Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Stephen David Bader

Adam Edwin Behringer

Craig Hally

Hsiao-Lan Wang

Johnny Hsienchow Lee

Johnson T Apacible

David William Baumert

Joseph Ygona Laurino

Michelle Li

J Craig Hally

Ross Nathaniel Luengen

Song Zou

Gregory Thomas Mattox, Jr

Deana Rae Fuller

Brian Daniel Beck

Steven James Frederickson

Carmen Quan

Srinivas Chakravarthula

Akshatha Kommalapati

A machine intelligent communication and control system is able to dynamically predict and adapt information presented to various users. The system provides a personalized experience with its ability to identify users, become contextually aware of the user's location and environment, identify objects and actions, and present customized information tailored for the user and the current environment. The system is further able to control connected items within the environment based upon various user preference considerations.

Machine intelligent predictive communications and control system

Machine intelligent predictive communication and control system

Techniques for maintaining display of a portion of a video as the video continues to be displayed in a background are described herein. In some instances, a video may be captured at a first location and transmitted to a second location, where the video is output in real-time. As the video is displayed, a user may select a portion of the video to be paused. Based on the selection, the portion of the video may be paused while the rest of the video continues in a background. The background video may be displayed according to a different level of focus, image resolution, transparency, etc. than the portion of the video.

Video pinning

Techniques for augmenting video content to enhance context of the video content are described herein. In some instances, a video may be captured at a first location and transmitted to a second location, where the video is output in real-time. A context surrounding a user that is capturing the video and/or a user that is viewing the video may be used to augment the video with additional content. For example, the techniques may process speech or other input associated with either user, a gaze associated with either user, a previous conversation for either user, an area of interest identified by either user, a level of understanding of either user, an environmental condition, and so on. Based on the processing, the techniques may determine augmentation content. The augmentation content may be displayed with the video in an overlaid manner to enhance the experience of the user viewing the video.

Shared experience with contextual augmentation

Contextual help is provided in an unobtrusive manner. The optimum point in time for displaying a help notification is determined by triggers associated with each help notification. The triggers may take into account various factors, such as the action currently being performed by the user, whether the tip has been presented to the user before, the user's past experience with the feature, and so forth.

Contextual help

Display screen with graphical user interface

Display screen with animated graphical user interface

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