Methods, Systems, and Products for Recalling and Retrieving Documentary Evidence

• US 20170132254A1
• Filed: 01/21/2017
• Published: 05/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Li, Kevin A., Meuninck, Troy C., Pratt, James H., Schroeter, Horst J., Shahraray, Behzad, Miller, II, Robert Raymond
• Granted Patent: US 10,346,467 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/5866 using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, manually generated location and time information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/73 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/90328 using search space presentation or visualization, e.g. category or range presentation and selection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques

Abstract

Methods, systems, and products help users recall memories and search for content of those memories. When a user cannot recall a memory, the user is prompted with questions to help recall the memory. As the user answers the questions, a virtual recollection of the memory is synthesized from the answers to the questions. When the user is satisfied with the virtual recollection of the memory, a database of content may be searched for the virtual recollection of the memory. Video data, for example, may be retrieved that matches the virtual recollection of the memory. The video data is thus historical data documenting past events.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a server, electronic answers associated with a client device, the electronic answers responsive to electronic questions;

querying, by the server, an electronic profile for the electronic answers, the electronic profile electronically associating digital files to the electronic answers;

retrieving, by the server, the digital files that are electronically associated in the electronic profile with the electronic answers; and

generating, by the server, a digital image that incorporates information associated with the digital files.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending the electronic questions to the client device, the electronic questions eliciting the electronic answers for generating the digital image.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising retrieving a digital object associated with one of the digital files.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising retrieving a digital object associated with any of the digital files.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising querying an electronic database of content for the digital image.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising determining a match between the digital image and an entry in the electronic database of content. The method of claim 6, further comprising retrieving a video file in response to the match.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising retrieving an image file in response to the match.

9. The method of claim 6, further comprising retrieving an audio file in response to the match.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a count of the digital files that are electronically associated with the electronic answers.

11. A system, comprising:

a hardware processor; and

a memory device, the memory device storing instructions, the instructions when executed causing the hardware processor to perform operations, the operations comprising;

receiving electronic answers associated with a client device, the electronic answers responsive to electronic questions;

querying an electronic profile based on the electronic answers, the electronic profile electronically associating digital files to the electronic answers;

identifying the digital files that are electronically associated in the electronic profile with the electronic answers; and

generating a digital image that incorporates information associated with the digital files.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise sending electronic questions to the client device, the electronic questions eliciting the electronic answers for generating the digital image.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a digital object associated with one of the digital files.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a digital object associated with any of the digital files.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise querying an electronic database of content for the digital image.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise determining a match between the digital image and an entry in the electronic database of content.

17. A memory device storing instructions that when executed cause a hardware processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving electronic answers associated with a client device, the electronic answers responsive to electronic questions;

querying an electronic profile based on the electronic answers, the electronic profile electronically associating digital files to the electronic answers;

accessing the digital files that are electronically associated in the electronic profile with the electronic answers; and

generating a digital image that incorporates information associated with the digital files.

18. The memory device of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise sending electronic questions to the client device, the electronic questions eliciting the electronic answers for generating the digital image.

19. The memory device of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a digital object associated with one of the digital files.

20. The memory device of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a digital object associated with any of the digital files.