Photographic memory

• US 9,792,361 B1
• Filed: 05/22/2013
• Issued: 10/17/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mimzi, LLC
• Original Assignee: Mimzi, LLC
• Inventors: Geer, James L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kuddus, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US13/900,495
• Time in Patent Office: 1,609 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/433 using audio data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/487 using geographical or spatial information, e.g. location
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/489 using time information
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/634 Query by example, e.g. query by humming
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/685 using automatically derived transcript of audio data, e.g. lyrics speech recognition G10L15/00
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location

Abstract

A system and method for interacting with a social network database. A user'"'"'s spoken request is transcribed and associated with metadata comprising location data and sent through a communication port of a mobile electronic device to a social network database. The social network database, in response to the communication, produces a response dependent on the transcribed information and metadata, which is returned to the mobile electronic device, and presented to the user. An ad may be included in the presentation to the user.

Claims

1. A computer implemented system for presenting social network provided outputs to a mobile electronic device dependent on a location, in response to the mobile electronic device user'"'"'s input, comprising:

a hardware data input port configured to receive information from the mobile electronic device user defining the user input;

an automated hardware processor configured to define a user request dependent on the user input and metadata associated with the received information from the mobile electronic device user, comprising at least the location of the mobile electronic device determined by an automated hardware geospatial positioning system;

an automated hardware communication interface port configured to;

automatically transmit the user request to a social network database comprising a plurality of roadway condition records having time information and location information associated with respective roadway conditions;

automatically receive location-dependent social network information from the social network database, selectively dependent on the transmitted user request; and

communicate a message dependent on the received location-dependent social network information for creating a new record in the social network database, comprising time information and location information of a respective roadway condition;

an automated hardware user interface configured to selectively present the received social network information ranked according to at least one social network ranking factor.

2. The computer implemented system according to claim 1, wherein the received information comprises human speech, further comprising a speech to text converter, wherein the defined user input comprises a transcript of at least a portion of the human speech.

3. The computer implemented system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile electronic device comprises a cell phone.

4. The computer implemented system according to claim 1, wherein the automated hardware communication interface port is configured to communicate voice over internet protocol communications to a remote automated server.

5. The computer implemented system according to claim 1, further comprising a speech recognition engine to translate speech into searchable words within the mobile electronic device.

6. The computer implemented system according to claim 1, wherein the social network database comprises a database of restaurant ratings.

7. The computer implemented system according to claim 1, wherein the social network database comprises a database of road conditions.

8. The computer implemented system according to claim 1, wherein the social network database comprises a database of posting records created by posters, wherein the posters each have at least one of an associated credibility and an associated popularity, and the at least one social network ranking factor is dependent on the at least of the poster credibility and the poster popularity associated with respective posting record presented through the automated user interface.

9. The computer implemented system according to claim 1, wherein the social network database comprises a database of business ratings, and the at least one social network ranking factor is dependent on at least the business rating associated with respective posting record presented through the automated user interface.

10. The computer implemented system according to claim 1, wherein the received social network information is ranked according to a combination of ranking factors comprising a proximity of a location associated with a respective record and the location of the mobile electronic device.

11. The computer implemented system according to claim 1, wherein the location of the mobile electronic device is determined by at least one of an automated geospatial positioning system and an automated cell phone tower triangulation system.

12. The computer implemented system according to claim 1, wherein the automated hardware user interface comprises a geographic map.

13. The computer implemented system according to claim 1, wherein the hardware data input port is configured to receive image information.

14. The computer implemented system according to claim 1, further comprising a memory configured to persistently store and retrieve a plurality of user inputs.

15. The computer implemented system according to claim 1, wherein the automated hardware user interface is configured to present at least one location-dependent advertisement to the mobile electronic device user in dependence on at least the location.

16. A computer implemented method for presenting social network-provided outputs to a mobile electronic device dependent on a location, in response to the mobile electronic device user'"'"'s input, comprising:

receiving information from the mobile electronic device user defining the user input through a hardware data input port;

automatically determining a location of the mobile electronic device by an automated hardware geospatial positioning system;

automatically defining a user request dependent on the user input and metadata associated with the received information from the mobile electronic device user with at least one automated hardware processor, comprising at least the automatically determined location of the mobile electronic device;

automatically transmitting the user request to an automated social network database comprising a plurality of records having location information, comprising a database of roadway condition records comprising a time and location associated with roadway conditions;

automatically receiving location-dependent social network information from the social network database through a hardware interface, selectively dependent on the transmitted user request; and

automatically communicating a message dependent on the received location-dependent social network information for creating a new record in the social network database comprising a time and location of a respective roadway condition;

automatically ranking the received social network information according to at least one social network ranking factor with at least one automated processor; and

presenting the ranked received social network information through an automated hardware user machine interface.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein:

the mobile electronic device comprises a cell phone; and

the received social network information is ranked according to a combination of ranking factors comprising a proximity of a location associated with a respective record and the location of the mobile electronic device.

18. A computer implemented system, comprising:

a hardware data input port configured to receive information from a human user of a wireless mobile electronic device defining a user input;

an automated system for determining a location of the mobile electronic device; and

at least one automated processor, configured to;

automatically define at least one new social network database record dependent on the user input, associated with at least a location, a time, and a rating of a roadway condition;

automatically transmit the at least one new social network database record through a wireless communication network to an Internet connected social network database comprising a plurality of roadway condition records, each comprising a time and a location of an associated roadway condition;

automatically define at least one social network database query dependent on the user input and the determined location of the wireless mobile electronic device;

automatically receive social network database location-based records, selectively dependent on the transmitted social network database query dependent on the user input and the location; and

automatically present the received social network database location-based records ranked according to at least one social network ranking factor through an automated hardware user interface system of the mobile electronic device.