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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2003
David W. Baumert, Sammamish, WA (US);
Aaron F. Woodman, Seattle, WA (US);
Flora P. Goldthwaite, Seattle, WA (US);
Jonathan Cluts, Sammamish, WA (US);
Pamela J. Heath, Seattle, WA (US);
David W. Baumert, Sammamish, WA (US);
Aaron F. Woodman, Seattle, WA (US);
Flora P. Goldthwaite, Seattle, WA (US);
Jonathan Cluts, Sammamish, WA (US);
Pamela J. Heath, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method and system are provided for facilitating interaction between a device and a device environment. The system may include a detection module for automatically detecting proximity of a participant within the device environment. The system may additionally include a user-configurable authorization module for authorizing the device to adjust a device user interface in a pre-determined manner in response to the detection of the participant. The system may also provide for sharing resources among multiple participating devices, wherein each of the multiple participating devices has a device specific set of application resources. The system may additionally include a configurable resource regulation mechanism for making the device specific application resources from the second participating device available to the first participating device.