COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING, ASSOCIATING, AND/OR RETRIEVING DATA

• US 20110078151A1
• Filed: 09/30/2009
• Published: 03/31/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Bilbrey, Brett
• Granted Patent: US 8,364,680 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/746
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/68 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/687 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/70 of video data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03545 Pens or stylus

Abstract

Systems and methods may provide collection of data and association of searchable tags with the collected data. In an embodiment, a system may include at least one sensor configured to collect a primary data, and a processor configured to date and/or time stamp the primary data, to generate at least one searchable tag based on content of the primary data, and to associate the at least one searchable tag with the date and/or time-stamped primary data. Additionally, systems and methods may provide retrieval of primary data from a database based at least in part on tags that match at least part of a query. In an embodiment, the retrieved data may include at least one matching tag.

Claims

1. A system for collecting data and associating searchable tags with the collected data, the system comprising:

at least one sensor configured to collect a primary data; and

a processor configured to date and/or time stamp the primary data, to generate at least one searchable tag based on content of the primary data, and to associate the at least one searchable tag with the date and/or time-stamped primary data.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the primary data is at least one of audio data and video data.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one searchable tag comprises a plurality of searchable tags, the system further comprising a database storing the collected primary data and the plurality of searchable tags associated with the primary data.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising an input device configured to input a query based upon which the tags are searched.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising at least one other sensor configured to collect secondary data other than the primary data, wherein the processor is further configured to generate at least one other searchable tag based on the secondary data collected by the other sensor and to associate the at least one other searchable tag with the date and/or time stamped primary data.

7. A method for collecting data and associating searchable tags with the collected data, the method comprising:

collecting a primary data;

date and/or time stamping the primary data;

generating at least one searchable tag based on content of the primary data; and

associating the at least one searchable tag with the date and/or time-stamped primary data.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the primary data collected is at least one of audio data and video data.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

collecting secondary data other than the primary data;

generating at least one other searchable tag based on the secondary data collected; and

associating the at least one other searchable tag with the date and/or time stamped primary data.

10. A method of retrieving data from a database, the method comprising:

receiving a search query;

accessing a database including date and/or time stamped primary data and associated tags;

searching the database for tags that match at least part of the received query; and

retrieving data from the database based at least in part on the tags that match at least part of the received query, wherein the retrieved data includes at least one matching tag.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving a user selection of the at least one matching tag; and

in response to the user selection, retrieving primary data associated with the at least one matching tag.

12. A system for collecting data and associating searchable tags with the collected data, the system comprising:

at least one sensor configured to collect data; and

a processor configured to monitor data collected by the at least one sensor, to identify an occurrence of an event in the collected data, to generate a plurality of searchable tags based on the data collected for the occurrence of the event, to associate the generated tags for the occurrence of the event with each other, and to store the generated tags in a searchable database.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to receive a query, to search the tags stored in the searchable database based on the received query, and to retrieve associated tags from the searchable database when at least one of the associated tags matches a part of the query.

14. A method for collecting data and associating searchable tags with the collected data, the method comprising:

collecting data using at least one sensor;

monitoring the collected data for an occurrence of an event in the collected data;

identifying the occurrence of the event in the collected data;

generating a plurality of searchable tags based the collected data for the event; and

associating the searchable tags for the event with each other.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

storing the associated tags in a searchable database;

receiving a query;

searching the stored tags based on the received query; and

retrieving the associated tags from the searchable database when at least one of the associated tags matches a part of the query.