Google Inc.

Dianne K Hackborn

Joseph M Onorato

Brian J Swetland

Richard G Cannings

David P Bort

Andrew T McFadden

Jason S Bayer

Amith Yamasani

Patrick Brady

Michael Andrew Cleron

Daniel Reuben Bornstein

Erick Tseng

Jeffrey D Yaksick

German Bauer

Christopher J DeSalvo

Per Claes Olof Grimberg

Jason Parks

Paul Christopher Eastham

Evan Stephen Millar

Meghan Desai

Todd Kennedy

Daniel S Rice

Arve Hjonnevag

Daniel Fridgren

Jasper S Lin

Andrew Devron Stadler

Mark D Womack

Svetoslav Ganov

Daniel Johansson

Agustin Fonts

Mark S Friedman

Kenneth Root

Karl Rosaen

Dan Bornstein

Devesh Parekh

Sanjay Jeyakumar

Yang Li

Jeffrey William Hamilton

Romain P Guy

Matthew E Kulick

Giles Dominic Hogben

Alexander Charles Schrepfer

Mike Chan

Per Claes Grimberg

Christopher J Desalvo

Jason B Parks

German W Bauer

A method is implemented at an electronic device for displaying output from an application. The electronic device includes a display module and an application. The application sends to the display module a request to display output on the fixed orientation display. The display module determines whether the application is able to scale the output from the application to fit the fixed orientation display. In accordance with a determination that the application is able to scale the output, the electronic device causes the application to receive information concerning the fixed orientation display from the display module and scale the output for display on the fixed orientation display according to the information. In accordance with a determination that the application is not able to scale the output, the display module scales the output received from the application, thereby enabling the output of the application to be displayed on the fixed orientation display.

Media content management for a fixed orientation display

A computer-implemented user notification method includes displaying, in a status area near a perimeter of a graphical interface, a notification of a recent alert event for a mobile device, receiving a user selection in the status area, and in response to the receipt of the user selection, displaying, in a central zone of the graphical interface, detail regarding a plurality of recent messaging events for the mobile device.

Notification of mobile device events

Apparatus and methods related to stored software libraries are provided. A computing device can receive versioned-shared-library information for a first software library used by a software application, where the versioned-shared-library information can include an identifier. The computing device can determine whether the computing device stores a copy of the first software library identified in the versioned-shared-library information by the identifier. The computing device can send a request for one of a full executable and a stripped executable for the software application, where the full executable includes the first software library, and where the stripped executable excludes the first software library. In response to the request, the computing device can receive the full executable or the stripped executable for the software application.

Shared software libraries for computing devices

The disclosed technology includes techniques for preserving battery life of a mobile device by monitoring a mobile device to determine a state of inactivity. A state of inactivity may be determined if the screen of the mobile device is off and the mobile device remains stationary for a period of time. Battery life may be preserved by placing the mobile device and/or a mobile application of the mobile device into an idle state for successive idle periods separated by maintenance periods. When in an idle state, the mobile device and/or a mobile application of the mobile device may be prevented from utilizing various features or functions of the mobile device that may tend to drain the battery. The mobile device and/or mobile application may be granted temporary access to the various features and functions during the maintenance periods to temporarily allow the mobile device and/or mobile application to perform updates.

Systems and methods for extending battery life by monitoring device activity

Methods for identifying and obtaining a suitable application for interacting with a selected content item by providing secure access to a limited portion of information on the selected content item are provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a selection from a user in an initial application running on a device to interact with a content item accessible by the initial application, and generating a hash value from the limited portion of information on the content item. The method further includes requesting a copy of the at least one suitable application when the comparison of the hash value for the content item with the hash value for the suitable application match, executing the suitable application on the device, and providing the limited portion of information on the content item to the suitable application for interaction by the user. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.

Privacy aware intent resolution with external sources

The disclosed technology includes techniques for preserving battery life of a mobile device by monitoring a mobile application to determine a state of inactivity. An inactive mobile application may be placed in an idle state that may prevent the mobile application from utilizing one or more resources of the mobile device that may tend to drain the battery.

Systems and methods for extending battery life by monitoring mobile application activity

A method is implemented at an electronic device for displaying output from an application on a fixed orientation display. The electronic device includes a display module and an application that are distinct from each other. The application sends a request to display output from the application in a second orientation with second dimensions, and receives from the electronic device information indicating that a display associated with the electronic device is a fixed orientation display with a first orientation and first dimensions. The application then determines a standard aspect ratio designated for a type of the first application. The output from the application is thereby scaled based on the standard aspect ratio and the first dimensions of the target display device for display by the display module on the fixed orientation display.

Adaptively displaying application output

In one aspect, this application describes a method for determining a license status of a software application. The method includes receiving a license status request to obtain an indication of whether a software application is licensed for use on a client computing device. The method also includes identifying identity information that corresponds to user identity information, device identity information, or both. The method also includes sending a communication generated from the license status request and the identity information to a licensing service, the communication being used by the licensing service to generate the indication based at least in part on the identity information and licensing information associated with the software application. The method also includes receiving a license status response from the licensing service that includes the indication. The method also includes sending the license status response to the software application for processing by the software application.

Electronic license management

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Dianne K Hackborn