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Leland Stanford Junior University

Anoop Gupta

Yong Rui

Steven Nabil Bathiche

David Bargeron

Nosakhare D Omoigui

Raymond Edward Ozzie

Gary William Flake

Jonathan Jay Cadiz

Sasa Junuzovic

Ramez Naam

Pavel Curtis

Gavin Jancke

Ross Garrett Cutler

Joshua T Goodman

Mary P Czerwinski

Eric J Horvitz

Andrew David Wilson

William Thomas Blank

Oliver Hurst-Hiller

Li-wei He

Christopher A Meek

Paul Henry Dietz

Bongshin Lee

Gina Danielle Venolia

Li-Wei He

Kenneth Paul Hinckley

John Carlton Platt

Andreas Georg Nowatzyk

Bruce Alan Johnson

Trenholme J Griffin

Lowell L Wood, Jr

Roderick A Hyde

Clarence T Tegreene

Jordin T Kare

Nathan P Myhrvold

Muriel Y Ishikawa

Victoria Y H Wood

Charles Whitmer

Robert C Petroski

Jesse R Cheatham, Iii

Philip Andrew Eckhoff

Craig J Mundie

Matthew Graham Dyor

Navin Chaddha

Roger Shane Barga

Attila Narin

Gurdeep Singh Pall

Danny Allen Reed

Paul W Haverstock

Michael John Boyle

Zhengyou Zhang

Alejandro Acero

Desney S Tan

Amir Netz

Timothy S Paek

Susan Theresa Dumais

Johnson T Apacible

Brett David Brewer

Asela J Gunawardana

Gary William Hall

David Del Val

William Henry Gates, Iii

Surajit J Chaudhuri

Xuedong D Huang

Hrvoje Benko

Zicheng Liu

Dawson Yee

Eric David Brill

Selvaraj Nalliah

John C Tang

Alice Jane Bernheim Brush

Stephen L Lawler

Kyle G Peltonen

Garrett R Vargas

Anthony W Cannon

Kenneth Alan Moss

Amer A Hassan

Paramvir Bahl

Steven Mark Drucker

Tristan Thomas Trutna

George G Robertson

Alastair Wolman

Ivan Jelev Tashev

Daniel Chaim Robbins

Raman Kumar Sarin

Anton Okmyanskiy

Tanmoy Dutta

Barry Clayton Bond

Albert S Wang

Billy R Anders, Jr

Andrew Thomas Baron

Brian E King

Edward Bryan Cutrell

Brian L Welcker

Dawson F Dean

Anh Phuong Tran

Greg A Kimberly

Kori Inkpen Quinn

Truman Joe

Sandor Loren Maurice

The interactive and shared surface technique described herein employs hardware that can project on any surface, capture color video of that surface, and get depth information of and above the surface while preventing visual feedback (also known as video feedback, video echo, or visual echo). The technique provides N-way sharing of a surface using video compositing. It also provides for automatic calibration of hardware components, including calibration of any projector, RGB camera, depth camera and any microphones employed by the technique. The technique provides object manipulation with physical, visual, audio, and hover gestures and interaction between digital objects displayed on the surface and physical objects placed on or above the surface. It can capture and scan the surface in a manner that captures or scans exactly what the user sees, which includes both local and remote objects, drawings, annotations, hands, and so forth.

Interactive and shared surfaces

Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media are provided for conducting searches utilizing search navigation patterns. Search queries are received that include search terms that are of a particular type. It is recognized that at least one prior search session has been conducted that included a search query having search terms of an equivalent or similar type and followed a particular navigation pattern. Such prior search(es) may have been conducted by the user or by a different user and/or may have a navigation pattern that was affirmatively recorded by the requesting user or that was recorded by the system without explicit contemporaneous user instruction to do so. Upon identifying the navigation pattern associated with the prior search, the system effectively conducts a search session following the navigation pattern.

Conducting search sessions utilizing navigation patterns

Techniques for query execution against relational databases using connection pooling are described. According to some embodiments, a query processing service is disclosed that enables users to execute queries against target relational databases implemented by a relational database service. The service receives query requests originated by a client application at a web service endpoint and identifies a connection to a particular target database. In some examples, the query request is a Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) message comprising a query to be executed by a target database instance within the provider network. The service transmits the query for execution at the target database via the connection and obtains a query result based on the execution of the query. The service transforms the query result into a format suitable for the client and transmits a query response to the client.

SQL execution over HTTP for relational databases using connection pooling

A 'Concurrent Projector-Camera' uses an image projection device in combination with one or more cameras to enable various techniques that provide visually flicker-free projection of images or video, while real-time image or video capture is occurring in that same space. The Concurrent Projector-Camera provides this projection in a manner that eliminates video feedback into the real-time image or video capture. More specifically, the Concurrent Projector-Camera dynamically synchronizes a combination of projector lighting (or light-control points) on-state temporal compression in combination with on-state temporal shifting during each image frame projection to open a 'capture time slot' for image capture during which no image is being projected. This capture time slot represents a tradeoff between image capture time and decreased brightness of the projected image. Examples of image projection devices include LED-LCD based projection devices, DLP-based projection devices using LED or laser illumination in combination with micromirror arrays, etc.

Real-time mapping of projections onto moving 3D objects

Techniques for database connection management and governance in a multi-tenant provider network are described. One or more database proxy instances connect to client applications and can obtain database connections for these client applications. The database connections may be pinned to particular client applications and/or multiplexed and thus shared by multiple client connections.

Multi-tenant provider network database connection management and governance

Described herein is a split virtual keyboard that is displayed on a tablet (slate) computing device. The split virtual keyboard includes a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being separated from the second portion. The first portion includes a plurality of character keys that are representative at least one respective character. The tablet computing device is configured to support text generation by way of a continuous sequence of strokes over the plurality of character keys in the first portion of the split virtual keyboard.

Split virtual keyboard on a mobile computing device

The description relates to a shared digital workspace. One example includes a display device and sensors. The sensors are configured to detect users proximate the display device and to detect that an individual user is performing an individual user command relative to the display device. The system also includes a graphical user interface configured to be presented on the display device that allows multiple detected users to simultaneously interact with the graphical user interface via user commands.

User interface for collaborative efforts

A single device that receives communications, resources, data, and/or other information intended for a user having multiple contact addresses is provided. The single device can receive various information intended for multiple telephone numbers, email aliases, screen names, aliases, other means of contact, or combinations thereof. The device can selectively forward the information to the user based on a current user role, user preferences, contact information, or based on other criteria. If information is to be forwarded to the user at substantially the same time as receipt, automatic means of notifying the user of the role for which the communication is intended are provided.

Single device with multiple personas

A communication augmentation agent (CAA) is described herein which presents a shared user experience to at least a first user and a second user. In one manner of operation, the CAA operates by intelligently determining. (1) when to offer a shared user experience to the users; (b) the particular form of the shared user experience; and (c) the manner of delivering the shared user experience to the users. In determining the form of the shared experience, the CAA can optionally customize the shared resource so that it includes common-interest information and, with respect to each user, user-specific information. The CAA also includes a mechanism by which a registered user may invite a non-registered user to take part in the shared user experience.

Providing a shared user experience of facilitate communication

Intra-frame control of projector on-off states

A physically-modulated friction stylus system and method for physically modulating friction between a styli tip and a surface of a computing device to emulate the 'feel' of different types of writing instruments writing on different types of surfaces (such as pen on paper or a paintbrush on canvas). The actual friction between the stylus and the surface is modulated to produce the 'feel.' The friction is physically modulated &#x201c;on the fly&#x201d; meaning that friction can be modulated while the stylus tip is in contact with the surface and while the stylus is moving. The friction is modulated dependent on a location of the stylus on the surface and the posture and orientation of the stylus. In addition, the friction can be modulated based on a direction and a velocity that the stylus tip is moving across the surface. Audio may also be used to improve the emulation experience.

Physically modulating friction in a stylus

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Anoop Gupta