Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Khurram Zia

Marc Christopher Pottier

Michael H LaManna

Patrick Wujcik

Kieran M Phelan

Darren Ray Davis

Max Glenn Morris

Kenton Allen Shipley

Priya Bhushan Dandawate

Michael Neil Loholt

Travis J Martin

Jeffrey Jon Weir

Samuel J Moreau

Catherine White

Mare Pottier

Embodiments include processes, systems, and devices for initiating proximity actions upon the activation of a proximity connection. A proximity service receives an indication from a proximity provider that a proximity connection is established, and then determines a joint proximity context of the proximity connection. The proximity service then initiates a proximity action to facilitate a proximity function indicated by the joint proximity context. Joint proximity contexts include indications that an application has queued content to be shared with a proximity device, that an application has registered to publish messages on a namespace, that an application has subscribed to messages on a namespace, that an application has registered to find a peer application on a proximity device to enable multi-user collaboration, and that a device seeks to pair with another device.

Platform-enabled proximity service

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