Event archiving, systems and methods
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1. A computer implemented method of retrieving event information comprising:
- configuring a computing device to operate as an event archiving engine;
receiving an event object, by the event archiving engine, the event object representative of an occurrence in time;
binding the event object, by the event archiving engine, to a timeline associated with an entity where the timeline comprises a plurality of event objects organized according to time;
selecting a selected event object from event objects bound to the timeline;
generating indexing information based on a set of recognizable features related to a memento object, wherein the set of recognizable features comprises a vector of information derivable from a first digital representation of the memento object taken at a first time period, and wherein each member of the vector represents a different modality and includes (1) a listing of one or more relevant features for a corresponding modality, and (2) recognition criteria comprising a recognition threshold corresponding to the one or more relevant features;
registering, by the event archiving engine, the generated indexing information in the timeline with the selected event object; and
retrieving, by the event archiving engine, from the timeline the selected event object via the indexing information if a recognition criterion is met requiring that a minimum quantity of features of the set of recognizable features correspond to features derived from a second digital representation of the memento object taken at a second time period.
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Abstract
Method of retrieving event information is presented. Memento objects can be recognized by an archive engine. Based on the recognition, the archive engine obtains information related to the memento object, possibly one or more recognizable features, and uses the information to search for events associated with a timeline that have corresponding tags. The archive engine can then return the event information as a result set to a user.
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1. A computer implemented method of retrieving event information comprising:
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configuring a computing device to operate as an event archiving engine; receiving an event object, by the event archiving engine, the event object representative of an occurrence in time; binding the event object, by the event archiving engine, to a timeline associated with an entity where the timeline comprises a plurality of event objects organized according to time; selecting a selected event object from event objects bound to the timeline; generating indexing information based on a set of recognizable features related to a memento object, wherein the set of recognizable features comprises a vector of information derivable from a first digital representation of the memento object taken at a first time period, and wherein each member of the vector represents a different modality and includes (1) a listing of one or more relevant features for a corresponding modality, and (2) recognition criteria comprising a recognition threshold corresponding to the one or more relevant features; registering, by the event archiving engine, the generated indexing information in the timeline with the selected event object; and retrieving, by the event archiving engine, from the timeline the selected event object via the indexing information if a recognition criterion is met requiring that a minimum quantity of features of the set of recognizable features correspond to features derived from a second digital representation of the memento object taken at a second time period. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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