Abstract: A composition comprises at least one a composition comprising at least one organosilicon compound which has two or more silicon atoms connected to either a carbon atom or a hydrocarbon moiety.

Abstract: Methods and systems for removing gases and/or pressure formed during the sterilization, e.g., the gamma irradiation, of prepacked chromatography systems (column plus attached tube and valve set) are described. The methods include purging the gas and/or pressure through specially designed tube and valve sets without breaching the sterility of the prepacked sterile chromatography system. The systems include a sterile or aseptic pre-packed chromatography column including a column having an inlet and an outlet, a tubing and valve set attached to the inlet and the outlet, and a pump configured to pump sterile or aseptic liquid from the fluid source along the tubing and valve set, into the column tube inlet and out of the column tube outlet along a first flow path, thereby removing any entrapped gas and/or pressure from the chamber.

Abstract: A method performed at a computer system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs executed by the one or more processors is described. The method includes concurrently displaying at least a portion of a document and a document operation search region for receiving one or more search terms. The method also includes detecting user activation of the document operation search region, and in response to detecting the activation of the document operation search region, displaying a plurality of document operation labels that includes multiple document operation labels corresponding to popular document operations. Each document operation label corresponds to a respective document operation. The method furthermore includes detecting user selection of a respective document operation label of the plurality of document operation labels, and performing the respective document operation that corresponds to the respective document operation label.

Abstract: Technology for automatic cross-device meeting authentication. An example method involving initializing, by a first computing device, a real-time meeting communication session, wherein the first computing device is connected to a media system; receiving information indicative of a mobile computing device of a user being in a physical presence of the first computing device, wherein the user is associated with the mobile device and a second computing device; granting control of the real-time meeting communication session from the mobile computing device of the user to the first computing device; transmitting an instruction that causes the second computing device to display a user interface element associated with the real-time meeting communication session, wherein the instruction is sent after granting the control; and granting control of the real-time meeting communication session to the second computing device of the user in response to a selection of the user interface element.

Abstract: Computer-implemented techniques can include initializing, by a server and with a first computing device, a real-time communication session, wherein the first computing device is connected to a media system, receiving, from at least one of the first computing device and a mobile computing device, authentication information for a user associated with the mobile computing device, the authentication information being indicative of the mobile computing device being in short-range wireless communication with the first computing device, associating the user with the real-time communication session, detecting that a second computing device that is associated with the user is logged into a same account as the mobile computing device, and in response to the associating and the detecting, transmitting, to the second computing device, instructions that cause the second computing device to display a user interface element associated with the real-time communication session.

Abstract: A method performed at a server system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs executed by the one or more processors is described. The method includes receiving from a respective client system a subset of a document displayed at the respective client system. The method also includes identifying one or more words in the received subset of the document, and sending to the respective client system one or more information items corresponding to the one or more words. The method includes receiving a selection of an information item in the one or more information items. The selection is made by a user associated with the respective client system. The method furthermore includes modifying the document by inserting a citation to the selected information item.

Abstract: Access to first data is provided to a first user and to a second user. A specified change is received from the first user. Access to second data generated based on the first user's specified change is provided only to the first user. The first data is updated based on the specified change, in response to a selection by the first user of an option to apply the specified change to the first data. Simultaneous access to the updated first data is provided to the first user and to the second user.

Abstract: A method performed at a server system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs executed by the one or more processors is described. The method includes receiving from a respective client system a subset of a document displayed at the respective client system. The method also includes identifying one or more words in the received subset of the document, and sending to the respective client system one or more information items corresponding to the one or more words. The method includes receiving a selection of an information item in the one or more information items. The selection is made by a user associated with the respective client system. The method furthermore includes modifying the document by inserting a citation to the selected information item.

Abstract: In the optical device, a ring-resonator modulator, having an adjustable resonance (center) wavelength, optically couples an optical signal that includes the carrier wavelength from an input optical waveguide to an output optical waveguide. A monitoring mechanism in the optical device, which is optically coupled to the output optical waveguide, monitors a performance metric of an output optical signal from the output waveguide. For example, the monitoring mechanism may monitor: an average optical power associated with the output optical signal, and/or an amplitude of the output optical signal. Moreover, control logic in the optical device adjusts the resonance wavelength based on the monitored performance metric so that the performance metric is optimized.

Abstract: A method includes receiving, at a meeting server, a first input from a first computing device associated with a first user; identifying, at the meeting server, a second user who is connected to an in-progress meeting using the first input; transmitting an access request message from the meeting server to a computing device associated with the second user; and in response to receiving a positive response to the access request message at the meeting server from the second computing device, granting the first user access to the in-progress meeting.

Abstract: A method performed at a server system having one or more processors and memory storing one or more programs executed by the one or more processors is described. The method includes receiving from a respective client system a subset of a document displayed at the respective client system. The method also includes identifying one or more words in the received subset of the document, and sending to the respective client system one or more information items corresponding to the one or more words. The method includes receiving a selection of an information item in the one or more information items. The selection is made by a user associated with the respective client system. The method furthermore includes modifying the document by inserting a citation to the selected information item.

Abstract: Implementations relate to computer-assisted agendas for videoconferences. In some implementations, a computer-implemented method includes receiving, at a device, scheduling input associated with a videoconference, where the scheduling input includes a time for the videoconference and one or more identifiers of one or more participants for the videoconference. In response to receiving the scheduling input, the method generates a record of the videoconference in storage, and determines an agenda for the videoconference including a plurality of agenda items. Each agenda item is associated with a respective time period in the videoconference, and at least one of the time periods is automatically determined. The method detects that the videoconference is in progress, and in response, causes output during the videoconference on one or more participating user devices connected to the videoconference, where the output is based on at least one of the agenda items.

Abstract: A system and method for providing access to data objects based on proximity. The system and method allow sharing of data objects by identifying one or more client devices proximate to the sharing device. The user of the sharing device may then select one or more of the identified devices with which to share the data object. Aspects of the invention include the ability to enable a “sharing mode” on the client devices to opt-in and allow communication with other similarly configured devices in the area. Access to the data object may be managed via an access control list present on a remote server, with the remote server hosting the data object.

Abstract: The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method that includes receiving, at a first portable program module in a first web-accessible container document at a client device, context information from a second portable program module in a second web-accessible container document at the client device. The method further includes identifying advertisement information for presentation to a user at the client device, wherein the advertisement information is based on the context information. The method further includes presenting the advertisement information by the first portable program module to the user.

Abstract: A method includes providing, by a server computer, a shared workspace for facilitating collaborative work by a plurality of users. The method also includes monitoring information associated with the shared workspace, the information relating to each user from the plurality of users. The method also includes determining whether a notification definition is satisfied, the notification definition based at least in part on the information associated with the shared workspace, and outputting, for display to at least one user from the plurality of users, a notification, in response to determining that the notification definition is satisfied.

Abstract: Embodiments of a system that includes an array of chip modules (CMs) is described. In this system, a given CM in the array includes a semiconductor die that is configured to communicate data signals with one or more adjacent CMs through electromagnetic proximity communication using proximity connectors. Note that the proximity connectors are proximate to a surface of the semiconductor die. Moreover, the given CM is configured to communicate optical signals with other CMs through an optical signal path using optical communication, and the optical signals are encoded using wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM).

Abstract: Implementations generally relate to facilitating presentations in video conferences. In some implementations, a method includes enabling a presenting user to provide a document to a network system. The method further includes enabling the document to be rendered on one or more devices of one or more respective viewing users, where the one or more devices are local to the one or more viewing users. The method further includes enabling the presenting user to navigate the document during a presentation.

Abstract: In general, aspects of the present disclosure are directed to techniques for migrating social networking connections in a social network from one profile to another profile. A first incoming connection from a third profile in a social network to a first profile in the social network may be determined. A first outgoing connection to a fourth profile in the social network from the first profile in the social network may be determined. A second incoming connection from the third profile to a second profile may be created based at least in part on the first incoming connection. A second outgoing connection to the fourth profile from the second profile may be created based at least in part on the first outgoing connection.

Abstract: A system and machine-implemented method for verifying ownership of an organization and providing authenticated organizational badges to be displayed is provided. A request for ownership verification is received from an organization. A first bi-directional link between a profile page for the organization and a control panel designated to the organization is established. A second bi-directional link between the profile page for the organization and a webpage of the organization is further established. An ownership of the organization is verified based on the established first and second bi-directional links. When the ownership of the organization is verified, a badge based on the profile page for the organization is provided for display in the web-based application.

Abstract: Systems and methods for restricting a scope of a post are provided. In some aspects, a post for a first set of users is received from a first user. An indication of the post is provided to at least a portion of the first set of users. A request to further share the post with a third user is received from a second user within the first set of users. A maximum scope for the post is determined. If the third user is within the maximum scope for the post is determined. The indication of the post is not provided to the third user if the third user is not determined to be within the maximum scope for the post.