Private information storage device and private information management device

Abstract

The events experienced are stored automatically, so that the information of higher utility for a user may be taken out with responsiveness and efficiency higher than is possible with a technique of keyword retrieval over a network. A private information storage device and a private information management device are provided in which information pertinent to an event experienced by a user is stored and managed so as to be read out, whereby the information may be taken out with higher responsiveness than with the technique of keyword retrieval over the network, while the selected information may be taken out from the extracted information more efficaciously, and the information taken out is highly useful for the user.

1 . A computing device for storing private information, comprising at least one processor and memory storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, perform a method comprising:
 receiving information regarding an environment around a user experiencing a first event;   processing the received information to obtain experience information pertinent to the first event;   receiving private information provided by the user, wherein the private information comprises at least one evaluation value of a plurality of evaluation values assigned by the user to the experience information pertinent to the first event experienced by the user;   generating predictive information pertinent to a second event based on the experience information and the private information, wherein the second event is different from the first event; and   storing the predictive information in association with the experience information and the private information in a manner which enables retrieval of information from the predictive information, the experience information and the private information.   
     
     
         2 . The computing device of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the at least one evaluation value relates to at least one item of the experience information; and   when at least one condition of the at least one item changes, the predictive information comprises a predicted evaluation value of at least one second evaluation value pertinent to the second event, wherein the predicted evaluation value is different from the at least one evaluation value.   
     
     
         3 . The computing device of  claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
 receiving at least one retrieval condition from at least one computing device; and   retrieving information from the experience information, the private information and the predictive information, based on the at least one retrieval condition.   
     
     
         4 . The computing device of  claim 3 , wherein the method further comprises:
 providing the retrieved information to the at least one computing device.   
     
     
         5 . The computing device of  claim 3 , wherein:
 the at least one retrieval condition is obtained by processing current information regarding a current environment around the user.   
     
     
         6 . The computing device of  claim 5 , wherein:
 the current information is selected from the group consisting of audio, audio/visual, visual and textual data.   
     
     
         7 . The computing device of  claim 1 , wherein:
 receiving information on the environment around the user experiencing the first event comprises receiving the information from at least one computing device collecting the information from the environment; and   receiving the private information comprises receiving the private information from the at least one computing device for receiving the private information from the user.   
     
     
         8 . A private information management device comprising:
 at least one information acquisition component comprising a camera and a microphone for acquiring experience information on an environment around a user experiencing an event;   at least one private information adding component for adding private information, privately used by a user, to the experience information, wherein the private information includes at least one evaluation value of a plurality of evaluation values assigned by the user to the experience information pertinent to the event experienced by the user;   at least one component for providing the experience information and the private information to at least one external device;   at least one retrieval inputting component for:
 providing at least one retrieval condition to the at least one external device, and 
 in response to providing the at least one retrieval condition to the at least one external device, receiving retrieved information from the at least one external device, wherein the retrieved information is retrieved based on the at least one retrieval condition from information stored on the at least one external device comprising the experience information and the private information; and 
   at least one information presenting component for presenting the retrieved information to the user.   
     
     
         9 . The private information management device of  claim 8 , wherein:
 the at least one information acquisition component acquires information on the environment around the user experiencing the event in response to a trigger received from the environment.   
     
     
         10 . The private information management device of  claim 8 , wherein:
 the at least one information acquisition component acquires information on the environment around the user using a global positioning system.   
     
     
         11 . The private information management device of  claim 8 , wherein:
 the at least one retrieval condition is acquired from current information on a current environment around the user.   
     
     
         12 . The private information management device of  claim 11 , wherein:
 the current information comprises speech.   
     
     
         13 . The private information management device of  claim 11 , wherein:
 the current information is selected from the group consisting of a current location of the user, a time at the current location and information on weather at the current location.   
     
     
         14 . The private information management device of  claim 8 , wherein:
 the at least one retrieval condition is obtained from user input.   
     
     
         15 . The private information management device of  claim 14 , wherein:
 the user input comprises speech.   
     
     
         16 . The private information management device of  claim 8 , wherein:
 adding the private information privately used by the user comprises receiving user input.   
     
     
         17 . The private information management device of  claim 8 , wherein:
 presenting the retrieved information to the user comprises displaying the retrieved information on a user interface.   
     
     
         18 . The private information management device of  claim 8 , wherein:
 the event comprises a first event; and   the retrieved information is retrieved based on the at least one retrieval condition from the information stored on the at least one external device further comprising predictive information pertinent to a second event and generated based on the experience information and the private information, wherein the second event is different from the first event.   
     
     
         19 . The private information management device of  claim 8 , wherein:
 the at least one external device comprises a server.   
     
     
         20 . A computing device for storing private information, comprising at least one processor and memory storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, perform a method comprising:
 receiving experience information regarding an environment around a user experiencing an event;   receiving private information provided by the user, wherein the private information comprises at least one evaluation value of a plurality of evaluation values assigned by the user to the experience information pertinent to the event experienced by the user;   receiving predictive information pertinent to a second event, wherein the predictive information is generated based on the experience information and the private information, wherein the second event is different from the first event; and   storing the predictive information in association with the experience information and the private information in a manner which enables retrieval of information from the predictive information, the experience information and the private information.   
     
     
         21 . The computing device of  claim 20 , wherein:
 the at least one evaluation value relates to at least one item of the experience information; and   when at least one condition of the at least one item changes, the predictive information comprises a predicted evaluation value of at least one second evaluation value pertinent to the second event, wherein the predicted evaluation value is different from the at least one evaluation value.   
     
     
         22 . The computing device of  claim 20 , wherein the method further comprises:
 receiving at least one retrieval condition from a private information management device;   retrieving information from the experience information, the private information and the predictive information, based on the at least one retrieval condition; and   transmitting the retrieved information to the private information management device.   
     
     
         23 . The computing device of  claim 20 , wherein:
 receiving the experience information comprises receiving the experience information from the private information management device configured to acquire the experience information from the environment around the user experiencing the event.   
     
     
         24 . The computing device of  claim 20 , wherein the method further comprises:
 generating the predictive information.   
     
     
         25 . The computing device of  claim 20 , wherein the method further comprises:
 receiving the experience information and the private information from a private information management device.