Google Inc.

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Camtech, LLC

The Dominion Companies, LLC

James Watts

Ritcha Gupta Ranjan

Priya Nayak

Eric Zhang

Johnny Hsienchow Lee

Cayden Meyer

Robert Brett Rose

Kevin Markman

Olga Sergeyevna Belomestnykh

Lai Kwan Wong

Michael Verrilli

Aruna Balakrishnan

Sterrett P Campbell

Jason J Ganetsky

Xiaojie Jiang

Mike Sorvillo

Birkan Icacan

Hubert Ming-Hwa Chao

Harold Kim

Sebastian Doerner

Santos Cordon

Jameslevi Schmidt

Yifan Cao

Roland Lomerson

Ryan Weber

Joshua Bergstrand

A method for suggesting collaboration between a plurality of users of a communication system includes identifying a first document pertaining to a first event associated with a first user, determining that collaboration is allowed for the first document, identifying a second document having a collaborative similarity with the first document and pertaining to a second event and associated with a second user, generating a collaboration suggestion for collaboration between the first user and the second user with respect to the first event, providing the collaboration suggestion to collaborate with respect to the first event on a user device of the first user, receiving an indication of an acceptance, by the first user, of the collaboration suggestion, and causing a collaboration session to be established between the user device of the first user and a user device of the second user to collaborate with respect to the first event.

Automated collaboration

A method for suggesting collaboration between a plurality of users of a communication system includes determining that a user action is performed with respect to a first document associated with a first user of the plurality of users, identifying a collaborative similarity between the first document and a second document associated with a second user of the plurality of users, generating a collaboration suggestion for collaboration between the first user and the second user with respect to the content of the first document and the second document, providing the collaboration suggestion to collaborate with respect to the content of the first document and the second document to the first user, receiving an indication of an acceptance of the collaboration suggestion to collaborate with respect to the content of the first document and the second document from the first user, and causing a collaboration session to be established between the first user and the second user to collaborate with respect to the content of the first document and the second document.

Automatic collaboration

A method and apparatus for performing automated collaboration is provided. Automated collaboration may include identifying a first document generated by a first user using a networked application, identifying a collaborative similarity between the first document and a second document generated by a second user, generating a collaboration suggestion based on the collaborative similarity, transmitting the collaboration suggestion to the first user via the networked application, and initiating a collaboration session between the first user and the second user. The collaborative similarity may be identified based on a similarity between content of the first document and content of the second document, based on a similarity between information associated with the first document and information associated with the second document, or based on a combination of content and associated information similarities.

A method for editing and updating content of a collaborative document within a preview user interface is provided. The method includes a content management platform receives a request for a file stored which is stored in a third-party application format. The system causes a rendered graphical image of the file to be presented within a preview user interface. The rendered graphical image of the file represents a view of the file as if opened within a third-party application. The system receives from the preview user interface, content associated with a portion of the file. The system generates a new version of the file that includes the content associated with the portion of the file.

Managing comments on binary files preview view in a cloud-based environment

A method and apparatus for a networked desktop environment is provided. Executing a networked desktop environment may include identifying a networked desktop state of the networked desktop environment, which may include a networked desktop workspace and an information element. The networked desktop state may include information indicating a multi-dimensional position of a representation of the information element in the networked desktop workspace. Executing the networked desktop environment may include generating instructions for use in rendering the networked desktop workspace, which may include information indicative of the networked desktop state, and transmitting the instructions to an interface device. Information indicating an interaction with the networked desktop environment may be received and the networked desktop state may be updated based on the interaction information.

Networked desktop environment

In some implementations, a method includes receiving a search query, at an information provider, from a mobile device; generating a plurality of search results that are responsive to the search query and directed to corresponding content providers that are external to the information provider; identifying one or more search results from the plurality of search results that are directed to partners of the information provider; and providing, to the mobile device, the plurality of search results, wherein the one or more search results directed to partners of the information provider include location information that is stored in a profile maintained by the information provider and associated with the mobile device, wherein the location information is passed to the corresponding partners upon selection of the one or more search results.

Sharing of profile information with content providers

Solutions, systems, and techniques for applying 2-dimensional changes to a shared document are discussed. The document is divided into vertical columns of a particular width, each column represented as a one-dimensional vector that is a sequential list of blocks in that column, each block representing a content item included in the document. Each block has a starting column, a block height, and a block width indicated by how many columns the block occupies. Each block has row indexes that represent a relative position of the block in each column it occupies. A document modification command is represented as transfer functions, each transfer function corresponding to a document column. The transfer functions are applied to the document columns to alter a row index of block(s) in the corresponding column(s), thereby altering the relative position of a block with respect to other blocks in that column.

Operational-transform-compatible representation of 2-dimensional page layout data

In some implementations, a computer-implemented method includes receiving a search query, at an information provider, from a mobile device; generating a plurality of search results that are responsive to the search query and directed to corresponding content providers that are external to the information provider; identifying one or more search results from the plurality of search results that are directed to partners of the information provider; and providing, to the mobile device, the plurality of search results, wherein the one or more search results directed to partners of the information provider include location information that is stored in a profile maintained by the information provider and associated with the mobile device, wherein the location information is passed to the corresponding partners upon selection of the one or more search results.

Providing profile information to partner content providers

A rounder bar assembly ( ) with floating foot ( ) for use with an endless belt conveyor ( ) incorporates an elongated body ( ) configured for shaping dough pieces ( ) transported along the endless belt of a conveyor. A backing plate ( ) and a spacer ( ) are disposed between the body ( ) and the backing plate, with the body ( ), backing plate ( ) and spacer ( ) defining cavity ( ) therebetween. An elongated flexible foot ( ) is movably mounted within the cavity ( ) so that a portion of the foot ( ) extends from the cavity when the foot is in a compressed position. A visco-elastic material ( ) is disposed within the cavity ( ) between the spacer ( ) and the foot ( ) such that the visco-elastic material is responsive to movement of the foot, thereby allowing the foot to conform to the belt of the conveyor. The visco-elastic material has a property of expanding volumetrically in response to a force applied thereto that displaces some of the volume of the material.

Rounder bar with floating foot

A preferred embodiment of the oil filled rounder bar with grooves for use with an endless belt-type conveyor for transporting dough pieces thereon incorporates a shaping surface formed of oil filled plastic material. The shaping surface forms a pocket with the belt of the conveyor and receives and shapes dough pieces transported along the belt of the conveyor. Preferably, an array of grooves are formed in the shaping surface to promote frictional engagement of the dough pieces with the shaping surface. Method aspects also are provided.

Oil filled rounder bar with grooves and method of using the same

A bakery dough flour applicator 10 for applying flour 12 to a dough piece 22 as the dough piece 22 travels along a processing path 134 includes a hopper 32 for supplying flour 12 and a transfer assembly 54 for providing flour 12 from the hopper 32 to an aerator 34 which creates an airborne flow of flour 40. The airborne flow of flour 40 is delivered to the interior of an enclosure 130 disposed about the dough processing path 134 through a plurality of spray nozzles 44 which direct the airborne flow of flour 40 to a dough piece 22 travelling through the enclosure 130 along the processing path 134 so that flour 12 from the airborne flow 40 adheres to the exterior surface of the dough piece 22. Flour 12 that does not adhere to a dough piece 22 is collected and filtered and provided back to the hopper 32 for later use.

Bakery dough flour applicator

An anti-fouling coating utilizes capsaicin as an anti-fouling agent. In a preferred embodiment, finely divided capsaicin, an oleoresin capsaicin liquid solution, or crystalized capsaicin, is mixed with a suitable corrosion resistant epoxy resin which is then mixed with a hardening catalyst and applied to the surface to be treated. In some applications, finely divided inert particles may be added to impart additional desirable characteristic to the surface. The capsaicin constituent used in the coating preferably has a rating of from about 100,000 to about 1,500,000 Scoville Heat Units. The capsaicin may be mixed with a silicon dioxide and then solubilized into a free-flowing homogeneous liquid oleoresin composition by adding a solvent to increase solubility and facilitate mixing. The capsaicin may also be formed into crystals which are mixed with the coating material. The anti-fouling composition can be used in combination with conventional anti-fouling coatings and paints and binders and applied to wood, metal, and plastic surfaces. The anti-fouling composition may also be added to other materials in molding processes to form various articles of manufacture and molded products, such as boat hulls and water pipes, which resist fouling by organisms common in fresh water and sea water.

Anti-fouling coating composition containing capsaicin

An energy absorber or bumper for positioning on one object to absorb the impact of the later with another object is formed of an arcuate strip of rigid resiliently deflectable material having a plurality of corrugations extending circumferentially coaxial with the radius of curvature. When positioned on an object, the center of the arcuate strip is bowed radially outwardly from the surface of the object. The strip of material has sufficient resiliency to allow deflection of the arcuate surface of the material inwardly relative to the radius of curvature upon impact to the bowed surface and thereafter returns to its original configuration. In an elongate configuration, the height of the ridges above the furrows allows independent deflection of the ridges relative to one another along the longitudinal axis of the strip upon impact to the ridges and thereafter return to their original configuration.

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