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Digital dictation system with protection against unauthorized listening-in

US5835588A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 15, 1995
Grant dateNov 10, 1998
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Expiry dateAug 15, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C2207/16
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In the present state of the art, digital dictation machines with interchangeable semiconductor stores in the form of chip cards are known. The present invention describes a dictation system consisting of a mobile and stationary dictation machines in which the unauthorized listening-into dictated items is prevented by a code lock. The special nature of the coding of the machine and the code exchange between the chip card and the dictation machine is disclosed in particular. The code for a given machine configuration is established from a central reproduction station.

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