US 10721066

Summary of US Patent 10721066

Title: Method for voice assistant, location tagging, multi-media capture, transmission, speech to text conversion, photo/video image/object recognition, creation of searchable metatags/contextual tags, storage and search retrieval

Assignee: MYPORT TECHNOLOGIES Inc

Inventors: Michael F. Malone

Filing Date: March 19, 2019

Issue Date: July 21, 2020

Abstract:
This invention relates to a network interface device. A first capture device interfaces with a first external information source to capture first external information. A processor processes the captured first external information and stores it in a first media. The processor initiates and completes the storage of the first captured information at specific times, thus providing a stored defined set of first captured information. A transmitter then sends this defined set of stored captured information to a remote location on a network. A remote processing system at the network location includes a database and a receiver for this information. A data converter then converts the received information to a second, searchable format, and the database stores this converted, captured information.

Plain-Language Overview of Independent Claims:

• Claim 1: Remote Storage Method
  This claim describes a method where a capture device (including a microphone and camera) captures audio and image information. It also captures location and time data associated with the image capture. This raw data (digital audio, digital image, location, and time) is combined into a single "composite data set," which is then encrypted and transmitted to a remote network location. At this remote location, a system receives and decrypts the data. This system then converts the received digital audio into text-based searchable "text context tags" and performs image recognition on the digital image to create "image recognition searchable context tags." Both types of tags are associated with the digital image and stored in a database along with the original captured data.

• Claim 6: Local Storage Method
  This claim focuses on a capture device with internal storage. It involves the device's microphone capturing external audio and its camera capturing an image. The audio is processed and stored as digital audio in the internal storage, and the image is stored as a digital image. Location and time information, associated with the image capture, are also captured and stored. Within the capture device, the digital audio is converted into text-based searchable "text context tags," and image recognition is performed on the digital image to create "image recognition searchable context tags." These text and image recognition tags are then associated with the digital image and the captured data, and the entire set is stored in the internal storage of the capture device.

• Claim 13: Local Storage Method with Two Data Converters
  Similar to Claim 6, this claim describes a method for local storage within a capture device. It specifies providing internal storage. A microphone interfaces with an audio source, and a "first data converter" converts this external audio information. A camera interfaces with an image source to capture an image. Location and time information associated with the image capture are also captured and stored. The first data converter processes the captured external audio and stores it as digital audio, and the camera processes and stores the image as a digital image. A "second data converter" is then used to convert the digital audio into a text-based searchable "text context tag" and to create an "image recognition searchable context tag" from the digital image. These text and image recognition tags are associated with the digital image and the stored captured data, and the entire assembly is stored in the internal storage.

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