Brenda E Bell

US Patent:

20170289235, Oct 5, 2017

Filed:

Mar 29, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/084213

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Shane Michael Chism - Bellevue WA, US
Nikhil N. Gaekwad - Bellevue WA, US
Brenda WY Bell - Bellevue WA, US
Paula Julia Chuchro - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC - Redmond WA

International Classification:

H04L 29/08
G06F 3/0486
G06F 3/0484
H04L 12/26
G06F 3/0482

Abstract:

Techniques and apparatuses for recipient-based content sharing are described herein. In one or more implementations, input to share content with a recipient is detected. In response to detection of the input, a communication transport for sharing the content with the recipient is determined based at least in part on history of sharing the content with the recipient or a type of the content. The communication transport may be automatically selected from a plurality of communication transports based on the sharing history. For example, the communication transport may be selected based on being the “last used” or “most frequently used” communication transport utilized to share content with the particular recipient. Alternately, a list of suggested communication transports may be presented to the user to enable selection of the communication transport from the list. The content is then shared with the recipient using the determined communication transport.

US Patent:

20170277810, Sep 28, 2017

Filed:

Jan 13, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/405524

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Brenda W. Bell - Bellevue WA, US
Bernabe Hostein - Bellevue WA, US
Hari Bharath Molabanti - Bellevue WA, US
Aravind Narayanan Manimandiram - Sammamish WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/30
G06N 99/00
G06Q 50/00

Abstract:

Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods of providing a people relevance platform. In aspects, an event may be generated by an application/service on a client device. The event may be transmitted to a people relevance platform. The people relevance platform may use the event to query one or more data sources for user contacts associated with the user. The people relevance platform may generate/modify a graph or model using the user contact data, and may provide the user contact data to the client device. The client device may update a local cache and provide the user contact data to the originating application. The client device may monitor the user selection of a contact, and transmit the selection information to the people relevance platform. The people relevance platform may modify the graph and/or model based on the selection information.