Method and apparatus for compressing webpage text

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9542373-B2
Application number	US-201314388529-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 4, 2013
Priority date	Dec 31, 2012
Publication date	Jan 10, 2017
Grant date	Jan 10, 2017

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for compressing webpage text are provided. According to a webpage-opening request of a mobile terminal browser, a current language environment of the terminal is obtained. According to the language environment, a character container corresponding to the language environment is initialized. Requested webpage data are received. The received webpage data are parsed. The webpage data are merged and stored using the corresponding character container. During the initializing of the corresponding character container according to the language environment, it is determined whether the language environment belongs to Latin languages. When the language environment belongs to Latin languages, the character container is initialized to store utf-8 encoded data. Otherwise, the character container is initialized to store utf-16 encoded data. The present disclosure can intelligently determine a storage method according to the language environment, optimize and adapt stored content, and effectively reduce the browser memory occupied by the webpage data.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for compressing webpage text, comprising: according to a webpage-opening request of a mobile terminal browser, obtaining a current language environment of a terminal;
according to the language environment, initializing a character container corresponding to the language environment, wherein:
the character container is a storage space for storing related webpage data, and is implemented by applying for a “type” in software code to store the webpage data,
when the language environment belongs to Latin languages, the character container is initialized to store utf-8 encoded data, and
when the language environment does not belong to Latin languages, the character container is initialized to store utf-16 encoded data; and
receiving webpage data that are requested, parsing the webpage data, and merging and storing the webpage data by using the corresponding character container, including:
merging a plurality of text objects in source code of the webpage data that are originally stored in multiple character containers, and storing the merged plurality of text objects in the initialized character container, wherein the merged plurality of text objects are connected end to end, and
adding an adapting index for the initialized character container, such that each of the plurality of text object is able to be retrieved in the initialized character container according to a corresponding index value of the adapting index
wherein each of the plurality of text object is able to be retrieved in the initialized character container according to a corresponding index value of the adapting index without using the utf-8 encoded data or the utf-16 encoded data.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the language environment belonging to Latin languages comprises English, German, or French.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein during a process of applying for the “type” in software code to store the webpage data, the method further comprises:
first, applying for an extra space in order to store a head of the type for indicating additional descriptive information; and
next, applying for an actual space in order to store the webpage data.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the character container is implemented by applying for a String type in Java language to store the webpage text.

5. An apparatus for compressing webpage text, comprising one or more processors, memory, and one or more program units stored in the memory and to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more program units comprising:
a language-environment-determining unit configured to, according to a webpage-opening request of a mobile terminal browser, obtain a current language environment of a terminal;
a character-container-initializing unit configured to, according to the language environment, initialize a character container corresponding to the language environment, wherein:
the character container is a storage space for storing related webpage data, and is implemented by applying for a “type” in software code to store the webpage data,
when the language environment belongs to Latin languages, the character container is initialized to store utf-8 encoded data, and
when the language environment does not belong to Latin languages, the character container is initialized to store utf-16 encoded data;
a data-transmitting unit configured to receive webpage data that are requested; and
a data-parsing-storing unit configured to parse the received webpage data, and merge and store the webpage data by using the corresponding character container, wherein the data-parsing-storing unit comprises:
a content-optimized-storage unit configured to merge a plurality of text objects in source code of the webpage data that are originally stored in multiple character containers, and storing the merged plurality of text objects in the initialized character container, wherein the merged plurality of text objects are connected end to end, and
an adapting unit configured to add an adapting index for the initialized character container, such that each of the plurality of text object is able to be retrieved in the initialized character container according to a corresponding index value of the adapting index
wherein each of the plurality of text object is able to be retrieved in the initialized character container according to a corresponding index value of the adapting index without using the utf-8 encoded data or the utf-16 encoded data.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein, during a process of applying for the “type” in software code to store the webpage data:
an extra space is applied for first, in order to store a head of the type for indicating additional descriptive information; and
an actual space is applied for next, in order to store the webpage data.

7. The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the language environment belonging to Latin languages comprises English, German, or French.

8. The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the character container is implemented by applying for a String type in Java language to store the webpage text.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having a program stored thereon, the program being executed by a processor, wherein, when executed by the processor, the program causes the processor to perform a process for compressing webpage text, the process comprising:
according to a webpage-opening request of a mobile terminal browser, obtaining a current language environment of a terminal;
according to the language environment, initializing a character container corresponding to the language environment, wherein:
the character container is a storage space for storing related webpage data, and is implemented by applying for a “type” in software code to store the webpage data,
when the language environment belongs to Latin languages, the character container is initialized to store utf-8 encoded data, and
when the language environment does not belong to Latin languages, the character container is initialized to store utf-16 encoded data; and
receiving webpage data that are requested, parsing the webpage data, and merging and storing the webpage data by using the corresponding character container, including:
merging a plurality of text objects in source code of the webpage data that are originally stored in multiple character containers, and storing the merged plurality of text objects in the initialized character container, wherein the merged plurality of text objects are connected end to end, and
adding an adapting index for the initialized character container, such that each of the plurality of text object is able to be retrieved in the initialized character container according to a corresponding index value of the adapting index
wherein each of the plurality of text object is able to be retrieved in the initialized character container according to a corresponding index value of the adapting index without using the utf-8 encoded data or the utf-16 encoded data.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 9 , wherein the language environment belonging to Latin languages comprises English, German, or French.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 9 , wherein the program further causes the processor the process comprising:
during a process of applying for the “type” in software code to store the webpage data,
first, applying for an extra space in order to store a head of the type for indicating additional descriptive information; and
next, applying for an actual space in order to store the webpage data.

12. The non-tr

Assignees

• Guangzhou Ucweb Computer Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Liang Jie
• He Xiaopeng
• Yu Yongfu
• Zhu Shunyan
• Yang Xing

Classifications

• G06F16/957

  Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation · CPC title

• G06F40/146 Primary

  Coding or compression of tree-structured data · CPC title

• G06F40/126 Primary

  Character encoding · CPC title

• G06F40/221

  Parsing markup language streams (streaming G06F40/149) · CPC title

• G06F17/2252 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic