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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2010
Charles C. Carson, Jr., Cupertino, CA (US);
Sean Andrew Suchter, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
David James Gemmell, Danville, CA (US);
Charles C. Carson, Jr., Cupertino, CA (US);
Sean Andrew Suchter, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
David James Gemmell, Danville, CA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Concepts and technologies are described herein for summarizing streams of information. A stream of information is obtained and analyzed. One or more entities are identified in the stream. The data in the stream is grouped into one or more clusters corresponding to the identified entities. The data in the clusters is summarized, and a timeline corresponding to the data in the cluster is determined. In some embodiments, a format can be selected for presentation of the summarized stream data. The data in the stream can be formatted in the selected format, and the summarized data can be presented in the selected format. In some embodiments, an update feature can be used to update the data in the summarized stream. The data in the stream can be updated, and the updated summarized stream can be formatted and presented.