Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Mostafa El Baradei

Motaz Ahmad El-Saban

Ayman Kaheel

Nayer Mahmoud Wanas

Mahmoud Refaat

Ahmed A Morsy

Ahmed El Arabawy

Heba M Ashour

Waleed A Ammar

A computing device, such as a mobile device, can capture pictures or video images using a digital camera and obtain associated orientation information using an accelerometer. The orientation information can be used to adjust one or more of the captured pictures or video images to compensate for rotation in one or more planes of rotation. The orientation information can be saved along with the captured pictures or video images. The orientation information can also be transmitted or streamed along with the captured pictures or video images. Image matching operations can be performed using pictures or video images that have been adjusted using orientation information.

Using accelerometer information for determining orientation of pictures and video images

Users of a collaborative online forum may be evaluated automatically with the results made available to a supervisor. In an example embodiment, a method involves accessing multiple posts that are associated with multiple users, with each post of the multiple posts including content. Post scores for the multiple posts are ascertained based on one or more features. User interactions are analyzed with regard to the multiple posts to identify relationships among the multiple users and the content included in the multiple posts. The post scores and the user interactions are evaluated to determine respective collaboration scores for respective users of the multiple users. A user interface that provides access to the collaboration scores is presented to a supervisor.

User evaluation in a collaborative online forum

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Cairo, Egypt

Mostafa El Baradei