Google Inc.

Priya Nayak

James Watts

Johnny Hsienchow Lee

Robert Brett Rose

Eric Zhang

Aruna Balakrishnan

Jason J Ganetsky

Mike Sorvillo

Hubert Ming-Hwa Chao

A method for suggesting collaboration between a plurality of users of a communication system includes identifying a first document pertaining to a first event associated with a first user, determining that collaboration is allowed for the first document, identifying a second document having a collaborative similarity with the first document and pertaining to a second event and associated with a second user, generating a collaboration suggestion for collaboration between the first user and the second user with respect to the first event, providing the collaboration suggestion to collaborate with respect to the first event on a user device of the first user, receiving an indication of an acceptance, by the first user, of the collaboration suggestion, and causing a collaboration session to be established between the user device of the first user and a user device of the second user to collaborate with respect to the first event.

Automated collaboration

A method for suggesting collaboration between a plurality of users of a communication system includes determining that a user action is performed with respect to a first document associated with a first user of the plurality of users, identifying a collaborative similarity between the first document and a second document associated with a second user of the plurality of users, generating a collaboration suggestion for collaboration between the first user and the second user with respect to the content of the first document and the second document, providing the collaboration suggestion to collaborate with respect to the content of the first document and the second document to the first user, receiving an indication of an acceptance of the collaboration suggestion to collaborate with respect to the content of the first document and the second document from the first user, and causing a collaboration session to be established between the first user and the second user to collaborate with respect to the content of the first document and the second document.

Automatic collaboration

A method and apparatus for performing automated collaboration is provided. Automated collaboration may include identifying a first document generated by a first user using a networked application, identifying a collaborative similarity between the first document and a second document generated by a second user, generating a collaboration suggestion based on the collaborative similarity, transmitting the collaboration suggestion to the first user via the networked application, and initiating a collaboration session between the first user and the second user. The collaborative similarity may be identified based on a similarity between content of the first document and content of the second document, based on a similarity between information associated with the first document and information associated with the second document, or based on a combination of content and associated information similarities.

A method and apparatus for a networked desktop environment is provided. Executing a networked desktop environment may include identifying a networked desktop state of the networked desktop environment, which may include a networked desktop workspace and an information element. The networked desktop state may include information indicating a multi-dimensional position of a representation of the information element in the networked desktop workspace. Executing the networked desktop environment may include generating instructions for use in rendering the networked desktop workspace, which may include information indicative of the networked desktop state, and transmitting the instructions to an interface device. Information indicating an interaction with the networked desktop environment may be received and the networked desktop state may be updated based on the interaction information.

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Priya Nayak