Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Microsoft Corporation

Thaddeus Adam Scott

Mark Ian Rubinstein

Jason Thomas Faulkner

Kevin D Morrison

Meng Yao

Amit Akiva Apple

Marcelo Daniel Truffat

Mansoor A Malik

Matthew Benjamin Blank

Timothy Michael Cleary

Ekaterina Bassova

Chad Michael Roberts

John Michael Sheehan

Diego D Baca Del Rosario

Eric Randall Sexauer

Ewin Davis Kannuthottiyil

Edward Sean Lloyd Rintel

Michael Brasket

Mark Robert Swift

Kenton O'Hara

Nathaniel Stott

Anthony Arnold Wieser

Yash Misra

Robert Corish

James Edgar Pycock

John Cole Bradley

Brianna Kelly Potvin

Xiaoyue Wang

Michael H Hill

Display screen with graphical user interface

In a device including a processor and a memory, the memory includes executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to control the device to perform functions of receiving an access control setting for granting access to an access-controlled resource and a dynamic tag characterizing a member group subject to the access control setting; accessing a data source storing member data including an attribute associated with each member, the attribute including a parameter related to a time or time period. The dynamic tag is mapped to the member data based on (1) the parameter of the attribute and (2) a time or time period associated with the dynamic tag, to identify mapped members forming the member group, wherein the mapped members identified based on a same dynamic tag vary depending on the time or time period associated with the dynamic tag, to identify the member group.

Resource access control with dynamic tag

In a communication device including a processor and a computer-readable medium, the computer-readable medium includes instructions for performing receiving a text input composing a message, the text input including a word characterizing a recipient group; transmitting the text input to a server; receiving, from the server, feedback data indicating that the recipient group for the message has been identified; in response to receiving the feedback data, providing an indication that the recipient group for the message has been identified; receiving a user input requesting to send the message to the identified recipient group; and in response to receiving the user input, transmitting, to the server, a request to send the message to the identified recipient group.

Automated message recipient identification with dynamic tag

The present disclosure provides a number of techniques for enhancing a user's experience when joining teleconference sessions. When multiple users join a teleconference session using separate devices, a system identifies devices that are co-located. The co-located devices are identified by the use of a combination of data including, but not limited to social signals, audio signal and other location data. At least one device of the co-located devices, has a first control set for controlling a teleconference session and other devices of the co-located devices have a second control set for sharing content. The at least one device also has one set of streams and the other devices see a subset of those streams or other streams based on an activity level. In addition, the present disclosure provides a number of techniques for enabling users to use multiple devices to share content.

Enhanced techniques for joining communication sessions

In a device including a processor and a memory in communication with the processor is disclosed. The memory includes executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to control the device to perform functions of receiving, via a communication network from a device, a message and a dynamic tag associated with the message, the dynamic tag characterizing a recipient group for the message; determining that the dynamic tag is relevant to a data set including an attribute of a plurality of members corresponding to the dynamic tag; based on the dynamic tag and the attribute, identifying, from the plurality of members, a member group relevant to the dynamic tag; and sending, via the communication network, the message to a device group associated with the member group.

The techniques disclosed herein provide a contextual toolset for use in canvases of collaboration applications. The techniques also provide smart hooks for pinning tools to specific locations on content opened in a canvas. The contextual toolset may include tools specific to an application opened in a canvas and/or tools for implementing the functionality of external applications. The smart hooks maintain linkages between an instance of tool usage and an object in a file or other content. The linkages maintain the tool in the same location relative to the object even if the object is moved. Instances of external applications opened in a canvas may be presented in a dedicated user interface region that passes data to and from the external application.

Extensible and adaptable toolsets for collaboration applications

Systems and methods for displaying a teleconference session are described. Teleconference data including display streams is transmitted to a number of client computers. Each of the streams may include at least a video and an audio component. A user interface includes a first display area rendering a first stream and a second display area rendering a second stream. An event may occur that removes a video component from the first stream. In response to the event, the rendering of the first stream may be removed from the first display area, and one or more streams of the plurality of streams may be displayed in at least a portion of the first display area. Such techniques for modifying user interface displays based on the actions of select users that have transitioned to an audio-only mode can optimize the use of a display area.

Event conditioned views for communication sessions

Systems, apparatuses, services, platforms, and methods are discussed herein that provide activity-based gallery views for communication platforms. In one example, a media gallery service is provided that determines contextual properties associated with media objects shared over communication sessions provided by a communication platform. Based at least on the contextual properties, the gallery service establishes internal sequencing among the media objects for each of the communication sessions, and presents an activity view in the user interface comprising a representation relating the communication sessions, with each of the communication sessions having associated media objects organized at least according to associated internal sequencing.

Activity gallery view in communication platforms

Event conditioned views for teleconferencing sessions

Meeting software on a meeting room device enables a meeting to be conducted. The meeting room device detects that a meeting has been terminated and, responsive to detecting that the meeting has been terminated, automatically deletes data associated with the meeting from multiple different locations.

Meeting room device cache clearing

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Thaddeus Adam Scott