Google Inc.

Patrick Pui Wah Leung

Aneto Okonkwo

Michael William Springer

Fan Jiang

Malgorzata Monika Lisowiec

Robert Allen Ryskamp

Pascal Corpet

Iyad F I Assad

Ammar Ibrahim

Ismail Cem Paya

Gökhan Hasan Bakir

Yariv Adan

Michael DePasquale

Bin Zhu

Lucia Terrenghi

Christopher John DiGiano

Steve Anthony Rogers

Joseph E Provost

Christopher John Digiano

Tim Emiola

Andrew John McGlinchey

Jeff Robert Karplus Hartline

Jannine C Versi

James Arnold Pack

AbdelKarim F Mardini

Wiktor Tomczak

A computer-implemented method includes obtaining a whitelist that identifies one or more content providers that are accessible for free through a particular network service provider, wherein the particular network service provider also provides access to the other content providers for which a fee is charged, a debit against an account is taken, or a subscription with the particular network service provider is required, establishing a particular network connection with the particular network service provider, identifying a network configuration that indicates whether to restrict communication with content providers by the computing device to only communication that is free, receiving a request to communicate with a particular content provider using the particular network connection, determining, based on the network configuration, whether the particular content provider is included in the whitelist for the particular network service provider, and blocking, based on the determining, the request to communicate with the particular content provider.

Managing access to no-cost content

A method includes identifying a plurality of linear geographic dividers for a region, wherein the plurality of linear geographic dividers comprises one or more of streets, railways, electrical lines or rivers, determining a set of logical geometric blocks for the region, based on the identified plurality of linear geographic dividers and generating one or more tiles based at least on the plurality of linear geographic dividers and the determined logical geometric blocks.

Local maps using tiles

Various aspects of the subject technology relate to systems, methods, and machine-readable media for updating a point of interest (POI) data repository. A system may be configured to receive a communication comprising an image associated with a point of interest, extract textual data from the image, identify a portion of the textual data that corresponds to a point of interest (POI) field in a point of interest listing, and update the point of interest (POI) data repository based on the portion of the textual data that corresponds to the POI field.

Updating point of interest data based on an image

Preventing fraud during an offline transaction by encoding a randomly-generated card verification code onto a smart card. The verification code is transmitted to a contactless device during each transaction, wherein it is cross-referenced with the account number to ensure presence of the card. Also, every transaction record is signed by an access key resident on the contactless device and certified by a signing key resident on a remote system. Funds may be deposited onto the card when the contactless device creates a deposit request, signs the request using an access key and transmits it to the remote system, which in turn processes the request and certifies it with a signing key. Funds may be withdrawn when the contactless device creates a withdrawal record and signs it using an access key. The remote system verifies the signatures and certifies the records using a signing key when the records are later transmitted.

Presence-of-card code for offline payment processing system

Transaction signature for offline payment processing system

In-card access control and monotonic counters for offline payment processing system

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Paris, France

Patrick Pui Wah Leung