Patents by Inventor Xiaodan LIN

Xiaodan LIN 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: 9578119
    Abstract: Methods, servers, and clients for pushing and/or displaying a splash screen are provided herein. In an exemplary embodiment, a server can receive identification information sent from a client. The identification information can include user identification, a globally unique identifier (GUID) of the client, or a combination thereof. The server can obtain feature information correlated with the identification information from a preset database. The server can configure a splash screen according to the feature information and send the splash screen to the client. The splash screen can be displayed next time when the client is opened up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Xiaodan Lin
  • Patent number: 9338178
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and a system for performing scanning and killing on browser bookmarks, the method comprising: receiving, by a browser background server, a synchronization request that includes a user account and bookmark web addresses from a browser client; storing, by the browser background server, the bookmark web addresses correspondingly to the user account; and receiving a cloud scanning and killing instruction that includes the user account from the browser client, performing risk scanning and killing on the bookmark web addresses which the user account corresponds to, determining a risky web address, and feeding back a scanning and killing result that includes the risky web address to the browser client, by the browser background server. The solutions of the present invention can improve security of the browser bookmarks, and save storage spaces of a terminal device where the browser client resides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Tencent Technology (Shen-Zhen) Company Limited
    Inventors: Bo Yang, Xiaodan Lin
  • Patent number: 9313256
    Abstract: A plug-in management apparatus for managing plug-ins installed in application programs may comprise a local plug-in management module disposed in a client device. The local plug-in management module may be configured to detect a plug-in installed in an application program; determine an activation status of the plug-in; and when the plug-in is active, turn off the plug-in when the plug-in has been in an idle condition for a time longer than a predetermined idle time. The local plug-in management module may also be configured to delete a plug-in when an activation frequency of the plug-in is lower than a predetermined frequency; clean a plurality of caches used by the plug-in when a quantity of the plurality of caches is greater than a pre-determined cache quantity or when the plug-in has been activated for a time longer than a predetermined activation time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaodan Lin
  • Publication number: 20150373082
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for obtain webpages. The method comprises: receiving a webpage identifier through a browser; determining whether the webpage identifier comprises an error; if the webpage identifier comprises an error, matching the error with a corresponding correction method in a pre-stored matching table for webpage identifier errors; correcting the webpage identifier in accordance with the matched correction method; and sending the corrected webpage identifier to a server to obtain a corresponding webpage. Errors in the webpage identifier can be automatically corrected, which saves time and enhances the browsing experiences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jing Liu, Xiaodan Lin
  • Publication number: 20150370759
    Abstract: A method, terminal, cache server and system for displaying multimedia content in a browser, comprising receiving a webpage identifier in a browser window for a webpage comprising multimedia content, generating a multimedia content display request corresponding to the multimedia content, and sending the multimedia content display request to server, receiving multimedia content returned from the server, activating a multimedia display plug-in of the browser to display a multimedia display window, and displaying the received multimedia content in the multimedia display window, wherein the multimedia display window in an initial state is smaller than the browser window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jing Liu, Xiaodan Lin
  • Patent number: 9178874
    Abstract: The current invention discloses methods, devices and systems for logging in a third party server through a browser application at a client terminal. After receiving a validation request from a third party server, the main server for the browser application may choose to grant or deny the request. The validation request, which may include a third party identifier, a user identifier, and a session key, can be triggered by a data access request from the browser application. If there is an active communication session between the client terminal and the server, the server may send an authorization request to the third party so that the third party server allows the client terminal to access non-sensitive data associated with the user identifier through the browser application without further validation of the data access request. The current invention provides additional convenience and security for third party login operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Xiaodan Lin
  • Publication number: 20150296015
    Abstract: Provided is a method for synchronizing an application and a background server. The method includes: after a user logs on a browser of a mobile terminal device through inputting an account and a password, receiving information of an operation system running on the mobile terminal device and version information of the browser from the mobile terminal device; obtaining a set of identifications of applications corresponding to the account; determining a URL and an icon that correspond to an identification of an application matching the information of the operation system and the version information of the browser in the set of identifications of applications; and sending the identification of the matched application, and the URL and the icon that correspond to the identification of the matched application to the mobile terminal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Xiaodan LIN, Yu SHEN, Pengkun LI
  • Publication number: 20150237153
    Abstract: Examples of the present disclosure provide a method, device and system for pushing network data. The method includes: a backend server obtains description information of a user attribute according to user data collected through an interaction with a user terminal; obtain network data matched with the description information of the user attribute, and pushing the network data to the user terminal. The technical solutions of the present disclosure may reduce the load of a backend server, and a user may get personalized data contents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventor: Xiaodan LIN
  • Publication number: 20150215372
    Abstract: An information sharing method and the system thereof are provided. The method includes obtaining an information exported file by exporting the information to be shared, and storing the information exported file according to an assigned network address; generating a two-dimensional code according to the network address of the stored information exported file; sharing the generated two-dimensional code, and importing the information exported file by scanning the shared two-dimensional code. The system include an export processing module, a two-dimensional code generating module, a two-dimensional code sharing module, and an importing module. By the above method and system, the operation will be more convenient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Xiaodan LIN
  • Publication number: 20150058452
    Abstract: The disclosure is suitable for the mobile Internet field, and provides a video loading method, device and system of mobile terminal, comprising: acquiring a video resource address in a web page by a browser client; acquiring a platform ID code of the mobile terminal identifying a software platform of the mobile terminal by the browser client; transmitting a video loading request to a browser server by the browser client, so that the browser server delivers to the browser client a video corresponding to the video resource address and conforming to a video playback format of the software platform of the mobile terminal; and loading, by the browser client, the video. When the browser server is centrally exhibiting video resources to the browser client based on the scheme, the browser client can successively request, from a video content server, a video suitable for the software platform of the mobile terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Jing Liu, Xiaodan Lin
  • Publication number: 20140380426
    Abstract: The current invention discloses methods, devices and systems for logging in a third party server through a browser application at a client terminal. After receiving a validation request from a third party server, the main server for the browser application may choose to grant or deny the request. The validation request, which may include a third party identifier, a user identifier, and a session key, can be triggered by a data access request from the browser application. If there is an active communication session between the client terminal and the server, the server may send an authorization request to the third party so that the third party server allows the client terminal to access non-sensitive data associated with the user identifier through the browser application without further validation of the data access request. The current invention provides additional convenience and security for third party login operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventor: Xiaodan LIN
  • Publication number: 20140372500
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments relate to a field of network information technology. Described are a method and a system for sending webpage content of browser bookmark uniform resource locator (URL). The method includes the following steps: receiving browser bookmark URL information sent from a client, the browser bookmark URL information comprising a browser bookmark URL and a message indicating whether the client starts a function of webpage content offline downloading; determining whether a function of webpage content offline downloading of the client is started according to the prompting message; when the function of webpage content offline downloading of the client is client is started, extracting key webpage content of the webpage corresponding to the browser book mark URL; and sending the key webpage content to the client. The exemplary embodiments of present disclosure can save network traffic and improve a reading efficiency of the webpage corresponding to the bookmark URL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Xiaodan LIN
  • Publication number: 20140359470
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and terminal device for playing media synchronously. The method comprises: triggering a function of playing media synchronously, acquiring a preset identification (ID) corresponding to an end user, obtaining a media history playlist including a history of an address and a play location of a media file that is listened or viewed by the end user corresponding to the end user according to the preset ID, and resuming the media file that is chosen by the end user according to the media history playlist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventor: Xiaodan Lin
  • Publication number: 20140359424
    Abstract: A method for generating a web browser launch page is performed at a computer. The computer receives a user input to start a web browser application. In response to the user input, the computer identifies a set of favorite website addresses defined by the user and a set of website addresses visited by the user during a predefined time period and determines, among them, a set of favorite website addresses visited by the user during the predefined time period. For each favorite website address, the computer determines a timestamp of a most recent visit by the user, a number of visits by the user during the predefined time period, and a current score of the favorite website address and generates a new score for the favorite website address. Finally, the computer displays the set of favorite website addresses in a first window in an order consistent with their scores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventors: Xiaodan LIN, Jing LlU
  • Publication number: 20140351212
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for processing reading history is provided. The method includes receiving a reading history saving instruction, and acquiring an anchor position of a designated reading position of a current web page; generating an anchor link, based on the anchor position of the designated reading position; creating a reading history based on a title of the designated reading position and the anchor link, the created reading history includes at least the title of the designated reading position and the anchor link; and saving the created reading history. By saving the title of the designated reading position and the anchor link correspondingly, this application makes it convenient for the user to fast access the web page to which the anchor link is directed, locate the anchor position, thereby reducing the electric power consumption during the terminal device is accessing a particular web page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventor: Xiaodan LIN
  • Publication number: 20140344697
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and terminal for a user of a touch screen electronic device to readily and conveniently adjust or control multimedia playback progress using the touch screen are disclosed. In some embodiments, a playback progress adjustment method includes: detecting a contact with a touch screen at a multimedia playback window by a device having a processor and a touch screen; acquiring by the device a touch parameter of the contact; determining that the contact is a single contact with the touch screen based on the touch parameter, wherein the single contact is a continuous contact, the touch parameters corresponding to the continuous contact comprises a start position parameter and an end position parameter; adjusting playback progress of the multimedia based on the touch parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventors: Jing LIU, Xiaodan LIN
  • Publication number: 20140325323
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to mobile terminal technology field, and in particular, to an online video playing method, apparatus and computer-readable medium, the method comprising in response to detecting an access instruction to a video link on a webpage, scanning codes of the webpage; determining whether the codes of the webpage include a browser playing function, which is configured to generate a playing window with a predefined size in a browser to play the video; in response to the codes of the webpage include the browser playing function, acquiring a video content corresponding to the video link from a server indicated by the video link; invoking the browser playing function, generating the playing window with the predefined size in the browser, and playing the video content in the playing window with the predefined size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jing LIU, Xiaodan LIN
  • Publication number: 20140325340
    Abstract: The present application provides an information recording method, apparatus, browser and electronic device. The method includes: displaying a quick navigation item on the browser; receiving a trigger signal acting on the quick navigation item; after receiving the trigger signal, opening the preset webpage file according to the file save path corresponding to the quick navigation item; recording information in the editable region of the preset webpage file opened. By opening a corresponding preset webpage file using the quick navigation item corresponding to the file save path, a user can record information in the preset webpage file. Since the preset webpage file does not need to be logged into by connecting to a server via a network, notes can be made using the preset webpage file when offline and since a large amount of content is recorded in the preset webpage file, time and traffic can be saved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventor: Xiaodan LIN
  • Publication number: 20140289252
    Abstract: A method for managing webpage links in a browser is provided. The method includes receiving an instruction signal from a user of the browser for merging at least two specified webpage links of the browser. The method also includes automatically generating a new folder using multi-level path information of the at least two specified webpage links based on the instruction signal. Further, the method includes storing the specified webpage links in the new folder and displaying the new folder with the specified webpage links to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: XIAODAN LIN
  • Publication number: 20140129682
    Abstract: A plug-in management apparatus for managing plug-ins installed in application programs may comprise a local plug-in management module disposed in a client device. The local plug-in management module may be configured to detect a plug-in installed in an application program; determine an activation status of the plug-in; and when the plug-in is active, turn off the plug-in when the plug-in has been in an idle condition for a time longer than a predetermined idle time. The local plug-in management module may also be configured to delete a plug-in when an activation frequency of the plug-in is lower than a predetermined frequency; clean a plurality of caches used by the plug-in when a quantity of the plurality of caches is greater than a pre-determined cache quantity or when the plug-in has been activated for a time longer than a predetermined activation time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
    Inventor: Xiaodan LIN