David W Baumert, 594615 230Th Ter SE, Redmond, WA 98075

7366972, Apr 29, 2008

Apr 29, 2005

11/117571

David W. Baumert - Sammamish WA, US
Flora P. Goldthwaite - Seattle WA, US
Gregory L. Hendrickson - Seattle WA, US
Jonathan Cluts - Sammamish WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 15/00

715200

A mediator having at least a ranking component, a listening component, and a control component, selectively controls a group of devices from a plurality of network devices in a network environment to reproduce multimedia content. The mediator correlates the multimedia content with the plurality of network devices. The listening component collects data about the network environment to enhance a user's experience with the multimedia content. The mediator utilizes the network environment data and the correlation of the multimedia content and the plurality of network devices to automatically select the group devices from the plurality of network devices that maximize a user's viewing or listening pleasure when reproducing the multimedia content on the group of devices.

7499860, Mar 3, 2009

Dec 17, 2002

10/321811

David William Baumert - Sammamish WA, US
Jonathan C. Cluts - Sammamish WA, US
Pamela J. Heath - Seattle WA, US
Flora Goldthwaite - Seattle WA, US
Aaron Woodman - Seattle WA, US
Immaneni Ashok - Bellevue WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G10L 11/00
G10L 21/00

704275, 704270

A computer-implemented system and method is provided for enhancing a user experience within an environment. The experience is enhanced using a number of devices that are connected on a network. The method involves monitoring the environment for cues, such as words from a user reading a book. Upon receiving a cue, one or more of the networked devices are prompted to produce a desired effect that is associated with the cue. The experience of those in the environment is enhanced or augmented by the effects produced. The system of the invention uses a computer that executes a script manager component and a device dispatcher component. The script manager component receives the cues and matches the cue with a desired effect that the network device(s) are to produce. The script manager informs the device dispatcher, which instructs the network devices(s) to produce the desired effect.

7571328, Aug 4, 2009

Feb 1, 2005

11/048208

David W. Baumert - Sammamish WA, US
Flora P. Goldthwaite - Seattle WA, US
Gregory L. Hendrickson - Seattle WA, US
Jonathan C. Cluts - Sammamish WA, US
Pamela J. Heath - Seattle WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 1/24

713192, 713125, 713168, 380278

A system and method for distributing digital content over a computer network. A set of digital content is provided in a storage location that is accessible by the network. One or more physical tokens store data related to accessing the set of digital content. When a token is at a remote location, a request for the set of digital content to be presented at the remote location is received. In response to this request, presentation of the digital content is allowed at the remote location.

7596296, Sep 29, 2009

Apr 15, 2005

11/106549

Gregory L. Hendrickson - Redmond WA, US
David W. Baumert - Redmond WA, US
James T. Reichert - Redmond WA, US
Pamela J. Heath - Redmond WA, US
Sven Pleyer - Redmond WA, US

G11B 27/00
H04N 5/93

386 52

A system and related techniques integrate the accessing, retrieving and playback of enhanced music or other digital media or content, including to permit advanced authoring, mixing and environmental inputs and effects. According to embodiments of the invention in one regard, a user may access a playback engine to retrieve and dynamically mix, manage and integrate music content with environmental sensors and effects such as detection people or numbers or people, lighting effects and other sensory experience. Thus the tempo of a mixed music track may vary with the number or persons in a room or the time of day or night, or lighting effects may brighten or dim based on dynamic contrasts in the music or other content. According to further embodiments, the playback engine may permit a user to link or navigate to other community resources such as a Web site detailing an artist, album, movie or soundtrack, or a bulletin board for consumers with an interest in artists, actors or others. Because the music authorizing format and reproduction system may compatibly operate on musical and other content containing defined media extensions and permit the content to be freely mixed and integrated with environmental inputs and effects, the richness and participation of the musical and other playback experience for the user may be enhanced.

7764247, Jul 27, 2010

Feb 17, 2006

11/357505

Victor K. Blanco - Redmond WA, US
Flora P. Goldthwaite - Seattle WA, US
David W. Baumert - Sammamish WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G09G 5/00

345 7, 709231

An adaptive user interface presented on a heads-up display of an automobile is provided. The adaptive user interface comprises a number of display elements that may be presented in a variety of display states. The display state for each display element is determined based on inputs from a variety of sources (e. g. , the automobile).

7774823, Aug 10, 2010

Jun 25, 2003

10/602626

Flora P. Goldthwaite - Seattle WA, US
Jonathan Cluts - Sammamish WA, US
Pamela J. Heath - Seattle WA, US
David W. Baumert - Sammamish WA, US
Sven Pleyer - Woodinville WA, US
Aaron F. Woodman - Seattle WA, US
Immaneni Ashok - Bellevue WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

H04L 9/32

726 2, 726 1, 726 4, 713170, 709204, 379 8823, 348734

A method and system are provided for allowing a user to efficiently manage communications. A system for allowing a user having a unique identity is provided, wherein the unique identity is associated with a plurality of electronic devices. The system includes a service for assigning a reference to a user's unique identity, wherein other identities can access the user's unique identity only by using the reference. The system additionally includes permission controls for allowing the user to control access to the unique identity by restricting authorization to a selected set of other identities. Groups of individuals may receive different levels of authorization such that some individuals may be authorized to make live contact and others may be required to leave a message. Preference controls allow the system user to select at least one associated, device from a plurality of associated devices for receiving communication upon an access attempt by an authorized user. The preference controls also allow a system user to select a preferred mode of receiving communication such as audio, video or text modes.

8126774, Feb 28, 2012

Jan 23, 2006

11/337738

Gregory L. Hendrickson - Seattle WA, US
James T. Reichert - Kirkland WA, US
Jonathan C. Cluts - Sammamish WA, US
Pamela J. Heath - Seattle WA, US
Sven Pleyer - Woodinville WA, US
David W. Baumert - Sammamish WA, US
John P. Gallagher - Fall City WA, US
Wistar D. Rinearson - Redmond WA, US
Flora P. Goldthwaite - Seattle WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06K 9/00
G06F 17/60
G06F 3/00
G06F 13/00
G06Q 99/00
G06Q 30/00
G07G 1/14

705 1449, 705 10, 705 14, 382100

A person is viewing a display. By evaluating tracked information about the person, the display and/or the content being viewed, a tracking system determines that an opportunity exists to present an advertisement that is relevant to the person in the context of the person currently viewing the display. The tracking system provides advertiser data for the advertisement and instructions for generating the advertisement to a synthesis system local to the viewer and the viewer's display system, which dynamically synthesizes the advertisement and provides it to the display.

8161531, Apr 17, 2012

Jun 21, 2010

12/819789

Flora P. Goldthwaite - Seattle WA, US
Jonathan Cluts - Sammamish WA, US
Pamela J. Heath - Seattle WA, US
David W. Baumert - Sammamish WA, US
Sven Pleyer - Woodinville WA, US
Aaron F. Woodman - Seattle WA, US
Immaneni Ashok - Bellevue WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

H04L 9/32

726 4, 4554121, 4554144, 455416, 709206, 709207, 379 8822

A method and system are provided for allowing a user to efficiently manage communications. A system for allowing a user having a unique identity is provided, wherein the unique identity is associated with a plurality of electronic devices. The system includes a service for assigning a reference to a user's unique identity, wherein other identities can access the user's unique identity only by using the reference. The system additionally includes permission controls for allowing the user to control access to the unique identity by restricting authorization to a selected set of other identities. Groups of individuals may receive different levels of authorization such that some individuals may be authorized to make live contact and others may be required to leave a message. Preference controls allow the system user to select at least one associated device from a plurality of associated devices for receiving communication upon an access attempt by an authorized user. The preference controls also allow a system user to select a preferred mode of receiving communication such as audio, video or text modes.