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Google Inc.

Neil Thomas

Alex Kennberg

Brett Rolston Lider

Jen Chen-Chuan Hsieh

Bikin Chiu

Victor Starenky

Joseph Rideout

Punit Singh Soni

Derek Jason Phillips

Matthew James Bolohan

Alexander Nicolaou

Alex Nicolaou

Peter G Baldwin

In some embodiments, a comprehensive computer system and method (See FIGS.) for automating and facilitating the performing and processing of tasks, information transfer, and information storage associated with the home sale (See FIG.), mortgage origination (See FIG.), and settlement process (See FIG.), and the home mortgage refinancing origination and settlement process (See FIGS.) (or performing other business processes), over a distributed computing network are disclosed. One aspect of the invention is a greatly simplified process for a home buyer to search for a home and simultaneously receive accurate and competitive bids for mortgages and services from multiple lenders and service providers. The process includes an automated underwriting process which generates complete, accurate information on the costs of buying and owning a home at very beginning of the home buying process. Another aspect of the invention is greatly automating the entire sale, loan and settlement process.

Computerized process to, for example, automate the home sale, mortgage loan financing and settlement process, and the home mortgage loan refinancing and settlement processes

A computer system and method for automating and facilitating the home sale, mortgage origination, and settlement process, and the home mortgage refinancing origination and settlement process, over a geographically distributed computing network are disclosed. The system and method also allows a home buyer to search for homes offered for sale by a plurality of sellers and, using the home data conforming to the buyer purchase criteria and buyer data, search for loan pricing information for loans from a plurality of lenders, loan pricing information for a plurality of loan types, or both. The system and method then uses this information to process the sale transaction.

A comprehensive computer system and method (See FIGS.) for automating and facilitating the performing and processing of tasks, information transfer, and information storage associated with the home sale (See FIG.), mortgage origination (See FIG.), and settlement process (See FIG.), and the home mortgage refinancing origination and settlement process (See FIGS.), over a distributed computing network are disclosed. One aspect of the invention is a greatly simplified process for a home buyer to search for a home and simultaneously receive accurate and competitive bids for mortgages and services from multiple lenders and service providers. The process includes an automated underwriting process which generates complete, accurate information on the costs of buying and owning a home at very beginning of the home buying process. Another aspect of the invention is greatly automating the entire sale, loan and settlement process.

In some embodiments, a comprehensive computer system and method (See FIGS.a) for automating and facilitating the performing and processing of tasks, information transfer, and information storage associated with the home sale (See FIG.a), mortgage origination (See FIG.b), and settlement process (See FIG.c), and the home mortgage refinancing origination and settlement process (See FIGS.b,c,a) (or performing other business processes), over a distributed computing network are disclosed. One aspect of the invention is a greatly simplified process for a home buyer to search for a home and simultaneously receive accurate and competitive bids for mortgages and services from multiple lenders and service providers. The process includes an automated under-writing process which generates complete, accurate information on the costs of buying and owning a home at very beginning of the home buying process. Another aspect of the invention is greatly automating the entire sale, loan and settlement process.

Disclosed are techniques and apparatuses for implementing device-based application security. These techniques enable a computing device to assign a security level from a hierarchy of security levels to an application. Once the security level is assigned to the application, authentication techniques associated with the security level can be initiated in response to a request to launch the application. When an indication is received that the security level for the application has been satisfied, the application can then be launched, availing a user of the application's full functionality.

Device-based application security

A system and a computer-implemented methods for email management are disclosed. The method includes storing messages for electronic mail accounts provided by remote electronic mail server systems. The method further includes determining that the remote electronic mail server systems each have a different hostname than the others of the remote electronic mail server systems. The method further includes displaying messages from a first one of the electronic mail accounts and displaying a hostname of a first remote electronic mail server system providing the first one of the electronic mail accounts. The method further includes receiving a request to view messages from a second one of the electronic mail accounts. The method further includes displaying messages from the second one of the electronic mail accounts and displaying a hostname of a second remote electronic mail server system providing the second one of the electronic mail accounts.

Multi-account messaging management

A method includes rendering content to provide rendered content including a first content segment and a second content segment, wherein the second content segment includes an indicator of computing device activity; outputting a first view of the rendered content for presentation at a display device, and receiving, at the one or more processors, event information. In response to the event information, the method includes applying at least one hardware accelerated transform to define a second view of the rendered content, where the second content segment, but not the first content segment, is viewable in the second view of the rendered content when the rendered content is presented at the display device, modifying the first content segment, and applying at least one hardware accelerated transform to define a third view of the rendered content subsequent to modifying the first content segment.

Accelerating view transitions

In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for receiving a request to retrieve electronic resources that correspond to a first network address. The resources are retrieved from a cache. The retrieved resources are responsive to the received request, correspond to the first network address, and are configured to activate a first web application. Activation of the first web application requires that the computing device be authenticated. Instructions that are in the retrieved resources and are for activating the first web application are executed. The execution includes determining that the computing device is not authenticated to activate the first web application, and requesting to retrieve electronic resources that correspond to a second network address and that are configured to activate a second web application. Activation of the second web application does not require that the computing device be currently authenticated.

Launching a cached web application based on authentication status

In some embodiments, a comprehensive computer system and method (See FIGS.) for automating and facilitating the performing and processing of tasks, information transfer, and information storage associated with the home sale (See FIG.), mortgage origination (See FIG.), and settlement process (See FIG.), and the home mortgage refinancing origination and settlement process (See FIGS.) (or performing other business processes), over a distributed computing network are disclosed.

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for event-driven module loading. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining a mapping for a resource, wherein the mapping identifies one or more events that, upon occurrence, will trigger a dynamic loading of one or more code modules that are referenced by the resource, determining that an event has occurred, identifying one or more of the code modules that are associated with the event, based on the mapping, and dynamically loading the identified code modules.

Event-driven module loading

In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for receiving a request to retrieve electronic resources that correspond to a first network address. The resources are retrieved from a cache. The retrieved resources are responsive to the request, correspond to the first network address, and are configured to activate a first web application. Activation of the first web application requires that the computing device be authenticated. Instructions that are in the retrieved resources and are for activating the first web application are executed. The execution includes determining that the computing device is not authenticated to activate the first web application, and requesting to retrieve electronic resources that correspond to a second network address and that are configured to activate a second web application. Activation of the second web application does not require that the computing device be currently authenticated.

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Neil Thomas