US Patent Issued to Microsoft Technology Licensing on Nov. 18 for "Method for sharing content and tools independently from devices, applications, users and times" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,883, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Method for sharing content and tools independently from devices, applications, users and times" was invented by Kenneth P. Hinckley (Kirkland, Wash.), Michel Pahud (Kirkland, Wash.), Jonathan D. Goldstein (Woodinville, Wash.) and Frederik Martin Brudy (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods relate to sharing content and data across users and devices. A shared folios include media primitives and tools as its constituents. The use of shared folios addresses an issue of reliably and efficiently transfer user activities with d...