| US 7,603,436 B2 | ||
| Data capture and fusion from a population of device users | ||
| Ruston John David Panabaker, Bellevue, Wash. (US); Eric Horvitz, Kirkland, Wash. (US); Gregory Baribault, Lynnwood, Wash. (US); Miller Thomas Abel, Mercer Island, Wash. (US); and Feng Zhao, Issaquah, Wash. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Wash. (US) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 17, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/561,376. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0120306 A1, May 22, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 13/14 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 709—217 [711/148] | 20 Claims |
| 1. An intermediary system for mediating requests between users of devices, the intermediary system comprising:
a data storage component to store the location of at least one device;
a tracking component to maintain a location of the at least one device;
a request input component for receiving a user request from a requestor for data capture, the user request comprising a desired
result;
a mediator component to access the data storage component to obtain device location, the desired location corresponding to
the desired result, to identify the at least one device as capable of providing the data capture based on the location of
the at least one device, the mediator component generating a request to capture data for the at least one device identified
as capable of providing the data capture in response to the user request, the request to capture data comprising additional
instructions pertaining to the capture of data to achieve the desired result, wherein a user of at least one of the at least
one device is made aware of the desired result when the request is received by the user; and
an output component to transmit a reply to the requestor, the reply comprising data captured by the identified at least one
device in response to the request to capture data.
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