Courier Network Service

Patent №

US 9,769,244

Granted

2017-09-19

Filed 2014

Owner

MICROSOFT CORPORATION

AI components

3

kr · planning · hardware

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

14307581

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.

AI classification

Planning1.00
AI hardware0.89
Knowledge representation0.77
Vision0.07
Machine learning0.00
Speech0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00
Natural language0.00

Ownership

MICROSOFT CORPORATION

assignment · 331250075

Assignors

HUNT, BRANDON T, BURBA, ALEXANDER, HICKMOTT, ANDY

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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