Hong C Lin

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.