Google Inc.

Square, Inc.

Jesse Shieh

Shoumen Saha

Jon Snitow

Jun Yang

Xin Zhou

Jing Zhao

Jesse Lee Reiss

Tian Tian

Yu Liang

Qingxuan Yang

Vida Ha

Kaicheng Zhang

Ka Cheong Lui

Jia Sheng

A computer-implemented system and method to distribute a content document with security, customization, and scalability is provided. One or more servers provides a customizable content document associated with a first entity, enables a second entity to specify content to be included for users associated with the entity in the customizable content document, and delivers the customized content document incorporating the specified content in a secure manner to users associated with the second entity.

Configuring a content document for users and user groups

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for applying custom web page themes. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a request for search results, where the request includes a search query submitted in an input field by a user; obtaining a search results page in response to the search query; identifying one or more features of the search query; selecting a first visual theme from among a plurality of visual themes, where each visual theme has respective trigger data, based on the one or more features of the search query matching the trigger data of the first visual theme, the first visual theme having theme data, the theme data specifying visual features; and applying the visual features to the search results page for display in a user interface.

Custom web page themes

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for presenting information about purchase transactions. One of the methods includes receiving a request for information about a merchant and identifying one or more purchase transactions conducted by the merchant in response to the request. A presentation is generated comprising a purchase transaction entry for each of the one or more purchase transactions, wherein each purchase transaction entry represents one of the one or more purchase transactions conducted by the merchant and identifies one or more items sold in the purchase transaction. The presentation is provided in response to the request.

Purchase transaction presentation

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for aligning user interface elements arranged in multiple columns in a user interface. In one aspect, a method includes identifying a group of columns in a user interface, where each column in the group includes one or more user interface elements arranged in a sequence from a top of the column to a bottom of the column; comparing heights of first sequences of one or more user interface elements in a first column to heights of second sequences of one or more user interface elements in a second column; and adjusting the heights of the first sequences to align the first sequences with the second sequences by adjusting the heights of user interface elements in the first sequences, where adjustments to each user interface element in the first sequences are each less than a threshold adjustment value.

Aligning user interface elements

A system and method for receiving a request for a container document, determining whether the request is for a container document associated with a user group, determining whether a requestor of the request is associated with a level of status within the user group among a plurality of levels of status within the user group, determining the level of status of the requestor based on a determination that the requestor is associated with a level of status within the user group, requesting configuration information based on a determination that the container document is associated with a user group and the level of status, receiving the configuration information, and serving the container document using the configuration information.

Distribution of content document to varying users with security, customization and scalability

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for generating search query suggestions are provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving in a data processing device a first textual input entered in a search engine query input field by a user; automatically sending from the device, before the user submits a request for a search and after waiting a predetermined amount of time after receiving each token of the first textual input, the first textual input to a first search service and a second search service; receiving from the first search service a set of first input suggestions and from the second search service a set of second input suggestions that is different from the set of first input suggestions; and displaying the first input suggestions in a first portion of a user interface and the second input suggestions in a distinct second portion of the user interface.

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San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Jesse Shieh