Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Oliver Bruno Colbert

Silvana Patricia Moncayo

Felix Gerard Torquil Ifor Andrew

Johannes Klein

Rafael Lopez-Uricoechea

Ganapathy V Raman

William Qian

Aurelio Navarro Belletti Garcia

Ernesto Miranda Pedrosa Da Silva

Rafael Alberto Marques Torres

Eduard Ostrovsky

Edgar Pereira Alves

The technology described herein optimally allocates the limited computer storage on the end user device to point of interest data most likely to be used by a map application. The offline point of interest data can include first-tier, second-tier, and third-tier data about different points. The offline data can be selected based on overall usage among all people and also specially tailored for individual users interests.

Storage of point of interest data on a user device for offline use

Methods and systems are provided for facilitating a download of a specific portion of a map onto a computing device based on information received from a location-aware service. Location information, a start date, and an end date associated with travel plans of a user are received from, for example, a location-aware application or service. A download time corresponding to when to download a map portion corresponding to the received location information is determined. At or prior to the download time, it is determined whether the map portion can be downloaded at that particular time based on one or more factors. If the map portion can be downloaded at that time, the map portion is downloaded to a device associated with the user. The map portion is then removed from the device associated with the user on or after the end date.

Map downloading based on user's future location

Securing an out-of-band message from a server to a mobile computing device. After requesting a service ticket from a trusted third party (e.g., via a pre-existing ticketing infrastructure), the requested service ticket and a shared secret are obtained from the trusted third party via a first channel. The mobile computing device thereafter sends the service ticket with the shared secret to a server via a second channel. The server encrypts a message (e.g., an SMS message) using the shared secret. The mobile computing device receives the encrypted message from the server via a third channel that is out-of-band relative to the first channel. The encrypted message is decrypted via the shared secret and the decrypted message is provided to a user of the mobile computing device. In some embodiments, the message includes commands for controlling the mobile computing device.

Securing out-of-band messages

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