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Google patent applications published on 02 February 2012

Administrator — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:36:41 +0000

16 US patent applications published on 02 February 2012 and assigned to Google

1	20120030606	SELECTING ALTERNATE KEYBOARD CHARACTERS VIA MOTION INPUT
2	20120030563	Real-Time Collaboration in a Hosted Word Processor
3	20120030542	DATA STORAGE DEVICE
4	20120030507	DATA STORAGE DEVICE
5	20120030416	DATA STORAGE DEVICE
6	20120030302	ELECTRONIC MESSAGE SOURCE REPUTATION INFORMATION SYSTEM
7	20120030031	USER-SPECIFIED ONLINE ADVERTISING
8	20120030015	AUTOMATIC ABSTRACTED CREATIVE GENERATION FROM A WEB SITE
9	20120030014	Automatic Ad Creative Generation
10	20120029672	CONTINUOUS AUDIO INTERACTION WITH INTERRUPTIVE AUDIO
11	20120027256	Automatic Media Sharing Via Shutter Click
12	20120027096	Video compression and encoding method
13	20120026194	VIEWABLE BOUNDARY FEEDBACK
14	20120026181	VIEWABLE BOUNDARY FEEDBACK
15	20120026118	MAPPING TRACKPAD OPERATIONS TO TOUCHSCREEN EVENTS
16	20120026077	MAPPING TRACKPAD OPERATIONS TO TOUCHSCREEN EVENTS

Google patents granted on 31 January 2012

Administrator — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:52:06 +0000

7 US patents granted on 31 January 2012 and assigned to Google

1	8,108,844	Systems and methods for dynamically choosing a processing element for a compute kernel
2	8,108,464	Collaborative workflow through messaging conversations
3	8,108,412	Phrase-based detection of duplicate documents in an information retrieval system
4	8,108,391	Identifying non-compositional compounds
5	8,108,383	Enhanced search results
6	8,108,306	Micro-payment system architecture
7	8,108,253	Identifying advertising specialist

Google patent applications published on 26 January 2012

Administrator — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:08:14 +0000

49 US patent applications published on 26 January 2012 and assigned to Google

1	20120023596	Electronic License Management
2	20120023534	ORGANIZING SOCIAL ACTIVITY INFORMATION ON A SITE
3	20120023503	MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTING RESOURCES FOR APPLICATIONS
4	20120023475	Bug Clearing House
5	20120023463	DOCK-SPECIFIC DISPLAY MODES
6	20120023425	Live Wallpaper
7	20120023417	Social Messaging User Interface
8	20120023415	TOOLBAR DOCUMENT CONTENT SHARING
9	20120023404	INDIVIDUALIZED TAB AUDIO CONTROLS
10	20120023401	EXTENDED KEYBOARD USER INTERFACE
11	20120023392	USER INTERFACE FOR WEB COMMENTS
12	20120023391	PROVIDING USEFUL INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH AN ITEM IN A DOCUMENT
13	20120023221	EVENT CORRELATION IN CLOUD COMPUTING
14	20120023143	ENCODING A SCHEMA VERSION IN TABLE NAMES
15	20120023120	PREDICTIVE QUERY SUGGESTION CACHING
16	20120023111	WORD DECOMPOUNDER
17	20120023098	DOCUMENT SCORING BASED ON QUERY ANALYSIS
18	20120023097	Computer Application Data In Search Results
19	20120023088	Location-Based Searching
20	20120023080	ENCODING A SCHEMA VERSION IN TABLE NAMES
21	20120022954	CLOUD BASED MEDIA PLAYER AND OFFLINE MEDIA ACCESS
22	20120022876	Voice Actions on Computing Devices
23	20120022874	DISAMBIGUATION OF CONTACT INFORMATION USING HISTORICAL DATA
24	20120022870	GEOTAGGED ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIO FOR ENHANCED SPEECH RECOGNITION ACCURACY
25	20120022869	ACOUSTIC MODEL ADAPTATION USING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
26	20120022868	Word-Level Correction of Speech Input
27	20120022860	Speech and Noise Models for Speech Recognition
28	20120022818	AGGREGATING MOBILE DEVICE BATTERY LIFE DATA
29	20120022787	Navigation Queries
30	20120022786	Navigation Images
31	20120022675	PREDICTIVE PRE-RECORDING OF AUDIO FOR VOICE INPUT
32	20120021808	MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE DOCK
33	20120021778	DETERMINING A GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION
34	20120021776	NETWORK PERFORMANCE SERVER
35	20120021775	SERVICE PROVIDER RECOMMENDATION ENGINE
36	20120021774	CONTEXT-INFLUENCED APPLICATION RECOMMENDATIONS
37	20120021729	Application Audio Announcements Using Wireless Protocols
38	20120021724	SECURING A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE
39	20120020578	Identifying Establishments in Images
40	20120020565	Selecting Representative Images for Establishments
41	20120020564	SHAPE CLUSTERING IN POST OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION PROCESSING
42	20120020490	Removing Noise From Audio
43	20120020465	Highlighting of Voice Message Transcripts
44	20120020411	VIDEO COMPRESSION AND ENCODING METHOD
45	20120020300	MAINTAINING NETWORK CONNECTIVITY
46	20120020254	COMPUTING DEVICE WITH REMOTE CONTACT LISTS
47	20120019540	Sliding Motion To Change Computer Keys
48	20120019465	Directional Pad Touchscreen
49	20120019446	INTERACTION WITH IME COMPUTING DEVICE

Google patents granted on 24 January 2012

Administrator — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:38:11 +0000

5 US patents granted on 24 January 2012 and assigned to Google

1	8,103,781	Mechanism for handling persistent requests from stateless clients
2	8,103,740	Cross-domain linking of data types
3	8,103,723	Message server that retains messages deleted by one client application for access by another client application
4	8,103,676	Classifying search results to determine page elements
5	8,103,544	Competitive advertising server

Google patent applications published on 19 January 2012

Administrator — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:52:04 +0000

30 US patent applications published on 19 January 2012 and assigned to Google

1	20120017182	Predictive Hover Triggering
2	20120017094	MANAGING USER ACCOUNTS
3	20120016953	Methods And Systems For Providing A Document
4	20120016902	Providing Profile Information to Partner Content Providers
5	20120016901	Data Storage and Processing Service
6	20120016889	DOCUMENT SCORING BASED ON QUERY ANALYSIS
7	20120016888	DOCUMENT SCORING BASED ON QUERY ANALYSIS
8	20120016887	IDENTIFYING INADEQUATE SEARCH CONTENT
9	20120016883	Enhanced Query Performance Using Fixed Length Hashing of Multidimensional Data
10	20120016874	DOCUMENT SCORING BASED ON QUERY ANALYSIS
11	20120016871	DOCUMENT SCORING BASED ON QUERY ANALYSIS
12	20120016870	DOCUMENT SCORING BASED ON QUERY ANALYSIS
13	20120016856	CONTENT EXTRACTOR
14	20120016780	LOCAL SHOPPING AND INVENTORY
15	20120016760	POINT OF SALE DATA COLLECTION
16	20120016759	POINT OF SALE DATA COLLECTION
17	20120016757	LOCAL SHOPPING AND INVENTORY
18	20120016749	CONSOLIDATED CONTENT ITEM REQUEST FOR MULTIPLE ENVIRONMENTS
19	20120016744	Method and System for Providing Filtered and/or Masked Advertisements Over the Internet
20	20120016741	TARGETING CONTENT WITHOUT KEYWORDS
21	20120016724	POLICY-BASED MEDIA SYNDICATION AND MONETIZATION
22	20120016658	INPUT METHOD EDITOR
23	20120015696	Application Audio Announcements Using Wireless Protocols
24	20120015695	PROVIDING A USER WITH FEEDBACK REGARDING POWER CONSUMPTION IN BATTERY-OPERATED ELECTRONIC DEVICES
25	20120015674	Automatic Routing of Search Results
26	20120015639	Telephone Caller Classification
27	20120015629	SECURING A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE
28	20120014514	METHOD OF INDICATING PRESENCE OF TRANSIENT NOISE IN A CALL AND APPARATUS THEREOF
29	20120014247	INTERFACE MONITORING FOR LINK AGGREGATION
30	20120013504	Mobile Device Battery Management

Google patents granted on 17 January 2012

Administrator — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:41:42 +0000

12 US patents granted on 17 January 2012 and assigned to Google

1	8,099,660	Tool for managing online content
2	8,099,480	Scalable workflow design for automated service management
3	8,099,412	Query statistics provider
4	8,099,407	Methods and systems for processing media files
5	8,099,327	Auctioneer
6	8,099,326	Traffic estimator
7	8,099,246	Device for assessing operating-mode transition reliability
8	8,099,144	Electronic device with hinge mechanism
9	8,098,938	Systems and methods for descriptor vector computation
10	8,098,934	Using extracted image text
11	8,098,904	Automatic face detection and identity masking in images, and applications thereof
12	8,098,572	Interface monitoring for link aggregation

Google patent applications published on 12 January 2012

Administrator — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:15:57 +0000

9 US patent applications published on 12 January 2012 and assigned to Google

1	20120011386	MEMORY APPARATUS OPERABLE TO PERFORM A POWER-SAVING OPERATION
2	20120011358	REMOTE ADMINISTRATION AND DELEGATION RIGHTS IN A CLOUD-BASED COMPUTING DEVICE
3	20120011310	SIMULATING A MEMORY STANDARD
4	20120011117	METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVING A SEARCH RANKING USING RELATED QUERIES
5	20120011111	Search Filtering
6	20120011003	Review of Advertisements
7	20120008865	SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETERMINING BUILDING NUMBERS
8	20120008681	LOSS-ROBUST VIDEO TRANSMISSION USING TWO DECODERS
9	20120008436	SIMULATING A REFRESH OPERATION LATENCY

Google patents granted on 10 January 2012

Administrator — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:02:02 +0000

14 US patents granted on 10 January 2012 and assigned to Google

1	8,095,876	Identifying a primary version of a document
2	8,095,673	Generic format for efficient transfer of data
3	8,095,665	User-friendly features for real-time communications
4	8,095,606	Provisioning user email accounts based on incoming emails
5	8,095,575	Word processor data organization
6	8,095,546	Book content item search
7	8,095,530	Detecting common prefixes and suffixes in a list of strings
8	8,095,528	Decentralised web annotation
9	8,095,430	Demand aggregation in a geo-spatial network
10	8,095,355	Displaying original text in a user interface with translated text
11	8,094,942	Character recognition for overlapping textual user input
12	8,094,941	Character recognition for overlapping textual user input
13	8,094,872	Three-dimensional wavelet based video fingerprinting
14	8,091,772	Automated appliance registration

Google patent applications published on 05 January 2012

Administrator — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:51:46 +0000

11 US patent applications published on 05 January 2012 and assigned to Google

1	20120005753	INTRUSIVE SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT
2	20120005200	Systems and Methods for Analyzing Boilerplate
3	20120005199	DOCUMENT SCORING BASED ON DOCUMENT CONTENT UPDATE
4	20120005197	Search Query Hash
5	20120004978	Call Tracking For Online Content Items
6	20120004898	Contextual Input Method
7	20120003973	MOBILE DEVICE CONFIGURED TO OPERATE ON MULTIPLE DIFFERENT NETWORKS
8	20120002820	Removing Noise From Audio
9	20120002640	FLEXIBLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS
10	20120001914	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING FIXED-SCALE CONTENT ON MOBILE DEVICES
11	20120000975	Recording the Power Distribution Hierarchy in Datacenters

Google patents granted on 03 January 2012

Administrator — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:55:27 +0000

18 US patents granted on 03 January 2012 and assigned to Google

1	D651,613	Electronic device with a graphical display element
2	D651,611	Electronic device with a graphical display element
3	8,091,101	Channel tune dwell time log processing
4	8,090,951	Systems and methods for transparent configuration authentication of networked devices
5	8,090,897	System and method for simulating an aspect of a memory circuit
6	8,090,779	Systems and methods for viewing media content in instant messaging
7	8,090,773	Context-aware processes for allowing users of network services to access account information
8	8,090,736	Enhancing search results using conceptual document relationships
9	8,090,723	Index server architecture using tiered and sharded phrase posting lists
10	8,090,717	Methods and apparatus for ranking documents
11	8,090,713	Methods and systems for improving a search ranking using population information
12	8,090,708	Searching indexed and non-indexed resources for content
13	8,090,706	Rendering advertisements with documents having one or more topics using user topic interest information
14	8,090,703	Overlapping experiments
15	8,090,222	Selection of an image or images most representative of a set of images
16	8,090,219	Systems and methods for socially-based correction of tilted images
17	8,090,146	Image watermarking
18	8,089,795	Memory module with memory stack and interface with enhanced capabilities

Google patent applications published on 29 December 2011

Administrator — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:21:34 +0000

8 US patent applications published on 29 December 2011 and assigned to Google

1	20110321167	AD PRIVACY MANAGEMENT
2	20110321133	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING WEB USERS
3	20110321072	Self-Service Channel Marketplace
4	20110320488	LOCATION IN SEARCH QUERIES
5	20110320317	IMAGE CAPTURE FOR PURCHASES
6	20110320307	CONTEXT-INFLUENCED APPLICATION RECOMMENDATIONS
7	20110316772	INPUT METHOD EDITOR
8	20110315259	CABLE EDGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS

Google patents granted on 27 December 2011

Administrator — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:32:51 +0000

20 US patents granted on 27 December 2011 and assigned to Google

1	8,087,068	Verifying access to a network account over multiple user communication portals based on security criteria
2	8,087,041	Estimating reach and frequency of advertisements
3	8,086,953	Identifying transient portions of web pages
4	8,086,725	Identifying associated systems such as advertising networks
5	8,086,698	Synchronizing configuration information among multiple clients
6	8,086,690	Determining geographical relevance of web documents
7	8,086,630	Using location-specific price and/or performance information in an ad system
8	8,086,624	Determining proximity to topics of advertisements
9	8,086,619	System and method for providing search query refinements
10	8,086,616	Systems and methods for selecting interest point descriptors for object recognition
11	8,086,600	Interleaving search results
12	8,086,599	Method and apparatus for automatically identifying compunds
13	8,086,594	Bifurcated document relevance scoring
14	8,086,559	Serving content-relevant advertisements with client-side device support
15	8,086,485	Method, algorithm, and computer program for optimizing the performance of messages including advertisements in an interactive measurable medium
16	8,086,253	Graphical mobile e-mail
17	8,085,995	Identifying images using face recognition
18	8,085,982	Object tracking in video with visual constraints
19	8,085,792	Traffic-oblivious load balancing protocol for sensor networks
20	8,084,884	Adaptive gate drive systems and methods

Google patent applications published on 22 December 2011

Administrator — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:01:52 +0000

8 US patent applications published on 22 December 2011 and assigned to Google

1	20110314438	Bug Clearing House
2	20110314095	Media Article Adaptation To Client Device
3	20110314008	PERSONALIZED NETWORK SEARCHING
4	20110313775	Television Remote Control Data Transfer
5	20110313657	Context-Sensitive Point of Interest Retrieval
6	20110311140	Selecting Representative Images for Establishments
7	20110310787	MAINTAINING NETWORK CONNECTIVITY
8	20110310686	Method and Circuit for Configuring Memory Core Integrated Circuit Dies with Memory Interface Integrated Circuit Dies

Google patents granted on 20 December 2011

Administrator — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 04:09:51 +0000

12 US patents granted on 20 December 2011 and assigned to Google

1	8,082,342	Discovery of short-term and emerging trends in computer network traffic
2	8,082,336	Decoupled terminal server
3	8,082,316	Resolving conflicts while synchronizing configuration information among multiple clients
4	8,082,244	Systems and methods for determining document freshness
5	8,082,242	Custom search
6	8,082,235	Self healing system for inaccurate metadata
7	8,082,178	System and method for managing advertising campaign data
8	8,082,174	Arbitrating the sale of ad spots to increase offer competition
9	8,081,849	Portable scanning and memory device
10	8,081,621	Speaker-buffer management for voice-over-internet-protocol (VoIP) triggered by microphone-buffer arrival
11	8,081,474	Embossed heat spreader
12	8,080,874	Providing additional space between an integrated circuit and a circuit board for positioning a component therebetween

Google patent applications published on 15 December 2011

Administrator — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 04:41:51 +0000

13 US patent applications published on 15 December 2011 and assigned to Google

1	20110307772	Scrolling in Large Hosted Data Set
2	20110307515	Conversion Path Performance Measures And Reports
3	20110307509	Conversion Path Performance Measures And Reports
4	20110307351	MICRO-PAYMENT SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE
5	20110307330	Conversion Path Performance Measures And Reports
6	20110307326	Conversion Path Performance Measures And Reports
7	20110307325	Conversion Path Performance Measures And Reports
8	20110307324	Conversion Path Performance Measures And Reports
9	20110307323	CONTENT ITEMS FOR MOBILE APPLICATIONS
10	20110307322	Conversion Path Performance Measures And Reports
11	20110307321	Conversion Path Performance Measures And Reports
12	20110307320	Conversion Path Performance Measures And Reports
13	20110307253	Speech and Noise Models for Speech Recognition

Google patents granted on 13 December 2011

Administrator — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:16:31 +0000

18 US patents granted on 13 December 2011 and assigned to Google

1	8,079,072	Null-packet transmission from inside a firewall to open a communication window for an outside transmitter
2	8,078,978	Method and system for predicting text
3	8,078,633	Methods and systems for improving text segmentation
4	8,078,632	Iterated related item discovery
5	8,078,629	Detecting spam documents in a phrase based information retrieval system
6	8,078,626	Unified management of time related information
7	8,078,617	Model based ad targeting
8	8,078,607	Generating website profiles based on queries from webistes and user activities on the search results
9	8,078,601	Determining unambiguous geographic references
10	8,078,573	Identifying the unifying subject of a set of facts
11	8,078,497	Distinguishing search results associated with an electronic commerce system
12	8,078,494	Methods and apparatus for ordering advertisements based on performance information and price information
13	8,078,349	Transitioning a mixed-mode vehicle to autonomous mode
14	8,078,204	Unsuccessful call alert
15	8,077,918	Architectures and methods for creating and representing time-dependent imagery
16	8,077,535	Memory refresh apparatus and method
17	8,077,454	Docking assembly for a computer and method
18	8,074,882	Targeted video advertising

Google patent applications published on 08 December 2011

Administrator — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:36:50 +0000

13 US patent applications published on 08 December 2011 and assigned to Google

1	20110302518	SELECTING ALTERNATE KEYBOARD CHARACTERS VIA MOTION INPUT
2	20110302362	SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CACHING INFORMATION
3	20110302194	SCALABLE RENDERING OF LARGE SPATIAL DATABASES
4	20110302188	DYNAMIC SEARCH BOX FOR WEB BROWSER
5	20110302153	Service for Aggregating Event Information
6	20110302025	Conversion Path Performance Measures And Reports
7	20110301955	Predicting and Learning Carrier Phrases for Speech Input
8	20110301939	METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SELECTING A LANGUAGE FOR TEXT SEGMENTATION
9	20110301890	AGGREGATING MOBILE DEVICE BATTERY LIFE DATA
10	20110301728	CONTINUOUS AUDIO INTERACTION WITH INTERRUPTIVE AUDIO
11	20110299552	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING MULTIPLE PATHS BETWEEN NETWORK NODES
12	20110299125	ASSOCIATION OF A PORTABLE SCANNER WITH INPUT/OUTPUT AND STORAGE DEVICES
13	20110299110	CLOUD-BASED PRINT SERVICE

Google patents granted on 06 December 2011

Administrator — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:14:31 +0000

13 US patents granted on 06 December 2011 and assigned to Google

1	8,074,162	Method and system for verifying the appropriateness of shared content
2	8,074,083	Controlling download and playback of media content
3	8,073,946	Monitoring of metrics to identify abnormalities in a large scale distributed computing environment
4	8,073,917	System for determining email spam by delivery path
5	8,073,915	Detection of chain-letters in user-generated comments for websites
6	8,073,852	Systems and media for awarding credits based on provided usage information
7	8,073,830	Expanded text excerpts
8	8,073,811	Online content collaboration model
9	8,073,807	Inferring demographics for website members
10	8,073,049	Method of coding a video signal
11	8,072,654	Three-dimensional calibration using orientation and position sensitive calibration pattern
12	8,072,650	Automated focus adjustment using a varying light pattern
13	8,072,448	Three-dimensional annotations for street view data

Google patent applications published on 01 December 2011

Administrator — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:28:02 +0000

13 US patent applications published on 01 December 2011 and assigned to Google

1	20110296507	Providing an Electronic Document Collection
2	20110296374	CUSTOM LANGUAGE MODELS
3	20110295952	METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR THE DISPLAY AND NAVIGATION OF A SOCIAL NETWORK
4	20110295842	Applying Scanned Information to Identify Content
5	20110295840	GENERALIZED EDIT DISTANCE FOR QUERIES
6	20110295831	Providing Content Using Stored Query Information
7	20110295828	SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SEARCH RESULTS
8	20110295680	Single Conversion Advertisements
9	20110295678	Expanding Ad Group Themes Using Aggregated Sequential Search Queries
10	20110295590	ACOUSTIC MODEL ADAPTATION USING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
11	20110294478	Telephone Caller Classification
12	20110293279	Tunable Multi-Wavelength Optical Transmitter and Transceiver for Optical Communications Based on Wavelength Division Multiplexing
13	20110292953	Tunable Multi-Wavelength Semiconductor Laser Array For Optical Communications Based On Wavelength Division Multiplexing

Google patents granted on 29 November 2011

Administrator — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:50:30 +0000

7 US patents granted on 29 November 2011 and assigned to Google

1	8,069,414	Embedded video player
2	8,069,282	SD switch box in a cellular handset
3	8,069,223	Transferring data between applications
4	8,069,176	LSH-based retrieval using sub-sampling
5	8,069,175	Delegating authority to evaluate content
6	8,069,088	Method and system for crediting a retailer for an internet purchase
7	8,068,980	Using boundaries associated with a map view for business location searching