We present observations spanning 355 orbital phases of HAT-P-7 observed by Kepler  from May 2009 to March 2011 ( Q1-9 ) .
We find a shallower secondary eclipse depth than initially announced , consistent with a low optical albedo and detection of nearly exclusively thermal emission , without a reflected light component .
We find an approximately 10 ppm perturbation to the average transit light curve near phase -0.02 that we attribute to a temperature decrease on the surface of the star , phased to the orbit of the planet .
This cooler spot is consistent with planet-induced gravity darkening , slightly lagging the sub-planet position due to the finite response time of the stellar atmosphere .
The brightness temperature of HAT-P-7b in the Kepler  bandpass is T _ { B } = 2733 \pm 21 K and the amplitude of the deviation in stellar surface temperature due to gravity darkening is approximately -0.18 K. The detection of the spot is not statistically unequivocal due its small amplitude , though additional Kepler observations should be able to verify the astrophysical nature of the anomaly .