Patent ID: 6549915
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method in a computer for assisting a user to recall information about an environment of the user at a previous time, the computer having a plurality of stored groups of information each describing an environment of the user at a previous time and each having an associated recall tag to assist in retrieval of that stored group of information, each stored group of information including descriptive information about the environment and information recorded from the environment at the previous time by at least one computer input device, the method comprising:receiving an indication of a recall tag for use in retrieval of a stored group of information, the indication received by an executing State Recall Module; determining whether one of the stored groups of information has an associated recall tag matching the indicated recall tag, the determining performed under control of the State Recall Module; and when one of the stored groups of information is determined to have a matching recall tag, assisting the user to recall information about the environment at the previous time when the stored information for the determined one group of information was recorded by, under the control of the State Recall Module, presenting to the user the recorded information from the determined one group of information; and presenting to the user the descriptive information from the determined one group of information.