Google Inc.

James Daniel Hawkins

Jonathan Eric Wolfe

Shiba Sheikh

Mehdi Sharifzadeh

Jesse Johnston

Paul Schelte Reitsma

Jonathan Mann

Charles La

Daniel D Weston

Claudius Van Der Merwe

Methods for improving resource connectivity for users' various computing devices are disclosed. An example method may include establishing a local connection with a sending device, receiving device status information and task status information from the sending device using the local connection, the task status information identifying at least one media content, and generating a user interface that includes a graphical representation of the device status information and a first control that, when selected, executes the at least one media content in an application on the receiving device. Another example method may include detecting an interaction with a UI element that sets a network sharing status to an on state, identifying a locally stored network as shareable, generating an instance of a network data type for the locally stored network, and associating the instance with the user account so that the locally stored network is shared with the user's other devices.

Resource connectivity for multiple devices

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, for presenting content associated with a landing page. A method includes: receiving a request for content to be published along with third party content in a resource; identifying a content item responsive to the request, the content item including a link to a landing page and an indicator for designating the content item as a swappable content item, wherein a swappable content item enables navigation away from the resource to the landing page without losing state of the resource, the content item being configured to monitor interactions of the user and inhibit a direct loading of a landing page in favor of a simultaneous presentation of the content of the landing page in a container having an overlay that includes the resource; and providing the content item including the indicator responsive to the request.

Swappable content items

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Los Angeles, CA, United States of America

James Daniel Hawkins