Patents by Inventor Chao Zhaou

Chao Zhaou has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8538949
    Abstract: The claimed subject matter provides a system or method for web crawling hidden files. An exemplary method includes loading a web page with a browser agent, and executing any dynamic elements hosted on the web page using the browser agent to insert pre-determined values. A list of form controls may be retrieved from the web page using the browser agent, and the controls may be analyzed using a driver component. Form control values may be sent from the driver component to the browser agent, and an event may be submitted to the web page by the browser agent or scripted content may be run to trigger operations on the web page corresponding to the form control values. A URL may be generated for various form control values using a generalizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Chao Liu, Chao Zhaou, Yi-Min Wang