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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2012
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Joseph H. Matthews, III, Woodinville, WA (US);
Joseph A. Schrader, Kirkland, WA (US);
Ted Tai-Yu Chen, Redmond, WA (US);
Raman K. Sarin, Kirkland, WA (US);
Joseph Spencer King, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
In embodiments of mobile devices control, a mobile device includes a communication interface for control communication with associated devices of the mobile device, and the associated devices correspond to members of a private interaction hub. A device control service is implemented to determine that the mobile device is moving in a vehicle based on motion data, and can generate a device quiet control to restrict at least audible outputs from one or more of the associated devices that are in the vehicle with the mobile device. The device control service can then initiate communication of the device quiet control to the associated devices in the vehicle to quiet the associated devices that are controllable from the mobile device.