I think the compression patents are KEY for google.
Smartphone (or whatever you want to call it) video is still spotty, still takes forever, still incompatible with different devices....
I am not sure what IDCC has in this area ...but if they have a working solution that can handle the the problems of tomorrow (and today for that matter), I think Google would be foolish to pass them up.
I am not concerned by this weeks 'breather'. The talking heads do seem to be missing some key parts of the puzzle when trying to come up with a price.