Mesh-managing data across a distributed set of devices

US8364759B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

• George P. Moromisato · Seattle, US
• Noah B. Edelstein · Bellevue, US
• Abhay Parasnis · Sammamish, US
• Anthony D. Andrews · Redmond, US
• Raymond E. Ozzie · Seattle, US
• William D. Devlin · Redmond, US
• Akash J. Sagar · Redmond, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 22, 2010
• Grant date: Jan 29, 2013
• Expiry date: Oct 22, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L67/568
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Data files, applications and/or corresponding user interfaces may be accessed at a device that collaborates in a mesh. The mesh may include any number or type of devices that collaborate in a network. Data, applications and/or corresponding user interfaces may be stored within a core object that may be shared over the mesh. Information in the core object may be identified with a corresponding user such that a user may use any collaborating device in the mesh to access the information. In one example, the information is stored remotely from a device used to access the information. A remote source may store the desired information or may determine the storage location of the desired information in the mesh and may further provide the desired information to a corresponding user.