Google Inc.

Johan Tibell

Florian Buron

Jasson Schrock

Thai Tran

Chirayu Krishnappa

BethEllyn McClendon

László Lukács

Fabrice Caillette

Alex Bailey

Alan Strohm

Diana Stroe

Methods and system for displaying a click-to-buy overlay for an item on a video in a video hosting site. The item is matched to the video according to video metadata and/or rules selected by the video rights holder. If the uploader is not the video rights holder, the video rights holder can choose to monetize the video by selecting Click-to-Buy metadata and/or rules. A viewer of the video can choose between multiple retailers for an item offered in the overlay. The viewer can further navigate between multiple overlays associated with the video while the video is playing.

Standardizing video content for use in generating an advertising overlay

Method, system, and computer readable medium for displaying items for sale in uploaded video content

A method for performing a location search includes receiving a location search query, identifying one or more geographic feature documents that satisfy the location search query, ranking the identified geographic feature documents in accordance with scores that are based, at least in part, on corresponding address support scores, to produce a set of ranked documents, and providing results, in accordance with the ranked documents, that identify at least one geographic feature corresponding to at least one of the ranked documents. An address support score for an identified geographic feature document can be based on one or more of: a standalone support score and a template support score.

Universal scores for location search queries

Click-to buy overlays

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Zurich, Switzerland

Johan Tibell