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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2012
Kathryn Stone-perez, Shoreline, WA (US);
Jeffrey Margolis, Seattle, WA (US);
Mark J. Finocchio, Redmond, WA (US);
Brian E. Keane, San Jose, CA (US);
Rudy Jacobus Poot, Clyde Hill, WA (US);
Stephen G. Latta, Seattle, WA (US);
Kathryn Stone-Perez, Shoreline, WA (US);
Jeffrey Margolis, Seattle, WA (US);
Mark J. Finocchio, Redmond, WA (US);
Brian E. Keane, San Jose, CA (US);
Rudy Jacobus Poot, Clyde Hill, WA (US);
Stephen G. Latta, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for managing virtual ports are disclosed herein. Each such virtual port may have different associated features such as, for example, privileges, rights or options. When one or more users are in a capture scene of a gesture based system, the system may associate virtual ports with the users and maintain the virtual ports. Also provided are techniques for disassociating virtual ports with users or swapping virtual ports between two or more users.