Systems and methods for constructing and using models of memorability in computing and communications applications
First Claim
1. A system that facilitates computer-based searching, comprising:
- a query component that receives information related to a search for information; and
a landmark component that employs content-based landmark information to facilitate the search for information, the landmark information corresponding to contextual information related to event(s) memorable to an originator of the search.
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Abstract
One or more models of memorability are provided that facilitate various computer-based applications including those centering on the storage, retrieval, and processing of information, applications that remind people about items they risk not recalling or overlooking, and facilitating communications of reminders. In one application, the models are used to help compose and navigate large personal stores of information about a user'"'"'s activities, communications, images, and other content. In another application, views of files in directories are extended with the addition of memory landmarks, and a means for controlling the number of landmarks provided via changing a threshold on inferred memorability. Another application centers on the use of models of memorability to select subsets of images from larger sets representing events, for display in a slide show or ambient photo display. In another application, a system is provided that facilitates computer-based searching for information by providing for the design and analysis of timeline visualizations in connection with displaying results to queries based at least in part on an index of content. A query is received by a query component (which can be part of search engine that provides a unified index of information a user has been exposed to). The query component parses the query into portions relevant to effecting a meaningful search in accordance with the subject invention. The query component can access and populate a data store which may include information searched for. A landmark component receives and/or accesses information from the query component as well as the data store, and anchors public and/or personal landmark events to search results-related information.
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66 Claims
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1. A system that facilitates computer-based searching, comprising:
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a query component that receives information related to a search for information; and
a landmark component that employs content-based landmark information to facilitate the search for information, the landmark information corresponding to contextual information related to event(s) memorable to an originator of the search. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method that facilitates computer-based searching, comprising:
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receiving information related to a search for information;
employing content-based landmark information to facilitate the search for information, the landmark information corresponding to contextual information related to event(s) memorable to an originator of the search; and
providing a timeline visualization of search results based at least in part upon an index of a subset of the contextual information. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system that facilitates computer-based searching, comprising:
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means for receiving information related to a search for information;
means for employing content-based landmark information to facilitate the search for information, the landmark information corresponding to contextual information related to event(s) memorable to an originator of the search; and
means for providing a timeline visualization of search results based at least in part upon an index of a subset of the contextual information.
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20. A system employing memorability models, comprising:
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one or more memorability models that automatically capture an ability of people to recognize events as landmarks in time; and
an application that employs the memorability models to facilitate processing of information in accordance with the events. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A method for applying memorability information, comprising:
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automatically labeling events or items with numerical or categorical labels according to a measure of the likelihood that an item will be recalled, recognized as a landmark, or be most representative of an event or time; and
applying the labeling to information-management applications. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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60. A method for determining reminders, comprising:
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automatically training models from data; and
performing inference about items that are potentially forgotten. - View Dependent Claims (61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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