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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
May. 01, 2009
Alex Kipman, Redmond, WA (US);
Kathryn Stone Perez, Shoreline, WA (US);
R. Stephen Polzin, San Jose, CA (US);
William Guo, Sammamish, WA (US);
Alex Kipman, Redmond, WA (US);
Kathryn Stone Perez, Shoreline, WA (US);
R. Stephen Polzin, San Jose, CA (US);
William Guo, Sammamish, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for managing a set of states associated with a capture device are disclosed herein. The capture device may detect and bind to users, and may provide feedback about whether the capture device is bound to, or detecting a user. Techniques are also disclosed wherein virtual ports may be associated with users bound to a capture device and feedback about the state of virtual ports may be provided.