Patents Assigned to HYPERCONNECT, INC.
  • Patent number: 11947612
    Abstract: A mediating method by a mediating device comprises receiving a first list including at least one item from a first terminal and receiving at least one list from at least one terminal different from the first terminal, searching for a list including an item corresponding to at least one item among the at least one item of the first list, among the received at least one list, and transmitting information on the corresponded item, according to a result of the search, to each of the first terminal and a terminal which provides the list including the item corresponding to the at least one item among the at least one terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Hyperconnect Inc.
    Inventors: Sangil Ahn, Kangsik Jung, Hyountaek Yong
  • Patent number: 11854536
    Abstract: A keyword spotting apparatus, method, and computer-readable recording medium are disclosed. The keyword spotting method using an artificial neural network according to an embodiment of the disclosure may include obtaining an input feature map from an input voice; performing a first convolution operation on the input feature map for each of n different filters having the same channel length as the input feature map, wherein a width of each of the filters is w1 and the width w1 is less than a width of the input feature map; performing a second convolution operation on a result of the first convolution operation for each of different filters having the same channel length as the input feature map; storing a result of the second convolution operation as an output feature map; and extracting a voice keyword by applying the output feature map to a learned machine learning model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Hyperconnect Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Il Ahn, Seung Woo Choi, Seok Jun Seo, Beom Jun Shin
  • Patent number: 11825236
    Abstract: Provided is a terminal. The terminal may include an input and output interface configured to receive a first video capturing a first user, a communication interface configured to transmit the first video or a first sound of the first user to a terminal of a counterpart and receive a second video or second sound, which is obtained by the terminal of the counterpart, through a video call session, a display configured to display the first video and the second video, and a processor configured to detect a specific event during the video call session, determine whether an inappropriate element is included in the first video or the first sound when the specific event is detected, and stop transmitting the first video or the first sound according to a result of the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Hyperconnect Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Il Ahn, Kang San Lee
  • Patent number: 11722638
    Abstract: One or more embodiment relates to a video communication device, video communication method, and a video communication mediating method, which are capable of preventing a user in a video communication from being exposed to an inappropriate image or sound from the other party. One or more embodiment may provide a video communication method comprising establishing a first video communication session with a first terminal, consecutively receiving images or sounds from the first terminal through the first video communication session, examining at least a portion of images or sounds received in a period of recent specific time among the received images or sounds, and blocking an output of at least a portion of the received images or sounds or reporting a user of the first terminal as an abusive user to a first server according to the result of the examining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Hyperconnect Inc.
    Inventors: Sangil Ahn, Kangsik Jung, Hyountaek Yong
  • Patent number: 11716424
    Abstract: A video call mediation method of a system may include receiving, by a server, a mediation request, from a plurality of mobiles, mediating, by the server, a first mobile and a second mobile, of the plurality of mobiles, establishing, by the first mobile and the second mobile, a video call session, receiving, by the first mobile, a video, from the second mobile, through the video call session, detecting, by the first mobile, a certain input, reporting, by the first mobile, a video received in the server, in response to the certain input, ending, by the first mobile, the video call session with the second mobile, and establishing, by the first mobile, a video call session with a third mobile, and verifying, by the server, the reporting, and rejecting, by the server, additional mediation request of the second mobile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Hyperconnect Inc.
    Inventors: Sangil Ahn, Kangsik Jung, Hyountaek Yong
  • Publication number: 20230229864
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for evaluating and improving responses, and a method and a computer readable recording medium thereof. The apparatus for evaluating responses according to the present disclosure obtains cluster classifying information for training responses, and based on distribution of clusters to which test responses output from the dialogue generation model are classified, evaluate semantic diversity of the responses output from the dialogue generation model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: Hyperconnect Inc.
    Inventors: Beom Su Kim, Bu Ru Chang, Seung Ju Han
  • Publication number: 20230229964
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for evaluating and improving responses, and a method and a computer readable recording medium thereof. The apparatus for evaluating responses according to the present disclosure obtains cluster classifying information for training responses, and based on distribution of clusters to which test responses output from the dialogue generation model are classified, evaluate semantic diversity of the responses output from the dialogue generation model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: Hyperconnect Inc.
    Inventors: Beom Su Kim, Bu Ru Chang, Seung Ju Han
  • Patent number: 11677904
    Abstract: A report evaluation method of a report evaluation device may include receiving a report from at least one client terminal, determining a category of the received report, identifying a learning model corresponding to the category, evaluating a reliability of the report through the learning model, and generating and outputting information on the reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Hyperconnect Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Il Ahn, Beomjun Shin, Seokjun Seo, Hyeongmin Byun, Mingyun Chae
  • Publication number: 20230154453
    Abstract: Systems and techniques to generate imitative responses are illustrated. response generation method performed in an electronic apparatus of the present disclosure includes acquiring at least one piece of utterance data, acquiring a first context corresponding to the utterance data from a context candidate set, generating one or more dialogue sets including the first context and the utterance data, receiving a second context from a user, and acquiring a response corresponding to the second context using a language model based on the one or more dialogue sets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Hyperconnect Inc.
    Inventors: Enkhbayar Erdenee, Beom Su Kim, Sang Bum Kim, Seok Jun Seo, Jin Yong Yoo, Bu Ru Chang, Seung Ju Han
  • Publication number: 20230135163
    Abstract: Provided is a method for training a model, including generating a plurality of attention maps by inputting training data into a previously trained teacher model, generating a set of attention weights of the teacher model based on the plurality of attention maps, generating a set of attention weights of a student model by inputting the training data into the student model, calculating a value of a first loss function based on the set of attention weights of the teacher model and the set of attention weights of the student model, calculating a value of a second loss function according to an inference of the student model with respect to the training data, and training the student model based on the value of the first loss function and the value of the second loss function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Hyperconnect Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob Richard Morton, Martin Kersner, Sang Il Ahn, Bu Ru Chang, Kwang Hee Choi
  • Publication number: 20230123698
    Abstract: The operating method of a server for providing a metaverse in which a call between user terminals may be performed may include: generating a first avatar based on profile information of a first user terminal and a second avatar based on profile information of a second user terminal; providing a map space in which the first avatar and the second avatar are able to travel; mediating a call between the first user terminal and the second user terminal based on whether a plurality of avatars including the first avatar and the second avatar have entered a first audio space included in the map space; and completing matching between the first user terminal and the second user terminal when a first sign of attraction to the second avatar is transmitted from the first user terminal and a sign of attraction to the first avatar is transmitted from the second user terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Hyperconnect Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Il Ahn, Yoon Woo Jang, Dong Woo Kang, Ye Li Kim, Seo Hee Choi, Yae Jin Han, Sun Yeop Lee, Han Ryeol Seong, Eun Hee Choi, Dan Ha Kim
  • Publication number: 20230094732
    Abstract: Disclosed are a terminal, an operating method thereof, and a computer-readable recording medium. The operating method includes establishing a video call session between a first terminal and a second terminal, receiving, by the second terminal, data obtained by the first terminal, sequentially storing, by the second terminal, the data received from the first terminal in a buffer size, performing, by the second terminal, a validity check on the data stored in the buffer, and processing, by the second terminal, the data in response to a result of the validity check.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Hyperconnect Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Il Ahn, Yong Je Lee, Sung Joo Ha
  • Patent number: 11615777
    Abstract: A terminal may include a display that is divided into at least two areas, when a real time broadcasting, where a user of the terminal is a host, starts through a broadcasting channel, and of which one area of the at least two areas is allocated to the host; an input/output interface that receives a voice of the host; a communication interface that receives one item selected of at least one or more items and a certain text from a terminal of a certain guest, of at least one or more guests who entered the broadcasting channel; and a processor that generates a voice message converted from the certain text into the voice of the host or a voice of the certain guest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Hyperconnect Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Il Ahn, Ju Young Hong, Yong Uk Jeong
  • Publication number: 20230080930
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of training a dialogue model in an electronic device, the method including selecting a first context from a first dialogue data set including at least one pair of a context and a response corresponding to the context, generating a first response corresponding to the first context through a first dialogue model, generating an augmented dialogue dataset by incorporating a pair of the first context and the first response corresponding to the first context into the first dialogue data set, and training a second dialogue model based on the augmented dialogue dataset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: Hyperconnect Inc.
    Inventors: Seok Jun Seo, Seung Ju Han, Beom Su Kim, Bu Ru Chang, Enkhbayar Erdenee
  • Publication number: 20230077528
    Abstract: A training method of a conversation model according to various example embodiments of the present disclosure may include identifying a first context, identifying a first response set corresponding to the first context based on a first model, identifying a response subset selected from the first response set based on a gold response corresponding to the first context and training a second model based on the first context information and the response subset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: Hyperconnect Inc.
    Inventors: Enkhbayar Erdenee, Beom Su Kim, Seok Jun Seo, Sang Il Ahn, Bu Ru Chang, Seung Ju Han
  • Patent number: 11606397
    Abstract: An operating method of a server, comprising, mediating a video call session between a first terminal and a second terminal; receiving satisfaction information on the video call session of a user of the first terminal from the first terminal; preparing combination of a specific type of personal information about a user of the first terminal and facial characteristic information about a user of the second terminal; calculating a correlation between the combination and the satisfaction information corresponding to the combination; receiving a video call mediating request from a third terminal and from a plurality of candidate terminals, and predicting satisfaction information of a user of the third terminal with respect to each of the candidate terminals; and choosing a fourth terminal among the candidate terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Hyperconnect Inc.
    Inventors: Sangil Ahn, Yongje Lee
  • Patent number: 11606533
    Abstract: Provided is a method of visually displaying a countdown time on a graphical user interface. A countdown time is set, the width and opacity of an area that changes as the set time is sequentially counted down are determined, and the area that changes based on the determined width and opacity is output on the graphical user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Hyperconnect Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Il Ahn, Byung Jong Kim, Eun Hee Choi
  • Publication number: 20230070223
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, a method of providing a profile of a user using an electronic apparatus includes identifying states of a plurality of online users accessing a profile provision system, determining at least one or more second users to be displayed on a terminal of a first user among the plurality of online users based on the states of the plurality of online users, and providing profile information of the at least one or more second users to the terminal of the first user, wherein the profile information of the at least one or more second users may include an indicator indicating a state of a corresponding second user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: Hyperconnect Inc.
    Inventors: Sangil Ahn, Yoonwoo Jang, Eunhee Choi
  • Patent number: 11570402
    Abstract: A terminal includes a communication interface for receiving a plurality of profile information from a plurality of terminals, an input/output interface for receiving a first signal generated by a user of the terminal based on a certain profile information of the plurality of profile information, and a processor for checking whether the terminal has a history of receiving a second signal from a terminal that provided the certain profile information, and for attempting, by the terminal, a video call to the terminal that provided the certain profile information depending on a result of the check, and the input/output interface may display the certain profile information and video call waiting time during the video call waiting time after attempting the video call.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Hyperconnect Inc.
    Inventors: Sangil Ahn, Byungjong Kim
  • Patent number: D1023040
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Hyperconnect Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Il Ahn, Byong Jong Kim, Eun Hee Choi