Google Inc.

Ralph Jacob Cressman

Mario Anima

Mikhail Dhruv

Kevin Ferguson

Umanka Hebbar Karkada

Jeremy Lazarus

Benson Luk

Mohammed Waleed Kadous

Brian Patrick Williams

Andrew Ames Bunner

Denise Ho

Nadav Aharony

Marc Stogaitis

Pascal Tom Getreuer

Alan Lee Gardner, Iii

Paul Sowden

Zhentao Sun

James Kevin Rodgers

Ami Patel

Thomas Chao

Richard Daniel Webb

Steve Tsai

Daniel Estrada Alva

Benjamin Razon

Tony Weber

Liem Tran

Joseph A Farfel

Brian Duff

Vinay Ramesh Jain

Fengjia Li

Jared Hirsch

Mario Ventura Anima

The disclosure includes a system and method for detecting fine grain copresence between users. The system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that when executed cause the system to receive user input regarding copresence detection settings for a first user device, the copresence detection settings comprising a location and/or a user access control list, and determine a current location of the first user device. The system may determine whether copresence detection of the first user device is enabled at the current location based on the copresence detection settings and the current location. Based on determining that copresence detection is enabled, the system may refine copresence and perform an action based on fine grain copresence of the first and second user device.

Copresence permission model

The disclosure includes a system and method for discovering content in a topical community. The system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions when executed cause the system to: receive data indicating a first engagement action associated with a content item, the first engagement action performed by a first user; determine a topic associated with the content item; determine a topical reputation score related to the topic for the first user based on one or more second engagement actions performed by one or more second users associated with the content item; determine that the topical reputation score satisfies a reputation threshold; unlock the topic for the first user responsive to the determination that the topical reputation score satisfies the reputation threshold and provide the first user an ability to curate other content items associated with the unlocked topic.

Content discovery in a topical community

The disclosure includes a system and method for providing content recommendation to users on a site. The system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to: receive data describing a page on a site visited by a first user; query one or more sources to retrieve one or more candidate items for the first user; determine one or more source types related to the one or more candidate items; determine one or more scores for the one or more candidate items based on an interest profile and the one or more source types; rank the one or more candidate items; determine that an invitation trigger event causing a presentation of an invitation state occurs; determine that a recommendation trigger event causing a presentation of a recommendation state occurs during the invitation state; and provide a recommendation state to the first user.

Providing content recommendation to users on a site

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San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Ralph Jacob Cressman