Google Inc.

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Texas Instruments Corporation

Chih-Wei Chen

Junbin Teng

Boris Mazniker

Pascal Tom Getreuer

Anja Hauth

Alessandra Mazzia

Yogesh Kumar Ramadass

Andre Rohe

Noah Fiedel

Lan Liu

Qing Wu

Lisha Huang

Techniques for estimating social content interactions are provided. An example method includes determining counts of one or more user interactions with one or more content items created by an author, each user interaction of the one or more user interactions having an associated time, classifying, based on respective associated times of the user interactions, the determined counts of the user interactions with the content items into predetermined time intervals spanning a first duration, computing an engagement model for the author based on the classified counts corresponding to the predetermined time intervals and a number of the content items created by the author and estimating, at a particular time for a second duration, a number of interactions with a particular content item created by the author based on the engagement model and a determined actual number of interactions with the particular content item.

Estimating social content interactions

An apparatus and method are provided. According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes a level-shifter circuit configured to output voltages Vol+ and Vol&#x2212;; and an output alignment circuit configured to output voltages Vo+ and Vo&#x2212; that are triggered by an edge of a combination of Vol+ and Vol&#x2212;, and where Vo+ and Vo&#x2212; are set by high states of Vol+ and Vol&#x2212; prior to a transition on an input of the level-shifter circuit, and the method includes outputting, by a level-shifter circuit, voltages Vol+ and Vol&#x2212;; and outputting, by an output alignment circuit, voltages Vo+ and Vo&#x2212; that are triggered by an edge of a combination of Vol+ and Vol&#x2212;, and where Vo+ and Vo&#x2212; are set by high states of Vol+ and Vol&#x2212; prior to a transition on an input of the level-shifter circuit.

Apparatus and method for reducing output skew and transition delay of level shifter

An apparatus and method are provided. According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes a level-shifter circuit configured to output voltages Vo+ and Vo&#x2212;; and an output alignment circuit configured to output voltages Vo+ and Vo&#x2212; that are triggered by an edge of a combination of Vo+ and Vo&#x2212;, and where Vo+ and Vo&#x2212; are set by high states of Vo+ and Vo&#x2212; prior to a transition on an input of the level-shifter circuit, and the method includes outputting, by a level-shifter circuit, voltages Vo+ and Vo&#x2212;; and outputting, by an output alignment circuit, voltages Vo+ and Vo&#x2212; that are triggered by an edge of a combination of Vo+ and Vo&#x2212;, and where Vo+ and Vo&#x2212; are set by high states of Vo+ and Vo&#x2212; prior to a transition on an input of the level-shifter circuit.

A method for operating a multi-level converter is disclosed. A multi-level converter is provided with a plurality of switches connected in series and a flying capacitor connected to switch nodes of the plurality of switches. The switch nodes are biased initially to a fraction of an input voltage when the input voltage is initially applied to the plurality of switches. The flying capacitor is then precharged to a flying capacitor operating voltage. The multi-level converter is then operated after the flying capacitor is precharged by activating control signals to the plurality of switches. Diversion of precharge current by the plurality of switches may be performed while the flying capacitor is being precharged.

Reducing voltage rating of devices in a multilevel converter

In one aspect, a method includes identifying a plurality of posts, each of the plurality of post being associated with a score and a time, the plurality of posts being ranked according to the score associated with each post, selecting a first post of the plurality of posts as a candidate post, determining a score threshold and time threshold associated with the candidate post, determining if one or more posts of the plurality of posts meet the score threshold and the time threshold associated with the candidate post and reordering the candidate post and the one or more posts according to the time associated with each of the candidate post and the one or more posts when it is determined that one or more posts meet the score threshold and the time threshold.

Chronological sorting of items ranked according to a score

A system and machine-implemented method including receiving a request for a set of content items within a session, identifying, in response to the request, one or more content items, determining if the session is associated with a continuation token, wherein the continuation token provides information regarding the content items provided for display during the session, generating a continuation token for the session when the session is not associated with a continuation token, providing at least one of the one or more content items for display and updating the continuation token with information regarding the at least one of the one or more content items provided for display and a time stamp.

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Sunnyvale, CA, United States of America

Chih-Wei Chen