Feng X Zhao, Age 40Mukilteo, WA

7292956, Nov 6, 2007

Nov 20, 2006

11/561855

Shai Guday - Redmond WA, US
Ruston John David Panabaker - Bellevue WA, US
Eric Horvitz - Kirkland WA, US
Michael Sinclair - Kirkland WA, US
William Jefferson Westerinen - Issaquah WA, US
Feng Zhao - Issaquah WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 3/01

702118, 702120, 702122, 702126

A method and system is provided for management of medical data from a network of devices. The network of devices may include federated sensors that collect and forward medical data pertaining to an individual or biological specimen. The federated sensors or a central or remote device may further process the medical data and assign a priority value to the medical data. Processing can also include the analysis of the data for sensor error, local fusion of multiple sensors into higher-level interpretations, and the summarization or abstraction of the data into information that people are more comfortable with sharing than they might be with transmittal of the base data. The medical data may be transported to a healthcare provider or other endpoints based on the priority value and the authorization of recipient.

7603436, Oct 13, 2009

Nov 17, 2006

11/561376

Ruston John David Panabaker - Bellevue WA, US
Eric Horvitz - Kirkland WA, US
Gregory Baribault - Lynnwood WA, US
Miller Thomas Abel - Mercer Island WA, US
Feng Zhao - Issaquah WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 15/16
G06F 13/14

709217, 711148

A method and system is provided for capturing data from a population of device users with network access. A requestor may request a data capture. The requested data may include, for example, a geographical location or a desired subject matter. Devices capable of providing the requested data capture are identified and requested to provide the data. The devices may be identified based on location, capabilities, availability, etc. The data capture from the identified federated devices may be sent to the requestor. The data may be exchanged for a fee, determined by prearrangement or via an economic model such as a competitive auction.

7636796, Dec 22, 2009

Feb 16, 2007

11/676097

Feng Zhao - Issaquah WA, US
Nissanka B. Priyantha - Redmond WA, US
Dimitrios Lymperopoulos - Redmond WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 3/00
H01R 12/16

710 8, 710 62, 710 72, 710104, 361790

A smart interconnect for modular multi-component embedded devices is described. In an embodiment of a smart interconnect for modular multi-component embedded devices, a desired functionality of a stack of hardware boards is accessed. For example, a user may select a new functionality for the stack of hardware boards. The desired functionality is then transmitted to a board in the stack of hardware boards and the board is configured to implement the desired functionality of the stack of hardware boards.

7734116, Jun 8, 2010

Dec 14, 2006

11/611098

Ruston John David Panabaker - Bellevue WA, US
Eric Horvitz - Kirkland WA, US
Johannes Klein - Redmond WA, US
Gregory Baribault - Lynnwood WA, US
Feng Zhao - Issaquah WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06K 9/36
G06K 9/54
G06K 9/60
G09G 5/00
H04N 9/74

382284, 382305, 345629, 348584

A method and apparatus is provided for collecting data and generating synthesized data from the collected data. In one example, the data may include data at a specific time or over a period of time such that a requestor may request data obtained or captured by data capture devices at the specified time or during the period of time. Multiple images may also be received from the data capture devices and may further be connected or stitched together to provide a panoramic, 3-dimensional image of requested subject matter.

7818412, Oct 19, 2010

Jun 27, 2008

12/147551

Ranier Andreas Krause - Pittsburgh PA, US
Eric Horvitz - Kirkland WA, US
Aman Kansal - Issaquah WA, US
Feng Zhao - Issaquah WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 15/16
G06F 12/00

709223

A system that facilitates selecting a sensor from amongst a plurality of sensors from which to request data is described. The system includes a receiver component that receives a value of information for data that corresponds to a segment of a phenomenon model that models a phenomenon. The receiver component also receives user-defined preferences regarding sharing data from at least one sensor. The system further includes a selector component that selects the at least one sensor from amongst a plurality of sensors based at least in part upon the value of information and the preferences. The determination of the value ascribed to sensors may include considerations of the utilitarian benefit of reduction of uncertainty to a population of people.

7894944, Feb 22, 2011

Aug 20, 2007

11/841658

Jie Liu - Sammamish WA, US
Feng Zhao - Issaquah WA, US
Nissanka Bodhi Priyantha - Redmond WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G05B 19/18
G05B 11/01
G05B 13/00
G06F 11/00

700276, 700 3, 700 17, 702182, 702188, 715961

Processes and techniques for environmental monitoring in a data facility are described. A network of environmental sensors is arranged to monitor a variety of environmental conditions of the facility. The sensors can be queried to generate data describing specific environmental conditions, and the data can be processed to generate an environmental image of all or part of the data facility. The environmental image can optionally be viewed by data facility personnel and can be used to manipulate one or more environmental conditions of the data facility.

7912289, Mar 22, 2011

May 1, 2007

11/743048

Aman Kansal - Issaquah WA, US
Feng Zhao - Issaquah WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06K 9/03
G06K 9/32
G06K 15/00
G06F 3/048
G06F 17/28

382181, 382294, 382310, 715763, 704 2, 358 118

Image text enhancement techniques are described. In an implementation, graphically represented text included in an original image is converted into process capable text. The process capable text may be used to generate a text image which may replace the original text to enhance the image. In further implementations the process capable text may be translated from a first language to a second language for inclusion in the enhanced image.

7953518, May 31, 2011

Sep 8, 2008

12/206092

Aman Kansal - Issaquah WA, US
Nissanka Arachchige B. Priyantha - Redmond WA, US
Michel Goraczko - Seattle WA, US
Feng Zhao - Issaquah WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G05D 3/12
G05D 5/00
G05D 9/00
G05D 11/00
G05D 17/00
G01R 21/00
G01R 21/06

700295, 700286, 700291, 700297, 702 60, 702 61, 323299

The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates managing energy consumption with an energy sink device in order to reduce energy costs. An energy sink device can consume a portion of energy. An interface component can receive a portion of data related to at least one of a real time energy rate or a user presence. An energy manager can dynamically control the energy sink device for efficient consumption of the portion of energy for reduced energy costs based at least in part upon the evaluation of the portion of received data. The energy manager can leverage the real time energy rate and the user presence in order to employ at least one of a power on the energy sink device, a power off the energy sink device, or an adjust a setting for the energy sink device.