Google Inc.

Sony Corporation

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Generic Media, Inc.

Steve Chen

Christopher V Pirazzi

Howard E Chartock

Jody J Shapiro

Angela C W Lai

Jason Brant Douglas

Giovanni M Agnoli

Harry A Chomsky

James Peter Hoddie

Daniel E Weaver

David J Pawson

Kerrick Lindsey

Samuel Shoji Fukujima Goto

David Y Chen

Barnaby John James

Ulas Kirazci

Bo Wang

Sunil Vemuri

Valerie Nygaard

Angela Chunwah Lai

Ilya Firman

Anuj Thakkar

Chaitrali Amrutkar

Ognjen Nikolic

Hitoshi Hokamura

Sara Lee Su

Michael Aaron Safyan

Consolidation of disparate data source queries is provided. An application intake component can receive an application package file, and process the file to identify one or more actions and entities for the application. A natural language processor component can receive an input audio signal to identify an action and an entity on which to perform the action. An application delivery component can identify applications that can perform the action and applications that have access to the entity, and then select an application that is configured to perform the action on the entity. The application delivery component can provide an indication of the application selected by the system to a client device.

Consolidation of responses from queries to disparate data sources

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for indexing actions for resources. In an aspect, a method receiving, for each resource a plurality of resources that are each accessible by a user device, action data describing actions supported by each resource, each action being an action that can be performed by the user device processing the resource; for each resource: determining, from the action data, an action type for each action supported by the resource, determining, from the action data, action parameters for each action supported by the resource, and indexing the action data, action types and action parameters for the resource in an index that is searchable by a search engine.

Indexing actions for resources

Some implementations are directed to selective invocation of a particular third-party (3P) agent by an automated assistant to achieve an intended action determined by the automated assistant during a dynamic dialog between the automated assistant and a user. In some of those implementations, the particular 3P agent is invoked with value(s) for parameter(s) that are determined during the dynamic dialog; and/or the particular 3P agent is selected, from a plurality of candidate 3P agents, for invocation based on the determined value(s) for the parameter(s) and/or based on other criteria. In some of those implementations, the automated assistant invokes the particular 3P agent by transmitting, to the particular 3P agent, a 3P invocation request that includes the determined value(s) for the parameter(s).

Generating and transmitting invocation request to appropriate third-party agent

Some implementations are directed to selective invocation of a particular third-party (P) agent by an automated assistant to achieve an intended action determined by the automated assistant during a dynamic dialog between the automated assistant and a user. In some of those implementations, the particularP agent is invoked with value(s) for parameter(s) that are determined during the dynamic dialog; and/or the particularP agent is selected, from a plurality of candidateP agents, for invocation based on the determined value(s) for the parameter(s) and/or based on other criteria. In some of those implementations, the automated assistant invokes the particularP agent by transmitting, to the particularP agent, aP invocation request that includes the determined value(s) for the parameter(s).

A method and system are provided for web search customization and web site rating. The system receives user input web sites, stores the web sites in a database, and groups them into user-specified categories. The system further allows users to select one or more web sites for customizing web search and querying the preselected sites using user input keywords. The system further provides the users with options to query a plurality of search engines. All web sites stored within the system are rated in response to the user operations. Each web site has at least a global rating indicating the rating within the system, a category rating indicating the rating within a given category, and a keyword rating indicating the rating for a given keyword. The system provides the users with a list of recommended web sites based on the web sites' ratings.

Search engine query customization and search site rating system

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing ranked search results responsive to a query. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, from a user device, a query specifying an entity, determining two or more resources each of which provide media content related to the entity, for each of the resources, determining an effectiveness measure that is a measure of the effectiveness of the resource to present, to a user of the user device, the media content related to the entity, ranking the resources using, at least in part, the respective effectiveness measure, and providing, to the user device, a presentation of search results for the ranked resources.

Ranking search results

Verifying the identity of a person claiming to be represented by a picture by way of providing a string of text (randomly generated or generated by another person seeking verification of same) to be recited by the claimant. The string of text is recited in a video which is received by an intermediary server at a network node, or by a person seeking such verification. Automated processes may be utilized to compare the audio and video received to the picture and string of text sent. Further, comparisons to previously received audio, video, and strings of text, as well as the same available from third parties, may be used to determine fraud attempts. Viewers of the person's profile may also vote on the authenticity of a profile, thereby raising or lowering a certification confidence level, with their votes weighted more heavily towards those who have high confidence levels.

Image authenticity verification using speech

A method and system are provided providing electronic communications between users in a similar geographic location. Mobile devices determine geographic location information based on signals received from external devices, such as GPS satellites or cell sites, and web browsers determine geographic location using external devices or third party software, such as Google Loader, or based on the IP address of the computer running the web browser. The system receives geographic location information from a mobile device or web browser in addition to a user-input message. The system distributes the message to users of the system with geographic locations within a predetermined distance from the geographic location that the message was input.

System and method for electronic communications between users in a similar geographic location

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