Google Inc.

James Weatherall

Gary Kacmarcik

Stephen Konig

Alberto Martin Perez

Alex Pakhunov

Sergey Yurevich Ulanov

Felix Lin

Alexey Pakhunov

Chee Heng Chew

Timothy Seeds Milligan

Hin-Chung Lam

Alex Carp

Dave Iain MacLachlan

David Edwin Levin

San Mehat

Renato De Sousa

Daniel Caiafa

A method includes preparing images of a remote desktop including an open cloud-application window object corresponding to an instance of a network-hosted application executing on a network, encoding the images of the remote desktop as image frames in a video stream, and transmitting the video stream over the network to a computing device. The images the remote desktop are encoded such that when decoded, reconstructed, and displayed on a local desktop of the computing device, the open cloud-application window object corresponding to the instance of the network-hosted application executing on the network has the appearance and behavior of an open window corresponding to a natively-operating application on the local desktop of the computing device.

Remote desktop video streaming alpha-channel

In one example embodiment, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer executable program code which, when executed on a computer system, causes the computer system to perform a number of steps. The steps include receiving, at an application server, metadata representing at least one file system stored on a file storage system based on an application executing on the application server, preventing, at the application server, files associated with the file storage system from being downloaded to the application server, monitoring, by the application server, a request to open a file associated with the file storage system, determining the requested file is stored on the file storage system separate from the application server, and triggering, by the application server, a download of the requested file.

File system integration and synchronization between client and server

An apparatus includes a memory including a mirrored file system associated with a file storage system, a filter module associated with the mirrored file system and configured to trigger a file operation based on an intercepted access to a file associated with the mirrored file system, and a synchronization manager configured to trigger a synchronization operation to a corresponding file on the file storage system based on the file operation triggered by the filter module.

Combined mirroring and caching network file system

In one general aspect, an apparatus includes a cast terminal including a keyboard component and a display component physically coupled to the keyboard component. The keyboard component includes a first communication module configured to transmit keystroke data over a first wireless network to a primary processing device using a first wireless communication protocol. The display component includes a second communication module configured to receive multimedia data over a second wireless network from the primary processing device using a second wireless communication protocol.

Mobile cast receivers for computing and entertainment devices

A method includes establishing a registry in which a filename extension of a file or document is associated with at least one network-hosted application that is capable of processing files having that filename extension. The method further includes configuring a cloud computing service to respond to a user-selection, on a personal computing device, of a network-hosted file having a particular filename extension for processing by using the registry to select a network-hosted application that is capable of processing files having that particular filename extension.

Associating network-hosted files with network-hosted applications

Described herein are techniques related to sharing applications between two client devices assigned to the same user. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope and meaning of the claims. A shared-application tool allows a user to request to use an application that is installed on host computing device on a client computing device. The request to use the application is made to a directory service using a message-exchanging protocol. The application is run on the host computing device and provided to the client computing device using a peer-to-peer communication protocol.

Tool for sharing applications across client devices

According to an aspect, a computing device may include a window system configured to receive window region information and transparency information for a window rendered from an application. The transparency information may indicate that transparency is enabled for the window. The window region information may define a region within the window. The window system may be configured to modify an original frame of the window to create a modified frame based on the window region information and the transparency information such that the region within the window for the modified frame meets a threshold level of transparency. The computing device may include a graphical user interface configured to provide a display of the window with the modified frame.

Securing a window system supporting transparency

In one general aspect, a computing system includes a cast terminal including a keyboard component and a display component physically coupled to the keyboard component, and a central computing device. The keyboard component includes a first communication module configured to transmit keystroke data over a first wireless network to the central computing device using a first wireless communication protocol. The display component includes a second communication module configured to receive multimedia data over a second wireless network from the central computing device using a second wireless communication protocol. The central computing device includes a third communication module configured to receive the keystroke data from the first wireless network, and a fourth communication module configured to transmit the multimedia data over the second wireless network.

A method includes receiving, by an orchestrator component from a client computer, a request to activate an application in a cloud. The orchestrator component is a part of a cloud computing infrastructure hosted on a network connected to the client computer. The request to activate the application includes user credentials for access to user accounts including a user account with a cloud storage that stores a file for the user. The method further includes sending, by the orchestrator component to an application VM executing an instance of the application in the cloud, the user credentials specifically for access by the application VM to the user's account with the cloud storage drive. The method additionally includes using the user credentials to access the file stored in the cloud storage as and when needed for processing the file by the instance of the application executing in the application VM in the cloud.

Cloud computing and integrated cloud drive

The subject technology discloses configurations for receiving input device data via an unreliable data channel from a first computing device in which the input device data includes keyboard data, mouse input data and/or touch and gesture data from the first computing device. The subject technology determines a host client computing device among one or more second computing devices in a multiway video conference for receiving the input device data. Further, the subject technology transmits the input device data via a second unreliable data channel to the determined host client computing device, where the input device data is transmitted on a separate data channel from any video or audio data transmitted to the host client computing device.

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Kirkland, WA, United States of America

James Weatherall