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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020

Filed:

May. 09, 2017
Applicant:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Chani A. Doggett, Issaquah, WA (US);

Brian R. Meyers, Issaquah, WA (US);

Colleen E. Hamilton, Bellevue, WA (US);

Kiran Tatapudi, Sammamish, WA (US);

Michael J. Novak, Redmond, WA (US);

Kenneth M. Tubbs, Issaquah, WA (US);

Sriram Srinivasan, Bellevue, WA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 11/34 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/3438 (2013.01); G06F 11/3006 (2013.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); H04L 67/22 (2013.01); G06Q 30/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

Technology related to determining a user engagement with software programs is disclosed. In one example of the disclosed technology, a method can include receiving a plurality of signals indicating states of the computer and a software application executing on the computer. The method can include combining the signals to determine a user engagement with the software application. The method can include storing a user engagement log based on the determined user engagement with the software application.


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