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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2013

Filed:

Oct. 09, 2008
Applicants:

Lili Cheng, Bellevue, WA (US);

Owen Charles Braun, Seattle, WA (US);

Alice Jane Bernheim Brush, Bellevue, WA (US);

Mary P. Czerwinski, Woodinville, WA (US);

Alex David Daley, Kenmore, WA (US);

Susan T. Dumais, Kirkland, WA (US);

Dragos A. Manolescu, Kirkland, WA (US);

Henricus Johannes Maria Meijer, Mercer Island, WA (US);

Simon Christer Muzio, Redmond, WA (US);

John Oberon, Seattle, WA (US);

Rebecca A. Norlander, Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Lili Cheng, Bellevue, WA (US);

Owen Charles Braun, Seattle, WA (US);

Alice Jane Bernheim Brush, Bellevue, WA (US);

Mary P. Czerwinski, Woodinville, WA (US);

Alex David Daley, Kenmore, WA (US);

Susan T. Dumais, Kirkland, WA (US);

Dragos A. Manolescu, Kirkland, WA (US);

Henricus Johannes Maria Meijer, Mercer Island, WA (US);

Simon Christer Muzio, Redmond, WA (US);

John Oberon, Seattle, WA (US);

Rebecca A. Norlander, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can facilitate creation and management of an event-oriented transient network and can further manage decommission of the transient network. In particular, the architecture can construct temporary communities based upon a particular event, project, or activity; manage (e.g., filter, prioritize, or control) communications and content associated with the community; and disband the community by deconstructing the transient network according to an aging function that controls how the network decays. In addition, the architecture can leverage existing information (e.g. profile data) and content feeds associated with disparate social networking services or communities for the benefit of the temporary community.


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