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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2005
Johnson T. Apacible, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Eric J. Horvitz, Kirkland, WA (US);
Murugesan S. Subramani, Issaquah, WA (US);
Johnson T. Apacible, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Eric J. Horvitz, Kirkland, WA (US);
Murugesan S. Subramani, Issaquah, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A sensing and context management architecture that can detect that a user is interacting with a given device and in an associated context, and in response thereto, manages device processes as the user moves from device to device, location to location, and/or context to context. The invention comprises a system that facilitates management of a user situation or context. A sensing component is provided that senses a context of a user by way of one or more sensors and/or a particular device with which the user is interacting in the context, for example, and a management component that manages the device and/or one or more services in the context according to rules or inferences user preferences, sensed observations, and user input data.