Method and apparatus to encourage development of long term recollections of given episodes

摘要

These teachings are applicable for use with an individual who faces problems with respect to forming new long term memories. Generally speaking, pursuant to these various embodiments, one automatically captures (101) a record of experiential content to which the individual is exposed during a given episode and then automatically associates (102) that record of experiential content with metadata that characterizes the given episode. This record of experiential content is then automatically used (103) to re-expose the individual to at least portions of the given episode to thereby encourage development of a long term recollection of at least a portion of the given episode. These teachings will accommodate a variety of experiential content modalities including both audio content and visual content.

主权项

1. An apparatus for use with an individual who faces long term memory challenges comprising:
a memory; an experience capture interface; an end user interface; a single processor operably coupled to the memory, the experience capture interface, and the end user interface, and being configured and arranged to:
automatically capture a record of experiential content to which the individual is exposed during a given episode and store the record in the memory;automatically associate the record of experiential content with metadata that characterizes the given episode;automatically use the record of experiential content to re-expose the individual, via the end user interface, to at least portions of the given episode to thereby encourage development of a long term recollection of at least a portion of the given episode by:
requesting feedback from the individual regarding at least one subject of the given episode while re-exposing the individual to the record of experiential content;assessing accuracy of the feedback as a function, at least in part, of the metadata for the record of experiential content to metricize the accuracy of the feedback;evaluating the individual's memory as a function, at least in part, of the metricized accuracy of the feedback.