Google Inc.

Mihai Florin Ionescu

Stephen R Lawrence

David P Marmaros

Niniane Wang

Omar Habib Khan

Christopher M Prince

David Benjamin Auerbach

Jian Gong Deng

Stephen R Lawarence

Stephen R c/o Google Inc Lawrence

The present invention comprises systems and methods, and computer readable media comprising the methods, for updating software applications. The systems and methods of the present invention provide automation and flexibility to the updating process. Processor usage and network usage are monitored and software updates are initiated and/or continued during periods where processor and/or network usage are low. The update process may be halted when the processor and/or network connection are called upon for other uses. Processor and/or network usage may also be throttled, for example limiting the bandwidth available for the download to maintain sufficient processor share and/or bandwidth for other tasks. Adverse impact on a computer user is minimized.

Systems and methods for providing software updates

Methods and systems for prioritizing a crawl are described. One aspect of the invention includes a method for identifying a plurality of storage locations each comprising a plurality of articles, ranking the plurality of storage locations based at least in part on events associated with the plurality of articles, and crawling the storage locations based at least in part on the ranking. Another aspect of the invention includes identifying a plurality of storage locations each comprising a plurality of articles, identifying a plurality of types of the plurality of articles, ranking the plurality of storage locations based at least in part on the plurality of types of the plurality of articles; and crawling the storage locations based at least in part on the ranking.

Methods and systems for prioritizing a crawl

Systems and methods for processing email messages are described. In one embodiment, the occurrence of a condition is determined indicating at least one email message transfer of an email message by an email application, wherein determining the occurrence of the condition is external to the email application, the email message is identified, wherein the email message comprises event data, an email event is compiled from at least some of the event data, and the email event is indexed.

Methods and systems for processing email messages

Methods and systems for regulating resource usage of an application are disclosed. A method of regulating usage of an application is disclosed that comprises receiving an operating parameter of a client device, assigning a value to a usage variable associated with the operating parameter of the client device, and correlating by an application a resource usage level of the application with the usage variable.

Methods and systems for regulating resource usage

Systems and methods for information capture from articles are described. In one embodiment, a plurality of keystrokes associated with an application is received, each keystroke is processed to determine an associated action forming a plurality of associated actions, and an event is determined based at least in part on the plurality of associated actions.

Methods and systems for information capture

Systems and methods for category-based search are described. In one described system, a computer program identifies an article having an attribute, determines a category associated with the article based at least in part on the article attribute, and stores in a data store a data record comprising a category-article pair identifier associated with the category and the article. A search query is received and executed on a data store comprising the association data record. In response, the association data record is received from the data store. Search results may be constructed and displayed using the association data record.

Systems and methods for category-based search

Systems and methods that identify and extract information from articles are described. In one embodiment, a search engine implements a method comprising capturing an event in real time upon the occurrence of the event, wherein the event comprises a user interaction with an article on a client device, wherein the article is capable of being associated with at least one of a plurality of client applications, determining if the event should be indexed, and if the event should be indexed, indexing the event and storing the event and at least a portion of content associated with the article.

Methods and systems for information capture and retrieval

Methods and systems that perform an offline search for an article are described. In one aspect of the invention, the aspect includes receiving a search query, determining whether the search query has been previously entered, if the search query has been previously entered, retrieving a previously stored result set, determining whether a previously stored result set meets at least one condition, and if the previously stored result set meets at least one condition, outputting the previously stored result set.

Methods and systems for performing an offline search

The present invention comprises systems and methods, and computer readable media comprising the methods, for installing software components. A user's need for a software component may be determined prior to installation. The systems and methods of the present invention provide automation and flexibility to the installation process. In an embodiment, processor usage and network usage are monitored and software installation are initiated and/or continued during periods where processor and/or network usage are low. The installation process may be halted when the processor and/or network connection are called upon for other uses. Processor and/or network usage may also be throttled, for example limiting the bandwidth available for the installation to maintain sufficient processor share and/or bandwidth for other tasks. Adverse impact on a computer user is minimized.

Systems and methods for providing and installing software

An indexing system in a computer system may include applications, a capture processor, a queue, a search engine, and a display processor. The indexing system captures events of user interactions with the applications. Events are queued and if indexable, indexed and stored for user access through the search engine. Capture components in the capture processor can include a keyboard capture component that processes user keystrokes to determine events. A display capture component captures event data from windows associated with the applications. Display event data can be captured on a polling schedule or based on state changes of window elements. To determine target applications and window applications of interest application profiles and window profiles can be used.

Profile based capture component

Systems and methods for replicating all or part of a data store are described. According to one embodiment, a system and method for providing a data store of stored events, wherein the events comprise user interactions with articles, identifying a desired portion of the data store for replication, and replicating the structure and content of the desired portion of the data store is described.

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Mihai Florin Ionescu