Google Inc.

Mario Anima

James Kevin Rodgers

Genevieve Cuevas

Kevin Ferguson

Mikhail Dhruv

Erin Sosnick Rosenbaum

Ming Lei

Lucian Florin Cionca

Prasenjit Sarkar

Umanka Hebbar Karkada

Ralph Jacob Cressman

Jeremy Lazarus

Benson Luk

Farzad Khosrowshahi

Paul Sowden

Irene Chung

Lucas Pettinati

Steve Tsai

Liu Liu

Vinay Ramesh Jain

Brandon Herring

Fengjia Li

Jared Hirsch

In general, techniques are described that may enable a computing device to recreate data objects formatted specifically for use in a currently executing application based on other data objects formatted in a different manner and specifically for use in a secondary application. For example, the computing device may initially execute a first application. The computing device may execute a second application contains one or more data objects that are specifically formatted for use and display in the second application. The first application may receive a first data object, where a format of the first data object is specific to the second application. The first application may determine content of the first data object and create a second data object that includes at least a portion of the content of the first data object, where a format of the second data object is specific to the first application.

Format-specific data object passing between applications

Implementations relate to sharing user activity data with other users. In some implementations, a method includes evaluating one or more actions of a second user to detect that the second user is interested in one or more attributes of one or more activities performed by a first user and described in activity data of the first user. A request is provided to the first user to share at least a portion of the activity data with the second user. The method receives, in response to the request, an indication from the first user to share a designated portion of the activity data with the second user. The method causes the activity data to be made accessible to the second user, and provides information for presentation via a device to the second user, where the presented information is derived from the shared portion of the activity data.

Sharing user activity data with other users

In general, a computing device may be configured to recreate data objects formatted specifically for use in a currently executing application based on other data objects formatted in a different manner and specifically for use in a secondary application. For example, the computing device may initially execute a first application. The computing device may execute a second application contains one or more data objects that are specifically formatted for use and display in the second application. The first application may receive a first data object, where a format of the first data object is specific to the second application. The first application may determine content of the first data object and create a second data object that includes at least a portion of the content of the first data object, where a format of the second data object is specific to the first application.

A system comprising a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to identify a page on a website, retrieve a stream of posts related to the page, determine whether the page is dynamic, in response to the page being determined to be dynamic, modify the stream of posts related to the page biased toward including more recent posts, generate a user interface element for display of the stream of related content; and provide the user interface element for presentation to the user. The disclosure also includes similar methods and computer program products.

Dynamic page classifier for ranking content

In general, the disclosure is directed to a computing device configured to identify and display information determined to be relevant to a current task. The computing device receives information associated with a content page for a second application, at least a portion of which is included in a graphical user interface. The computing device determines, based on the information, a context of the second application. The computing device determines, based on the context, a set of objects for each of one or more applications related to the second application. The computing device generates a content page for the first application including graphical indications of at least one object from at least one of the respective sets of objects. The computing device outputs, for display, at least a portion of the content page for the first application within the graphical user interface.

Automatic context passing between applications

A computing device may recreate data objects formatted specifically for use in a currently executing application based on other data objects formatted in a different manner and specifically for use in a secondary application. For example, the computing device may initially execute a first application. The computing device may execute a second application contains one or more data objects that are specifically formatted for use and display in the second application. The first application may receive a first data object, where a format of the first data object is specific to the second application. The first application may determine content of the first data object and create a second data object that includes at least a portion of the content of the first data object, where a format of the second data object is specific to the first application.

A system comprising a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to determine an identification for a user; determine a location of the user; retrieve a first set of information related to the location and the identification; retrieve relationship information using the identification for the user; determine notification information by filtering the first set of information using the relationship information; generate a notification related to the location of the user and including the notification information; and provide the notification for presentation to the user. The disclosure also includes similar methods and computer program products.

Surfacing real-time notifications based on location

A system comprising a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to determine an identification for a user; determine a location of the user; determine a place associated with the location; identify an interaction capable of being performed at the place for the identification; communicate with a service to perform the interaction; and record the interaction with the service in a place history associated with the identification. The disclosure also includes similar methods and computer program products.

Storing interactions based on location

The disclosure includes a system and method for discovering content in a topical community. The system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions when executed cause the system to: receive data indicating a first engagement action associated with a content item, the first engagement action performed by a first user; determine a topic associated with the content item; determine a topical reputation score related to the topic for the first user based on one or more second engagement actions performed by one or more second users associated with the content item; determine that the topical reputation score satisfies a reputation threshold; unlock the topic for the first user responsive to the determination that the topical reputation score satisfies the reputation threshold and provide the first user an ability to curate other content items associated with the unlocked topic.

Content discovery in a topical community

The disclosure includes a system and method for providing content recommendation to users on a site. The system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to: receive data describing a page on a site visited by a first user; query one or more sources to retrieve one or more candidate items for the first user; determine one or more source types related to the one or more candidate items; determine one or more scores for the one or more candidate items based on an interest profile and the one or more source types; rank the one or more candidate items; determine that an invitation trigger event causing a presentation of an invitation state occurs; determine that a recommendation trigger event causing a presentation of a recommendation state occurs during the invitation state; and provide a recommendation state to the first user.

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Sunnyvale, CA, United States of America

Mario Anima