Patents by Inventor Qingfu Liu

Qingfu Liu 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).

  • Multilingual mixed search method and system
    Patent number: 9582570
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to a multilingual mixed search method, a system for multilingual mixed searching, and a computer program product for multilingual mixed searching. A multilingual mixed searching method is provided. The method includes receiving a query word entered by a user and identifying source language of the query word, translating the query word from the source language to query words of a plurality of target languages, the plurality of target languages being different than the source language, using the query word in a corresponding target language as a basis for searching an index of web page information corresponding to the corresponding target language and obtaining web page information in the corresponding target language, from the web page information obtained from the index corresponding to the corresponding target language, and translating the obtained web page information from the corresponding target language to the source language.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Limited
    Inventors: Wei Zheng, Feng Lin, Huaxing Jin, Li Sun, Qingfu Liu
  • MULTILINGUAL MIXED SEARCH METHOD AND SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130339378
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application relate to a multilingual mixed search method, a system for multilingual mixed searching, and a computer program product for multilingual mixed searching. A multilingual mixed searching method is provided. The method includes receiving a query word entered by a user and identifying source language of the query word, translating the query word from the source language to query words of a plurality of target languages, the plurality of target languages being different than the source language, using the query word in a corresponding target language as a basis for searching an index of web page information corresponding to the corresponding target language and obtaining web page information in the corresponding target language, from the web page information obtained from the index corresponding to the corresponding target language, and translating the obtained web page information from the corresponding target language to the source language.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Wei Zheng, Feng Lin, Huaxing Jin, Li Sun, Qingfu Liu