Method and system for a digital diary system

• US 8,223,799 B2
• Filed: 06/03/2008
• Issued: 07/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte Limited (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Broadcom Corporation (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Karaoguz, Jeyhan
• Primary Examiner(s): Pezzlo, John
• Application Number:
  US12/132,323
• Publication Number:
  US 20080304431A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,505 Days
• Field of Search: 370/252, 370/329, 370/490
• US Class Current: 370/490
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality

Abstract

A wireless communication device may generate an interactive digital diary for one or more users. The device may handle location information, multimedia data, transactions and/or secure communications via a plurality of technologies. Digital diary information may be stored internally or externally, it may be searchable and/or may comprise moving images, still images, audio, text, geographic location, entity information, time, date, transactions, financial information, consumer information, security information, user input, communications, user contacts, software applications, user profiles, scheduled events, prompts and/or reminders. The digital diary may comprise an interactive user interface which may have mapping capability and may provide link access to digital diary information and/or associated entities. User input methods may comprise screen touch, pressure sensor, key entry and/or voice. Information may be captured via a camera, microphone, geo-location data receiver, transaction write/reader, digital clock, digital calendar, key entry and/or tactile sensor.

Claims

1. A method for handling multimedia information, the method comprising:

automatically capturing a transaction conducted by a wireless communication device or a user of the wireless communication device;

generating, processing and/or providing links to multimedia information by the wireless communication device operable to automatically determine and/or identify a location associated with the captured transaction, the captured transaction being associated with said generated, processed and/or linked multi-media information; and

generating by said wireless communication device, an interactive digital diary wherein one or more digital diary records in said generated interactive digital diary comprises one or more of said associated generated, processed and/or linked multimedia information and associated information about the captured transaction.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said one or more digital diary records comprises moving images, still images, audio, text, geographic location, entity information, time, date, transactions, financial information, consumer information, security information, user input, communications, links, user contacts, software applications, user profiles, scheduled events, prompts and/or reminders.

3. The method according to claim 1, comprising storing information for said one or more digital diary records within said wireless communication device and/or external to said wireless communication device.

4. The method according to claim 1, comprising presenting said interactive digital diary and/or information corresponding to one or more links associated with said one or more digital diary records via a user interface displayed on said wireless communication device.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein said user interface presents said interactive digital diary and/or said information corresponding to one or more links associated with said one or more digital diary records within one or more contexts comprising maps, time frame, narrative, collage, voice, audio, video, text, data, icons, charts, and/or tables.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein said user interface accepts user input via one or more of a plurality of methods comprising screen touch, pressure sensor, key entry and/or voice.

7. The method according to claim 4, wherein said user interface enables display of one or more links and/or icons, that provides access to one or more external entities, networks, servers, applications and/or contacts.

8. The method according to claim 1, comprising communicating and/or updating information for said one or more digital diary records via one or more of a plurality of wireless, optical and/or wired communication technologies.

9. The method according to claim 1, comprising searching said one or more digital diary records based on one or more criteria comprising time, date, geographic location, entity, contact and user identity.

10. The method according to claim 1, comprising authenticating access to said interactive digital diary comprising said one or more digital diary records.

11. The method according to claim 1, comprising encrypting communication of said one or more digital diary records by said wireless communication device.

12. The method according to claim 1, comprising capturing said multimedia information for said interactive digital diary via one or more devices comprising a camera, microphone, geo-location data receiver, transaction write/reader, digital clock, digital calendar, key entry, and/or tactile sensor.

13. The method according to claim 1, comprising executing financial and/or security transactions based on said one or more digital diary records within said interactive digital diary.

14. The method according to claim 1, comprising generating at least a portion of said one or more digital diary records based on one or more of default settings, a stored user profile and ad hoc user input.

15. The method according to claim 1, wherein said associating and/or linking utilizes metadata, tags and/or designations.

16. A system for handling multimedia information, the system comprising:

one or more processors in a wireless communication device, wherein said one or more processors are operable to implement

a transaction capture module to automatically determine and/or identify a transaction associated with multi-media information that is generated, processed and/or linked by said wireless communication device, and

a location capture module to automatically acquire location information associated with the transaction; and

said one or more processors generates within said wireless communication device, an interactive digital diary wherein one or more digital diary records in said generated interactive digital diary comprises one or more of said associated generated, processed and/or linked multi-media information and associated information about the transaction and the location associated with the transaction.

17. The system according to claim 16, wherein said one or more digital diary records comprises moving images, still images, audio, text, geographic location, entity information, time, date, transactions, financial information, consumer information, security information, user input, communications, links, user contacts, software applications, user profiles, scheduled events, prompts and/or reminders.

18. The system according to claim 16, wherein said one or more processors enables storage of information for said one or more digital diary records within said wireless communication device and/or external to said wireless communication device.

19. The system according to claim 16, wherein said one or more processors enables presentation of said interactive digital diary and/or information corresponding to one or more links associated with said one or more digital diary records via a user interface displayed on said wireless communication device.

20. The system according to claim 19, wherein said user interface presents said interactive digital diary and/or said information corresponding to one or more links associated with said one or more digital diary records within one or more contexts comprising maps, time frame, narrative, collage, voice, audio, video, text, data, icons, charts, and/or tables.

21. The system according to claim 19, wherein said user interface accepts user input via one or more of a plurality of methods comprising screen touch, pressure sensor, key entry and/or voice.

22. The system according to claim 19, wherein said user interface enables display of one or more links and/or icons, that provides access to one or more external entities, networks, servers, applications and/or contacts.

23. The system according to claim 16, wherein said one or more processors enables communication of and/or update of information for said one or more digital diary records via one or more of a plurality of wireless, optical and/or wired communication technologies.

24. The system according to claim 16, wherein said one or more processors enables search of said one or more digital diary records based on one or more criteria comprising time, date, geographic location, entity, contact and/or user identity.

25. The system according to claim 16, wherein said one or more processors enables authentication of access to said interactive digital diary comprising said one or more digital diary records.

26. The system according to claim 16, wherein said one or more processors enables encryption of communication of said one or more digital diary records by said wireless communication device.

27. The system according to claim 16, wherein said one or more processors enables capture of said multimedia information for said interactive digital diary via one or more devices comprising a camera, microphone, geo-location data receiver, transaction write/reader, digital clock, digital calendar, key entry, and/or tactile sensor.

28. The system according to claim 16, wherein said one or more processors enables execution of financial and/or security transactions based on one or more of said one or more digital diary records within said interactive digital diary.

29. The system according to claim 16, wherein said at least one processor enables generation of at least a portion of said one or more digital diary records based on one or more of default settings, a stored user profile and ad hoc user input.

30. The system according to claim 16, wherein said associating and/or linking utilizes metadata, tags and/or designations.