Google Inc.

Lantian Zheng

Zhi Weng

Sang Soo Sung

Pravir Kumar Gupta

Bo Wang

Chad Owen Yoshikawa

Chris Ramsdale

Alfonso Gomez-Jordana

Kevin Yeun

Jae Won Seo

David P Whipp

Haywai Hayward Chan

Chen Liu

Venkat Kotla

Liuyi Sun

Yuzhao Ni

Christopher Robert Conover

Subbaiah Venkata

Benjamin Brown

Jae Seo

Alexander Crettenand

Lishan Zhang

Mafang Yao

Minoo Erfani Joorabchi

Francisco Pedro Lopes Pimenta

Rui Zhao

The disclosed embodiments include computerized methods, systems, and devices, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for integrating voice-based interaction and control into a native graphical user interface (GUI) of an executed application. For example, a communications device may obtaining component data identifying a plurality of components of a voice-user interface from a computing system maintained by a voice-service provider, and may execute an application linked to a corresponding one of the components of the voice-user interface. The communications device may generate the native GUI based on an output of the executed application, and may generate an interface element representative of the corresponding one of the components of the voice-user interface. The communications device may present the generated interface element within the native GUI, which may embed the corresponding component of the voice-user interface into the native GUI.

Component libraries for voice interaction services

Systems and methods for enabling voice-based interactions with electronic devices can include a data processing system maintaining a plurality of device action data sets and a respective identifier for each device action data set. The data processing system can receive, from an electronic device, an audio signal representing a voice query and an identifier. The data processing system can identify, using the identifier, a device action data set. The data processing system can identify a device action from device action data set based on content of the audio signal. The data processing system can then identify, from the device action dataset, a command associated with the device action and send the command to the for execution device for execution.

Systems and methods for voice-based initiation of custom device actions

Various arrangements for using captured voice to generate a custom interface controller are presented. A vocal recording from a user may be captured in which a spoken command and multiple smart-home devices are indicated. One or more common functions that map to the multiple smart-home devices may be determined. A custom interface controller may be generated that controls the one or more common functions of each smart-home device of the multiple smart-home devices.

Customized interface based on vocal input

In one implementation, a computer-implemented method includes detecting, by a mobile computing device, a current context associated with the mobile computing device, the current context being external to the mobile computing device and indicating a current state of the mobile computing device in its surrounding environment. The method can also include identifying, based on at least a first portion of the current context, a location description for the mobile computing device, wherein the location description includes a textual description of the location; and determining, based on the identified location description and at least a second portion of the current context, whether to switch the mobile computing device from operating using a current profile to operating using a second profile, wherein the current profile and the second profile each define one or more settings of the mobile computing device.

Self-aware profile switching on a mobile computing device

In general, aspects of this disclosure are directed towards techniques for using a computing device to perform the functionality of a vehicle key, so that the computing device may be used to automatically unlock the doors of a vehicle and/or to activate a previously-deactivated keyless ignition system. The computing device may be associated with a vehicle, including sending an identifier associated with the computing device to the vehicle via short-range communication. The computing device may also send to the vehicle, via short-range communication, at least one unlock door signal including an access code verifiable by the vehicle, and wherein receipt of the at least one unlock door signal by the vehicle enables the vehicle to unlock one or more of its doors without further user intervention.

Computing device as a vehicle key

A method, system and computer program product for managing pooled VPN proxy servers by a central server is provided. The method includes receiving information from a plurality of computers wherein the information received is used for registering, with a central server, the respective computer as a VPN proxy server. The method also includes receiving a request from a client device for a VPN proxy server and sending a list of registered VPN proxy servers to the client device.

Managing pooled VPN proxy servers by a central server

Propagating user feedback on shared posts is described, including receiving a user indication associated with repost content. The repost content is associated with post content. The post content includes at least one item provided on a website. The repost content includes at least one other item provided on another website or the website, and the at least one other item is associated with the at least one item. The repost content is determined to be associated with the post content. Post feedback data based on the user indication is identified. The post feedback data is associated with the post content, and the post feedback data represents previous user indication. The post feedback data is updated based on the user indication.

Propagating user feedback on shared posts

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for performing multi-factor authentication. In one aspect, a method includes determining that the identity of a user has been successfully proven using a first of two or more authentication factors, allowing updates or requests for updates to be initiated after the identity of the user has been successfully proven using the first authentication factor, logging the updates or requests for updates that are initiated after the identity of the user has been successfully proven using the first authentication factor, determining that the identity of the user has not been successfully proven using a second of the two or more authentication factors, and reverting the updates, or discarding the requests for updates, based on determining that the identity of the user has not been successfully proven using the second authentication factor.

Enhanced multi-factor authentication

Methods and systems for improving caching accuracy utilizing snapshot technology are provided. One or more requests for data are received. When the requests for data return valid data, the valid data is stored within a cache. The response performance of a server device is monitored. When the response performance of the server device is above a predetermined threshold, one or more snapshot versions of a memory block are taken. The memory block may include the current state of the valid data at the time the snapshot version was taken. Upon receiving a warm-up cache signal for the cache, a snapshot version is used to populate the cache and sent to a client device.

Method to improve caching accuracy by using snapshot technology

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