Microsoft is licensing technology to startup companies that has been created by Microsoft Research but has yet to be brought to market. Each deal will be negotiated individually and Microsoft will take an equity stake in the startup or work out royalty payments with the company.

Some of the technologies available are:

• BioCert - Biometric identity authentication and authorization
• Counterfeit-resistant labels - Secure identification for physical media
• Face detection and tracking - Robust detection of facial images in real time
• Wallop online community - Social network for sharing photos and blogging
• LaunchTile - A simple and consistent UI navigation system for mobile devices
• Microsoft Portrait - Dynamic display for variable bandwidth teleconferencing

See more at Microsoft IP Ventures

via SeattlePI.com

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Microsoft is licensing technology to startup companies that has been created by Microsoft Research but has yet to be brought to market. Each deal will be negotiated individually and Microsoft will take an equity stake in the startup or work out royalty payments with the company.

Some of the technologies available are:

• BioCert - Biometric identity authentication and authorization
• Counterfeit-resistant labels - Secure identification for physical media
• Face detection and tracking - Robust detection of facial images in real time
• Wallop online community - Social network for sharing photos and blogging
• LaunchTile - A simple and consistent UI navigation system for mobile devices
• Microsoft Portrait - Dynamic display for variable bandwidth teleconferencing

See more at Microsoft IP Ventures

via SeattlePI.com

This entry was posted on Friday, May 6th, 2005 at 1:42 pm and is filed under News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Responses are currently closed, but you can trackback from your own site.