# US 2014/0156697 A1 · Methods, Systems, and Products for Recalling and Retrieving Documentary Evidence

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- Number: US 2014/0156697 A1
- Document ID: US20140156697A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/693,070
- Filed: 2012-12-04
- Published: 2014-06-05
- Earliest claimed: 2012-12-04
- Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Applicants: At&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Inventors: Robert Raymond Miller; Kevin A. Li; Troy C. Meuninck; James H. Pratt; Horst J. Schroeter; Behzad Shahraray
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140156697A1

## CPC

- G06F 16/90328: {using search space presentation or visualization, e.g. category or range presentation and selection}
- G06F 16/5866: {using information manually generated, e.g. tags, keywords, comments, manually generated location and time information}
- G06F 16/73: Querying
- G06F 16/93: Document management systems
- G06F 16/951: Indexing; Web crawling techniques
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

Methods, systems, and products help users recall memories and search for content of those memories. When a user cannot recall a memory, the user is prompted with questions to help recall the memory. As the user answers the questions, a virtual recollection of the memory is synthesized from the answers to the questions. When the user is satisfied with the virtual recollection of the memory, a database of content may be searched for the virtual recollection of the memory. Video data, for example, may be retrieved that matches the virtual recollection of the memory. The video data is thus historical data documenting past events.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method, comprising:
providing questions to recall a mental memory;
receiving answers to the questions;
synthesizing a virtual recollection of the mental memory from the answers to the questions;
querying a database of content for the virtual recollection of the mental memory; and
retrieving video content from the database of content that matches the virtual recollection of the mental memory.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, further comprising synthesizing the virtual recollection as video data.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, further comprising synthesizing the virtual recollection as image data.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving video data of a gesture as one of the answers.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The method according to claim 4, further comprising querying the database of content for the video data of the gesture.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, further comprising retrieving audio content from the database of content that matches the virtual recollection of the mental memory.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, further comprising prompting the client device to approve the virtual recollection of the mental memory.

### Claim 8

A system, comprising:
a processor; and
memory to store instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
prompting a client device with questions to recall a mental memory;
receiving answers to the questions;
synthesizing a virtual recollection of the mental memory from the answers to the questions;
querying a database of content for the virtual recollection of the mental memory;
retrieving video content from the database of content that matches the virtual recollection of the mental memory.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The system according to claim 8, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to synthesize the virtual recollection as video data.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The system according to claim 8, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to synthesize the virtual recollection as image data.

### Claim 11 (depends on 8)

The system according to claim 8, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to receive video data of a gesture as one of the answers.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The system according to claim 11, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to query the database of content for the video data of the gesture.

### Claim 13 (depends on 8)

The system according to claim 8, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to retrieve audio content from the database of content that matches the virtual recollection of the mental memory.

### Claim 14 (depends on 8)

The system according to claim 8, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to prompt the client device to approve the virtual recollection of the mental memory.

### Claim 15

A computer readable medium storing processor executable instructions for performing operations, the operations comprising:
prompting a client device with questions to recall a mental memory;
receiving answers to the questions;
synthesizing a virtual recollection of the mental memory from the answers to the questions;
querying a database of content for the virtual recollection of the mental memory;
retrieving video content from the database of content that matches the virtual recollection of the mental memory.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The computer readable medium according to claim 15, further comprising instructions for synthesizing the virtual recollection as video data.

### Claim 17 (depends on 15)

The computer readable medium according to claim 15, further comprising instructions for synthesizing the virtual recollection as image data.

### Claim 18 (depends on 15)

The computer readable medium according to claim 15, further comprising instructions for receiving video data of a gesture as one of the answers.

### Claim 19 (depends on 18)

The computer readable medium according to claim 18, further comprising instructions for querying the database of content for the video data of the gesture.

### Claim 20 (depends on 15)

The computer readable medium according to claim 15, further comprising instructions for retrieving audio content from the database of content that matches the virtual recollection of the mental memory.