Google Inc.

Ryan Tabone

Randall Spangler

Sameer Nanda

Ryan Tyler Cairns

John Nicholas Jitkoff

Linus M Upson

William Alexander Drewry

Sumit Gwalani

Andrew De Los Reyes

Gaurav Shah

Luigi Semenzato

David Hendricks

Gueorgui Nikolov Djabarov

Caesar Sengupta

Benson Leung

David I MacLachlan

Michael D Pinkerton

Alex B Harper

Stuart B Morgan

Glen Murphy

David M Moore

Nicholas Jitkoff

Anton Valdemar Staaf

Simon Arscott

Matthew Nicholas Papakipos

Yoshimichi Matsuoka

Alexander Friedrich Kuscher

Andrew Bowers

Jonathan P Rochelle

Trond Thomas Wuellner

Sarah Cooper

Joshua Woodward

Christopher Masone

Dominic Marin Espinosa

Nagarajan Hariharan

Jeffrey Michael Kurtz

David Halpin

Methods and apparatus for verifying a boot process of a computing system are disclosed. An example computer-implemented method includes reading, by a computing system during a boot process, a header section of a read-write portion of firmware of the computing system. The example method further includes generating, using a first cryptographic hash algorithm, a message digest corresponding with the header. The example method also includes decrypting, using a first public-key, an encrypted signature corresponding with the header. The example method still further includes comparing the message digest corresponding with the header and the decrypted signature corresponding with the header. In the event the message digest corresponding with the header and the decrypted signature corresponding with the header match, the example method includes continuing the boot process. In the event the message digest corresponding with the header and the decrypted signature corresponding with the header do not match, the example method includes halting the boot process.

Firmware verified boot

Users can navigate and manipulate content, such as by scrolling a document or selecting content in the document, by using various touch inputs that indicate a behavior that the user is trying to perform. In order to improve the user interface experience for a user, embodiments analyze touch inputs to determine when a user would like to perform a navigational jump and then execute such a jump, based on the specific touch inputs involved.

Handling touch inputs based on user intention inference

A computer-implemented computer shut-down method includes identifying that a computing device has been moved from an open configuration in which input and output mechanisms on the computing device are accessible to a user, to a closed configuration in which at least some of the input and output mechanisms are inaccessible to a user; starting a shut-down timer in response to identifying that the computing device has been moved from the open configuration to the closed configuration; waiting a predefined time period, as established by the shut-down timer, and determining from the shut-down timer that the computing device can be transitioned from an active state into a sleep state in which power consuming components of the computing device are powered down; and transitioning the computing device from the active state to the sleep state upon determining that the computing device can be transitioned.

Delayed shut down of a computer

Methods and apparatus for implementing a recovery mode procedure for a computing device are disclosed. An example method includes determining, by a computing device, that a recovery mode procedure is to be executed on the computing device. The example method further includes, determining whether a trusted recovery image is accessible to the computing device and, in the event the trusted recovery image is accessible to the computing device, executing the recovery mode procedure to repair or replace a current image of the computing device using the trusted recovery image. In the event the trusted recovery image is not accessible to the computing device, the example method includes, providing instructions for obtaining the trusted recovery image, determining the obtained trusted recovery image is accessible to the computing device and executing the recovery mode procedure to repair or replace the current image of the computing device using the obtained trusted recovery image.

Computing device with recovery mode

A system and method is disclosed for recovering a boot image. Hardware instructions initiate a loading of a computer operating system on a computing device. During the loading of the operating system, multiple portions of boot code are verified and a determination is made whether each portion is valid. If a portion of boot code is determined to be invalid, a secure portion of the boot code is loaded to repair the invalid code and the loading of the operating system resumed.

Secure recovery apparatus and method

Systems and methods are disclosed herein for editing documents with non-native applications using an application engine. A request to open a document file using a non-native application is received from a user. An engine of the non-native application is selected, the engine being configured to edit the format of the file. Modifications to the document are received by the non-native application engine, and the document is saved to the file using the format of the file, without converting the document to a different format.

Systems and methods for editing a file in a non-native application using an application engine

The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a computer-implemented method including receiving a partial query term from a user. The method further includes providing the partial query term to multiple data provider modules. Additionally, the method includes receiving a set of search suggestion items responsive to the partial query term and receiving information identifying a category for each search suggestion item. The method further includes rendering a representation of each search suggestion item, and receiving a user selection identifying one of the search suggestion items from the user interface. And, the method includes rendering a status bar indicating the user selection.

Interactive search querying

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium may comprise instructions stored thereon. When executed by at least one processor, instructions may be configured to cause a computing system to at least receive, on a tactile input device of the computing system, a first contact and a second contact, the first and second contacts being maintained on the tactile input device, at least one of the first and second contacts changing location on the tactile input device, determine a direction of movement by the first and second contacts based on the at least one of the first and second contacts changing locations on the tactile input device, assign the determined direction of movement to one of a plurality of directional zones, and modify the determined direction based on the assigned directional zone.

Correcting scrolling gesture

Delayed shut down of computer

A system and method is disclosed for adjusting power consumption of a computing device. The computing device is configured with one or more sensors to sense when a user moves away and returns to the computing device. Over a period of time, the computing device determines a pattern of activity related to how long the user is normally away from the computing device during particular times of the day. The computing device may then adjust power consumption of the device or associated components during times of the day for which a pattern of activity has been determined. For example, the computing device may adjust a duration that the computing device will remain idle before power to the computing device is limited.

System and method for automatically adjusting an idle time of a computing device based on a pattern of user activity that indicates a period of time that the user is not in a predetermined area

According to one general aspect, a method may include monitoring, by a computing device, a user's current behavior in regards to the computing device. The method may also include determining whether to place the computing device in a reduced power mode based upon the user's monitored current behavior and based on a history of user habits in regards to one or more computing devices. In various implementations, the method may further include, if it is determined to place the computing device in the reduced power mode, placing the computing device in the reduced power mode.

Heuristics based on backoff for power modes

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Ryan Tabone