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March Rogers

Anthony Neil Dart

Joshua Baber

Stefanie J Danhope

Omeed Chandra

Jason Blackheart

Gail Giacobbe

Kathleen R Thompson

Amanda A Alvarado

Christopher D Edwards

Jonathan D Esterly

Bojana Ostojic

Sam Franklin Williams, Iii

Kyle Matthew Von Haden

Nathaniel Eric Breskin Auer

Ryan Heaney

Imran Aziz

Javier Porras Luraschi

Benjamin B Gitenstein

Keri Talbot

Christian James Colando

Itai Almog

Peter Eberhardy

Francois M Rouaix

Ron Mondri

Eduardo Sonnino

Alice Jane Brush

Rubaiyat Khan

Palmer H Batt

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Ned Bearer Friend

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Arianne Taylor

Ryan Pendlay

Clea H Allington

Krista Bendig

Chenguang Yang

Paul Ronald Ray

Jason Hartman

Bradley Stevenson

Xuelei Sun

David Wayne Waltman

Ellen Steele

Kyle Von Haden

Vaidyanathan Raghavan

Cooper Clauson

Mark Phair

Dynamic templates include regions that provide behavior based upon a purpose or desired outcome. Templates and regions can modify the logical representations associated with objects to create semantic context for the objects. Templates and regions can also generate visual representations of objects based upon their logical representations. The visual representation utilized by a template or region can be selected manually or based upon the capabilities of a computing device. Objects contained within regions can be sorted, filtered, arranged, and projected based on their associated logical representations. Templates and regions can modify their size based upon the objects contained therein, can receive logical representations of objects from data sources and update the data sources to reflect modification of the logical representations, can initiate actions based on changes to the logical representations associated with objects, and generate structured summaries or other types of content based upon the logical representations.

Dynamic whiteboard regions

Dynamic whiteboard templates

Display screen with animated graphical user interface

Non-limiting examples described herein relate to representation of intelligent object movement. Examples described herein replace pre-canned object movement actions and provide new data transformations that better emphasize context related to object movement. An action for placement of a data object may be received. Non-limiting examples of actions comprise a movement of a data object or an object insertion of one or more data objects. The action is analyzed using an object movement data model that evaluates a context for placement of the data object. Insertion characteristics are applied to the data object based on analysis by the object movement data model. A movement of the data object is surfaced, through a user interface, based on the applied insertion characteristics. An exemplary surfaced movement presents a motion animation of the data object from an initial position within the digital canvas to a resting position within the digital canvas.

Intelligent object movement

A user sends a location request to a user of a group that requests the user's current location. For example, one family member may send a location request to another family member that is part of their family group for their current location. The user receiving the request may accept the location request or reject the location request. When the location request is reject, the requesting user is not provided with the current location information of the user. When the location request is accepted, the requesting user is provided with the current location information of the user. In addition to providing the location information to the requesting user, the location may also be shared with other members of the group. For example, a message may be sent to each of the family members that are part of the group that informs them that a member has updated their location.

Requesting a location of a user

The description relates to activity graphs. One example can obtain details from multiple activity cards. The example can identify relationships between at least some of the details of the multiple activity cards. The example can also generate an activity graph that reflects at least some of the relationships between individual activity cards.

Activity cards

Techniques for ink anchoring are described. In one or more implementations, an interactive canvas is displayed on one or more display devices of a computing device. An ink object is generated by digitizing ink input received to the interactive canvas. In response to determining that the ink object overlaps an object in the interactive canvas, the ink object is anchored to the object such that a spatial relationship between the ink object and the object is maintained if the ink object or the object is manipulated.

Ink Anchoring

A rich preview of a communication in a communication summary is provided. A communication application analyzes a communication to identify relevant items within the communication. A communication summary of the communication is created with the relevant items. Next, the communication summary is presented with the relevant items. Interaction elements are also provided to manage a presentation of the relevant items.

Providing rich preview of communication in communication summary

Activity graphs

Display screen with graphical user interface

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