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Device positioning via device-sensed data evaluation

The subject disclosure is directed towards a technology by which data sensed at a device (102) may be used to determine the likely location of the device, independent of whether GPS data is also avail…

DRIVE·May 15·1 min read

G01S19/485 MICROSOFT CORP [US]

Methods and devices for charge management for three-dimensional and color sensing

A method of improving detection performance in a system that illuminates a target with optical energy having a modulated periodic waveform that includes a high frequency component and that detects wit…

DRIVE·Apr 18·2 min read

G01C3/00 MICROSOFT CORP [US]

Semantic programming language and linguistic object model

A software development tool for programming natural language software applications is provided. The software development tool includes a programming language and a compiler. The programming language h…

DRIVE·Oct 26·1 min read

B60Q1/0082 MICROSOFT CORP [US]

Method and system for communicating with identification tags

A method, identification tag reader and computer program product for communication with an identification tag are disclosed. To communicate with the tag, identification data may be retrieved from an i…

DRIVE·Sep 28·1 min read

B60K26/04 MICROSOFT CORP [US]

User intent discovery

a system 100 that facilitates determining a user's intent given a user search query comprises a search engine that is employed to search over a collection of objects within a data store to retrieve a …

DRIVE·Sep 14·1 min read

B60S9/04 MICROSOFT CORP [US]

Recall device

A small wearable recall device is provided to capture images triggered by a combination of a detection of a capture condition (e.g., changes in motion, temperature or light level) followed by a relati…

DRIVE·Sep 7·1 min read

A61B5/1117 MICROSOFT CORP [US]

Network connected clock radio

A clock radio receives over a network, instructions from a remote device that are configured to sound a local alarm on the clock radio. The clock radio may also receive audio alarm data to be used by …

DRIVE·Aug 10·1 min read

B60J3/023 MICROSOFT CORP [US]

Automatic query clustering

The present invention relates to a system and methodology for automatic clusterization and display of data items in a local or remote database system. Such clusterization can be based on properties as…

DRIVE·Jul 27·1 min read

B60B33/04 MICROSOFT CORP [US]

System and methods for determining the location dynamics of a portable computing device

A location system for locating and determining the motion and velocity of a wireless device. The methods include direct inferences about whether a device is in motion versus static based on a statisti…

DRIVE·Jan 5·1 min read

G01C21/206 MICROSOFT CORP [US]

Calibration of a device location measurement system that utilizes radio signal strengths

An architecture for minimizing calibration effort in an IEEE 802.11 device location measurement system. The calibration technique is based upon a regression function that produces adequately accurate …

DRIVE·Oct 27·1 min read

G01C21/206 MICROSOFT CORP [US]

System and method for generating a request for information about selected objects

A first query may be generated at a client computing device. The first query is written in a uniform format that is not unique to a particular object. The first query is submitted to a query translati…

DRIVE·Sep 1·1 min read

B60C29/06 MICROSOFT CORP [US]

Method and apparatus for managing power in network interface modules

A method and system for managing power consumption in a portable computing device having a network interface module is presented. A power management module receives inputs from other modules and deter…

DRIVE·Aug 25·1 min read

B60N2/5635 MICROSOFT CORP [US]

Vehicle computer system

A vehicle computer system has a housing sized to be mounted in a vehicle dashboard or other appropriate location, a computer mounted within the housing, and an open platform operating system which exe…

DRIVE·Jan 2·2 min read

B60R11/02 MICROSOFT CORP [US]

Radio-frequency badge with an accelerometer

A system and process for determining the location of persons and objects using RF transmitters (TXs) that transmit location messages to at least one receiver connected to a computer, in a network of c…

DRIVE·Oct 1·2 min read

G01C21/20 MICROSOFT CORP [US]

Method for providing feedback responsive to sensing a physical presence proximate to a control of an electronic device

In a computer system, a touch sensitive input device having touch sensitive auxiliary controls can be used to provide a user with information regarding the functionality of an auxiliary control. When …

DRIVE·Sep 18·1 min read

B60K35/10 MICROSOFT CORP [US]