Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Microsoft Corporation

Ananda Sarkar

Manoj Kumar Jain

Srinivasulu Grandhi

Samer Fouad Sawaya

Thomas Henry Alphin, Iii

Henri-Charles Machalani

Stephen Speicher

Samuel D Clement

Naresh Chandrasekaran

Xuan Wang

Samer F Sawaya

Iii Thomas H Alphin

Manoj K Jain

Various systems, such as operating systems and application suites, have multiple programs that are installed and settings that are configured in order to put the system in a desired operational state (e.g., a substantially fully functioning state). Different users can have different experiences based on different programs they use, and the set of programs they use can come from network locations. A set of system readiness tasks is created that identifies the various actions to be performed to put the system in the desired operational state. Performance of the set of system readiness tasks is coordinated to display, prior to achieving the desired operational state, a preview of a user interface of the system that is customized to a specific user of the system. Performance of the set of system readiness tasks continues, while displaying the preview of the user interface, until the desired operational state is achieved.

Coordination of system readiness tasks

Granting a validation period. A method includes receiving user input providing one or more authentication factors. The method further includes receiving information about one or more authentication scales. Based on the strength of the authentication factors received from the user and the information about the one or more authentication scales, the method further includes determining a validation period. The method further includes granting or revoking the validation period to the user.

Smart authentication friction level adjusted based on circumstances

An interface of an electronic device may be locked in accordance with an authorization confidence level indicating a likelihood that the electronic device is in the possession of an authorized user of the electronic device. Multiple signals may be detected using one or more sensors of an electronic device. The authorization confidence level may be automatically determined using the detected signals. The electronic device may be configured to have a security timeout based at least in part on the authorization confidence level. In some examples, collection(s) of signals may be detected using one or more sensors of an electronic device. A confidence history may be updated using the collection(s) of signals. In response to a match of the confidence history to a stored locking condition, a user interface of the electronic device may be locked.

Configurable electronic-device security locking

A system and method for enabling routing of data on a network based on a portion of data accessed from a non-network enabled device is disclosed. The technology includes a method for enabling routing of data on a network based on a portion of data accessed from a non-network enabled device. The method includes detecting a non-network enabled device locally coupled to a first computer system, the first computer system coupled to the network. The method further includes enabling routing of data through the non-network enabled device to a second computer system coupled to the network by using the first computer system as a communication interface between the non-network enabled device and the second computer system wherein the second computer system is automatically identified based on recognizing a portion of the data as a routing destination.

Enabling routing of data on a network based on a portion of data accessed from a non-network enabled device

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Ananda Sarkar