Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Alisa Yujin So

Peter Eberhardy

Daron Spektor

Jonathan Alexander Bockelman

Rafael Lopez-Uricoechea

Kevin Kaiwon Lam

Hui Huang

Rubaiyat Khan

Javier Porras Luraschi

Daniel Larsen

Hong Lin

Brandon Philip Zahl

Abigail Welbom

Daniel Stiner

The techniques enable a device to identify a best suitable application to open a resource such as a file. The file can be shared via a link or can be attached to a communication. The link comprises a uniform resource locator (URL) or is in some way associated with an underlying URL. The URL includes a pattern, or a portion that identifies a domain (e.g., a hostname) and/or a portion that identifies a type of file that is to be accessed and opened. Upon activation of the link, the device analyzes the URL to determine the pattern. The device then obtains, from a service associated with the URL, a ranked list of applications that are authorized to open the file. Moreover, the device performs, at run-time, a negotiation with the service to determine which application is best suited to open the file.

Identifying the best suitable application to open a file shared via a link

Concepts and technologies are described herein for presenting data driven forms. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a user device obtains a resource referencing or presenting data driven forms and obtains data displayed or used by the resource. The user device stores the data in a cache accessible by the user device. The user device can render multiple views containing data from the cache. The user device can display one of the views and hide the other views from display. If the user device detects input for viewing other views, the user device can present one of the previously hidden views. The user device also can manage the cache and download additional data, if the cache empties or is not full.

Presenting data driven forms

A system for controlling a device to track the location of the device is provided. The system identifies an initial location of the device. The system then identifies a plurality of areas having different sizes. Each area encompasses the identified location. For each of the areas, the system registers the area with a location provider to receive a notification when the location provider detects that the device has left the area. Upon receiving a notification that the device has left an area, the system may repeat the process of identifying the location and the areas and registering the areas to continue tracking the location of the device.

Location tracking based on overlapping geo-fences

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