Google Inc.

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Guardian Data Storage, LLC

Nest Labs, Inc.

Yohana LLC

Senthilvasan Supramaniam

Osborne B Hardison

Jay Dare Logue

Klimenty Vainstein

Weiqing Huang

Jared A Luxemberg

Andrea Mucignat

Richard J Schultz

Oliver W Steele

Patrick Zuili

Nicholas Michael Ryan

Denis Jacques Paul Garcia

Serge Humpich

Jared A Luxenberg

Chang-Ping Lee

Hal Hilderbrand

Anthony Michael Fadell

Matthew Lee Rogers

Daniel Adam Warren

Grant Michael Erickson

Hugo Fiennes

Ian C Smith

Edwin H Satterthwaite, Jr

David Bell

Joseph E Palmer

Jonathan Alan Dutra

Michael Michio Ouye

Rossmann Alain

Yoky Matsuoka

Alain S Rossmann

Nitin Viswanathan

Hal Scott Hildebrand

Sean Paterson

Lingyun Liu

Benjamin Deming

Gwendolyn W Van Der Linden

Defne Civelekoglu

Michael Frederick Kenrich

David L Warner

Michael Michio Ouya

Richard J Iii Schultz

Systems and methods for proposal generation in a task recommendation system are provided. A task recommendation system may receive a completed task template corresponding to a task associated with a member. The task recommendation system may automatically query a resource library in real-time to identify a proposal template corresponding to the task type. The task recommendation system may then identify a proposal recommendation for a proposal option associated with a set of proposal options included in the proposal template. The task recommendation system may generate and present a proposal that includes the proposal recommendation. Based on member interaction with the proposal, the task recommendation system may update the member profile and the resource library.

Systems and methods for proposal generation in a task determination system

A method of rotating assigned credentials for client devices registering with servers may include determining that assigned credentials for a client device are expired; in response to determining that the assigned credentials have expired, generating new credentials for the client device; sending the new credentials to the client device; generating an encrypted version of the new credentials and storing the encrypted version of the new credentials at the server during a grace period, where during the grace period the client device can be authenticated using the assigned credentials or the new credentials; and deleting the encrypted version of the new credentials at an expiration of the grace period.

Subscription-notification mechanisms for synchronization of distributed states

Apparatus, systems, methods, and related computer program products for synchronizing distributed states amongst a plurality of entities and authenticating devices to access information and/or services provided by a remote server. Synchronization techniques include client devices and remote servers storing buckets of information. The client device sends a subscription request to the remote serve identifying a bucket of information and, when that bucket changes, the remote server sends the change to the client device. Authentication techniques include client devices including unique default credentials that, when presented to a remote server, provide limited access to the server. The client device may obtain assigned credentials that, when presented to the remote server, provide less limited access to the server.

Methods and systems facilitate network communications between a wireless network-connected thermostat and a cloud-based management server in a manner that promotes reduced power usage and extended service life of an energy-storage device of the thermostat, while at the same time accomplishing timely data transfer between the thermostat and the cloud-based management server for suitable and time-appropriate control of an HVAC system. The thermostat further comprises powering circuitry configured to: extract electrical power from one or more HVAC control wires in a manner that does not require a 'common' wire; supply electrical power for thermostat operation; recharge the energy-storage device (if needed) using any surplus extracted power; and discharge the energy-storage device to assist in supplying electrical power for thermostat operation during intervals in which the extracted power alone is insufficient for thermostat operation.

Smart-home proxy devices with long-polling

Methods and systems facilitate network communications between a wireless network-connected thermostat and a cloud-based management server in a manner that promotes reduced power usage and extended service life of a energy-storage device of the thermostat, while at the same time accomplishing timely data transfer between the thermostat and the cloud-based management server for suitable and time-appropriate control of an HVAC system. The thermostat further comprises powering circuitry configured to: extract electrical power from one or more HVAC control wires in a manner that does not require a 'common' wire; supply electrical power for thermostat operation; recharge the energy-storage device (if needed) using any surplus extracted power; and discharge the energy-storage device to assist in supplying electrical power for thermostat operation during intervals in which the extracted power alone is insufficient for thermostat operation.

Power-preserving communications architecture with long-polling persistent cloud channel for wireless network-connected thermostat

A thermostat may include one or more temperature sensors, a processor configured to operate in a sleep mode and a wake mode, and a Wi-Fi chip that wirelessly communicates with a thermostat management server. The Wi-Fi chip may be configured to receive data packets from the thermostat management server while the processor operates in the sleep mode, and determine a priority level of the received data packets. The priority level may include a standard priority level and a keep-alive priority level. The Wi-Fi chip may also be configured to filter the received data packets based on the determined priority level of each packet such that the keep-alive priority level packets are discarded, and forward the standard priority level packets to the processor.

Methods and systems for data interchange between a network-connected thermostat and cloud-based management server

Multi-tiered authentication methods for facilitating communications amongst smart home devices and cloud-based servers

Aspects of the present invention provide energy conserving communications for networked thermostats powered, in part, by batteries. A thermostat communication server stores a thermostat battery-level to determine what data should be sent to the thermostat. The thermostat communication server classifies types of data to be transmitted to the thermostat according to a data priority ranging from a low-priority to a high-priority data type. If the battery-level associated with the battery on the thermostat is at a low battery-level, the thermostat communication server may only transmit data classified under a high-priority data type. This conserves the power used by the thermostat, allows the battery on the thermostat time to recharge and perform other functions. If the battery-level of the thermostat is at a high level, the thermostat communication server may transmit a range of data to the thermostat classified from a low-priority type to a high-priority data type.

Subscription-Notification mechanisms for synchronization of distributed states

Improved approaches for effectuating changes to security policies in a distributed security system are disclosed. The changes to security policies are distributed to those users (e.g., user and/or computers) in the security system that are affected. The distribution of such changes to security policies can be deferred for those affected users that are not activated (e.g., logged-in or on-line) with the security system.

Method and system for implementing changes to security policies in a distributed security system

Techniques for providing pervasive security to digital assets are disclosed. According to one aspect of the techniques, a server is configured to provide access control (AC) management for a user (e.g., a single user, a group of users, software agents or devices) with a need to access secured data. Within the server module, various access rules for the secured data and/or access privileges for the user can be created, updated, and managed so that the user with the proper access privileges can access the secured documents if granted by the corresponding access rules in the secured data.

Methods and systems for providing access control to electronic data

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Sunnyvale, CA, United States of America

Senthilvasan Supramaniam