for presence of a first trigger phrase associated with a first standard text block, determine that the first trigger phrase is present in the first medical transcription if an actual phrase in the first medical transcription corresponds with the first trigger phrase, and insert the first standard text block into the first medical transcription.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: eScription Inc.
    Inventors: Roger S. Zimmerman, Paul Egerman, Robert G. Titemore, George Zavaliagkos
  • Patent number: 8286071
    Abstract: A computer program product, for automatically editing a medical record transcription, resides on a computer-readable medium and includes computer-readable instructions for causing a computer to obtain a first medical transcription of a dictation, the dictation being from medical personnel and concerning a patient, analyze the first medical transcription for presence of a first trigger phrase associated with a first standard text block, determine that the first trigger phrase is present in the first medical transcription if an actual phrase in the first medical transcription corresponds with the first trigger phrase, and insert the first standard text block into the first medical transcription.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: eScription, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger S. Zimmerman, Paul Egerman, Robert G. Titemore, George Zavaliagkos
  • Patent number: 8280735
    Abstract: A computer program product, for performing data determination from medical record transcriptions, resides on a computer-readable medium and includes computer-readable instructions for causing a computer to obtain a medical transcription of a dictation, the dictation being from medical personnel and concerning a patient, analyze the transcription for an indicating phrase associated with a type of data desired to be determined from the transcription, the type of desired data being relevant to medical records, determine whether data indicated by text disposed proximately to the indicating phrase is of the desired type, and store an indication of the data if the data is of the desired type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: eScription Inc.
    Inventors: Roger S. Zimmerman, Paul Egerman, George Zavaliagkos
  • Patent number: 8229742
    Abstract: A computer program product for use with dictated medical patient information resides on a computer-readable medium and comprises computer-readable instructions for causing a computer to analyze the dictated information, identify likely confidential information in the dictated medical patient information, and treat the likely confidential information disparately from likely non-confidential information in the dictated medical patient information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: eScription Inc.
    Inventors: Roger S. Zimmerman, Paul Egerman, Benjamin Chigier
  • Publication number: 20120010883
    Abstract: A computer program product, for performing data determination from medical record transcriptions, resides on a computer-readable medium and includes computer-readable instructions for causing a computer to obtain a medical transcription of a dictation, the dictation being from medical personnel and concerning a patient, analyze the transcription for an indicating phrase associated with a type of data desired to be determined from the transcription, the type of desired data being relevant to medical records, determine whether data indicated by text disposed proximately to the indicating phrase is of the desired type, and store an indication of the data if the data is of the desired type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: eScription, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger S. Zimmerman, Paul Egerman, George Zavaliagkos
  • Publication number: 20110302489
    Abstract: A computer program product for use with text transcribed from audio information, the computer program product residing on a computer-readable medium, includes computer-readable instructions for causing a computer to: enable defined keystroke combinations for use in editing the text transcribed from audio, the defined keystroke combinations corresponding to formatting functions identified as frequently-used functions during editing of a transcribed text; and respond to an activated keystroke combination by replacing a first format in the text document with a second format corresponding to the chosen keystroke combination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventor: ROGER S. ZIMMERMAN
  • Patent number: 8028248
    Abstract: A computer program product for use with text transcribed from audio information, the computer program product residing on a computer-readable medium, includes computer-readable instructions for causing a computer to: enable defined keystroke combinations for use in editing the text transcribed from audio, the defined keystroke combinations corresponding to formatting functions identified as frequently-used functions during editing of a transcribed text; and respond to an activated keystroke combination by replacing a first format in the text document with a second format corresponding to the chosen keystroke combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Escription, Inc.
    Inventor: Roger S. Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 7899670
    Abstract: A computer program product for transcribing a medical dictation in real-time includes instructions for causing a computer to obtain a user identification from a user at a client via a computer network, the user identification being associated with medical personnel that provides a dictation concerning a patient, load models associated with the user identification, the models being configured to assist in developing a draft transcription of the dictation, receive an audio feed of the dictation from the client, process the audio feed using the models to create a segment of the draft transcription of the dictation, and transmit the segment of the draft transcription to the client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: eScription Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Hood Young, Roger S. Zimmerman