Google Inc.

Florian Buron

Thai Tran

Johan Tibell

Jasson Schrock

Chirayu Krishnappa

BethEllyn McClendon

Lars Eilstrup Rasmussen

Ramesh Balakrishnan

James Christopher Norris

James Robert Muller

Reto Strobl

László Lukács

Hristo Stefanov Stefanov

Steven G Dropsho

Fabrice Caillette

Ralitsa Lyudmilova Angelova

Diana Stroe

Alex Bailey

Alan Strohm

Methods and systems for serving at least one online resource item to a user based on a state of the user are provided. A host computing device in communication with a memory receives data representing a record of movements of a user device. A user device profile associates locations of the user device with points in time, and with a state of a user. Following receipt of a resource request from the user device, a state of the user is determined. After at least one candidate online resource item responsive to the resource request are received, at least one online resource item relevant to the state of the user is identified and served to the user device.

Online resource serving to a traveling user

Methods and system for displaying a click-to-buy overlay for an item on a video in a video hosting site. The item is matched to the video according to video metadata and/or rules selected by the video rights holder. If the uploader is not the video rights holder, the video rights holder can choose to monetize the video by selecting Click-to-Buy metadata and/or rules. A viewer of the video can choose between multiple retailers for an item offered in the overlay. The viewer can further navigate between multiple overlays associated with the video while the video is playing.

Standardizing video content for use in generating an advertising overlay

Method, system, and computer readable medium for displaying items for sale in uploaded video content

A method for performing a location search includes receiving a location search query, identifying one or more geographic feature documents that satisfy the location search query, ranking the identified geographic feature documents in accordance with scores that are based, at least in part, on corresponding address support scores, to produce a set of ranked documents, and providing results, in accordance with the ranked documents, that identify at least one geographic feature corresponding to at least one of the ranked documents. An address support score for an identified geographic feature document can be based on one or more of: a standalone support score and a template support score.

Universal scores for location search queries

Click-to buy overlays

A method for performing a location search includes receiving a location search query, identifying one or more geographical features that satisfy the location search query, ranking the identified geographical features in accordance with a score that is based, at least in part, on proximity of the geographical features to a geographical viewport region of a client system, to produce a set of ranked geographical features, and providing results, in accordance with the ranked documents, that identify at least one geographic feature corresponding to the at least one of the ranked geographical features.

Viewport-relative scoring for location search queries

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Florian Buron