Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Micorsoft Corpration

Phillip Feng Lu

Kipley J Olson

Adil Ahmed Sherwani

Michael John Novak

Daniel F Plastina

Andrew L Silverman

Anshul Rawat

Dennis A Kiilerich

David M Nadalin

Tyler Joseph Donahue

Michael H Krause

Geoffrey Harris

Yaou Wei

Victoria Elizabeth Milton

Steven Joseph Tricanowicz

Christopher Ronald Anthony

Shrikesh Himanshu Tanna

Michael M Tse

Kathleen Demaree

Cart mode provisioning of shared computing devices refers to provisioning or configuring the shared computing devices so that the shared computing devices operate in an appropriate mode for a particular shared usage environment. Such a shared usage environment can be, for example, a school environment in which the appropriate mode is a mode in which the shared computing devices are locked so that a limited number of programs and network accessibility is available to the shared computing devices. A user of a setup computing device selects some preferences regarding the setup of the shared computing devices, and a configuration package is generated that includes various configuration information based on the user selections. The configuration package is then made available to the shared computing devices, which are configured or provisioned in accordance with the configuration information.

Cart mode provisioning of shared computing devices

A method for managing a group of owned and for-purchase media items in response to a single user action. The method treats the owned media items and the for-purchase media items similarly with respect to the user's interaction with them, facilitating a user paradigm-shift from thinking about two stores of media items to a single store of media items available for use. A media item grouping generic to both types of media items is provided, permitting sharing of media item collections between users having different access rights with respect to the media items.

Like processing of owned and for-purchase media

A request is received to play an audio file. A determination is made regarding whether volume normalization parameters associated with the audio file are stored in a media library. If the volume normalization parameters associated with the audio file are stored in the media library, the volume normalization parameters are retrieved from the media library. If the volume normalization parameters associated with the audio file are not stored in the media library, retrieving the volume normalization parameters from the audio file. The volume normalization parameters are applied while playing the audio file. The volume normalization process can be applied across multiple audio files during playback.

Method and apparatus for audio normalization

Various methods and systems provide a media player application that is integrated with CD burning functionality. In some embodiments, the CD burning functionality is accessed via a collection of application program interfaces (APIs) that are called by the media player application. The media player application and APIs can be incorporated within an operating system. Because of the integration between the media player application and the CD burning functionality, the user can be provided with a great deal of feedback during the CD burning process. In one embodiment, a user interface (UI) provides a single pane through which a user can access the media player application and its CD burning functionality. Feedback can be provided to the user via the single pane UI.

Methods and systems for burning compact discs

A request is received to play a first audio file and a second audio file. A system identifies a first effective start position and a fade-out position associated with the first audio file. The system also identifies a second effective start position associated with the second audio file. The first audio file is played from the first effective start position. When the fade-out position associated with the first audio file is reached, playback of the first audio file is faded-out while the second audio file is played from the second effective start position.

Method and apparatus for playback of audio files

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Phillip Feng Lu