Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Zillow, Inc.

Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC

Mftb Holdco, Inc.

Zillow Group, Inc.

Joshuah Vincent

Andrew L Silverman

Ivaylo Boyadzhiev

Dennis A Kiilerich

Pierre Moulon

Romualdo T Impas

Yuguang Li

Kenneth A Showman

Chung Yiu Chow

Korukonda Naveen Kumar

Paul Armistead Hoover

Daniel F Plastina

Joshua David Maruska

Jing Ma

Andrew J Jaffray

John P Mullally, Iv

Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to controlling a sending side of an augmented call based on a receiving user's gaze. Some implementations provide a hologram moderation system in which a receiving user's gaze can control how the system generates a representation of a sending user on a sending side. For example, some implementations can moderate the capture or generation of hologram data representing the sending user when the receiving user isn't focused on the hologram that results from the data. Such moderations can reduce power consumption, bandwidth, heat production, and/or processing power needed by the artificial reality system when the receiving user is not looking at the hologram of the sending user, such as when the sending user is in the receiving user's periphery or outside the receiving user's field-of-view.

Controlling an augmented call based on user gaze

Techniques are described for using computing devices to perform automated operations related to, with respect to a computer model of a house or other building's interior, generating and displaying simulated lighting information in the model based on sunlight or other external light that is estimated to enter the building and be visible in particular rooms of the interior under specified conditions, such as using ambient occlusion and light transport matrix calculations. The computer model may be a 3D (three-dimensional) or 2.5D representation that is generated after the house is built and that shows physical components of the actual house's interior (e.g., walls), and may be displayed to a user of a client computing device in a displayed GUI (graphical user interface) via which the user specifies conditions for which the simulated lighting display is generated.

Providing simulated lighting information for building models

Techniques are described for using computing devices to perform automated operations related to providing visual information of multiple types in an integrated manner about a building or other defined area. The techniques may include generating and presenting a GUI (graphical user interface) on a client device that includes a computer model of the building's interior with one or more first types of information (e.g., in a first pane of the GUI), and simultaneously presenting other types of related information about the building interior (e.g., in additional separate GUI pane(s)) that is coordinated with the first type(s) of information being currently displayed. The computer model may be a 3D (three-dimensional) or 2.5D representation generated after the house is built and showing the actual house's interior (e.g., walls, furniture, etc.), and may be displayed to a user of a client computing device in a displayed GUI with various user-selectable controls.

Presenting integrated building information using building models

Using computing devices to perform automated operations related to, with respect to a computer model of a house or other building's interior, generating and displaying simulated lighting information in the model based on sunlight or other external light that is estimated to enter the building and be visible in particular rooms of the interior under specified conditions, such as using ambient occlusion and light transport matrix calculations. The computer model may be a 3D (three-dimensional) or 2.5D representation that is generated after the house is built and that shows physical components of the actual house's interior (e.g., walls), and may be displayed to a user of a client computing device in a displayed GUI (graphical user interface) via which the user specifies conditions for which the simulated lighting display is generated.

Providing simulated lighting information for three-dimensional building models

Automated operations related to providing visual information of multiple types in an integrated manner about a building or other defined area may include generating and presenting a GUI (graphical user interface) on a client device that includes a computer model of the building's interior with one or more first types of information (e.g., in a first pane of the GUI), and simultaneously presenting other types of related information about the building interior (e.g., in additional separate GUI pane(s)) that is coordinated with the first type(s) of information being currently displayed. The computer model may be a 3D (three-dimensional) or 2.5D representation generated after the house is built and showing the actual house's interior (e.g., walls, furniture, etc.), and may be displayed to a user of a client computing device in a displayed GUI with various user-selectable controls.

Presenting integrated building information using three-dimensional building models

Arrangements are provided which use a host computer to configure a wireless portable device's network connection parameters. The radio on the portable device may be used to help locate nearby accessible wireless networks. Once a synchronization relationship between the portable device and a media library on a host computer is established, periodically updated content, such as podcasts, may be discovered and subscribed to using software on the host computer, and the content synchronized with the host computer. A portable device may manage episodic content, such as podcasts, using the device's own wireless connection, and may further send such content to other portable devices. A central user profile may be set up on a web server to synchronize multiple wireless or wired devices.

Wireless synchronization of media content and subscription content

An application programming interface (API) provides a set of functions for application developers to build software programs that automatically detect, download, and install desired software updates.

Application programming interface for identifying, downloading and installing applicable software updates

Transmit user feedback from a user to a web syndication author. A first communication link is opened. Content data from the web syndication author is received. The received content data is stored on a first client device. The opened first communication link is terminated after receiving the content data. User behavior data is collected as a function of user interactions with the received content data on the first client device after terminating the first communication link. User feedback including the collected user behavior data is transmitted to the web syndication author by opening a second communication link.

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