International Business Machines Corporation
Memory recall assistance for memory loss

Abstract:

Provided are systems, methods, and media for assisting recall of a lost memory. An example method includes receiving activity data and associated metadata regarding a plurality of activities participated in by a user over a plurality of time periods. The method includes generating a memory chain graph that spans the plurality of time periods, in which the graph includes a plurality of memory events and a plurality of memory pointers. The method includes identifying a memory event of the memory chain graph that the user is unable to presently recall, selecting a memory pointer that is linked to the memory event, and then presenting the user with information corresponding to the selected memory pointer to assist the user in recalling the memory event.