Google Inc.

Tiruvilwamalai Venkatraman Raman

Charles L Chen

Chaitanya Gharpure

Mukkai S Krishnamoorthy

Michele Mae Covell

Jens Eilstrup Rasmussen

Anthony Scott Levandowski

Andrew R Golding

Charles Chapin

Rachel Shearer

James Benjamin deBoer

Aditya Krishna Bhandaru

A system and method for updating and correcting the location of geospatial entities, the method comprising receiving at a server from a mobile device operated by a first user, a proposed location for a geospatial entity, the proposed location determined by a wireless location system, and based upon a current location of the mobile device; providing information about the proposed location for the geospatial entity to a first plurality of other users; receiving votes from the first plurality of users as to whether the proposed location is correct and responsive to the received votes, determining whether to update the location information for the geospatial entity.

Trusted maps: updating map locations using trust-based social graphs

Disclosed are methods that may include determining that a focus setting of a first web page interaction state is an invalid focus setting. A navigation history log may be accessed that includes an indication of a second web page interaction state accessed by a user prior to the user accessing the first web page interaction state. Based upon the navigation history log, a third web page interaction state that includes an interactive element with a valid focus setting may be identified. The third web page interaction state may be presented to the user in which the interactive element with the valid focus setting having focus in the presented third web page interaction state.

Automatically recovering and maintaining focus

Systems and methods are provided for determining the status of traffic lights through a mobile device and communicating the status to the user of the device. The mobile device detects its geographical location, direction and elevation. The mobile device also receives information related to traffic lights, such as location and type. The device calculates positional deviation from the device to the traffic light and generates one or more prompts in the form of audible or tactile cues that progressively guide the user to point the device at the traffic light. The mobile device detects the image and color of the traffic light and determines the illumination and sign status of the traffic light. Then the mobile device communicates the traffic light status to the user.

Traffic light detecting system and method

Methods and systems for personalizing access to client devices using near field communication is disclosed. In a transaction between a client and a server, the client may detect the presence of a computing device using near field communication, and the device may be identified as an assistive computing device. Based on this information, the client may send the assistive computing device user interface data such that the transaction can be completed on the assistive computing device instead of the client.

Personalized access using near field communication

A computer-implemented method and system for realizing an interactive, virtual bookshelf representing physical books and digitally stored books of the user. Using a search query, the Web is searched using search metadata to identify a desired book. Library metadata corresponding to the physical books and digitally stored books of the user is then searched using the search metadata to determine whether the desired book is present in the virtual on-line bookshelf. Results indicative of whether the desired book is present on the virtual on-line bookshelf can be displayed.

Computer-implemented interactive, virtual bookshelf system and method

Digital mapping techniques are disclosed that provide visually-oriented information to the user, such as driving directions that include visual data points along the way of the driving route, thereby improving the user experience. The user may preview the route associated with the driving directions, where the preview is based on, for example, at least one of satellite images, storefront images, and heuristics and/or business listings. The visually-oriented information can be presented to the user in a textual, graphical, or verbal format, or some combination thereof.

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Tiruvilwamalai Venkatraman Raman