Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Felix Gerard Torquil Ifor Andrew

Silvana Patricia Moncayo

Geoffrey T Ebersol

Michael C Fanning

Daniel James Moseley

Mohamed Mall

Christopher Douglas Edmonds

Timothy Scott Rice

Andrew R Sterland

Simon Calvert

Elliot H Omiya

Gregg Bernard Miskelly

Laurentiu Titi Nedelcu

Kshitij Sethi

Robert Alan Paveza

Harold L Pierson, Iii

Oliver Bruno Colbert

Francisco Javier Wong

Anastasia C Doerr

Zhaochuan Gao

Andriy Stasyuk

Isabelle Rice

Jeffrey T Fisher

Taylor C Woll

Karthik Vivek Nadig

David Mowatt

Robert L Chambers

Liang Jeff Chen

Aaron Michael Butcher

David Grochocki, Jr

Myron C Thomas

Chad Steven Estes

Oliver Scholz

Scott Andrew Borton

Sophors Khut

Daniel John Krenn

William D Carr

Joao Celestino Leite Pinheiro De Paiva

Michael Edward Harnisch

Ahmad Khalifa Eesa Ahmad

Sridhar S Madhugiri

Robert Edward Dewar

Steven Michael McMurray

Clark L Masterson

Brian Faris Chapman

Eugene Joonsup So

Fernando Henrique Inocêncio Borba Ferreira

William Christian Ross Stockwell

Yuxiao Sun

Ryan Young

Tai Xin

Harold L Iii Pierson

Gregg Miskelly

Aspects of the present disclosure include systems and methods for profile switching by the computing device. In an example, a computing device may include a memory storing instructions and a processor communicatively coupled with the memory and configured to execute the instructions. The processor may receive a request to initiate a new instance of a website. The processor may also determine a domain name of the website in response to the request. The processor may also determine a first user profile from a plurality of user profiles that corresponds to the domain name based on profile information corresponding to one or more of profile history data, profile favorites data, or administrative settings data. The processor may also launch the new instance of the website in a browser according to the first user profile.

Systems and methods for automatic user profile switching

In device-assisted navigation, audio navigation cues are often presented at particular locations along a route (e.g., 'in 200 meters, turn left' and “turn left here”). However, if the user stops, navigation cues also stop since the user's position is not changing. Additionally, the navigation instruction at the next navigation point may be conflated with the actual position of the next navigation point; e.g., an instruction to “turn left” may be confusing if the road takes a sharp right turn immediately before the next navigation point. Instead, the device may periodically compare the current position of the user and the next navigation point, and periodically present guidance audio cues that indicate the distance and heading offset to the next navigation point. Guidance audio cues may be integrated with and/or supplemented by audio navigation instructions to indicate both the location of the next navigation point and instructions to be followed there.

Guidance audio cues for navigation assistance

Techniques for augmenting or modifying ordered results include sending a search query to a location service, receiving ordered results responsive to the search query, and augmenting or modifying the search results based on user-specific information stored locally at a consumer computing device. The ordered results may be augmented by reordering a search result in the list of search results based on the user-specific information, and/or by graphically representing a location included in the ordered search results based on the user-specific information. The augmented search results may be presented on a display associated with the consumer computing device in a manner specific to a user of the consumer computing device.

Augmenting search results with user-specific information

The technology described herein optimally allocates the limited computer storage on the end user device to point of interest data most likely to be used by a map application. The offline point of interest data can include first-tier, second-tier, and third-tier data about different points. The offline data can be selected based on overall usage among all people and also specially tailored for individual users interests.

Storage of point of interest data on a user device for offline use

In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems, methods and devices for collecting and surfacing web content are provided. Web content from a webpage may be displayed in a web browser. A type associated with the webpage may be identified. An indication to add a new section corresponding to the webpage to a content collection pane may be received. A plurality of elements on the webpage may be identified based on the identified type associated with the webpage. A subset of web content from the webpage corresponding to the plurality of elements may be extracted. The new section may be added to the content collection pane, wherein the new section comprises the subset of web content extracted from the webpage.

Intelligent extraction of web data by content type via an integrated browser experience

Aspects of the present disclosure include systems and methods for profile switching by the computing device. In an example, a computing device may include a memory storing instructions and a processor communicatively coupled with the memory and configured to execute the instructions. The processor may receive a request to initiate a new instance of a website. The processor may also determine a domain name of the website in response to the request. The processor may also determine a first user profile from a plurality of user profiles that corresponds to the domain name based on profile information corresponding to one or more of profile history data, profile favorites data, or administrative settings data. The processor may also launch the new instance of the web site in a browser according to the first user profile.

In device-assisted navigation, audio navigation cues are often presented at particular locations along a route (e.g., 'in 200 meters, turn left' and 'turn left here'). However, if the user stops, navigation cues also stop since the user's position is not changing. Additionally, the navigation instruction at the next navigation point may be conflated with the actual position of the next navigation point; e.g., an instruction to &#x201c;turn left&#x201d; may be confusing if the road takes a sharp right turn immediately before the next navigation point. Instead, the device may periodically compare the current position of the user and the next navigation point, and periodically present guidance audio cues that indicate the distance and heading offset to the next navigation point. Guidance audio cues may be integrated with and/or supplemented by audio navigation instructions to indicate both the location of the next navigation point and instructions to be followed there.

In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems, methods and devices for sharing collected web content are provided. A collection of web content may be maintained, wherein the collection of web content is divided into a plurality of sections, each of the plurality of sections comprising a subset of web content from a different webpage, and wherein a first user has administrative rights associated with the collection of web content. An indication to provide a second user with access to the collection of web content may be received from the first user. The second user may be provided with access to the collection of web content.

Collaboration and sharing of curated web data from an integrated browser experience

In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems, methods and devices for segregating web browser instances are provided. A first web browser application instance may be opened. An application instance may comprise at least an application opening a new application window for displaying content. A plurality of webpages may be browsed in a plurality of tabs in the first web browser application instance. An indication to browse to a new webpage that is not one of the plurality of webpages may be received. A determination may be made that the received indication is a browser-change event. A second web browser application instance may be opened. Content corresponding to the new webpage may be surfaced in the second web browser application instance.

Intelligent web browser segregation

Methods and devices for initiating application and system modal control of a computer device based on predicted locations of a hand outside of a field of view using a computer device are disclosed. The method includes receiving hand motion information from a hand positional tracking system that tracks a position of a hand of a user. The method also includes determining the hand is outside a field of view of the computer device based on the hand motion information. The method further includes predicting a location of the hand while outside the field of view. The method also includes interacting with a secondary UX on the display based on the predicted location of the hand.

Method and system for initiating application and system modal control based on hand locations

A first user of a smart phone or vehicle navigation system may invite a second user of a smart phone or vehicle navigation system to participate in a shared travel experience where the second user follows the first user. While on the shared trip, the first user is provided the location of the second user along with a route to a selected destination. The second user is provided the location of the first user, along with the route to the selected destination. The first user is able to identify points of interest on the route, which are then presented to the second user. A network is established that allows the first and second user to have a two-way conversation, and to synchronize the music that is listened to by the first user and the second user to simulate the experience of being together in the same vehicle.

Generating instructions for shared travel experiences

A method for diagnosing computer readable instructions related to transfers of control is disclosed. A state transition of a unit of execution within a logical operation providing an event handler for a Document Object Model is logged during runtime of the computer readable instructions. Diagnostic information of the logical operation is associated with the state transition. The state transition and associated diagnostic information is provided for retrieval at a selected point in the computer readable instructions.

Diagnostics of state transitions

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