Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Zillow, Inc.

Hauke Antony Gentzkow

Jonathan Reed Harris

Austin Seungmin Lee

Eddie Louis Mays, Iii

Lauren Diana Lo

Alice Shirong Ferng

Brian Scott Stucker

David Dzung Lu

Ethan Nelson Ray

Allen L Ussher

Randy Winston Puttick

Aaron David Rogers

William Mountain Lewis

Becky Ann Brown

Steven F Stein

Rachel Fox Romano

Cadin Lee Batrack

Schuyler Nicholas Goodman

John K Burroughs

Eddie Louis Iii Mays

Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein for enhancing the content capture experience on computing devices. In an implementation, a combined user input comprises a voice signal and a touch gesture sustained at least partially coincident with the voice signal. An occurrence of the combined user input triggers the identification of an associated content object which may then be associated with a captured version of the voice signal. Such an advance provides users with a new framework for interacting with their devices, applications, and surroundings.

Content capture experiences driven by multi-modal user inputs

Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein for associating images with content items. In an implementation, a computing device determines that an image captured of a scene includes a display of meeting content. The device identifies a content item comprising a source of the meeting content in the scene and may then create an association between an instance of the image and an instance of the content item. The device may, for example, create a link to the content item that can be embedded in or otherwise associated with the image file. The reverse may also be accomplished, whereby a link to the image may be created and embedded in or otherwise associated with the content item.

Associating content items with images captured of meeting content

Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein that relate to user input combined from spatial gestures and voice. A combined user input allows users to interact more fluidly with their surroundings when, for example, taking pictures, recording video, or controlling remote services or devices. In various implementations, one or more components of a computing device identify an occurrence of a combined user input such as a spoken utterance and a spatial gesture made with the device at least partially coincident with the spoken utterance. The one or more components identify a content capture experience associated with the combined user input and invoke the content capture experience on the device.

Attention-based scheduling is provided. Most people's energy levels and cognitive functioning fluctuate throughout the day. Typically, the time of day when a person feels more energetic or has a higher attention span is the time in the person's day when the individual has the highest productivity potential. While at off-peak times, a person may have less attention, which can make it harder for the individual to be effective. An attention-based schedule system identifies a user's high and off-peak times based on one or more attention-based factors. When a meeting or appointment is scheduled and an attention-based scheduling conflict is determined, the user or another scheduler of the calendar item is notified, and in some examples, alternate time suggestions are provided. In some examples, off-peak times are blocked off from the user's calendar.

Scheduling of calendar items based on user attentiveness

A computing device and method for controlling narration. The computing device comprises a display device displaying a visual user interface including textual information, and an electronic processor. The electronic processor executing instructions to identify a plurality of discrete textual data elements included in the textual information, map each of the plurality of discrete textual data elements to an audio data element, generate an implicit audio narration including the audio data element mapped to each of the plurality of discrete textual data elements and at least one of an audible tone and a pause between audio data elements mapped to at least two of the plurality of discrete textual data elements, and output the implicit audio narration.

Audio landmarking for aural user interface

Indication of delayed content output is described. In an implementation, content is output for display as a user interface having one or more selectable elements. When a cursor is positioned proximally to one of the selectable elements, a graphical symbol is output in the user interface that indicates a delay of a user-specified amount of time before additional content is displayed.

Indication of delayed content output in a user interface

A facility for summarizing a set of data points each having a geographic location is described. The facility specifies the display of a map showing a geographic area the specified by a user. The facility identifies a number of geographic regions in the geographic area that are of a type that is automatically selected by the facility in response to the identity of the geographic area. The map indicates, for a least one of the identified geographic regions, information that summarizes one or more aspects of the data points of the set that have geographic locations contained in the identified geographic region.

Automatically performing varying levels of summarization of geographic data points in response to a user's selection of zoom level

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