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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Rainer Andreas Krause, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Eric Horvitz, Kirkland, WA (US);
Aman Kansal, Issaquah, WA (US);
Feng Zhao, Issaquah, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04W 8/22 (2009.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06Q 10/04 (2012.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/22 (2013.01); G06Q 10/04 (2013.01); H04L 29/08072 (2013.01); H04L 41/147 (2013.01); H04L 41/142 (2013.01); H04L 41/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method disclosed herein includes the act of computing a value of information for obtaining data from a personal sensor of a user for utilization in a utilitarian computing application, wherein a mobile computing device comprises the personal sensor of the user. The method further includes the act of requesting that the mobile computing device transmit a data packet to the computing device based at least in part upon the value of information for obtaining data from the personal sensor of the user.