Marketing Memo

I like the idea of licensing a technology versus spending months trying to figure out what to build and how to build it. This approach can lower risk and speed up the return on investment.

Some technologies that Microsoft has just made available for licensing might make entrepreneurs and startups really sit up and take notice. Check out these exciting new areas. You next big thing could be just around the corner.

• Cell2Notify - Cell phone energy management architecture.
• Microsoft Research Deinterlacer - Convert interlaced video.
• Microsoft Research Frame Interpolator - Change the frame rate of videos.
• Wi-Fi Hand-off to Diversified Base Stations - Seamless Internet and VoIP to vehicles by hops to multiple base stations simultaneously for improved network stability.
• High Performance Connectivity On Buses - High-performance Internet access on-board moving vehicles by combining multiple wide-area wireless paths.
• Undelivered or Delayed e-mail Notification System - Notification system to make intended recipients aware of email they might be missing.
• Microsoft GeoSynth [ LiveLabs ] - Standalone application that enables users to synthesize and view 2d and 3d environments from digital photo collections.

There are many more research and technologies available at www.microsoft.com/iplicensing .