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Google’s new patent could make your real-life experiences searchable via a device like say the Google Glass, indicate reports. The patent link is available here.
According to a report on Quartz and the patent text, the idea works something like this: video-recorded using a device like a wearable (think Google Glass) could made searchable at a later date. When the video recorded, it will be sent to the paired phone, and then to server to be stored there, to form a collection of the users ‘real-life videos’. The video can then be searched at later date via the online database. Essentially a user could give a query like, “My videos from London trip,” to the wearable device and it will show the relevant results.
Interestingly, the patent also notes that at popular locations like say a historical monument or a park, the media capturing device could automatically be turned on. A popular location, according to the patent, would be one where other users have captured media data as well.
The patent notes, “When the user is determined to be within a popular location, preference manager may automatically turn on media capture without intervention of a user. In another embodiment, preferences manager, may be set to continuously or periodically capture media data for a specific interval of time.”
From the patent, searching for your ‘real-life’ experiences might be the next step where Google Search could be headed. But let’s also note that given that this is a patent, it will take a while for this come to life, if it does.
Given that smartphones have become ubiquitous and many of us spend a fair amount of time recording each moments, a searchable index for videos, does not sound so surprising. However given that ‘real-life’ experiences will be searchable according to this, privacy will also be a concern for many users.
