Central control system for dictation

Claim 1

A central control system to aid in the supervision and coordination of a plurality of projects which become available to be completed at different times, which originate from a plurality of project originators, and which are to be assigned for completion to a plurality of project terminators, comprising: an input means selectively operable to provide a plurality of input signals including a plurality of first input signals representative of said plurality of project originators, a plurality of second input signals representative of said plurality of project terminators, a status signal selectively representative of a particular status for some of said plurality of projects, and a plurality of input serial numbers; clocking means for providing upon each occurrence of one of said plurality of first input signals a first time signal corresponding to the time of said occurrence of said one of said plurality of first input signals and for providing upon each occurrence of one of said plurality of second input signals a second time signal corresponding to the time of said occurrence of said one of said plurality of second input signals; counting means for providing one of a plurality of assigned serial numbers sequentially upon each occurrence of said one of said plurality of first input signals; addressing means for providing a plurality of normal addresses each being one of said plurality of assigned serial numbers plus P, P being an integer constant greater than zero; addressable storage means for storing said one of said plurality of first input signals and the corresponding one of said plurality of said first time signals at one of said plurality of normal addresses upon said each occurrence of said one of said plurality of first input signals, said one of said plurality of normal addresses being P plus the particular one of said plurality assigned serial numbers provided by said counting means upon said occurrence of said one of said plurality of first input signals; a priority means for sequential provision of one of a plurality of priority addresses, each of said priority addresses being an integer less than P, one of said plurality of priority addresses being provided upon each occurrence of one of said plurality of input serial numbers followed by said status signal from said input means; relocation means responsive to each occurrence of said provision of one of said plurality of priority addresses from said priority means to store at said priority address of said addressable storage means said first input signal which preceded said status signal and said first time signal stored at the particular one of said normal addresses corresponding to said one of said plurality of input serial numbers; and display means for displaying the contents of said addressable storage means sequentially in order of address.