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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:
Nov. 21, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 30, 2021
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Torbjørn Helvik, Oslo, NO;

Andreas Eide, Oslo, NO;

Kjetil Krogvig Bergstrand, Kolbotn, NO;

Lene Christin Rydningen, Berlin, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06F 3/0484 (2022.01); G06F 16/906 (2019.01); G06Q 10/10 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 16/906 (2019.01); G06F 16/9535 (2019.01); G06Q 10/103 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques for detecting one or more focus areas of a user and structuring activities and content around the focus area(s) are disclosed. The activities of a user, the people associated with the activities, and/or the content associated with the activities are automatically inferred or detected based on the channels of collaboration associated with the focus area(s). Example channels of collaboration include, but are not limited to, electronic mail, instant messages, documents, and in-person and online meetings. Some or all of the activities, people, and/or content are grouped into one or more focus areas, where a focus area relates to an endeavor in which the user focuses on over a period of time. Some or all of the focus areas are presented to the user.


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