Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Amazon Technologies, Inc.

Microsoft Corporation

Warren Vincent Barkley

Timothy Mark Moore

Tim M Moore

Regis J Crinon

Abhishek Abhishek

Anton W Krantz

Philip Andrew Chou

Arun Ayyagari

Avi R Geiger

Jiandong Ruan

Wajih Yahyaoui

Amer A Hassan

Pascal Francis Menezes

Mohammad Shabbir Alam

Christopher J Corbett

Wei Zhong

Vivek Bhanu

Stefano Stefani

Taroon Mandhana

Andrew Peter Sinclair

John Charles Krumm

Paramvir Bahl

Chih-Lung Lin

Kapil Sharma

Florin Teodorescu

Yinghua Yao

Siddharth Vivek Joshi

Dan Knudson

Prateek Sharma

Adrian Mark Chandley

Paul D Tidwell

Yiu-Ming Leung

Jingyu Qiu

Steven A N Shafer

Fedor Zhdanov

Edwin A Hernandez-Mondragon

Geoffrey Edward Pease

Anuj Gupta

Sindhu Chejerla

Jonathan Thomas Greenlee

Jon I Turow

Madhurima Pawar

Kriti Bharti

Sean O Lyndersay

Pietro Perona

Gurdeep Singh Pall

Salim S AbiEzzi

Andrew Thomas Baron

William George Verthein

Mu Han

Danny Levin

Narasimha Rao S S Nagampalli

David Ross Buerer

Christopher Jon Lang

Hao Zhuang

Alan W Shen

Jonathan Hedley

Dalibor Kukoleca

Mark Chien

Denise L Chen

Chih-Lung (Bruce) Lin

James Andrew Trenton Lipscomb

Alisa V Shinkorenko

Pranav Sachdeva

Minghui (Jason) Xia

Mark Huyler

Tim McGrath

Joseph Arthur Williams

Joseph Polastre

Krzysztof Chalupka

Steven An Shafer

Geoffrey E Pease

Dan A Knudson

Alan Walter Shen

Nagampalli SS Narasimha Rao

Minghui Xia

Mohammed Shabbir Alam

A request is received associated with a review. Within first content, a first field of interest and a second field of interest are identified and within second content, a third field of interest and a fourth field of interest are identified. A review is generated that includes a first indication of the first field of interest and a second indication of the second field of interest within the first content, as well as a third indication of the third field of interest and a fourth indication of the fourth field of interest within the second content. The review is transmitted to a device of a reviewer for reviewing the content.

Providing content reviews based on AI/ML output

A request is received associated with reviewing content. As part of the request, one or more conditions are received and the content is analyzed to identify a first field of interest and a second field of interest. The first field of interest and the second field of interest represent fields of interest associated with the review of the content. At least one of the first field of interest or the second field of interest may not satisfy the one or more conditions and the content, or a portion thereof, may be sent for review.

Determining content to present for human review

A request associated with reviewing content for a field of interest is received. A confidence is determined associated with the content including the field of interest. A machine learning (ML) model determines a first confidence associated with the content includes the field of interest. The field of interest is transmitted for review in instances where the first confidence is less than a confidence threshold. After review, an indication associated with a reviewer reviewing the content and the first confidence associated with the ML model identifying the field of interest is updated to a second confidence.

Adjusting confidence thresholds based on review and ML outputs

Systems and methods for providing access to various resolutions of a video. In one instance, a selection is received of a video resolution from a plurality of video resolutions, wherein the plurality of video resolutions are associated with the video. A determination is then made as to whether to authorize access to the selected video resolution based on a digital right associated with the video resolution. Depending on the determination, the video is displayed at the selected video resolution. In addition, the video may include one or more video layers, and each video layer may correspond to a particular video resolution. Further still, one or more of the video layers may be encrypted and protected by a digital right. Moreover, the encryption technique used to encrypt the video layers of the video may be different for each of the video layers.

Techniques for managing visual compositions for a multimedia conference call

Techniques for managing visual compositions for a multimedia conference call are described. An apparatus may comprise a processor to allocate a display object bit rate for multiple display objects where a total display object bit rate for all display objects is equal to or less than a total input bit rate, and decode video information from multiple video streams each having different video layers with different levels of spatial resolution, temporal resolution and quality for two or more display objects. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

A primary call admission controller (CAC) system receives a request from a client to allocate a network resource such as a network bandwidth. The primary CAC system may determine subordinate CAC to delegate the allocation and transfer the request to the subordinate CAC. Subsequently, the subordinate CAC analyzes the communication session attributes to determine an available network resource for the communication session. Upon a positive determination, the subordinate CAC allocates the network resource and signals the allocation up the network chain to the primary CAC and the client.

Dynamically allocating network resources for communication session

QoS support is detected during discovery of potential media paths between a source and a destination by examining the markings of each available media path and selecting a more suitable media candidate based on a set of QoS prioritization rules. Optionally, each endpoint may update a UC&C monitoring service with the QoS results of the candidate list discovery process so that any automated diagnostic and auditing systems can be alerted to any misconfigured Network Elements.

Detecting quality of service for unified communication and collaboration (UC and C) on internetworks

Concepts and technologies are described herein for processing queries from a user's computing device initiating a query. In one embodiment, responding to the query involves searching for results based on the user's location and a list of federated enterprises. A clearinghouse server receives the query and determine a location of the user by accessing a location information database. The clearinghouse server then uses the location information in formulating a query to a search engine, by including location information with the user's query. The results are then processed in light of the list of federated enterprises. The processing may include ordering the search results, filtering the search results, or allowing enhanced forms of communications between the user and a selected party associated with the federated enterprise. The results are provided to the user. The enhanced forms of communication include instant messaging and video conferencing.

Location based clearinghouse search

Unified Communication and Collaboration (UC&C) systems are enabled to dynamically enlighten a set of network elements (NEs) and/or network infrastructure with application awareness so that an accurate set of rules or actions can be applied for a given session without needing to lookup the payload of every packet or applying a somewhat ineffective expensive heuristic mechanisms. Taking advantage of typically longer communication session durations and separate control and media planes, a UC&C control point programs a set of NEs for a given UC&C media flow within a scalable and timely manner. Quality of Service (QoS), security, monitoring, and similar functionality may also be programmed into the NEs through the UC&C control point.

Unified communication aware networks

Techniques for virtual conferencing servers are described. An apparatus may comprise a conferencing server to manage a conference call with multiple client terminals. The conferencing server may have a virtual conference manager to select a first client terminal to operate as a first virtual conferencing server, and transfer conference call operations for a second client terminal from the conferencing server to the first virtual conferencing server. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Techniques for virtual conferencing servers

Optimized conferencing performance may be provided. First, a plurality of data streams respectively received from a plurality of conferencing users may be monitored. Then, for each of the plurality of conferencing users, a plurality of talk frequency conditions respectively corresponding to the plurality of conferencing users may be determined based upon the monitored plurality of data streams. The plurality of talk frequency conditions may comprise, for example, active-talker, infrequent talker, or listener-only. Next, a plurality of data packet size values respectively corresponding to the plurality of conferencing users may be determined based upon the determined plurality of talk frequency conditions. The plurality of data streams may then be mixed to create data. Next, the data may be transmitted to each of the plurality of conferencing users respectively using the determined plurality of data packet size values respectively corresponding to the plurality of conferencing users.

Optimizing conferencing performance

A system and method for carrying out network and interface selections across multiple media is disclosed. The disclosed system facilitates automated network interface configuration decision-making that spans a set of networks supporting communications via differing media. A set of media specific modules associated with differing communications media acquire network interface status/capabilities information. A rules engine thereafter applies a designated network selection rule(s) to the acquired network interface status/capabilities information, and any other appropriate parameters attributable to either an interface or network, to select one or more networks and interfaces with which to establish/maintain a connection.

Network and interface selection on a computing device capable of establishing connections via multiple network communications media

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