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Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012

Filed:

Jan. 26, 2009
Applicants:

Rajesh Ramanathan, Redmond, WA (US);

William Looney, Seattle, WA (US);

Avronil Bhattacharjee, Redmond, WA (US);

Amit Gupta, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Rajesh Ramanathan, Redmond, WA (US);

William Looney, Seattle, WA (US);

Avronil Bhattacharjee, Redmond, WA (US);

Amit Gupta, Redmond, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Conversation rights for multi-modal communications are managed and enforced in an enhanced communication system. Through physical and/or software components, rights are assigned to a communication session and related components upon user request. Permitted participants of the session are provided access tools such as decryption keys. Restrictions based on the assigned conversation rights are extended to preserved recordings and associated documents of the communication session.


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