Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Courier network service
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Application No.: US14307581Application Date: 2014-06-18
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Publication No.: US09769244B2Publication Date: 2017-09-19
- Inventor: Brandon T Hunt , Alexander Burba , Andy Hickmott
- Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
- Current Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Agency: Mayer & Williams PC
- Agent Mark K. Young
- Main IPC: G07F19/00
- IPC: G07F19/00 ; H04L29/08 ; H04L29/12 ; G06Q10/10

Abstract:
Example apparatus facilitate controlling how targeted electronic data is selected and couriered (e.g., physically carried) between a provider in a first physical location and a recipient in a second physical location. An apparatus, method, or service may control the flow of targeted electronic data or metadata concerning the targeted electronic data in a courier network. The service may consider requests for targeted electronic data or information from which targeted electronic data can be identified. The service may also consider predictions about content that a recipient may want. The targeted electronic data may be identified based on a current state of an operating system, an application, or content at the recipient and information about a desired state of the operating system, application, or content. The number and identity of courier devices selected to courier data may be based on a familiarity index between couriers and recipients in the courier network.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150373086A1 Courier Network Service Public/Granted day:2015-12-24
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