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AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsSemih Energin, Anatolie Gavriliuc, Robert Thomas Held, Maxime Ouellet, Riccardo Giraldi, Andrew Frederick Muehlhausen, Sergio Paolantonio
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A technique is described herein for presenting notifications associated with applications in a context-based manner. In one implementation, the technique maintains a data store that provides application annotation information that describes a plurality of anchors. For instance, the application annotation information for an illustrative anchor identifies: a location at which the anchor is virtually placed in an interactive world; an application associated with the anchor; and triggering information that describes a set of one or more triggering conditions to be satisfied to enable presentation of a notification pertaining to the application. In use, the technique presents the notification pertaining to the application in prescribed proximity to the anchor when it is determined that the user's engagement with the interactive world satisfies the anchor's set of triggering conditions. The triggering conditions can specify any combination of spatial factors, temporal factors, user co-presence factors, etc.
A method, implemented by one or more computing devices, for providing notifications, comprising:
One or more computing devices for providing notifications, comprising:
A computer-readable storage medium for storing computer-readable instructions, the computer-readable instructions, when executed by one or more processor devices, performing a method that comprises:
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