Christopher M Anthony

US Patent:

20170317879, Nov 2, 2017

Filed:

Dec 12, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/375751

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Shrikesh Himanshu Tanna - Seattle WA, US
Steven Joseph Tricanowicz - Seattle WA, US
Anshul Rawat - Kirkland WA, US
Tyler J. Donahue - Bellevue WA, US
Michael H. Krause - Redmond WA, US
Christopher Ronald Anthony - Bellevue WA, US
Phillip Feng Lu - Kirkland WA, US
Victoria Elizabeth Milton - Woodinville WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC - Redmond WA

International Classification:

H04L 12/24
G06F 13/38
G06F 13/42
H04L 29/08

Abstract:

Cart mode provisioning of shared computing devices refers to provisioning or configuring the shared computing devices so that the shared computing devices operate in an appropriate mode for a particular shared usage environment. Such a shared usage environment can be, for example, a school environment in which the appropriate mode is a mode in which the shared computing devices are locked so that a limited number of programs and network accessibility is available to the shared computing devices. A user of a setup computing device selects some preferences regarding the setup of the shared computing devices, and a configuration package is generated that includes various configuration information based on the user selections. The configuration package is then made available to the shared computing devices, which are configured or provisioned in accordance with the configuration information.

US Patent:

20160306531, Oct 20, 2016

Filed:

Apr 16, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/689046

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Richard Fang - Bellevue WA, US
Michael A. Seibert - Redmond WA, US
Christopher Doan - Seattle WA, US
Christopher E. Swan - Bellevue, WA
Christopher R. Anthony - Bellevue WA, US
Yaou Wei - Redmond WA, US
Adam E. Barrus - Bellevue WA, US
Chaitanya Dev Sareen - Seattle WA, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/0484
G06F 3/0481

Abstract:

Window-invoking functionality is described herein for leveraging context information to present a graphical control element (e.g., a window) of an application in a manner that most likely corresponds to the underlying intent of a user. By doing so, the window-invoking functionality improves the efficiency of the user in interacting with the application, and also reduces consumption of computing resources. In one implementation, the window-invoking functionality includes an information gathering component for collecting the context information, and an invocation component for selecting a particular virtual desktop on which to present the graphical control element, based on the context information.