Patents by Inventor Weihua Tao

Weihua Tao 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: 9667505
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method, device and program for generating a URL navigation page, and it relates to the field of network technologies. Based on a list of merged URLs, the present invention ranks the URLs visited by the user by a calculation method that uses the visit frequency as a standard to obtain the URLs most frequently visited by the user, then it puts the web sites represented by the top several URLs into specified positions to be displayed; the present invention also categories the URLs visited by the user according to a URL categorization rule, and then counts the frequency of visit to each category, and then designates corresponding display positions to the top categories in the rank according to the rank of the visit frequency, so that they can be displayed. By means of the present invention, the multiple categories of web sites most frequently visited by the user can be provided to the user in a more objective, more accurate and more comprehensive manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: BEIJING QIHOO TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Hongri Zhao, Xiaobin Zong, Weihua Tao
  • Patent number: 9354856
    Abstract: Disclosed are a software installation method and device. The software installation method comprises: dividing all the files of a to-be-installed software into core files and non-core files, wherein the core files are files used to achieve an active trigger function, and the non-core files are files used to achieve a passive trigger function; generating an installation sub-package of the core files and an installation sub-package of the non-core files; upon installing the to-be-installed software, using the installation sub-package of the core file to install the core files and run the core files, so that the active trigger function of the to-be-installed software operates normally. By means of the present application, the time for users to wait for software installation is shortened, and the user experience is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Beijing Qihoo Technology Company Limited
    Inventors: Chenxi Zhao, Weihua Tao, Jinwei Li, Huan Ren
  • Publication number: 20150154313
    Abstract: The present invention disclosed a method, a device and a browser for accessing to webpage to solve a problem of no cache at first access of the browser. The method comprises: creating an optimized cache area locally in advance, and preloading all webpage data required to be accessed in the optimized cache area; and when a webpage access request is initiated, querying whether the webpage data corresponding to the webpage access request is stored in the optimized cache area, if stored, reading the webpage data directly from the optimized cache area; if not stored, triggering a defaulted cache mechanism of a browser to query whether the webpage data is stored in a default cache area of the browser. The present invention may increase the access speed to webpage (especially having complex webpage script), and avoid the cache from being cleaned automatically by the browser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: BEIJING QIHOO TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Xiaobin Zong, Yuanzhen Ma, Weihua Tao
  • Publication number: 20150007165
    Abstract: Disclosed are a software installation method and device. The software installation method comprises: dividing all the files of a to-be-installed software into core files and non-core files, wherein the core files are files used to achieve an active trigger function, and the non-core files are files used to achieve a passive trigger function; generating an installation sub-package of the core files and an installation sub-package of the non-core files; upon installing the to-be-installed software, using the installation sub-package of the core file to install the core files and run the core files, so that the active trigger function of the to-be-installed software operates normally. By means of the present application, the time for users to wait for software installation is shortened, and the user experience is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Chenxi Zhao, Weihua Tao, Jinwei Li, Huan Ren
  • Publication number: 20140310560
    Abstract: The present application relates to a method and apparatus for module repair in software. In the method, when a module in the software has an error, correct content corresponding to the erroneous content is obtained by way of accessing a web page address; then the correct content obtained is directly loaded into a system memory and the corresponding correct content is invoked directly from the memory when the module is used. The method of the present application results in the software possessing a self-repairing function and self-detection function, and can be applied in any software device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Beijing Qihoo Technology Company Limited
    Inventors: Yuanzhen Ma, Baosheng Li, Weihua Tao
  • Publication number: 20140229601
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method, device and program for generating a URL navigation page, and it relates to the field of network technologies. Based on a list of merged URLs, the present invention ranks the URLs visited by the user by a calculation method that uses the visit frequency as a standard to obtain the URLs most frequently visited by the user, then it puts the web sites represented by the top several URLs into specified positions to be displayed; the present invention also categories the URLs visited by the user according to a URL categorization rule, and then counts the frequency of visit to each category, and then designates corresponding display positions to the top categories in the rank according to the rank of the visit frequency, so that they can be displayed. By means of the present invention, the multiple categories of web sites most frequently visited by the user can be provided to the user in a more objective, more accurate and more comprehensive manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Inventors: Hongri Zhao, Xiaobin Zong, Weihua Tao