System and method for location tracking using audio input
OwnerMarkus Agevikinventor
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Abstract
An electronic device and method of location tracking adapted to enhance a user's ability in recalling or returning to a former location. The electronic device may record audio, such as the user's speech and/or speech from others. The location at which the speech is recorded is determined and stored. The speech may be converted to text, which is associated with the determined location. The converted text may be indexed for searching. A user may perform a text-based search for words that the user may recall speaking and/or hearing at the location. Returned search results may remind the user of the location and provide directions for returning to the location.
Claims20
An electronic device configured to assist a user in recalling a prior location, comprising:
- an audio input;
- and
- a control circuit configured to:
- scan the audio input for an audio signal and record the audio signal;
- store a transcript of text from the recorded audio signal and an associated location for a place in which the recording of the audio signal was made in a database that contains transcripts of audio recordings from a plurality of locations;
- and
- search the database for user entered search criteria including at least one word and return at least one search result of a location that has an associated transcript that matches the search criteria.
A method of assisting a user in recalling a prior location, comprising:
- scanning an audio input for an audio signal and recording the audio signal;
- storing a transcript of text from the recorded audio signal and an associated location for a place in which the recording of the audio signal was made in a database that contains transcripts of audio recordings from a plurality of locations;
- and
- searching the database for user entered search criteria including at least one word and returning at least one search result of a location that has an associated transcript that matches the search criteria.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.