Patent ID: 7155456

Claim:
A method in a computer for augmenting a memory of a user, the computer-implemented method comprising: receiving an indication of a tag; determining whether one of a plurality of stored groups of information has a tag matching the indicated tag, each stored group of information has a tag matching the indicated tag, each stored group of information describing an environment experienced by the user at a previous time and including at least one tag and descriptive information about the environment and recorded information for the environment, the recorded information for each stored group including information recorded by an input device of the computer at the previous time for that stored group; and when one of the stored groups of information is determined to have a matching tag, augmenting the memory of the user about the environment described by that determined group of information by, presenting to the user the recorded information from the determined group of information; and presenting to the user the descriptive information from the determined group of information.