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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2023
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Charbel Khawand, Sammamish, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC., Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
The disclosure herein describes enabling menuless operations using spatially aware tags with virtual geo-fenced boundaries. A tag manager implemented on a processor obtains movement data associated with an ultrawide band (UWB) enabled initiator device within a selected geo-fenced zone. The movement data is generated by one or more UWB enabled responder(s) within the selected geo-fenced zone. The movement data includes data describing 3D movements of the initiator device within the selected geo-fenced zone. A tag manager identifies a sequence of 3D movements of the initiator device using the movement data. The tag manager maps the sequence of 3D movements to zone-specific and/or user-specific action(s) using a menuless operations mapping table. The tag manager triggers a target computing device within the selected geo-fenced zone to perform the matched action(s). The target computing device can include an internet of things (IoT) device, a computing device, or the initiator device itself.