Abstract: Routing of communications to group member(s) where group membership is identified by physical status. A computing system detects a communication that identifies targets of the communication at least in part by physical status. The system responds by identifying at least partial membership in a group that is identified by the physical status identified in the communication, and then dispatching the communication to at least one member of the members of that group. The identity of the members of the group may change dynamically as the physical status of particular physical entities changes over time. Accordingly, a user may communicate to individuals based on physical status, rather than identify any particular individual or status group. The communication may be directed to all members of the group. Alternatively, the communication may be initially directed towards a subset of the group, with the communication being conditionally later broadened.

Abstract: Routing of communications to group member(s) where group membership is identified by physical status. A computing system detects a communication that identifies targets of the communication at least in part by physical status. The system responds by identifying at least partial membership in a group that is identified by the physical status identified in the communication, and then dispatching the communication to at least one member of the members of that group. The identity of the members of the group may change dynamically as the physical status of particular physical entities changes over time. Accordingly, a user may communicate to individuals based on physical status, rather than identify any particular individual or status group. The communication may be directed to all members of the group. Alternatively, the communication may be initially directed towards a subset of the group, with the communication being conditionally later broadened.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to establishing a secure session between a client device and a stateful backend server or host. The system described herein uses an identity token and an authorization token to generate a globally unique identifier that is associated with the client device. The globally unique identifier is then used to create a one-to-one mapping between the client device and the backend server.

Abstract: Routing of communications to group member(s) where group membership is identified by physical status. A computing system detects a communication that identifies targets of the communication at least in part by physical status. The system responds by identifying at least partial membership in a group that is identified by the physical status identified in the communication, and then dispatching the communication to at least one member of the members of that group. The identity of the members of the group may change dynamically as the physical status of particular physical entities changes over time. Accordingly, a user may communicate to individuals based on physical status, rather than identify any particular individual or status group. The communication may be directed to all members of the group. Alternatively, the communication may be initially directed towards a subset of the group, with the communication being conditionally later broadened.

Abstract: The tracking of physical entities within a space such that computer-implemented computations (or ambient computing) may be performed on the features and/or activity of physical entities within that physical space. A space-time data structure corresponding to the physical space is set up. For at least one physical entity within that physical space, physical feature(s) of the physical entity is sensed at different instances in time. That sensed feature is stored in an entity data structure that is associated with the space-time data structure. This may be done for multiple physical entities within the location using multiple entity data structures that are each associated with the space-time data structure. A computing system may navigate such a space-time data structure to perform computation on physical entities, physical features and physical activity within that physical space.

Abstract: Issuance of job tokens performed by an authorization computing entity so that authoring authorizations can be shared with other authors. Each of the job tokens represents an authorization to engage in a particular manner in an authoring session in which a declarative document is being authored. That engagement includes sharing one or more authorizations with other possible author. The declarative document is a computer program in the form of a list of declarative statements made in a declarative programming language. The management occurs by evaluating incoming requests to engage in various ways in an authoring session.

Abstract: Facilitating navigation of a computer-navigable graph of sensed features that were gathered by recognition or estimation of one or more features of physical entities that were sensed over time by sensor(s) within a physical space. The computer-navigable graph includes multiple nodes including multiple signal segment nodes and multiple feature nodes. Each of at least some of the signal segment nodes evidence feature(s) represented in feature node(s). Navigation is facilitated by, for each of multiple signal segment nodes, identifying relationship(s) between the corresponding signal segment node and other node(s) of the graph. At navigation time, when a user navigates to the corresponding signal segment nodes, a visualization of any detected relationship may be rendered to the user. When the user interacts with the rendering in such a way as to select the relationship, the user is navigated to the other node.

Abstract: Routing of communications to group member(s) where group membership is identified by physical status. A computing system detects a communication that identifies targets of the communication at least in part by physical status. The system responds by identifying at least partial membership in a group that is identified by the physical status identified in the communication, and then dispatching the communication to at least one member of the members of that group. The identity of the members of the group may change dynamically as the physical status of particular physical entities changes over time. Accordingly, a user may communicate to individuals based on physical status, rather than identify any particular individual or status group. The communication may be directed to all members of the group. Alternatively, the communication may be initially directed towards a subset of the group, with the communication being conditionally later broadened.

Abstract: Facilitating navigation of a computer-navigable graph of sensed features that were gathered by recognition or estimation of one or more features of physical entities that were sensed over time by sensor(s) within a physical space. The computer-navigable graph includes multiple nodes including multiple signal segment nodes and multiple feature nodes. Each of at least some of the signal segment nodes evidence feature(s) represented in feature node(s). Navigation is facilitated by, for each of multiple signal segment nodes, identifying relationship(s) between the corresponding signal segment node and other node(s) of the graph. At navigation time, when a user navigates to the corresponding signal segment nodes, a visualization of any detected relationship may be rendered to the user. When the user interacts with the rendering in such a way as to select the relationship, the user is navigated to the other node.

Abstract: The controlling of the size and quality of a computer-navigable graph of sensed features. The sensed features were gathered by recognition or estimation of one or more features of physical entities that were sensed over time by sensor(s) within a physical space. Computer-navigation may occur over the graph in response to a query or computation. Thus, computations and queries may be performed over physical space, thereby extending computing to the ambient physical environment. To keep the size of the computer-navigable graph at a manageable levels nodes of the computer-navigable graph are removed or cleansed.

Abstract: The tracking of physical entities within a space such that computer-implemented computations (or ambient computing) may be performed on the features and/or activity of physical entities within that physical space. A space-time data structure corresponding to the physical space is set up. For at least one physical entity within that physical space, physical feature(s) of the physical entity is sensed at different instances in time. That sensed feature is stored in an entity data structure that is associated with the space-time data structure. This may be done for multiple physical entities within the location using multiple entity data structures that are each associated with the space-time data structure. A computing system may navigate such a space-time data structure to perform computation on physical entities, physical features and physical activity within that physical space.

Abstract: The setting of physical condition(s) upon which to perform one or more identified actions. This is done via the use of a physical graph that represents state of one or more physical entities within a physical space and observed by sensors. The system monitors the physical graph for the occurrence of the physical condition. If the physical condition occurs, then one or more identified actions are performed. The identification of such actions may occur in advance of the detection of the physical condition and/or may be deferred until the physical condition occurs. The physical condition may be a single physical condition or may be a more complex set of physical conditions. Such actions could include actions such as presenting information to the user, and sending communications out to others. However, the actions could even include physical actions.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to establishing a secure session between a client device and a stateful backend server or host. The system described herein uses an identity token and an authorization token to generate a globally unique identifier that is associated with the client device. The globally unique identifier is then used to create a one-to-one mapping between the client device and the backend server.

Abstract: Management of an authoring session in which a declarative document is authored by multiple authoring entities. The declarative document is a computer program that is formed of declarative statements made in a declarative programming language. The management occurs by evaluating incoming requests to engage in various ways in an authoring session. The engagement might include initiating an authoring session, attaching to an existing authoring session, or performing actions (such as read, write, publish, save, share, and so forth). The management uses job tokens that are issued to the multiple authors in a manner that concurrent authoring is possible. Upon receiving the request for engagement in the authoring session, the corresponding job token is evaluated to determine whether the requestor is authored to engage as requested. The engagement is then performed if permitted.

Abstract: Issuance of job tokens performed by an authorization computing entity so that authoring authorizations can be shared with other authors. Each of the job tokens represents an authorization to engage in a particular manner in an authoring session in which a declarative document is being authored. That engagement includes sharing one or more authorizations with other possible author. The declarative document is a computer program in the form of a list of declarative statements made in a declarative programming language. The management occurs by evaluating incoming requests to engage in various ways in an authoring session.