RECORDING CONTEXT FOR CONDUCTING SEARCHES

• US 20150161236A1
• Filed: 12/05/2013
• Published: 06/11/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Beaumont, Suzanne Marion, Waltermann, Rod D., VanBlon, Russell Speight, Knox, Jonathan Gaither, Wetsel, Peter Hamilton, Bergmeier, Hermann Franz
• Application Number:
  US14/098,080
• Publication Number:
  US 20150161236A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/21 Design, administration or maintenance of databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/22 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/289 Object oriented databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/334 Query execution G06F16/335 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/48 Retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually

Abstract

An embodiment provides a method, including: collecting, using a first user device, ephemeral data associated with a user object event; collecting, using at least one processor, user object event data; creating, using at least one processor, an association between the ephemeral data and the user object event data; and storing, in a memory, the association in a data structure accessible to a device application. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

collecting, using a first user device, ephemeral data associated with a user object event;

collecting, using at least one processor, user object event data;

creating, using at least one processor, an association between the ephemeral data and the user object event data; and

storing, in a memory, the association in a data structure accessible to a device application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user object event data is selected from the group of data consisting of user object creation event data, user object access event data, user object storage event data, user object transmission event data, and user object content data.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the ephemeral data is selected from the group of data consisting of environmental data, biometric data, light data, audio data, device motion data, device orientation data, location data, hardware connection data, co-located device data, virtual connection data, device application data, and device state data.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the ephemeral data associated with a user object event is collected using device sensors located on the first user device and a co-located user device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the memory is selected from the group of storage devices consisting of a local storage device of the first user device, a central storage device accessible to the first user device, and a distributed storage device accessible to the first user device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising converting the ephemeral data into contextual data;

wherein the converting comprises;

analyzing the ephemeral data; and

forming a searchable context data term based on the analyzing.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

accepting, at an input component of the first user device, a user object search input;

searching the user object event data according to the user object search input;

searching searchable context data terms of the contextual data according to the user object search input; and

returning a search result.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

accepting, at an input component of the first user device, the user object search input;

searching searchable context data terms of the contextual data according to the user object search input;

identifying a user object using the association between the contextual data and the user object event data; and

returning a search result.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the user object search input includes only searchable context data terms.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising converting the user object search input into object event data using the association.

11. An information handling device, comprising:

one or more sensors that collect ephemeral data;

a processor; and

a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to;

collect ephemeral data associated with a user object event;

collect user object event data;

create an association between the ephemeral data and the user object event data; and

store the association in a data structure accessible to a device application.

12. The information handling device of claim 11, wherein the user object event data is selected from the group of data consisting of user object creation event data, user object access event data, user object storage event data, user object transmission event data, and user object content data.

13. The information handling device of claim 11, wherein the ephemeral data is selected from the group of data consisting of environmental data, biometric data, light data, audio data, device motion data, device orientation data, location data, hardware connection data, co-located device data, virtual connection data, device application data, and device state data.

14. The information handling device of claim 11, wherein the ephemeral data associated with a user object event is collected using the one or more sensors the information handling device and a co-located user device.

15. The information handling device of claim 11, wherein the data structure is stored in a location selected from the group consisting of a local storage device of the information handling device, a central storage device accessible to the information handling device, and a distributed storage device accessible to the information handling device.

16. The information handling device of claim 11, wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to convert the ephemeral data into contextual data;

wherein to convert comprises;

analyzing the ephemeral data; and

forming a searchable context data term based on the analyzing.

17. The information handling device of claim 16, wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:

accept, at an input component of the information handling device, a user object search input;

search the user object event data according to the user object search input;

search searchable context data terms of the contextual data according to the user object search input; and

return a search result.

18. The information handling device of claim 16, wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:

accept, at an input component of the information handling device, the user object search input;

search searchable context data terms of the contextual data according to the user object search input;

identify a user object using the association between the contextual data and the user object event data; and

return a search result.

19. The information handling device of claim 18, wherein the user object search input includes only searchable context data terms.

20. A product, comprising:

a storage device having code stored therewith, the code comprising;

code that collects, using a first user device, ephemeral data associated with a user object event;

code that collects, using at least one processor, user object event data;

code that creates, using at least one processor, an association between the ephemeral data and the user object event data; and

code that stores, in a memory, the association in a data structure accessible to a device application.