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Kruthika Ponnusamy

Ashish Mehta

Arash Ghanaie-Sichanie

Shivaram Prabhakar

Sandhya Rajendra Rao

Samarth Gupta

Daniel James Buchner

Prerana Dharmesh Gambhir

Prasad Thiruveedu

Shri Vidhya Alagesan

Viney Anand Ugave

Prayank Mathur

Rama Krishna Prasad Satya Prakash

Sarah Leslie Sutton

A shared computer device configured to receive a reservation request associated with a user at the shared computer device to reserve a predetermined period of time for usage of the shared computer device, receive an input from the user on the shared computer device during the predetermined period of time to sign in to and use the shared computer device to access and use a predetermined application, based on the signing in, downloading, from a server, predetermined personal information of the user stored in the server regarding the predetermined application and granting access to the user to use the predetermined application on the shared computer device during the predetermined period of time using the downloaded personal information of the user, and delete the personal information of the user from the shared computer device after the predetermined period of time expires.

Hot desk device and method for hybrid environment

A system, which includes a first device associated with a user, a second device configured to establish a user session and a server, performs storing a default user session setting associated with the user, the default user session setting defining a default user access privilege to functionality or content; determining that the first device is proximate to the second device; receiving a second user input requesting to modify the default user session setting, the second user input including modification data defining a restrictive modification to the default user session setting; modifying, at the server, the default user session setting based on the modification data to create a customized user session setting defining a customized user access privilege to the functionality or content available via the system; and establishing, at the second device, the customized user session for the user based on the customized user setting received from the server.

Customized user session at shared device

Techniques for providing unified user interfaces among actively paired devices, including that first and second devices are actively paired together at a first time based on a determination that the first device is in physical proximity to the second device when the first and second devices are both authenticated for a same user service account; receiving, at the first time, an indication of an actuation of a first user interface control associated with a teleconferencing session and presented by the first device; and causing, in response the receipt of the indication and the determination that the first and second devices are actively paired together at the first time, a real-time component of the teleconferencing session to be rendered by the second device while a first user associated with the user service account is joined to the teleconferencing session as a participant.

Teleconferencing interfaces and controls for paired user computing devices

A server allows pairing of a computing device with a companion computing device so that they may automatically connect to one another in the future. Pairing is accomplished by responding to a user request to pair a particular companion device by identifying computing devices associated with a particular user account, and directing those devices to monitor whether they are in range of a proximity signal (such as a BLUETOOTH&#xae; signal). A user interface on the companion device displays a list of devices specific to the user that are in proximity to the companion computing device, so that the user can choose a device to pair with the companion computing device.

Proximity-based pairing and operation of user-specific companion devices

Techniques for providing unified user interfaces among actively paired devices, including determining that first and second devices are actively paired together at a first time based on a determination that the first device is in physical proximity to the second device when the first and second devices are both authenticated for a same user service account; receiving, at the first time, an indication of an actuation of a user interface control associated with a user activity and presented by the first device; and causing, in response to the receipt of the indication and the determination that the first and second devices are actively paired together at the first time, the second device to present a user interface associated with the user activity.

Unified interfaces for paired user computing devices

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