IP Library Granted Patent US 10,237,067
Granted Patent B2
US 10,237,067 · App. 15/824,087 · Granted Mar 19, 2019

Apparatus for voice assistant, location tagging, multi-media capture, transmission, speech to text conversion, photo/video image/object recognition, creation of searchable metatags/contextual tags, storage and search retrieval

Inventor: Michael F. Malone (McKinney, TX)
Assignee: MyPort Technologies, Inc.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,237,067
App. No.
15/824,087
Granted
Mar 19, 2019
Kind
B2
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.

Claims (49)

1. A system for capturing image and audio information for storage in a database at a location on a network, comprising:

a microphone interfaceable with an external audio information source that generates external audio information and a first data converter for capturing the external audio information from the microphone,

a camera interfacing with an external image source to capture an image therefrom;

the first data converter processing the captured external audio information and storing it in a first digital audio format as stored digital audio within the capture device, the camera for processing the captured image and storing it as a stored digital image;

a data capture device for capturing, as captured data, location information and time information associated with at least the capture of the image and storing the captured data as stored captured data;

a data combiner for combining the stored digital audio, stored digital image and stored captured data as a composite data set;

an encryptor for encrypting the composite data set as an encrypted composite data set:

a transmitter for transmitting the encrypted composite data set to the location on the network; and

a system disposed at the location on the network and including:

a receiver for receiving the transmitted encrypted composite data set from the transmitter,

a decryptor decrypting the received encrypted composite data set as a decrypted composite data set to provide the decrypted composite data set as a received set of decrypted captured information,

a system data converter for converting the received digital audio in the decrypted composite data set to a text based searchable file as a text context tag and creating an image recognition searchable context tag with image recognition of at least a portion of the digital image in the decrypted composite data set and associating the text and image recognition context tags with the digital image in the received decrypted composite data set, and

the database storing the digital image in the decrypted composite data set in association with the text and image recognition context tags as a stored context based digital image and in association with the received captured data in the decrypted composite data set.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first data converter captures the first external audio information from the microphone during generation thereof.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the camera captures the image from the external image source at an instant in time.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first data converter processes the captured external audio information from a start event representing the time that capture of the external audio information is initiated to a stop event representing the time that capture of the external audio information is complete.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the transmitter transmits the encrypted composite data set to the location on the network after at least the stop event associated with the processing of the captured external audio information.

6. A system for capturing image and audio information for storage, comprising:

a capture device having:

internal storage;

a microphone interfaceable with and external audio information source that generates external audio information and a first data converter for capturing the first external audio information from the microphone,

a camera interfacing with and external image source to capture an image therefrom;

the first data converter processing the captured external audio information and storing it in a first digital audio format as stored digital audio in internal storage within the capture device, the camera for processing the captured image and storing it as a stored digital image in internal storage;

a data capture device for capturing, as captured data, location information, and time information associated with at least the capture of the image and storing the captured data as stored captured data;

a media data converter for converting the the received digital audio to a text based searchable file as a text context tag and creating an image recognition searchable context tag with image recognition of at least a portion of the digital image and associating the text and image recognition context tags with the digital image and the captured data, and

the internal storage storing the digital image in association with the text and image recognition context tags in addition to the stored captured data.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the first data converter captures the first external audio information from the microphone during generation thereof.

8. The system of claim 6 , wherein the camera captures the image from the external image source at an instant in time.

9. The system of claim 6 , wherein the first data converter processes the captured external audio information from a start event representing the time that capture of the external audio information is initiated to a stop event representing the time that capture of the external audio information is complete.

10. The system of claim 6 , and further including:

a transmitter associated with the capture device for transmitting the composite data set to the location on the network;

a system disposed at the location on a network and including:

a receiver for receiving the transmitted composite data set from the transmitter associated with the capture device as a received set of captured information,

a database, and

the database storing the received composite data set.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the first data converter processes the captured external audio information from a start event representing the time that capture of the external audio information is initiated to a stop event representing the time that capture of the external audio information is complete.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the transmitter transmits the received composite data set to the location on the network after at least the stop event associated with the processing of the captured external audio information.

13. A system for capturing image and audio information for storage, comprising:

internal storage;

a microphone interfaceable with an external audio information source that generates external audio information and a first data converter for capturing the external audio information from the microphone;

a camera interfacing with an image source to capture an image therefrom;

a data capture device for capturing, as captured data, location information and time information associated with at least the capture of the image and storing the captured data as stored captured data;

the first data converter processing the captured external audio information and storing it in a first digital audio format as stored digital audio within the capture device, the camera for processing the captured image and storing it as a stored digital image;

a second data converter for converting the received digital audio to a text based searchable file as a text context tag and creating an image recognition searchable context tag with image recognition of at least a portion of the digital image and associating the text and image recognition context tags with the digital image and with the stored captured data; and

the internal storage storing the digital image in association with the text and image recognition context tags in addition to the stored captured data.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the image source is an external image source.

15. The system of claim 13 , wherein the first data converter captures the first external audio information from the microphone during generation thereof.

16. The system of claim 13 , wherein the camera captures the image from the image source at an instant in time.

17. The system of claim 13 , wherein the first data converter processes the captured external audio information from a start event representing the time that capture of the external audio information is initiated to a stop event representing the time that capture of the external audio information is complete.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2024
From: MYPORT, INC.
To: MYPORT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 069025/0404 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Oct 23, 2024
From: MYPORT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: IP LITFIN US 2024 LLC
Reel/Frame 069230/0225 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 7, 2022
From: MYPORT, INC.
To: LIT-US CHISUM 22-A LLC
Reel/Frame 059536/0493 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 5, 2022
From: MYPORT IP, INC.
To: MYPORT, INC.
Reel/Frame 059507/0960 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2018
From: MYPORT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: MYPORT IP, INC.
Reel/Frame 045082/0529 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 27, 2017
From: MALONE, MICHAEL F.
To: MYPORT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 044493/0702 →
Continuity (11)
Continuation 15272013 · Sep 21, 2016
Continuation 14660166 · Mar 17, 2015
Continuation 13965625 · Aug 13, 2013
Continuation 13417229 · Mar 10, 2012
Continuation 12857358 · Aug 16, 2010
Continuation 11621062 · Jan 8, 2007
Continuation In Part 11325373 · Jan 4, 2006
Continuation 10674910 · Sep 29, 2003
Provisional Application 60757075 · Jan 6, 2006
Provisional Application 60414449 · Sep 30, 2002
Related Publication 20180083779A1 · Mar 22, 2018