Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

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Michael J Davis

Amer A Hassan

Mahendra D Sekaran

Roy D Kuntz

Richard James Cole

Abhilash Chandrasekharan Nair

Vandana Thomas

Glenn G Hammack

Gareth L E Bridges

Ashley Ingram

Jason Calhoun

Keith A Davis

Charles Oakes

Robert J Ballard

Amer Aref Hassan

Oscar Boultinghouse

William Whipkey

Oliver M Black

Kaye S Cloutier

This disclosure relates to managing user presence in a unified communications system. A method is provided where a computing device establishes a wireless connection with a peripheral device. The computing device has a native dialer application and a unified communications client (UCC) application. A communication session is initiated via the native dialer, utilizing the peripheral device. The native dialer updates a device profile for the peripheral device with state information reflecting active engagement. The UCC application obtains this state information and updates the user's presence status to indicate current engagement in the communication session. The UCC application may communicate the user's presence status to a cloud-based service, allowing proper handling of incoming communication requests. The method ensures accurate reflection of user availability across multiple devices and applications, enhancing the communication experience within a unified communications environment.

Communications management leveraging status information from shared resources

A method and system for causing a call leg transition based on determining that a screen of a device is not viewable to a user are disclosed, comprising receiving, using a default first telephony application, an incoming call event having a first call leg over a first connection to a telecommunication network addressed to the device, accepting the incoming call event using a second telephony application, creating a second connection having a second call leg to the telecommunication network corresponding to the incoming call event, associating a call event continuity identifier unique to the incoming call event with each of the first and second call legs so that the first and second call legs are connectable at a common port in the telecommunication network, determining if the screen of the device is viewable to the user, and causing a transition from the second call leg to the first call leg based on determining that the screen of the device is not viewable to the user.

Viewable screen based call leg transition

Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, devices, and machine-readable mediums that detect evil twin and other anomalous access points in an IT infrastructure by detecting access points that are not in their expected locations based upon an analysis of access point reports from one or more computing devices.

Anomalous access point detection

A method and system for triggering hand-off of an incoming call event from a default first telephony application to a second telephony application on a device are disclosed, comprising receiving an incoming call event addressed to the device, causing a notification of the incoming call event using the default first telephony application on the device, during the notification of the incoming call event, and without answering the incoming call event using the default first telephony application, receiving a navigation input on a user interface of the device to navigate to the second telephony application on the device, and, responsive to receiving the input to navigate to the second telephony application on the device, causing the second telephony application to be displayed on the device, and accepting the incoming call event using the second telephony application, creating a telephony connection corresponding to the incoming call event.

Event triggered call transition

A system for cleaning tires of a vehicle traveling along a longitudinal direction over the system includes modular tire cleaning units with debris removal elements. Each unit includes debris removal elements, such as a first chain assembly supported between supports and over a substrate and extending substantially transverse to the longitudinal direction, the first chain assembly defining a first tire track. A second chain assembly is supported between second sets of supports and over the substrate and extending substantially transverse to the longitudinal direction, the second chain assembly defining a second tire track parallel and spaced apart from the first tire channel. The system may include a second modular tire cleaning unit with longitudinally extending chains and/or a trough holding water and/or sprayers at the side of the system.

Truck trackout cleaning system

Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, and machine-readable mediums that assign a same identifier to a plurality of a user's communication devices. A communication server alerts only one device of the plurality of communication devices at a time in response to a communication establishment request from a calling communication device directed to the identifier. If the user fails to answer the alert, another device is chosen and alerted according to a particular sequence of devices until the user either answers or until all devices (or a determined subset of devices) have been tried. In some examples, the communication devices are reachable by the communication service via an alternative address known to the communication server, such as an Internet Protocol (IP) address.

Sequenced device alerting

Systems and methods may be used for providing an emergency text service on a mobile device. These systems and methods may generate selectable indications with unique addresses and rank the selectable indications based on, for example, proximity of the mobile device to a probable location. Some systems and methods may display the ranked selectable indications on a user interface (e.g., on a display of the mobile device). An address may be inserted into the emergency text message when a selectable indication corresponding to the address is selected.

Emergency text location enhancement

Disclosed in various examples are methods, systems, devices, and machine-readable mediums used for identifying and tracking device and access point geographic locations of wireless (e.g., Wi-Fi) networks. In an example, operations performed by an infrastructure system for provisioning location information include: receiving access point identification information (e.g., a MAC address) that identifies an access point of a wireless network; validating the access point identification information in a list of known wireless networks (e.g., a whitelist); determining an assigned location corresponding to the access point; communicating an indication of the assigned location to the device; and facilitating a communication session with the device, using the wireless network, as the communication session uses the indication of the assigned location by the device. Further operations involving administrator involvement and approval of the location, and client use of the whitelist and the assigned location information, are also disclosed.

Access point association and tracking of physical addresses

Disclosed in various examples are methods, systems, devices, and machine-readable mediums for tracking device and access point geographic locations of wireless (e.g., Wi-Fi) networks. In an example, operations performed by a device for association and use of a location include: receiving identification information (e.g., a MAC address) that identifies an access point of a wireless network; comparing the identification information with a list of access points (e.g., a white list) to identify an unvalidated status of the access point; communicating the identification information to the communications service; receiving a validated status for the access point and a geographic location for the wireless network from the communications service; and perforating a communication action with the communication service, using the wireless network, based on the geographic location and the validated status. Further operations involving evaluating the access point status and updating the list of access points, are also disclosed.

Device-based access point association and tracking of physical addresses

Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, and machine-readable mediums that assign a same identifier to a plurality of a user's communication devices. A communication server alerts only one device of the plurality of communication devices at a time in response to a communication establishment request from a calling communication device directed to the identifier. If the user fails to answer the alert, another device is chosen and alerted according to a particular sequence of devices until the user either answers or until all devices (or a determined subset of devices) have been tried. In sonic examples, the communication devices are reachable by the communication service via an alternative address known to the communication server, such as an Internet Protocol (IP) address.

A frost removal system is for thawing frozen ground and a method removes frost from a selected area of frozen ground. The method can include providing at least one heat transfer device; auguring a hole into the frozen ground to at least a depth of the frost. The at least one heat transfer device is lowered into the selected area of frozen ground and self-augured to the predetermined depth. The at least one heat transfer device is heated and the heat is allowed to travel along a length of the at least one heat transfer device. Heat is applied from the at least one heat transfer device for thawing the selected area of frozen ground until the frost is removed. The removal system may also be used to remove moisture from saturated soil and to bake columns of soil with increased load-bearing capacity.

System and method for heating the ground

Systems and methods for routing communications received via a PTSN are disclosed. A communication session server facilitates communication sessions between a first computing device, a second computing device and a public service accessible via a PSTN. The first computing device establishes a communication session with the communication session server using a first communication mode. The second computing device establishes a communication session with the public service using a second communication mode and a communication session with the communication session server using the first communication mode. Communications received by the second computing device from the public service via the second communication mode are routed to the communication session server via the first communication mode. The communication session server then sends the received communications to the first computing device using the first communication mode.

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Michael J Davis