Patents by Inventor Minuk Kim

Minuk Kim 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: 8725562
    Abstract: A method of providing a keyword advertisement and a system for executing the method are provided. The method of providing the keyword advertisement includes: generating and maintaining an advertiser history ranking by using an advertiser keyword purchase history; and ordering the keyword advertisement display with respect to a user keyword by using the advertiser history ranking. In this instance, the advertiser keyword purchase history includes mapping information between an advertiser and a keyword purchased by the advertiser for each advertisement group or for each advertisement campaign.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: NHN Business Platform Corporation
    Inventors: Ki Ho Song, Minuk Kim, Byounghak Kim
  • Patent number: 8364523
    Abstract: A method of recommending an advertisement keyword comprises receiving at least one keyword for an online advertisement from an advertiser; allowing the advertiser to select at least one standard for keyword suggestions associated with the advertisement; selecting at least one keyword suggestions based, at least in part, upon the at least one standard for keyword suggestions; and providing at least some of the selected at least one keyword suggestions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: NHN Business Platform Corporation
    Inventors: Wu Sic Wee, Minuk Kim, Byounghak Kim
  • Patent number: 8280762
    Abstract: An integrated advertising management method and system with respect to an advertising campaign including a plurality of advertising domains is provided. The integrated advertising management method includes the steps of: generating an advertiser identification associated with an advertiser; in response to a request from the advertiser, setting up an advertisement management component associated with the advertiser identification; and allowing the advertiser to manage the plurality of advertisements included in the advertising campaign by using the advertisement management component such that the advertiser can set up and update at least one of a plurality of conditions for the plurality of advertisements included in the advertising campaign.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: NHN Business Platform Corporation
    Inventors: Ki Ho Song, Byounghak Kim, Minuk Kim
  • Publication number: 20120016737
    Abstract: An integrated advertising management method and system with respect to an advertising campaign including a plurality of advertising domains is provided. The integrated advertising management method includes the steps of: generating an advertiser identification associated with an advertiser; in response to a request from the advertiser, setting up an advertisement management component associated with the advertiser identification; and allowing the advertiser to manage the plurality of advertisements included in the advertising campaign by using the advertisement management component such that the advertiser can set up and update at least one of a plurality of conditions for the plurality of advertisements included in the advertising campaign.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicant: NHN BUSINESS PLATFORM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ki Ho SONG, Byounghak KIM, Minuk KIM
  • Patent number: 8050966
    Abstract: An integrated advertising management method and system with respect to an advertising campaign including a plurality of advertising domains is provided. The integrated advertising management method includes the steps of: generating an advertiser identification associated with an advertiser; in response to a request from the advertiser, setting up an advertisement management component associated with the advertiser identification; and allowing the advertiser to manage the plurality of advertisements included in the advertising campaign by using the advertisement management component such that the advertiser can set up and update at least one of a plurality of conditions for the plurality of advertisements included in the advertising campaign.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: NHN Business Platform Corporation
    Inventors: Ki Ho Song, Byounghak Kim, Minuk Kim
  • Patent number: 8037064
    Abstract: A method and system for displaying a keyword advertisement through retrieval of an optimal landing page associated with a detailed keyword, and displaying the retrieved landing page for a user, instead of displaying a non-specific landing page associated with the advertisement keyword included in the detailed keyword. A method of displaying a keyword advertisement includes: receiving from a user a detailed keyword that includes one or more advertisement keywords purchased by an advertiser and character strings; dynamically retrieving a landing page according to the received detailed keyword; and displaying page information of the landing page for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: NHN Business Platform Corporation
    Inventors: Ki Ho Song, Minuk Kim, Byounghak Kim
  • Publication number: 20100131353
    Abstract: A method and system of processing an invalid click is provided. The method includes the steps of: verifying an invalid click Internet Protocol (IP) address of a user terminal generating the invalid click with respect to an advertisement; associating the invalid click IP address with the advertisement, and registering and maintaining the invalid click IP address in an invalid click list when the invalid click IP address is verified; and providing the user terminal of the invalid click IP address with a result page other than the advertisement with respect to an advertisement exposure request using the invalid click IP address. When a number of clicks is greater than or equal to a predetermined number of clicks with respect to the same advertisement using the same IP address over a predetermined time, the step of verifying verifies the same IP address as the invalid click IP address.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: NHN BUSINESS PLATFORM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jung Soo Ha, Wu Sic Wee, Minuk Kim
  • Publication number: 20100106594
    Abstract: Provided is an advertising method and system for displaying optimal advertising content, the method including the steps of: maintaining an advertisement database that includes a plurality of advertising contents associated with a targeted site; randomly rolling and displaying the plurality of advertising contents associated with the targeted site by referring to the advertisement database, when displaying the targeted site as a search result; analyzing click statistics information associated with each of the randomly displayed advertising contents; and determining the optimal advertising content associated with the targeted site based on the analyzed click statistics information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: NHN BUSINESS PLATFORM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ki Ho Song, Byounghak Kim, Minuk Kim
  • Publication number: 20080275783
    Abstract: A method and system of inspecting advertising contents of a keyword advertisement is provided. The method includes: crawling a Universal Resource Locator (URL) registered by an advertiser and extracting a URL keyword related to an advertisement site of the advertiser; extracting a target keyword from a plurality of advertisement information being registered in relation to the URL; and determining further inspection-required advertisement information through keyword comparison between the extracted URL keyword and the target keyword, the further inspection-required advertisement information having low relevance to the advertisement site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Applicant: NHN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wu Sic Wee, Minuk Kim, Hye Jung Roh
  • Publication number: 20080270388
    Abstract: A method of providing a keyword includes: receiving a query from a user; setting, according to user's selection, a keyword providing range with respect to the query; and providing a representative keyword or a tail keyword with respect to the query based on the keyword providing range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: NHN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wu Sic WEE, Minuk Kim
  • Publication number: 20080270167
    Abstract: A method of recommending an advertisement keyword comprises receiving at least one keyword for an online advertisement from an advertiser; allowing the advertiser to select at least one standard for keyword suggestions associated with the advertisement; selecting at least one keyword suggestions based, at least in part, upon the at least one standard for keyword suggestions; and providing at least some of the selected at least one keyword suggestions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: NHN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wu Sic Wee, Minuk Kim, Byounghak Kim
  • Publication number: 20080243593
    Abstract: A method for providing advertising content received from an advertiser comprises: receiving at least one advertising content associated with at least one target user group, and at least one search keyword associated with the at least one advertising content from an advertiser; associating the at least one target user group with at least one demographic category of users; storing the at least one advertising content in association with the at least one demographic category and the at least one search keyword in an advertisement database; detecting a search request from a user; obtaining user profile information associated with the user; retrieving advertising content from the advertisement database corresponding to demographic information contained in the obtained user profile information and the at least one search keyword received from the user; and displaying at least a portion of the retrieved advertising content to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: NHN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyung Sun Ko, Minuk Kim
  • Publication number: 20080243797
    Abstract: A method and system for displaying a keyword advertisement through retrieval of an optimal landing page associated with a detailed keyword, and displaying the retrieved landing page for a user, instead of displaying a non-specific landing page associated with the advertisement keyword included in the detailed keyword. A method of displaying a keyword advertisement includes: receiving from a user a detailed keyword that includes one or more advertisement keywords purchased by an advertiser and character strings; dynamically retrieving a landing page according to the received detailed keyword; and displaying page information of the landing page for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: NHN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ki Ho Song, Minuk Kim, Byounghak Kim
  • Publication number: 20080243617
    Abstract: A method of providing a keyword advertisement and a system for executing the method are provided. The method of providing the keyword advertisement includes: generating and maintaining an advertiser history ranking by using an advertiser keyword purchase history; and ordering the keyword advertisement display with respect to a user keyword by using the advertiser history ranking. In this instance, the advertiser keyword purchase history includes mapping information between an advertiser and a keyword purchased by the advertiser for each advertisement group or for each advertisement campaign.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: NHN Corporation
    Inventors: Ki Ho Song, Minuk Kim, Byounghak Kim
  • Publication number: 20080243592
    Abstract: An integrated advertising management method and system with respect to an advertising campaign including a plurality of advertising domains is provided. The integrated advertising management method includes the steps of: generating an advertiser identification associated with an advertiser; in response to a request from the advertiser, setting up an advertisement management component associated with the advertiser identification; and allowing the advertiser to manage the plurality of advertisements included in the advertising campaign by using the advertisement management component such that the advertiser can set up and update at least one of a plurality of conditions for the plurality of advertisements included in the advertising campaign.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: NHN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ki Ho Song, Byounghak Kim, Minuk Kim