Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, at a user device, user input corresponding to handwritten text to be recognized using a recognition engine; and receiving, at the user device, a representation of the handwritten text. The representation includes the handwritten text parsed into individual handwritten characters. The method further includes: displaying, on a display of the user device, the handwritten characters using a first indicator; receiving, at the user device, an identification of a text character recognized as one of the handwritten characters; displaying, on the display, the text character; and adjusting, at the user device, the one of the handwritten characters from being displayed using the first indicator to using a second indicator in response to the received identification. The first and second indicators are different.

Abstract: This document describes techniques using, and devices embodying, integral program content distribution. These techniques and devices enable a request for program content to be received from an end-user device. In response to the request, an integral version of the requested program content is determined using an indication of a program content transition that corresponds to an apparent broadcast time of the requested program content. The program content can be transmitted to the end-user device as part of a cloud-based digital video recorder (DVR) system.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for adjusting ordinal positions for content item slots in response to determining that a content item slot with a highest slot ordinal position relative to the other content item slots in a resource is not within a viewport area. Adjusting the adjusting ordinal positions of either the content item slots or content items to be served in the content item slots ensures that a content item slot in the viewport displays a content item with a highest respective ordinal position in a ranking relative to other content items is rendered in the content item slot within the viewport area.

Abstract: A wearable computing device is described that detects an indication of movement associated with the wearable computing device when a user of the wearable computing device detected being located within a moving vehicle. Based at least in part on the indication of movement, a determination is made that the user of the wearable computing device is currently driving the moving vehicle. An operation is performed based on the determination that the user of the wearable computing device is currently driving the moving vehicle.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides efficient communication techniques for transmission of model updates within a machine learning framework, such as, for example, a federated learning framework in which a high-quality centralized model is trained on training data distributed overt a large number of clients each with unreliable network connections and low computational power. In an example federated learning setting, in each of a plurality of rounds, each client independently updates the model based on its local data and communicates the updated model back to the server, where all the client-side updates are used to update a global model. The present disclosure provides systems and methods that reduce communication costs. In particular, the present disclosure provides at least: structured update approaches in which the model update is restricted to be small and sketched update approaches in which the model update is compressed before sending to the server.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable medium for improving opt-out compliance are disclosed. A method includes identifying an opportunity to transmit a digital component to a client device that is identified by a given unique identifier, accessing a database, identifying, within the database and based on the accessing, an opt-out timestamp specifying when a given user corresponding to the given unique identifier was presented the opt-out opportunity, determining, whether the timestamp indicates that the user was presented with the opportunity within a specified amount of time, and processing the opportunity by submitting the opportunity to transmit the digital component to third party digital component sources in response to determining that the given user was presented with the opportunity within the specified amount of time, or refraining from submitting the opportunity in response to determining that the given user was not presented with the opportunity within the specified amount of time.

Abstract: A method for reducing bandwidth needed for streaming media content. The method includes identifying, by the streaming media server, a subset of a plurality of media content items having a portion of media data in common and extracting, by the streaming media server, the common portion from a first media content item of the subset; generating, by the streaming media server, a common media package comprising the extracted common portion, providing, by the streaming media server to a client media device, the common media package, and receiving, by the streaming media server from the client media device, a request for an item of content. The method also includes selecting an item of content from the subset; and transmitting, by the streaming media server to the client media device, an identification of the common media package and an identification of a chunk of the selected item of content subsequent to the common portion.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to associating computing devices with each other based on computer network activity for selection of content items as part of an online content item placement campaign. A first linking factor is identified based on a connection between a first device and the computer network via a first IP address during a first time period, and based on a connection between a second device and the computer network via the first IP address during the first time period. A number of devices that connect with the computer network via the first IP address is determined. A positive match probability is generated. A second and third linking factors are monitored. A negative match probability is determined based on the second and third linking factors. The first device is linked with the second device based on the positive and negative match probabilities.

Abstract: Techniques and apparatuses are described for video frame codec architectures. A frame decompressor decompresses compressed frames to produce decompressed frames. A frame decompressor controller arbitrates shared access to the frame decompressor. Multiple cores of an SoC request to receive a decompressed frame from the frame decompressor via the frame decompressor controller. The frame decompressor controller can implement a request queue and can order the servicing of requests based on priority of the requests or requesting cores. The frame decompressor controller can also establish a time-sharing protocol for access by the multiple cores. In some implementations, a video decoder is logically integrated with the frame decompressor and stores portions of a decompressed frame in a video buffer, and a display controller retrieves the portions for display using a synchronization mechanism. In analogous manners, a frame compressor controller can arbitrate shared access to a frame compressor for the multiple cores.

Abstract: Inferring membership in a group may include receiving one or more queries from a user, where the one or more queries have a feature that is independent of a subject matter of the one or more queries and that distinguishes the one or more queries from other queries received from the use. Inferring membership may include identifying the feature; and, in response to identifying the feature, making an inference that the user is a member of a group based on the subject matter of the one or more queries, where the group has one or more characteristics associated therewith. Inferring membership may further include attributing the one or more characteristics to the user based on the inference; and selecting the user for distribution of electronic content based on the one or more characteristics.

Abstract: A near-eye display system includes one or more non-planar display panels and a lenslet array to display a near-eye lightfield frame. The near-eye display system further includes a rendering component to render, based on a stereoscopic focus volume associated with a set of display geometry data of the one-or more non-planar display panels, the array of elemental images in the near-eye lightfield frame such that objects within the stereoscopic focus volume are perceived to be in focus by the user's eye. A method of operation of the near-eye display system includes receiving display geometry data for one or more non-planar display panels of the near-eye display system and rendering, based on a stereoscopic focus volume, an array of elemental images at a position within a near-eye lightfield frame such that the non-planar display panels presents objects within the stereoscopic focus volume to be in focus.

Abstract: Integrated component packages and methods of assembling integrated component packages are provided. The integrated component package can comprise a bump pitch relaxing layer. A high-bandwidth memory component directly mechanically coupled to the bump pitch relaxing layer on a first side of the bump pitch relaxing layer via a first set of bump bond connections. The high-bandwidth memory component directly electrically coupled to the bump pitch relaxing layer on the first side of the bump pitch relaxing layer via the first set of bump bond connections. The bump pitch relaxing layer mechanically coupled to a first side of a substrate via second set of bump bond connections. The high-bandwidth memory component electrically coupled to the substrate via the bump-pitch relaxing layer and the second set of bump bond connections, and a bump pitch of the second set of bump bond connections is larger than the first set of bump bond connections.

Abstract: A quantum computing device includes multiple co-planar waveguide flux qubits, at least one coupler element arranged such that each co-planar waveguide flux qubit, of the multiple co-planar waveguide flux qubits, is operatively couplable to each other co-planar waveguide flux qubit, of the multiple co-planar waveguide flux qubits, of the quantum computing device, and a tuning quantum device, in which the tuning quantum device is in electrical contact with a first co-planar waveguide flux qubit of the plurality of co-planar waveguide flux qubits and with a second co-planar waveguide flux qubit of the plurality of co-planar waveguide flux qubits.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for training an object embedding system. In one aspect, a method comprises providing selected images as input to the object embedding system and generating corresponding embeddings, wherein the object embedding system comprises a thumbnailing neural network and an embedding neural network. The method further comprises backpropagating gradients based on a loss function to reduce the distance between embeddings for same instances of objects, and to increase the distance between embeddings for different instances of objects.

Abstract: Implementations relate to providing selectable content items in communications. In some implementations, a method includes determining that a user is or will be participating in a communication using a device, the communication including an exchange of information with one or more other users. The method determines a set of one or more content items to be presented on the device for selection by the user, the content items derived from stored content and being related to activity performed by the user using the device or one or more other devices, and where the activity is external to the communication. The method causes a presentation of the set of content items with the device for selection by the user, and causes at least one content item selected by the user to be sent in the communication to at least one of the other users.

Abstract: Implementations relate to generating and displaying animations of user interface elements. In some implementations, a computer-executed method includes receiving user input indicative of manipulation of a particular user interface element with respect to a grid including a plurality of user interface elements. The method identifies, based on the user input, at least first and second rows of the grid to be updated. The method generates an animation to update the grid, including an update of the second row of the grid and one or more transitions comprising at least one of: transition of a first user interface element from the first row to outside the display area of the grid along a first direction, and transition of a second user interface element into the first row from outside the display area along a different second direction. The method causes the animation to be displayed.

Abstract: A method for determining playback behavior of a media item including a video component and an audio component includes determining a current event that causes a playing of the video component of the media item on a screen of a user device to be suspended. The method further includes predicting user playback preferences for the media item using a behavioral model trained on previous events corresponding to the current event, and determining, based on the predicted user playback preferences, whether to continue playing the audio component of the media item.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to associating computing devices with each other based on computer network activity for selection of content items as part of an online content item placement campaign. A first linking factor is identified based on a connection between a first device and the computer network via a first IP address during a first time period, and based on a connection between a second device and the computer network via the first IP address during the first time period. A number of devices that connect with the computer network via the first IP address is determined. A positive match probability is generated. A second and third linking factors are monitored. A negative match probability is determined based on the second and third linking factors. The first device is linked with the second device based on the positive and negative match probabilities.