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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2001
Kenneth H. Abbott, Kirkland, WA (US);
Dan Newell, Medina, WA (US);
James O. Robarts, Redmond, WA (US);
Joshua M. Freedman, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Kenneth H. Abbott, Kirkland, WA (US);
Dan Newell, Medina, WA (US);
James O. Robarts, Redmond, WA (US);
Joshua M. Freedman, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Techniques are described for providing information about a current state that is represented with multiple attributes. In some situations, the providing includes a first computer receiving indications of multiple characterization modules, each characterization module executing on a computer to model an aspect of a current state related to that computer; receiving an indication of one of the multiple attributes of the represented current state; determining multiple of the characterization modules whose modeled aspects are related to the indicated one attribute; and gathering information about the modeled aspects related to the indicated one attribute from the determined characterization modules so that a value for the indicated one attribute can be generated based on the gathered information.