Google Inc.

Pramod Adiddam

Gaurav Garg

Venky Ramachandran

Vinod Ramachandran Marur

Ramakrishnan Kandhan

Vaibhav Vaish

David Philip Sisson

Sashikanth Chandrasekaran

Varouj Armen Chitilian

Gaurav Bhaya

Robert Stets

Yilei Wang

Thai Duong

Zhihong Xu

Johnie Lee

Methods and systems for improved processor efficiency via reductions in repeated calculations are provided. A plurality of candidate sitelinks are identified in response to a search for online content. Each sitelink has associated with it a plurality of candidate creatives with which the sitelink may be presented to the user. The creatives are canonicalized to form clusters of candidate creatives. The sitelinks are also canonicalized. The creatives are matched to the candidate canonicalized sitelinks so as to provide enhanced sitelinks having increased relevance to the user search.

Canonicalized online document sitelink generation

A processing system periodically configures a beacon code and random nonce to transmit to a beacon device at a location. Multiple users enter the location with associated user computing devices and retransmit the beacon code broadcasted by the beacon device to the processing system. A computing device at the location transmits to the processing system a request for account data comprising a hardware identifier and retransmits the beacon code and a random nonce. The processing system verifies the request based on the beacon code and random nonce and transmits, to the computing device at the location, user account identifiers associated with user computing devices that retransmitted the beacon code. Within a threshold period of time, the processing system may verify a subsequent request from the computing device, even without receiving the beacon code and random nonce, if the request comprises the hardware identifier.

Network security based on proximity with IP whitelisting

A system for transmission of packetized data in a voice activated computer network environment. The system can identify candidate canonicalized digital components that relate to secondary search locations. For each of the candidate canonicalized digital components the system can calculate transmissions scores that are used to select one of the candidate canonicalized digital components for transmission.

Secondary transmissions of packetized data

Methods and systems for enhancing online content with creative text relevant to the online content are provided. A plurality of candidate sitelinks is identified in response to a user search for online content. Each sitelink has associated with it a plurality of candidate creatives with which the sitelink may be presented to the user. The creatives are canonicalized to form clusters of candidate creatives. The sitelinks are also canonicalized. The creatives are matched to the candidate canonicalized sitelinks so as to provide enhanced sitelinks having increased relevance to the user search.

Enhancing sitelinks with creative content

Conducting hands-free transactions comprises a server at a payment processing system, a user computing device, and a merchant computing device. The payment processing system registers a merchant system as a hands-free payment participant and provides a beacon identifier. The payment processing system receives a communication from a hands-free payment application on a user computing device, the communication comprising a transaction token, an identification of a user account, and the beacon identifier received by the user computing device via a wireless communication from a device associated with the merchant system and transmits the transaction token to the merchant system computing device. The payment processing system receives from the merchant system computing device, a transaction request, the transaction request comprising the token and transaction data associated with the transaction request and conducts the transaction between the user account and the merchant system based on the received token and transaction request.

Hands-free transactions verified by location

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Santa Clara, CA, United States of America

Pramod Adiddam