Method for personal voice assistant, location services, multi-media capture, transmission, speech conversion, metatags creation, storage and search retrieval

Abstract

This invention relates to a network interface device. A first capture device interfaces with a first external information source to capture first external information. A processor processes the captured first external information and stores it in a first media. The processor initiates the storage of the first captured information at an initial time and completes storage of the first captured information at a completion time, thus providing a stored defined set of first captured information. A transmitter transmits the defined set of stored captured information to a remote location on a network. A remote processing system is disposed at the remote node on the network and includes a database and a receiver for receiving the transmitted defined set of first captured information. A data converter is operable to convert the received defined set of first captured information to a second format. The database stores the set of converted captured information.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system for capturing data in a first media and storing in a database at a location on a network, comprising:
 a capture device having:
 a first data converter interfacable with a first external information source that generates external information and the first data converter capturing the first external information during generation thereof, 
 the first data converter processing the captured first external information and storing it in a first media format as stored first captured information within the capture device, the first data converter initiating the storage of the first captured information as stored first captured information at an initial time and completing storage of the first captured information as stored first captured information at a completion time, thus providing a stored defined set of first captured information representing the first captured information between the initial time and the completion time, and 
 a transmitter for transmitting as a transmitted defined set of first captured information the defined set of stored captured information to the location on the network after the completion time; 
   a system disposed at the location on the network and including:
 a database, 
 a receiver for receiving the transmitted defined set of first captured information from the transmitter associated with the capture device as a received defined set of first captured information, 
 a system data converter for converting the received defined set of first captured information to a second format as a set of converted first captured information, the second format different than the first media format, the second format being a searchable format, and 
 the database storing the set of converted captured information. 
   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , and further comprising:
 a second data converter in the capture device for interfacing with a second external information source to capture second external information therefrom;   the second data converter processing the captured second external information and storing it in a third format different from the first media format as stored second captured information;   a combiner for associating the defined set of stored first captured information with the stored second captured information;   the transmitter transmitting the associated defined set of stored first captured information and stored second captured information to the location on the network;   the receiver at the system receiving the transmitted defined set of stored first captured information and stored second captured information form the transmitter;   the database storing the set of converted captured information with the associated stored second captured information such that the association of the defined set of stored first captured information and stored second captured information is maintained.   
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the second external information is temporal and is complete as to the capture at the time of capture by the second data converter. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the third format is a second media format different from the first media format and wherein the third format of a second media format is maintained in the database at the location on the network. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the second data converter captures information from the second external information source indicative of the location of the capture device and the second data converter processing the second captured information for storage as location information as the stored second captured information. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 5 , and further comprising an other data capture device in the capture device that comprises a Global Positioning System (GPS) device. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 5 , and further comprising an other data capture device in the capture device that derives location information from a time domain analysis of mobile phone signals. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 5 , and further comprising an other data capture device in the capture device that derives location information from a time domain analysis of wireless network domains. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 5 , and further comprising an other data capture device in the capture device that derives location information from Doppler analysis of timing signals from cellular/PCS base stations. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the capture device comprises a cell based communication device and further comprising an other data capture device in the capture device that captures location information as to cell transmitters and the other data capture device in the capture device that determines location information from cell triangulation. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the first data converter comprises an audio transducer and the first media format comprises a format representing audio information. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the second format of the converted set of first captured information represents text. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the first data converter comprises an audio transducer and the first media format comprises a format representing audio information. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein the second format of the set of converted first captured information represents text. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the capture device comprises a portable handheld device. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 1 , the capture device has stored thereat a first capture device identifier and the transmitter transmitting the first capture device identifier with the associated defined set of stored first captured information and stored second captured information to the remote location. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 1 , and further comprising an encryptor for encrypting at least a portion of the defined set of stored captured information transmitted by the transmitter at some time between the completion time and the receipt by the system. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the encryptor encrypts the defined set of stored captured information proximate in time to the completion time. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the encryptor encrypts at a first level of encryption as an encrypted file that constitutes a symmetrical encryption algorithm that has a secret key available only to an owner of the defined set of stored captured information and wherein the encrypted file is placed in combination with the owner information in the transmission and wherein the system is operable to store the received information. 
     
     
         20 . A system for capturing data in a first media for storage in a database at a location on a network, comprising:
 a capture device having:
 a first data converter interfacable with a first external information source that generates external information and capturing the first external information during generation thereof, 
 a second data converter interfacing with a second external information source to capture second external information therefrom at an instant in time; 
 the first data converter processing the captured first external information from a start event representing the time that capture is initiated to a stop event representing the time that capture is complete and storing it in a first media format as a stored defined set of first captured information within the capture device, the second data converter for processing the captured second external information and storing it as second captured information and a combiner for generating an association between the defined set of first captured information and the second captured information, and 
 a transmitter for transmitting the associated stored defined set of first captured information and second captured information as a transmitted associated defined set of first captured information and second captured information to the location on the network after at least stop event associated with the associated with the processing of the captured second external information; 
   a system disposed at the location on the network and including:
 a database, 
 a receiver for receiving the transmitted associated defined set of first captured information and second captured information from the transmitter associated with the capture device as a received set of first captured information, 
 a system data converter for converting the received defined set of first captured information to a second format as a set of converted first captured information, the second format different than the first media format, the second format being a searchable format, and 
   the database storing the set of converted captured information in association with the associated received second set of captured information.