Patents by Inventor Liu Fang

Liu Fang 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: 12159129
    Abstract: A method for downloading an application includes, after learning that an application is downloaded by a second user equipment, sending, by a first user equipment that has an association relationship with the second user equipment, a downloading request for the application downloaded by the second user equipment to an application server, where the downloading request carries capability information of the first user equipment, and receiving, by the first user equipment, an application to be downloaded, where the application matches the capability information of the first user equipment and is sent by the application server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI DEVICE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhiqin He, Liu Fang, Hongjie Yao, Zheng Xu, Kewen Wu
  • Publication number: 20210208861
    Abstract: A method for downloading an application includes, after learning that an application is downloaded by a second user equipment, sending, by a first user equipment that has an association relationship with the second user equipment, a downloading request for the application downloaded by the second user equipment to an application server, where the downloading request carries capability information of the first user equipment, and receiving, by the first user equipment, an application to be downloaded, where the application matches the capability information of the first user equipment and is sent by the application server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Zhiqin He, Liu Fang, Hongjie Yao, Zheng Xu, Kewen Wu
  • Patent number: 11004163
    Abstract: A terminal-implemented method, a server-implemented method and a terminal for acquiring a certification document are provided. The terminal-implemented method includes: determining a target application for providing the certification document according to a user-input identification of a legal source of the certification document; acquiring page contents of the target application, the page contents containing the certification document; and sending document contents including the page contents or the certification document to a certification-document extracting server to enable certification-document extracting server to extract the certification document from the document contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: XIAOMI INC.
    Inventors: Liu Fang, Meng Xu, Jianhe Jiang, Zhenyu Wu, Xianpeng Wang, Xin Zhang
  • Patent number: 10908889
    Abstract: A method for downloading an application includes, after learning that an application is downloaded by a second user equipment, sending, by a first user equipment that has an association relationship with the second user equipment, a downloading request for the application downloaded by the second user equipment to an application server, where the downloading request carries capability information of the first user equipment, and receiving, by the first user equipment, an application to be downloaded, where the application matches the capability information of the first user equipment and is sent by the application server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI DEVICE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhiqin He, Liu Fang, Hongjie Yao, Zheng Xu, Kewen Wu
  • Publication number: 20200125346
    Abstract: A method for downloading an application includes, after learning that an application is downloaded by a second user equipment, sending, by a first user equipment that has an association relationship with the second user equipment, a downloading request for the application downloaded by the second user equipment to an application server, where the downloading request carries capability information of the first user equipment, and receiving, by the first user equipment, an application to be downloaded, where the application matches the capability information of the first user equipment and is sent by the application server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Zhiqin He, Liu Fang, Hongjie Yao, Zheng Xu, Kewen Wu
  • Patent number: 10558448
    Abstract: A method for downloading an application includes, after learning an application downloaded by a second user equipment, sending, by a first user equipment that has an association relationship with the second user equipment, a downloading request for the application downloaded by the second user equipment to an application server, where the downloading request carries capability information of the first user equipment, and receiving, by the first user equipment, an application to be downloaded, where the application matches the capability information of the first user equipment and is sent by the application server. Using the foregoing technical solution, the application does not need to be manually downloaded for the user equipment, thereby saving manual operation and improving flexibility of downloading an application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: HUAWEI DEVICE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhiqin He, Liu Fang, Hongjie Yao, Zheng Xu, Kewen Wu
  • Patent number: 10181262
    Abstract: A method for processing key value information of a remote control, a control device, and a remote control that avoid a problem of reduced operation efficiency and reduced operation reliability caused by the need of simultaneous operations on two remote controls. Using the technical solution provided by this embodiment of the present application, it may be implemented that another remote control is synchronously set by performing operations on one remote control and displaying, using a display device, a to-be-learned button on the another remote control, which is easy to operate and thereby improves operation efficiency and operation reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: HUAWEI DEVICE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoling Liu, Zhiqin He, Liu Fang
  • Patent number: 10146811
    Abstract: A method for presenting a plurality of application programs for use in a device, includes: acquiring, for each of the plurality of application programs, at least two parameter factors indicating application information about the application program within a set time period; determining, for each of the plurality of application programs, a sorting factor based on the at least two parameter factors acquired for the application program; and sorting the plurality of application programs according to the sorting factors of the application programs, respectively, and presenting the sorted application programs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Xiaomi Inc.
    Inventors: Aibao Luo, Liu Fang, Yuan Fang
  • Publication number: 20180088923
    Abstract: A method for downloading an application includes, after learning an application downloaded by a second user equipment, sending, by a first user equipment that has an association relationship with the second user equipment, a downloading request for the application downloaded by the second user equipment to an application server, where the downloading request carries capability information of the first user equipment, and receiving, by the first user equipment, an application to be downloaded, where the application matches the capability information of the first user equipment and is sent by the application server. Using the foregoing technical solution, the application does not need to be manually downloaded for the user equipment, thereby saving manual operation and improving flexibility of downloading an application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Zhiqin He, Liu Fang, Hongjie Yao, Zheng Xu, Kewen Wu
  • Patent number: 9864591
    Abstract: A method for downloading an application includes, after learning an application downloaded by a second user equipment, sending, by a first user equipment that has an association relationship with the second user equipment, a downloading request for the application downloaded by the second user equipment to an application server, where the downloading request carries capability information of the first user equipment, and receiving, by the first user equipment, an application to be downloaded, where the application matches the capability information of the first user equipment and is sent by the application server. By using the foregoing technical solution, the application does not need to be manually downloaded for the user equipment, thereby saving manual operation and improving flexibility of downloading an application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: HUAWEI DEVICE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhiqin He, Liu Fang, Hongjie Yao, Zheng Xu, Kewen Wu
  • Publication number: 20170330452
    Abstract: A method for processing key value information of a remote control, a control device, and a remote control that avoid a problem of reduced operation efficiency and reduced operation reliability caused by the need of simultaneous operations on two remote controls. Using the technical solution provided by this embodiment of the present application, it may be implemented that another remote control is synchronously set by performing operations on one remote control and displaying, using a display device, a to-be-learned button on the another remote control, which is easy to operate and thereby improves operation efficiency and operation reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Xiaoling Liu, Zhiqin He, Liu Fang
  • Patent number: 9754481
    Abstract: A method for processing key value information of a remote control, a control device, and a remote control are provided. The present application can avoid a problem, in the prior art, of reduced operation efficiency and reduced operation reliability caused by the need of simultaneous operations on two remote controls. By using the technical solution provided by this embodiment of the present invention, it may be implemented that another remote control is synchronously set by performing operations on one remote control and displaying, by using a display device, a to-be-learned button on the another remote control, which is easy to operate and thereby improves operation efficiency and operation reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: HUAWEI DEVICE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoling Liu, Zhiqin He, Liu Fang
  • Publication number: 20170161856
    Abstract: A terminal-implemented method, a server-implemented method and a terminal for acquiring a certification document are provided. The terminal-implemented method includes: determining a target application for providing the certification document according to a user-input identification of a legal source of the certification document; acquiring page contents of the target application, the page contents containing the certification document; and sending document contents including the page contents or the certification document to a certification-document extracting server to enable certification-document extracting server to extract the certification document from the document contents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Liu FANG, Meng XU, Jianhe JIANG, Zhenyu WU, Xianpeng WANG, Xin ZHANG
  • Patent number: 9538230
    Abstract: A convergence terminal, including a set top box unit, a home gateway unit, a main control board and an interconnection backplane, where the main control board establishes a communication connection with each of a multimedia device and an Internet access device, the main control board connects, in a communication manner, to each of the set top box unit and the home gateway unit through the interconnection backplane. In the present invention, an objective of implementing that a television service and an Internet access service are separately provided through a service terminal is achieved, thereby reducing the number of service terminals used by a user for enjoying different services, and also reducing frequent wiring operations of the user on connection wires for inward connection and outward connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Huawei Device Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhiqin He, Liu Fang, Hongjie Yao, Zheng Xu
  • Publication number: 20160026662
    Abstract: A method for presenting a plurality of application programs for use in a device, includes: acquiring, for each of the plurality of application programs, at least two parameter factors indicating application information about the application program within a set time period; determining, for each of the plurality of application programs, a sorting factor based on the at least two parameter factors acquired for the application program; and sorting the plurality of application programs according to the sorting factors of the application programs, respectively, and presenting the sorted application programs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Aibao LUO, Liu Fang, Yuan Fang
  • Publication number: 20150262476
    Abstract: A method for processing key value information of a remote control, a control device, and a remote control are provided. The present application can avoid a problem, in the prior art, of reduced operation efficiency and reduced operation reliability caused by the need of simultaneous operations on two remote controls. By using the technical solution provided by this embodiment of the present invention, it may be implemented that another remote control is synchronously set by performing operations on one remote control and displaying, by using a display device, a to-be-learned button on the another remote control, which is easy to operate and thereby improves operation efficiency and operation reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Xiaoling Liu, Zhiqin He, Liu Fang
  • Publication number: 20150229866
    Abstract: A remote control method, a remote control device and a master device are provided. The remote control method includes receiving, by the master device, a main menu request instruction sent by the remote control device, and activating a main menu in the master device according to the main menu request instruction; receiving, by the master device, a first remote control instruction that is sent by the remote control device, and activating, according to the first remote control instruction, the peripheral submenu corresponding to the submenu activation option; and receiving, by the master device, a second remote control instruction that is sent by the remote control device, and performing, according to the second remote control instruction, control on the peripheral device corresponding to the activated peripheral submenu.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Inventors: Cunzhi Fan, Ling Zhang, Zhi Liu, Liu Fang
  • Publication number: 20150121364
    Abstract: A method for downloading an application includes, after learning an application downloaded by a second user equipment, sending, by a first user equipment that has an association relationship with the second user equipment, a downloading request for the application downloaded by the second user equipment to an application server, where the downloading request carries capability information of the first user equipment, and receiving, by the first user equipment, an application to be downloaded, where the application matches the capability information of the first user equipment and is sent by the application server. By using the foregoing technical solution, the application does not need to be manually downloaded for the user equipment, thereby saving manual operation and improving flexibility of downloading an application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Zhiqin He, Liu Fang, Hongjie Yao, Zheng Xu, Kewen Wu
  • Publication number: 20150113580
    Abstract: A convergence terminal, including a set top box unit, a home gateway unit, a main control board and an interconnection backplane, where the main control board establishes a communication connection with each of a multimedia device and an Internet access device, the main control board connects, in a communication manner, to each of the set top box unit and the home gateway unit through the interconnection backplane. In the present invention, an objective of implementing that a television service and an Internet access service are separately provided through a service terminal is achieved, thereby reducing the number of service terminals used by a user for enjoying different services, and also reducing frequent wiring operations of the user on connection wires for inward connection and outward connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Zhiqin He, Liu Fang, Hongjie Yao, Zheng Xu
  • Patent number: 8984006
    Abstract: Embodiments include a computer-implemented method that includes identifying a candidate parent entity having one or more characteristics indicative of the entity having a parent hierarchical relationship to another entity of an entity set, identifying a candidate child entity set including entities of the entity set that each have one or more characteristics indicative of the entity having a child hierarchical relationship to the candidate parent entity, comparing characteristics of the candidate parent entity to characteristics of an entity of the candidate child entity set to determine whether a hierarchical relationship exists between the candidate parent entity and the entity of the candidate child entity set, determining that a hierarchical relationship exists between the candidate parent entity and the entity of the candidate child entity set, and updating a hierarchical index to reflect the hierarchical relationship between the candidate parent entity and the entity of the candidate child entity set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Yu Wang, Yixin Chai, Fang Chu, Ting Fu, Sean Wonjoon Choi, Guangda Lai, Liu Fang, Li Liu, Ruohao Li