Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Open Text S.a.

Thomas W Brooks

Melissa S Jacobson

Allen M Han

Christopher G Alviar

Wolfgang Adam Mack, Jr

I-Chiang Sun

Matthew J Stipes

Damon V Danieli

Aditha May Adams

Hok-Sum Horace Luke

Jonathan A Hayes

Edward Charles Giaimo, Iii

James Y Koo

James R Stewart

Kevin D Van Flandern

Chungming Ying

Denise Love

Steven Nabil Bathiche

Kurt Torben Nielsen

Bin An

Thomas W Denny

Mark K Svancarek

Drew Calvin Bamford

Paul Hornikx

Daniel J Blase

Scott Ian Tattrie

Robert E Gruhl

Eric Jobin

Daren Yong

Kirk Slone

Rick R Roth

Marvin Keith Lum

Christian Stephens

Simon Orrell

Colin Kinahan

Brian Hodges

A facility is described for enabling workflow applications. The facility receives a request to identify an optimized resource list that identifies resources capable of performing a workflow process task. The workflow process task can be associated with a document type relating to a document associated with a workflow envelope. The workflow envelope can store multiple documents of at different document types. The facility includes a workflow engine and a simulation engine. The workflow engine performs workflow process tasks based on the tasks identified in the workflow envelope. The simulation engine can employ modeling and historical data from a workflow metrics data source to generate the optimized resource list and identify identifying resources matching the workflow process tasks identified in the workflow envelope.

System, method, and computer program product for enabling workflow applications

Two different and separate audio data streams are processed through a personal computer (PC) system or other computing device so that the separate and distinct audio data streams are heard through separate sound transducers. In a preferred embodiment, chat messages received over a network during execution of a multiplayer game are processed separately from sounds produced by the multiplayer game, enabling a user to hear the game sounds from speakers, separate and distinct from verbal chat messages, which are heard through earphone(s). The earphone(s) are included in a headset, as well as a microphone that enables the user to produce verbal data that are conveyed to a hardware control unit that is connected to the PC system through a universal serial bus (USB) port. The chat audio data are converted into an analog audio signal that is heard by the user in the headphone(s) and is spatially separate and distinct from the game audio data heard through the speakers. Included on the control unit are switches that enable the user to selectively direct verbal data either to the chat session or to a voice recognition engine that converts the verbal data into commands used for controlling the game.

Enabling separate chat and selective enablement of microphone

A hand held computer input device includes a first housing portion having at least one user actuable input device. A first extending handle is coupled to, and extends away from, the first housing portion. A second handle is also coupled to, and extends away from, the first housing portion. An orientation sensor is coupled to the first housing and is configured to sense a physical orientation of the first housing portion. The orientation sensor provides an orientation signal indicative of the physical orientation sensed.

Two-handed computer input device with orientation sensor

A control device that combines a movable pod, that is sized to comfortably support a user's hand, with control buttons that are easily commanded by the user's fingers and thumb without interfering with pod movement, thereby allowing the user to quickly, simultaneously, and intuitively, command multiple aspects of a user application software, such as a game. Preferably, the pod is movable simultaneously in three different directions: forward-and-backward, side-to-side; and axially about an axis. The device also uses the distance the pod is displaced from a neutral position as an additional control parameter for commanding the application software. In addition, control commands associated with the control buttons and movement of the pod may be programmed by the user either &ldquo;on the fly&rdquo; or by using a graphical user interface. Also, the device provides feedback to the user regarding the programmed status of each button and available pod movement.

Control device with enhanced control aspects and method for programming same

The present invention provides a dual axis articulated computer input device. Position sensors are configured to provide position information indicative of a position of two handle members relative to one another.

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Seattle, WA, United States of America

Thomas W Brooks