Google Inc.

Bernd Holzhey

Carsten Isert

Eugene Koh

Lenka Rímská

Paul Dermot Crowley

Andreas Michael Tuerk

Sriram Viswanathan

Luca Scalia

Sylvie Dieckmann

Thomas Leidinger

Markus Muehlbauer

Marvin Wilhelm Max Paul

Leslie Glenn Watkins

Rishabh Bhardwaj

Lenka RÍMSKÁ

A computing device may perform various aspects of the techniques described in this disclosure, and comprises a processor, a network interface, and a memory. The processor may receive, from a vehicle head unit, and via a wireless inter-device communication process, connection information identifying a wireless network provided by the vehicle head unit. The network interface may automatically establish, based on the connection information, a wireless network connection to the wireless network provided by the vehicle head unit. The processor may project, via the wireless network connection, a vehicle operating system to the vehicle head unit for display by the vehicle head unit. The memory may store the connection information.

Automated wireless connection for operating system projection in vehicles

A main computing device integrated into a vehicle may perform various aspects of the techniques described in this disclosure. The main computing device comprises a memory and a processor. The memory may store a first and second instance of a runtime environment. The processor may execute a first container that enables execution of a first instance of the runtime environment, and execute a second container that enables execution of a second instance of the runtime environment. The first instance of the runtime environment may detect a supporting computing device, transfer, responsive to detecting the supporting computing device, the second container to the supporting computing device, and interface with the second instance of the runtime environment to jointly present the user interface by which the operator of the vehicle controls the functionality of the vehicle.

Extensible computing architecture for vehicles

In general techniques are described by which to provide switchable communication transport for communication between primary devices and vehicle head units. A primary device comprising a memory and a processor may be configured to perform the techniques. The memory may store an operating system and an application. The processor may execute the operating system to present a single communication interface by which the application establishes a first transport between the primary device and a vehicle head unit that facilitates execution of a mode in which the application provides data for presentation by the vehicle head unit. The processor may also execute the application to transmit, during execution of the mode, the data via the first transport, where the operating system switches, during execution of the mode, from the first transport to a second transport. The application transmits, during execution of the mode, the data via the second transport.

Switchable communication transport for communication between primary devices and vehicle head units

A computer-implemented method of identifying a mobile device for carrying out a transaction includes receiving from a mobile device a purchase request, providing to the mobile device a redirect message to direct the mobile device to a device number identification service, and obtaining an identifier for conducting commerce with the device and using the identifier to request a transaction authorization from a billing service associated with the device.

Obtaining mobile information for networked transactions

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Neubiberg, Germany

Bernd Holzhey