Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Donna Katherine Long

Christian Michael Sadak

Bryant Daniel Hawthorne

Kenneth Liam Kiemele

Adolfo Hernandez Santisteban

John Benjamin Hesketh

Jamie R Cabaccang

Jeffrey Sipko

Kendall Clark York

Andrew Austin Jackson

Mario Emmanuel Maltezos

Evan Lewis Jones

Stephen G Latta

Arthur Charles Tomlin

Aaron Daniel Krauss

Janet Lynn Schneider

Charlene Mary Jeune

Priya Ganadas

Matthew Steven Johnson

Anthony Ernst

LaSean Tee Smith

Jennifer Jean Choi

Brian E Keane

Andrew Frederick Muehlhausen

Michelle Tze Hiang Chua

Timothy David Kviz

Benjamin John Sugden

Saqib Shaikh

Julie Hubschman

Alex Jungyeop Woo

Zachary T Zimmerman

James Michael Ratliff

Yevdokia K Mashak

Anthony Robert Menard

Adolfo H Santisteban

A computer system is provided that includes a server configured to store a plurality of location accounts, each location account being associated with a physical space at a recorded geospatial location. The plurality of location accounts utilize shared data definitions of a physical space parameter. Each physical space is equipped with a corresponding on-premise sensor configured to detect measured values for the physical space parameter over time and send to the server a data stream indicating the measured values. The computer system further includes a network portal, via which an authorized user for a location account can selectively choose whether to share the measured values or a summary thereof with other location accounts via the network portal.

Sharing measured values of physical space parameters

A computing system is provided, including a first display device having a first hardware configuration including a first display and a second display device having a second hardware configuration different from the first hardware configuration and including a second display. The computing system may further include a processor configured to receive an input including instructions to launch an application program on the first display device. The application program may include application program hardware specifications indicating hardware used by the application program. Based on the first hardware configuration, the second hardware configuration, and the application program hardware specifications, the processor may be further configured to determine that the second hardware configuration matches the application program hardware specifications more closely than the first hardware configuration. The processor may be further configured to launch the application program on the second display device.

Display device selection based on hardware configuration

A device for removal of personally identifiable data receives monitoring data acquired by a sensor. The monitoring data including personally identifiable data relating to one or more individuals being monitored. The system processes the acquired monitoring data to remove the personally identifiable data by at least one of abstraction or redaction while the monitoring data is located on the device. The processed monitoring data having the personally identifiable data removed can thereby be transmitted external to the device with reduced security risk.

Removing personally identifiable data before transmission from a device

The present disclosure provides apparatus and methods for automated tracking and counting of objects in a set of image frames using a resource-constrained device based on analysis of a selected subset of image frames, and based on selectively timing when resource-intensive operations are performed.

Apparatus and methods of automated tracking and counting of objects on a resource-constrained device

A computer device is provided that includes an input device, a sensor device, a display device, and a processor. The processor is configured to detect a physical object in a physical environment based on sensor data received via the sensor device, measure one or more physical parameters of the physical object based on the sensor data, determine a physical behavior of the physical object based on the measured one or more physical parameters, present a graphical representation of the physical behavior of the physical object via the display device, generate a simulation of the physical behavior of the physical object based on the measured one or more physical parameters, receive a user input to modify the one or more physical parameters for the simulation via the input device, and present the simulation with the modified one or more physical parameters via the display device.

Modifiable simulation of physical object behavior

A system for contextual interpretation of a three-dimensional scene includes an object recognition engine that analyzes scene data collected from the three-dimensional scene to identify at least one object present in the three-dimensional scene. The system further includes a contextual inference engine trained on a context data training set to analyze context of the scene by identifying a potential contextual inference associated in memory with the at least one object identified by the object recognition engine; comparing the scene data to a subset of the context data training set identified as satisfying the potential contextual inference; and outputting scene context information conveying the potential contextual inference responsive to a determination that the scene data and the subset of the context data train set satisfy a predetermined correlation.

Machine learning of context data for social and contextual scene inferences

Embodiments relate to enabling a user of data-sharing applications executing on a computing device to indirectly exchange objects between the applications by adding objects from the applications to a journal application that manages a display area. The objects are displayed in the display area. The journal application collects metadata related to the objects and automatically curates lists of the objects according to the metadata. Curation of a list may involve moving objects into a list, merging objects, creating new objects out of content of existing objects, grouping objects according to a commonality thereof, etc. Machine learning services may be invoked to acquire additional metadata about the objects and to make curation decisions.

Polymorphic smart context-aware lists

Examples are disclosed that relate to devices and methods for sharing geo-located information between different devices. In one example, a method comprises receiving the geo-located information from a first user device having a first data type compatible with a first output component of the device, receiving first sensor data from the first device, determining a location of the geo-located information within a coordinate system in a physical environment, determining that a second user device is located in the physical environment, determining that the second device does not comprise an output component that is compatible with the first data type, transforming the geo-located information into a second data type compatible with a second output component of the second device, determining that the second device is proximate to the location of the geo-located information, and sending the geo-located information to the second device for output by the second output component.

Sharing geo-located information

A server computing device is provided, including a processor configured to execute a bot server program. The processor may provide a dialog for a first bot of the bot server program, the dialog including at least one trigger condition for transmitting default audio data. The processor may receive an audio data update communication from a bot developer computing device. Based on the audio data update communication, the processor may replace the default audio data with updated audio data. The processor may establish a first communication channel between the first bot and a client computing device. The first communication channel may allow one or more communications to be transmitted between the first bot and the client computing device based on the dialog. The processor may transmit a first communication to the client computing device via the first communication channel. The first communication may include the updated audio data.

Bot audio date updating

A computing system is provided, including a plurality of display devices including at least a first display device and a second display device. The computing system may further include one or more sensors configured to detect a first positional state of the first display device relative to the second display device and at least one user. The first positional state may include an angular orientation of the first display device relative to the second display device. The computing system may further include a processor configured to receive the first positional state from the one or more sensors. The processor may be further configured to generate first graphical content based at least in part on the first positional state. The processor may be further configured to transmit the first graphical content for display at the first display device.

Displaying content based on positional state

An electronic device includes memory associating a control action with a defined region on an external surface of the electronic device. A localized haptic feedback response is provided responsive to detection of initial touch input within the defined region, and the control action is executed responsive to detection of a touch direction performed in association with the defined region following the detection of the touch input.

Haptics to identify button regions

A mobile computing device is provided that comprises a housing having a first part and a second part coupled by a hinge, the first part including a first display and the second part including a second display, wherein the hinge is configured to permit the first and second displays to rotate between angular orientations from a face-to-face angular orientation to a back-to-back angular orientation. The mobile computing device further includes a camera mounted in the first part of the housing and configured to capture image data, the camera and the first display both facing a first direction, and a processor mounted in the housing. In the back-to-back angular orientation, the processor is configured to cause the second display to display the image data while simultaneously causing the first display to display the image data and secondary content.

Synchronized display on hinged multi-screen device

Aspects of the present disclosure provide a foldable display device that includes a user interface surface located on an exterior cover section of the foldable display device that allows a user to interact with the user interface surface while the foldable display device is in a closed state. Interaction on the user interface surface during the closed state of the foldable display device may allow the user to select content to be shown on at least one display screen of the foldable display device on the interior section during a subsequent open state of the foldable display device. Additionally, the user interface surface may be configured to allow an object produced (e.g., drawn or written) on the user interface surface to be stored for display on at least one of the first display screen, the second display screen, or the user interface surface.

Foldable display device with interactable user interface surface on the external shell

A hinged multi-screen computing device is provided that includes a processor, at least one speaker, two display devices connected by a hinge containing a hinge sensor, and a housing with two parts, each including a display device. At least one of the displays is configured to display GUI controls, one which adjusts a volume balance between a first and second GUI element displayed on each of the first and second displays, and another which adjusts overall volume.

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Donna Katherine Long