Hong Lin

US Patent:

20130103770, Apr 25, 2013

Filed:

Oct 25, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/280652

Inventors:

Kimberly Kamolz - Kirkland WA, US
Peter Eberhardy - Seattle WA, US
Daniel Cheung - Mountain View CA, US
Hong Lin - Bellevue WA, US
James Yamat - Redwood City CA, US
Gideon Goodwin - Mountain View CA, US
Kwok Fai Chan - Burnaby, CA

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709206, 709204

Abstract:

A system is provided for enabling attendees of an online broadcast within a collaborative environment to interact with multimedia content during the online broadcast. By rendering the content itself instead of images derived from the content that cannot be interacted with, attendees are enabled to either drive their own multimedia experience, including play, seek, pause/stop, or follow the presenter and consume the multimedia based on the presenter's action (play, pause, stop, seek). The multimedia content may be rendered on each attendee's individual client device through local caching, which contributes to playback quality such that each individual attendee may be able to interact with and control the playback experience of the multimedia content independently.

US Patent:

20130110925, May 2, 2013

Filed:

Nov 2, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/287914

Inventors:

Cynthia Wessling - Redmond WA, US
Thomas Underhill - Seattle WA, US
Alex Simmons - Seattle WA, US
Hong Lin - Bellevue WA, US
Stuti Jain - Kirkland WA, US
Kitty Chou - Redmond WA, US
Charles Duze - Sammamish WA, US
Sirirat Reinikka - Bothell WA, US
Shruti Kasetty - Redmond WA, US
Syed Bilal - Bellevue WA, US
Jeffrey Bell - Seattle WA, US
David Rasmussen - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709204

Abstract:

Notes may be shared in an online meeting with online meeting attendees through a software application associated with organizing an online meeting, for example, online meeting software, calendaring software, note-taking software, or the like. Notes may be created and/or shared before, during, and/or after the online meeting by meeting attendees. Meeting attendees may be notified when notes are shared for the online meeting. Notes may be shared with items of the software application associated with organizing the online meeting. For example, notes may be shared in online meeting software with the online meeting. Notes may be shared among items of different software applications, for example, notes shared in the online meeting software may be automatically shared with a calendar item in a calendaring software application.

US Patent:

20130191719, Jul 25, 2013

Filed:

Jan 19, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/353338

Inventors:

Thomas Underhill - Seattle WA, US
Cynthia Wessling - Redmond WA, US
Apeksha Godiyal - Bellevue WA, US
Syed Mustafa Bilal - Bellevue WA, US
Hong Lin - Bellevue WA, US
Nathaniel Stott - Redmond WA, US
Charles Duze - Sammamish WA, US

Assignee:

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/00

US Classification:

715231, 715230

Abstract:

A notebook component within a note-taking application is utilized as a centralized mechanism for recording notations and providing documentation related to a particular meeting. The meeting participants are provided with centralized access to the notebook component and thus are able to update the notebook record of the meeting collaboratively and in real time. In addition to user-driven updates, updates may also be generated on an automatic or semi-automatic basis. Updates may be made before, during or after the actual meeting. Updates may originate from an application data source outside of the note-taking application itself.

US Patent:

20150327015, Nov 12, 2015

Filed:

May 9, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/274511

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Peter Eberhardy - Seattle WA, US
Rubaiyat Khan - Redmond WA, US
Abigail Welbom - Redmond WA, US
Hong Lin - Bellevue WA, US
Daniel Larsen - Kirkland WA, US
Daniel Stiner - Kirkland WA, US

Assignee:

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

International Classification:

H04W 4/02

Abstract:

A system for controlling a device to track the location of the device is provided. The system identifies an initial location of the device. The system then identifies a plurality of areas having different sizes. Each area encompasses the identified location. For each of the areas, the system registers the area with a location provider to receive a notification when the location provider detects that the device has left the area. Upon receiving a notification that the device has left an area, the system may repeat the process of identifying the location and the areas and registering the areas to continue tracking the location of the device.