Google Inc.

Google Technology Holdings LLC

Jayashree M Yabannavar

Amit Kumar Agrawal

Lawrence Alan Willis

Satyabrata Rout

Disclosed are systems and methods for managing data use by a user device. In an embodiment, the resolution of media generation, media presentation, or both are altered to optimize the device's usage of data under a data allotment. In a further embodiment, the device may serve as a data conduit to a second device for reasons of improved resolution, improved battery life, or to optimize data allotment.

Methods and apparatus for managing data use

A apparatus and method for managing blind-carbon-copy replies in e-mail communications includes an electronic computing device configured to detectthat an e-mail account that is a blind-carbon-copy recipient of a received e-mail of an e-mail thread is sending a reply e-mail to at least one participant of a set of participants of the e-mail thread. The electronic computing device is also configured to determine, from the set of participants of the e-mail thread, an e-mail account adder that added the e-mail account to the e-mail thread as the blind-carbon-copy recipient. The electronic computing device is further configured to addtext to the reply e-mail indicating the e-mail account adder forwarded the received e-mail to the e-mail account or to sendan auto-generated e-mail notification to the at least one participant of the e-mail thread indicating the e-mail account adder added the e-mail account to the e-mail thread as a participant.

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Bengaluru, India

Jayashree M Yabannavar