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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2011
Sharad Agarwal, Seattle, WA (US);
Ming Zhang, Redmond, WA (US);
Lin Zhong, Houston, TX (US);
Ardalan Amiri Sani, Houston, TX (US);
Paramvir Bahl, Bellevue, WA (US);
Sharad Agarwal, Seattle, WA (US);
Ming Zhang, Redmond, WA (US);
Lin Zhong, Houston, TX (US);
Ardalan Amiri Sani, Houston, TX (US);
Paramvir Bahl, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An environment is described in which a processing system provides application-level usage information to users. In one scenario, for example, the processing system may provide personal usage information to a user who is operating a user device. The personal usage information itemizes the amount of data (and/or other resources) that has been consumed by each application run by the user device. In another scenario, the processing system may provide expected usage information associated with at least one candidate application provided by a marketplace system. The expected usage information describes an expected consumption of data (and/or other resources) by the candidate application upon running the candidate application by the user device. The processing system can tailor the expected usage information that it sends to a particular user based on user profile data. The user profile data describes a manner in which users operate applications.