Digital life recording and playback

A computer program product comprising:

• a computer recordable storage medium including computer usable program code for managing digital life recording data, said computer program product comprising:
• computer usable program code for capturing data associated with daily activities of a first person using a plurality of data capturing devices associated with a first mobile digital life recording device associated with the first person to form captured data, wherein the captured data includes sound data, and video data;
• computer usable program code for processing the captured data using the first mobile digital life recording device, wherein the computer usable program code for processing the captured data comprises:
• computer usable program code for organizing the sound data and the video data into a plurality of data segments;
• computer usable program code for tagging each data segment within the plurality of data segments with a global positioning system location identifier and a timestamp;
• computer usable program code for storing the plurality of data segments into a cache of the first mobile digital life recording device;
• computer usable program code for sending a portion of the plurality of data segments to a second mobile digital life recording device associated with a second person that is authorized by the first person to receive the portion of the plurality of data segments via a wireless network, wherein the plurality of data segments stored in the cache of the mobile device further comprises data retrieved from an information source over a wireless network, and wherein the information source is the second mobile digital life recording device associated with the second person;
• computer usable program code for uploading and storing the plurality of data segments stored in the cache of the first mobile digital life recording device and data segments received from the second person of the second mobile digital life recording device into a repository mass store to form a plurality of uploaded data segments in response to interfacing the first mobile digital life recording device with the repository mass store;
• computer usable program code for processing the plurality of uploaded data segments stored at the repository mass store, wherein the computer usable program code for processing the plurality of uploaded data segments comprises:
• computer usable program code for generating a text transcript of the sound data a plurality of thumbnail images for and the video data for each data segment within the plurality of uploaded data segments;
• computer usable program code for generating metadata associated with terms in the text transcript;
• computer usable program code for indexing each data segment within the plurality of uploaded data segments based on the global positioning system location identifier, the timestamp, and the text transcript;
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• computer usable program code for indexing the sound data in the plurality of uploaded data segments based on the metadata from the text transcript;
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• computer usable program code for presenting the sound data, the video data, the plurality of thumbnail images, and the text transcript for each data segment within the plurality of uploaded data segments stored at the repository mass store within a selected period of time using a user interface in response to receiving a request to view data within the selected period of time.

A digital life recording system comprising:

• a plurality of data capturing devices associated with a first mobile digital life recording device associated with a first person, the plurality of data capturing devices configured to capture data associated with daily activities of a first person to form captured data, wherein the captured data includes sound data, and video data;
• a first mobile digital life recording device associated with the first person configured to process and store the captured data to form stored data, wherein the first mobile digital life recording device organizes the sound data and the video data into a plurality of data segments;
• tags each data segment within the plurality of data segments with a global positioning system location identifier and a timestamp;
• store the plurality of data segments into a cache of the first mobile digital life recording device;
• and send a portion of the plurality of data segments to a second mobile digital life recording device associated with a second person that is authorized by the first person to receive the portion of the plurality of data segments via a wireless network, wherein the plurality of data segments stored in the cache of the mobile device further comprises data retrieved from an information source over a wireless network, and wherein the information source is the second mobile digital life recording device associated with the second person;
• a storage device configured to receive and store the plurality of data segments stored in the cache of the first mobile digital life recording device and data segments received from the second person of the second mobile digital life recording device into the repository mass store to form a plurality of uploaded data segments in response to interfacing the first mobile digital life recording device with the storage device;
• a data processing system configured to process the plurality of uploaded data segments stored at the storage device;
• generate a text transcript of the sound data and a plurality of thumbnail images for the video data for each data segment within the plurality of data segments;
• generate metadata associated with terms in the text transcript;
• index each data segment within the plurality of uploaded data segments based on the global positioning system location identifier, the timestamp, and the text transcript;
• index the sound data in the plurality of uploaded data segments based on the metadata from the text transcript;
• and retrieve and present the sound data, the video data, the plurality of thumbnail images, and the text transcript for each data segment within the plurality of uploaded data segments stored on the storage device within the selected period of time to a user in response to receiving a request to view data within a selected period of time.

An apparatus comprising:

• a bus system;
• a communications system connected to the bus system;
• a memory connected to the bus system, wherein the memory includes computer usable program code;
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• a process unit connected to the bus system, wherein the process unit executes the computer usable program code to capture data associated with daily activities of a first person using a plurality of data capturing devices associated with a first mobile digital life recording device associated with the first person to form captured data, wherein the captured data includes sound data, and video data;
• process the captured data using the first mobile digital life recording device, wherein processing the captured data comprises:
• organizing the sound data and the video data into a plurality of data segments;
• tagging each data segment within the plurality of data segments with a global positioning system location identifier and a timestamp;
• storing the plurality of data segments into a cache of the first mobile digital life recording device;
• and sending a portion of the plurality of data segments to a second mobile digital life recording device associated with a second person that is authorized by the first person to receive the portion of the plurality of data segments via a wireless network, wherein the plurality of data segments stored in the cache of the mobile device further comprises data retrieved from an information source over a wireless network, and wherein the information source is the second mobile digital life recording device associated with the second person;
• upload and store the plurality of data segments stored in the cache of the first mobile digital life recording device and data segments received from the second person of the second mobile digital life recording device into the repository mass store to form a plurality of uploaded data segments in response to interfacing the first mobile digital life recording device with a repository mass store;
• process the plurality of uploaded data segments stored at the repository mass store, wherein processing the plurality of uploaded data segments comprises:
• generating a text transcript of the sound data and a plurality of thumbnail images for the video data for each data segment within the plurality of uploaded data segments;
• generating metadata associated with terms in the text transcript;
• indexing each data segment within the plurality of uploaded data segments based on the global positioning system location identifier, the timestamp, and the text transcript;
• and indexing the sound data in the plurality of uploaded data segments based on the metadata from the text transcript;
• and present the sound data, the video data, the plurality of thumbnail images, and the text transcript for each data segment within the plurality of uploaded data segments stored at the repository mass store within a selected period of time using a user interface in response to receiving a request to view data within the selected period of time.