Storing and recalling information to augment human memories
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Abstract
A system for computer-based storing of information about a current state so that later recall of the information can augment human memories. In particular, when information about a current event of interest is to be stored, a variety of current state information of different types (e.g., video, audio, and textual information) about the environment and about a user can be acquired via sensors and other input devices. The variety of state information can then be associated together as a group and stored for later retrieval. Other information can also be associated with the group, such as one or more recall tags that facilitate later retrieval of the group, or one or more annotations to provide contextual information when the other state information is later retrieved and presented to the user. When information about a past event is to be recalled, one or more identifying recall tags can be received that are used to identify one or more state information groups that match the identifying tags. Some or all of the previously-acquired state information for the identified state information groups can then be presented to the user on appropriate output devices. Other information, such as annotations, can also be presented to the user in order to describe the state information and thus assist the user'"'"'s recollection of the previous state when the information was stored.
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95 Claims
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76. A method in a computer for augmenting a memory of a user, the computer having a plurality of stored groups of information such that each stored group of information describes an environment and includes at least one tag and descriptive information about the environment and recorded information for the environment, the method comprising:
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receiving an indication of a tag;
determining whether one of the stored groups of information has a tag matching the indicated tag; and
when one of the stored groups of information is determined to have a matching tag, augmenting the memory of the user about the environment by, presenting to the user the recorded information from the determined group of information; and
presenting to the user the descriptive information from the determined group of information. - View Dependent Claims (77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88)
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89. A computer-implemented method for augmenting a memory of a user about an environment, the method comprising:
storing information about a current state of the environment by, recording information regarding the environment;
receiving an indication of a tag related to the environment;
receiving an indication of descriptive information about the environment; and
associating the indicated tag and the indicated descriptive information with the recorded environment information, so that if the tag is later supplied, the recorded environment information and the descriptive information can be presented to augment the memory of the user of the environment. - View Dependent Claims (90, 91, 92, 93)
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94. A computer-readable medium whose contents cause a computer to augment a memory of a user, the computer having access to multiple stored groups of information that each has at least one associated tag and associated descriptive information about an environment and associated recorded information for that environment, by performing a method comprising:
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receiving an indication of a tag;
determining one of the stored groups of information that has an associated tag matching the indicated tag; and
augmenting the memory of the user about an environment by presenting information for the environment to the user that is associated with the determined group of information, the presented information including the recorded information for the environment and the descriptive information about the environment.
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95. A computer-readable medium whose contents cause a computer to augment a memory of a user about an environment, by performing a method comprising:
storing information about a current state of the environment by, recording information regarding the environment;
receiving an indication of a tag related to the environment;
receiving an indication of descriptive information about the environment; and
associating the indicated tag and the indicated descriptive information with the recorded environment information, so that the recorded environment information and the descriptive information can later be presented to augment the memory of the user of the environment.
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