Remembering audio traces of physical actions

A method for creating a sound log of activities, comprising:

• receiving, at an operating system executing on a computer device, a detected sound from at least one sensor on the computer device;
• comparing the detected sound to a plurality of audio patterns stored in a sound database;
• identifying a sound event for the detected sound based at least upon the comparison of the detected sound to the plurality of audio patterns;
• identifying context information that provides a context for the sound event;
• and
• updating a sound log with the sound event and the context information.

A computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by a computer device, comprising:

• at least one instruction for causing the computer device to receive, from at least one sensor on the computer device, a detected sound;
• at least one instruction for causing the computer device to compare the detected sound to a plurality of audio patterns stored in a sound database;
• at least one instruction for causing the computer device to identify a sound event for the detected sound based at least upon the comparison of the detected sound to the plurality of audio patterns;
• at least one instruction for causing the computer device to identify context information that provides a context for the sound event;
• and
• at least one instruction for causing the computer device to update a sound log with the sound event and the context information.