Microsoft Technologies Available for Licensing

This is pretty amazing. We are making quite a few technologies available for others to build products with. I think most of them come via Microsoft Research. See https://microsoftipventures.com/ for information on how to license them. Business Week has a good article about it too. As of today (May 4, 2005), here is the list of technologies that are available.

1. Audio Correction Algorithms for Speakers

2. Microsoft Biometric ID: Digitally Signed Tamper-Proof ID Cards Incorporating Biometric Information

3. Conference XP: Distance Conferencing, Instruction, and Collaboration Environment

4. Counterfeit-Resistant Optical Fiber Technology

5. Data Visualization Tools

6. Detours SDK

7. Digital Media Fingerprinting

8. Face Detection and Tracking

9. Horizontal Overscan: Broadcasting synchronized data in an analog television signal

10. LaunchTile: Seamless UI Metaphor for Small Footprint Devices

11. Mesh Network Connectivity Layer

12. Microsoft Portrait: Mobile Video Communication

13. MobiPicture: Intelligent Mobile Browsing of Large Images

14. Natural Language Processing for Educational Courseware

15. Personalized Facial Sketch and Cartoon Generation

16. Physical Pixels

17. Smart Antenna

18. Wallop: Mixed Media Online Collaborative Environment

19. WiFi Positioning

20. XNav: Gesture-based Text Input and Device Navigation

Updated on 7/15/05: Changed item #2 to say "Microsoft Biometric ID"

Comments

• Anonymous
  May 04, 2005
  Just been reading Brian Groth’s blog – did you know that there are a number of technologies...
• Anonymous
  December 24, 2008
  Back in May of 2005, I created a blog entry that listed the 20 technologies that Microsoft licenses .