Modeling actor and asset relationships

US10388040B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Samuel Terrence Trim · Sammamish, US
• Patricia Anne Donnellan · Redmond, US
• Eliyohu Aron Inger · Bellevue, US
• Keying Li · Bellevue, US
• Praneeth Reddy Vatti · Redmond, US
• Yan GUO · San Francisco, US
• Senthil Vel Gunasekaran · Santa Clara, US
• Nagarjuna Aravapalli · Redmond, US
• Neeta Vinod Atal · Redmond, US
• Priyatham Reddy Allala · Bellevue, US
• Stephen White · Grand Rapids, US
• Xiaoming Wang · Sunnyvale, US
• Michael Gordon Hale · Redmond, US
• Jason Drew Black · Maple Valley, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 30, 2017
• Grant date: Aug 20, 2019
• Expiry date: Jul 28, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T11/001
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Displaying a representation of an asset. The method includes an act of displaying a different representation for at least a first actor of the one or more actors. An asset being an item capable of being owned, and actors being entities capable of owning an asset. The method also includes displaying the representation of the asset and displaying the different representation for the first actor such that a likelihood of the first actor owning the asset can be evaluated based on the representation and the different representation.