Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Monica Gonzalez

Jae Pum Park

James Kai Yu Lau

Motaz Ahmad El-Saban

Ayman Kaheel

Mohamed Shawky

Ahmed El Baz

Tamer Deif

Alaa Abdel-Hakim Aly

Joseph H Matthews, Iii

Raman Kumar Sarin

Michael J Connolly

Martin Thomas Shetter

Matthias Baer

Sogol Malekzadeh

Jonathan Aroner

Udiyan Padmanabhan

Jannes Paul Peters

John D Skovron

Michael J Ricker

Tatiana Gershanovich

William Messing

Karen G Luk

Karen Luk

Exemplary methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed for authenticating a user to computing device. In one exemplary embodiment, an indication of a request by a user to unlock a mobile device in a locked state is received. One or more images of the face of the user are captured. Facial components of the user from the one or more captured images are extracted. A determination is made as to whether the user is an authorized user or a non-authorized user based at least in part on a comparison of the facial components of the user extracted from the one or more captured images to facial components of the authorized user from one or more authentication images of the authorized stored on the mobile device. If the user is determined to be the authorized user, the mobile device unlocked; otherwise, the mobile device is maintained in its locked state.

Using facial data for device authentication or subject identification

A method for exchanging information between two communication devices includes communicating first identity information from a first communication device to a second communication device over a short-range communication link in response to an event. A second identity is received from the second communication device over the short-range communication link. The first identity information identifies a user of the first communication device and the second identity information identifies a user of the second communication device. Based on the first and second identity information, information is obtained specifying at least one attribute of the first and second users that they have in common.

Sharing of information common to two mobile device users over a near-field communication (NFC) link

Exemplary methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed for capturing, organizing, sharing, and/or displaying media. For example, using embodiments of the disclosed technology, a unified playback and browsing experience for a collection of media can be created automatically. For instance, heuristics and metadata can be used to assemble and add narratives to the media data. Furthermore, this representation of media can recompose itself dynamically as more media is added to the collection. While a collection may use a single user's content, sometimes media that is desirable to include in the collection is captured by friends and/or others at the same event. In certain embodiments, media content related to the event can be automatically collected and shared among selected groups. Further, in some embodiments, new media can be automatically incorporated into a media collection associated with the event, and the playback experience dynamically updated.

Event-based media grouping, playback, and sharing

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Monica Gonzalez