Abstract: The technology is generally directed to personalizing digital components for users based on a merged preference profile. The merged preference profile may be generated based on declared and inferred preferences of the users. The declared and inferred preferences may be preferences related to brands, topics, types of products, etc. The merged preference profile may be used to personalize the digital components output to the user. For example, when identifying digital components to be selected, at least some of the digital components may be selected based on the merged preference profile of the user. At least a portion of the selected digital components may be digital components with a subject matching the preferences of the user, thereby improving the digital components output to the user.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer media provide for identifying exclusion zones in frames of a video, aggregating those exclusion zones for a specified duration or number of frames, defining a inclusion zone within which overlaid content is eligible for inclusion, and providing overlaid content for inclusion in the inclusion zone. The exclusion zones can include regions in which significant features are detected such as text, human features, objects from a selected set of object categories, or moving objects.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs stored on computer storage media, for populating a structured presentation with new values. One aspect can be embodied in machine-implemented methods that include the actions of obtaining a plurality of instances and a plurality of attributes; for each instance: identifying one or more documents from an unstructured document collection that are relevant to the instance, where each of the one or more documents include at least a value for an attribute in the plurality of attributes; and establishing a subset of the one or more values as characterizing the instance; and adding each instance, the respective attributes, and the respective subset of values to a structured data collection.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating tasks from user observations. One of the methods includes segmenting a plurality of observations associated with a user of a user device into a plurality of tasks previously engaged in by the user; and generating a respective task presentation for each of the plurality of tasks for presentation to the user.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating tasks from user observations. One of the methods includes segmenting a plurality of observations associated with a user of a user device into a plurality of tasks previously engaged in by the user; and generating a respective task presentation for each of the plurality of tasks for presentation to the user.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs stored on computer storage media, for retrieval and display of information from an electronic document collection. One aspect can be embodied in machine-implemented methods that include the actions of receiving description data describing a preexisting structured presentation, comparing characteristics of the preexisting structured presentation with content of electronic documents in an unstructured collection of electronic documents to locate electronic documents that identify a new attribute that is relevant to the preexisting structured presentation, adding an identifier of the new attribute to the preexisting structured presentation to form an expanded structured presentation, and outputting instructions for presenting the expanded structured presentation.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs stored on computer storage media, for retrieval and display of information from an electronic document collection. In one aspect, a machine-implemented method includes the actions of receiving description data describing a preexisting structured presentation, comparing characteristics of the preexisting structured presentation with content of electronic documents in an unstructured collection of electronic documents to locate electronic documents that identify a new instance that is relevant to the preexisting structured presentation, adding an identifier of the new instance to the preexisting structured presentation to form an expanded structured presentation, and outputting instructions for presenting the expanded structured presentation.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs stored on computer storage media, for populating a structured presentation with new values. One aspect can be embodied in machine-implemented methods that include the actions of receiving description data describing a preexisting structured presentation, comparing characteristics of the preexisting structured presentation with content of electronic documents in an unstructured collection of electronic documents to locate electronic documents that identify a new value that is relevant to the preexisting structured presentation, adding the new value to the preexisting structured presentation to form a new structured presentation, and outputting instructions for visually presenting the new structured presentation.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs stored on computer storage media, for retrieval and display of information from an electronic document collection. One aspect can be embodied in machine-implemented methods that include the actions of receiving description data describing a preexisting structured presentation, comparing characteristics of the preexisting structured presentation with content of electronic documents in an unstructured collection of electronic documents to locate electronic documents that identify a new attribute that is relevant to the preexisting structured presentation, adding an identifier of the new attribute to the preexisting structured presentation to form an expanded structured presentation, and outputting instructions for presenting the expanded structured presentation.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs stored on computer storage media, for populating a structured presentation with new values. One aspect can be embodied in machine-implemented methods that include the actions of receiving description data describing a preexisting structured presentation, comparing characteristics of the preexisting structured presentation with content of electronic documents in an unstructured collection of electronic documents to locate electronic documents that identify a new value that is relevant to the preexisting structured presentation, adding the new value to the preexisting structured presentation to form a new structured presentation, and outputting instructions for visually presenting the new structured presentation.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs stored on computer storage media, for retrieval and display of information from an electronic document collection. In one aspect, a machine-implemented method includes the actions of receiving description data describing a preexisting structured presentation, comparing characteristics of the preexisting structured presentation with content of electronic documents in an unstructured collection of electronic documents to locate electronic documents that identify a new instance that is relevant to the preexisting structured presentation, adding an identifier of the new instance to the preexisting structured presentation to form an expanded structured presentation, and outputting instructions for presenting the expanded structured presentation.