Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Derrick Wampler

Kathleen Patricia Mulcahy

Timothy David Kviz

Kelly Jean Graham

Ana Sofia Gonzalez Aguirre

Aaron James Monson

Devin Jenson

Tianyu Fang

Kenneth F Lavering

James McColl

Daniel Bernardo Sierra

Douglas James Lenox

Laura Cabrera

Chris Kimmell

Nisarg Patel

Tyler H Pasch

Kenneth Lavering

James Mccoll

In one example, a device directory server may maintain a digital rights management list for a user device belonging to a device group associated with a user. The device directory server may maintain a primary digital rights management list associating a user device with a primary online account for a user having a content license for a digital content item. The device director server may receive a status update indicating the user device is still in use by the user if sent by the user device. The device directory server may determine whether a status update has been received from the user device. The device directory server may deactivate the user device on the primary digital rights management list when no status update has been received within a pruning period for the user device to be associated with the primary online account.

Digital rights list for device groups

A system to identify and leverage geographically proximate client devices to reduce network traffic associated with facilitating digital collaboration sessions in a real-world environment. Embodiments enable a user to initiate a digital collaboration session and to limit participation in the digital collaboration session to client devices that are physically located within a geofence (e.g., a virtual geographic boundary). Other client devices that are located within the geofence are identified and enabled to join the digital collaboration session. participants may each use their own client device to contribute to the digital collaboration session. Participants can save individual segments of the digital collaboration session by indicating an interest immediately after the segments occur. Client devices then upload data for the segment for enhancement. Enhancing the segment includes adjusting a timing of at least some of the participants' contributions to more closely match an underlying rhythmic pattern of the segment of interest.

Leveraging geographically proximate devices to reduce network traffic generated by digital collaboration

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