In-context display of out-of-context contact activity

US10929814B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Douglas Lane Milvaney · Somerville, US
• Benjamin Wilde · Quincy, US
• Arthur David Berman · Waltham, US
• Lyndsy Marie Stopa · Lancaster, US
• Christopher Ryan Botaish · Reading, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 2, 2019
• Grant date: Feb 23, 2021
• Expiry date: May 2, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L67/535
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein for enhancing the awareness of the activity of others in a collaboration group. In an implementation, a contact that identifies a person is displayed in a user interface to an application. A determination is made whether the person is in a collaboration group with a user of the application. If so, a further determination is made whether that person is presently active in a content item in a context other than the present context of the user. When such conditions are satisfied, an indication is surfaced in the user interface that the person is active in the content item.