Phone Assisted 'Photographic memory'

• US 20100030738A1
• Filed: 07/29/2008
• Published: 02/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mimzi, LLC
• Original Assignee: James L. Geer
• Inventors: Geer, James L.
• Granted Patent: US 8,775,454 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: N/A
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/433 using audio data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/487 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/489 using time information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/634 Query by example, e.g. query by humming
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/685 using automatically derived transcript of audio data, e.g. lyrics speech recognition G10L15/00
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location

Abstract

A system and method for collecting data may include a data collection device to obtain the data from a user, an apparatus for obtaining metadata for each word of the data from the user, an apparatus for obtaining a searchable transcript of the data and a device to store the searchable transcript. The metadata may be date data, time data, name data or location data and the data collection device may include a speech recognition engine to translate speech into searchable words. The speech recognition engine may provide a confidence level corresponding to the translation of the speech into searchable words, and the speech recognition engine may distinguish a first user and a second user in order to provide a first searchable transcript for the first user and a second searchable transcript for the second user. An ad transcript may be added to the searchable transcript, and the searchable transcript may be placed in a centralized community search database.

Claims

1. A system for collecting data;

comprising;

a data collection device to obtain the data from a user;

an apparatus for obtaining metadata for each word of the data from the user;

an apparatus for obtaining a searchable transcript of the data;

a device to store the searchable transcript.

2. A system for collecting data as in claim 1, wherein the metadata is date data.

3. A system for collecting data as in claim 1, wherein the metadata is time data.

4. A system for collecting data as in claim 1, wherein the metadata is name data.

5. A system for collecting data as in claim 1, wherein the metadata is location data.

6. A system for collecting data as in claim 1, wherein the data collection device includes a speech recognition engine to translate speech into searchable words.

7. A system for collecting data as in claim 6, wherein the speech recognition engine provides a confidence level corresponding to the translation of the speech into searchable words.

8. A system for collecting data as in claim 6, wherein the speech recognition engine can distinguish a first user and a second user in order to provide a first searchable transcript for the first user and a second searchable transcript for the second user.

9. A system for collecting data as in claim 1, wherein an ad transcript is added to the searchable transcript.

10. A system for collecting data as in claim 1, wherein the searchable transcript is placed in a centralized community search database including TPMS data to allow a vehicle to be tracked.

11. A method for collecting data;

comprising the steps of;

obtaining the data from a user;

obtaining metadata for each word of the data from the user;

obtaining a searchable transcript of the data;

storing the searchable transcript.

12. A method for collecting data as in claim 11, wherein the metadata is date data.

13. A method for collecting data as in claim 11, wherein the metadata is time data.

14. A method for collecting data as in claim 11, wherein the metadata is name data.

15. A method for collecting data as in claim 11, wherein the metadata is location data.

16. A method for collecting data as in claim 11, wherein the method includes the step of operating a speech recognition engine to translate speech into searchable words.

17. A method for collecting data as in claim 16, wherein the speech recognition engine provides a confidence level corresponding to the translation of the speech into searchable words.

18. A method for collecting data as in claim 16, wherein the speech recognition engine can distinguish a first user and a second user in order to provide a first searchable transcript for the first user and a second searchable transcript for the second user.

19. A method for collecting data as in claim 11, wherein the method adds an ad transcript to the searchable transcript.

20. A method for collecting data as in claim 11, wherein the method places the searchable transcript in a centralized community search database including TPMS data to allow a vehicle to be tracked.