Patents Assigned to Kakao Corp.
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Patent number: 12363121Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for managing a user profile. A user profile management method performed by a server according to an example embodiment includes creating a public profile corresponding to a first user account, creating a chatroom in which a participation permission option related to certificate information is set so as to correspond to the public profile of the first user account, confirming a participation right of a second user account that requests the participation in the chatroom, based on the participation permission option, and allowing the second user account whose participation right is confirmed to participate in the chatroom.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2021Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: KAKAO CORP.Inventors: So Yon Sung, Ji Sun Lee, Bum Sun Ryu, Jee Won You, Young Min Park
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Patent number: 12346484Abstract: A user terminal according to an embodiment may include a processor configured to: based on accessing an instant messaging server with a user account and the user account being a general account, display a general interface for a plurality of services provided to the general account; and based on the user account being a protected account, display a protected interface in which at least some of the plurality of services provided to the general account is restricted.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2023Date of Patent: July 1, 2025Assignee: KAKAO CORP.Inventors: You Jin Kim, Jung Woo Choi, Jenog Ryeol Choi, Joong Seon Kim, Hong Chan Yun, Ju Ho Chung, Do Hyun Youn, Hyung Min Kim, Hyun Ok Choi, Chun Ho Kim, Bo Kyung Kim
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Patent number: 12348470Abstract: Provided are an instant messaging server providing a plurality of types of chat rooms, and a method of operating the instant messaging server. The method includes storing chat data transmitted and received in a first type chat room in a shared drive corresponding to an administrator with a first type account having an authority to manage the chat room, receiving, from a participant participating in a chat room, a request for previous chat data transmitted and received in the chat room before the participant started participating, and providing the previous chat data stored in the shared drive to the participant based on an access authority of the shared drive set in response to a chat room type.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2023Date of Patent: July 1, 2025Assignee: KAKAO CORP.Inventors: Han Wool Cha, Eun Hye Kim
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Patent number: 12340364Abstract: An instant messaging service may be configured to receive transaction information and enable users to respond to those transactions through chat messages. A first user interface screen associated with an item transaction may be provided in a chatroom interface of an executed messenger application. The first user interface screen may comprise an interfacing object associated with a list of user interface templates. Based on a user selection of the interface object and based at least one exposure condition associated with the list of user interface templates, at least one user interface template may be selected from the list of user interface templates for display in a second user interface screen of the executed messenger application. In a second user interface screen of the executed messenger application, a first user interface template of the at least one user interface template may be displayed.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2023Date of Patent: June 24, 2025Assignee: KAKAO CORP.Inventors: Sang Kyeong Lee, Seo Ji Lee, Lim Ah Lee, Yoon Sun Lee, Hyun Ji Oh, Je Woo Song
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Patent number: 12335212Abstract: Provided are a method and server for providing a content list. The method and server for providing a content list includes: providing source content to a chat room, receiving a request for providing a content list related to the source content from a first terminal of a first member; providing at least one of a first content list including at least one keyword-related content selected from among the entire contents stored in the server based on a keyword of the source content and a second content list including at least one group-related content belonging to the same group as a group of the source content among the entire contents, receiving information on selection content selected by the first member among the contents included in the at least one content list, from the first terminal, and providing the selection content to the chat room.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2024Date of Patent: June 17, 2025Assignee: KAKAO CORP.Inventors: Su Hyeok Cha, Tae Heon Lee, Hee Young Lee, Bo Kyung Kim, Gi Hyouk Lee, Won Jae Lee, Yang Kyun Park, Hui Hyeon Kim, Ji Sun Park, Won Bom Hong, Hye Won Jeong, Ji Yeong Kim, Jee Min Yang, Hee Jin Lim, Ji Hyun Son, Min Jeong Yang, Ah Seong Kim, So Yeon Kim
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Patent number: 12323372Abstract: A chatbot server that provides an instant messaging service using a relay chatbot linked to multiple chatbots includes a receiving unit that receives, from a messenger server, a question message relevant to a service selected from multiple services and service account information corresponding to the selected service; a derivation unit that derives an answer to the question message using the relay chatbot corresponding to the service account information; and a transmission unit that transmits the answer to the messenger server, wherein the relay chatbot relays a user device to the multiple chatbots linked to the relay chatbot to derive the answer through at least one of the multiple chatbots.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2018Date of Patent: June 3, 2025Assignee: KAKAO CORP.Inventors: Yu Mi Kim, No Suk Myung, Ji Soo Hwang
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Patent number: 12323374Abstract: A method and apparatus for a messaging service are provided. An operating method of a terminal on which an application for a messaging service is installed includes switching an input mode of a chat interface to an assistant mode to call an assistant function, receiving a call for the assistant function, and displaying an assistant interface corresponding to the called assistant function.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2023Date of Patent: June 3, 2025Assignee: KAKAO CORP.Inventors: Eun Hye Kim, Han Wool Cha, Seok Gyu Lee, Sul Gi Kim, In Hae Choi, Tae Jun Choi, Dae Nyeon Kim
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Patent number: 12316590Abstract: An operating method of a terminal on which an application for an instant messaging service is installed includes receiving a selection of a user for an interfacing object displayed in a predetermined area of a chat window for the instant messaging service, switching, in response to the receiving, an input mode in the chat window to a mode for generating a timeline emoticon, generating the timeline emoticon in which a plurality of emoticons selected by the user in the chat window are included in time series, according to the switching of the mode, and transmitting a chat message including the timeline emoticon, wherein the plurality of emoticons included in the timeline emoticon are displayed in the chat window.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2022Date of Patent: May 27, 2025Assignee: KAKAO CORP.Inventor: Su Hyeok Cha
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Patent number: 12299611Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for providing a counseling service. A method of operating a counseling center server interworking with an instant messaging service includes acquiring, based on an input of a first user for requesting counseling through a channel of a second user registered in the instant messaging service, a counseling type of the requested counseling, creating a first type of counseling ticket corresponding to unmanned counseling or a second type of counseling ticket corresponding to manned counseling based on the counseling type, monitoring a state change event that changes a state of the counseling ticket, and controlling an interfacing object included in a chat interface for counseling provided to a terminal of the first user to correspond to the channel to indicate the counseling type and the changed state of the counseling ticket.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2022Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: KAKAO CORP.Inventors: Han Yong Park, Hye Jin Oh, Jae Il Lee, Geon Woo Kim, Jun Kyu Park, Chan Hui Seok, Seung Hwan Lee
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Patent number: 12289277Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for providing a counseling service. A method of operating a counseling center server interworking with an instant messaging service includes providing a profile of at least one expert account for counseling linked to a channel of a second user to a terminal of a first user, identifying an initiation condition for a counseling ticket for counseling with a first expert account, creating a counseling ticket to be allocated to the first expert account, and transmitting counseling content through a chat room for counseling of the channel in which the first expert account and an account of the first user participate.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2022Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: KAKAO CORP.Inventors: Ho Jun Lee, Yu Mi Kim, Sung Yong Chang, Jung Han Choi, Bo Mi Hong, June Kwon Moon, Ji Soo Hwang
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Patent number: 12284575Abstract: Disclosed are a message service provision method for providing a message service via an open chat room corresponding to link information, and a message server and a terminal for executing the message service provision method. The message service provision method comprises the steps of: transmitting, to a message server, a request for issuing link information for an open chat room via a message application; receiving, from the message server, link information generated in response to the request for issuing link information; sharing the link information according to a request for sharing inputted by a user of a host terminal; and performing chatting with a user of a guest terminal participating in the open chat room by means of the shared link information; wherein the user of the guest terminal and the user of the host terminal are users who subscribed to a message service provided via the message server.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2023Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: KAKAO CORP.Inventors: Ji Sun Lee, Mun Heon Kim, Soo Hee Kim, Hong Kyu Park, Sang Won Moon, Ki Yong Shim, Hye Jung Im
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Patent number: 12284142Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for providing a counseling service. A method of operating a counseling center server interworking with an instant messaging service includes acquiring, based a search request for a message transmitted to a channel registered in the service, a search result of a chatbot server linked to the channel, providing an interface for inputting a value of at least one parameter included in the search result to a terminal of a counselor linked to the channel, acquiring an entity corresponding to the parameter based on the message, determining a value of the parameter based on at least one of the acquired entity and data input through the interface, and requesting, based on the determined value of the parameter, an instant messaging server configured to provide the service to transmit a response message corresponding to the search result.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2022Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: KAKAO CORP.Inventors: Ho Jun Lee, Jung Han Choi, Bo Mi Hong, June Kwon Moon, Ji Soo Hwang, Hye Ryeon Lee, Sang Hyeon Seo, Sung Yong Chang
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Patent number: 12267285Abstract: A method for displaying a message in a messenger service by a user terminal is proposed. The method may include receiving the message from a server. The method may also include receiving a mask command for the message from the server when text information extracted from the message satisfies a preset condition. The method may further include displaying a mask message corresponding to the message in a chat room of the messenger service based on the mask command.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2023Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: Kakao Corp.Inventors: Dae Won Yoon, Ki Yong Shim, Eun Jung Ko, Doo Won Lee, Ji Sun Lee
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Patent number: 12255748Abstract: A method for processing an abusing message in an anonymous chatroom includes providing a rule set of a latest version to an administrator terminal of the anonymous chatroom when the administrator terminal logs in to an account through a message application or enters the anonymous chatroom, receiving a new message in the anonymous chatroom, providing the new message to the administrator terminal, receiving a request for hiding the new message from the administrator terminal when the new message is determined to be an abusing message based on at least one of a spam keyword and the rule set stored in the administrator terminal, and transmitting a command to hide the new message to a user terminal that joins the anonymous chatroom according to the request for hiding the new message.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2022Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: KAKAO CORP.Inventors: Soo Bum Kim, Jung Woo Choi, Min Jeong Kim, Keun Seop Lee, Chang Yong Lee
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Patent number: 12237935Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for an instant messaging service to provide a schedule service. A schedule management server according to an example embodiment includes receiving a schedule creating request, selecting any one of a first type of calendar belonging to a chatroom in which the schedule creating request is created and a second type of calendar belonging to a user account which creates the schedule creating request, according to a schedule type included in the schedule creating request; and creating a schedule corresponding to the selected type of calendar.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2023Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: KAKAO CORPInventors: Jeong Min Yun, Moon Young Jo, Yeon Jin Lee, Won Chul Jeong, Han Byeol Choi, Bong Gyun Kang, Hyun Na Park, Moon Seok Park, Pyung Hwa Choi, Dae Seong Shin, Seung Uk Jeong, Hoi Moon Jeong, Won Iel Yoo, Seo Yon Choi
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Patent number: 12238457Abstract: An application processing method for providing a group video call and a terminal for performing a group video call are disclosed. The application processing method of providing a group video call may include executing a group video call comprising a plurality of participants, based on a number of the participants, displaying views corresponding to the participants by pagination, based on a predetermined action of a first participant whose view is not displayed on a predetermined page of a plurality of pages generated by the pagination, selecting one of participants whose view is displayed on the predetermined page as a second participant, and displaying the views by swapping a position of the view corresponding to the selected second participant and a position of the view corresponding to the first participant.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2023Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: KAKAO CORP.Inventors: Hyung Jin Kim, Sung San Kim, Hyo Jin Ham, Tae Kyu Kim, Young Wuk Seo, Dae Nyeon Kim, Seog Choi, Ji Ah Lee, Tae Jun Choi, Taek Hoon Kim
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Patent number: 12212424Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for an instant messaging service to provide a schedule service. A schedule management server according to an example embodiment includes receiving a schedule creating request, selecting any one of a first type of calendar belonging to a chatroom in which the schedule creating request is created and a second type of calendar belonging to a user account which creates the schedule creating request, according to a schedule type included in the schedule creating request; and creating a schedule corresponding to the selected type of calendar.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2023Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: KAKAO CORP.Inventors: Jeong Min Yun, Moon Young Jo, Yeon Jin Lee, Won Chul Jeong, Han Byeol Choi, Bong Gyun Kang, Hyun Na Park, Moon Seok Park, Pyung Hwa Choi, Dae Seong Shin, Seung Uk Jeong, Hoi Moon Jeong, Won Iel Yoo, Seo Yon Choi
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Patent number: 12182342Abstract: Provided is a method for recommending emoticons using a custom keyword, the method including: receiving, by a user terminal, matching information in which a custom keyword is matched with at least one metadata, wherein the metadata is information on attributes of an emoticon; storing the matching information or transmitting the matching information to a server by the user terminal; receiving, by the user terminal, the custom keyword through a message input window; and displaying, by the user terminal, at least one emoticon related to the metadata.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: KAKAO CORP.Inventor: Jee Min Yang
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Patent number: 12184595Abstract: A method of providing a chat service in a map-based virtual space includes receiving a place selection signal based on map information and/or a motion detection signal from user terminals, determining location information and FoV information of the corresponding account in the virtual space, determining image information of a perspective view and one or more other accounts to be displayed on the corresponding user terminal, receiving a chat request from a first user terminal, receiving a result regarding whether to accept a chat in response to the chat request from a second user terminal, determining whether an account of the first user terminal and the other account of the second user terminal on the street view satisfy a preset condition, and providing the chat service between the first user terminal and the second user terminal based on whether the chat is accepted and whether the preset condition is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: KAKAO CORP.Inventors: Hyuk Jo, Yoon Sue Park, Min Sol Son, Ha Gyeong Lee, Da Eun Yun, Jung Eun Kim, Jin Young Yang
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Patent number: 12170687Abstract: A method for determining a spam URL includes: (a) extracting a URL from an e-mail; (b) determining whether the extracted URL is a redirecting URL; (c) when the extracted URL is a redirecting URL, accessing a redirection URL that is connected as a result of access to the extracted URL; (d) when the redirection URL is a redirecting URL, accessing a redirection URL that is connected as a result of access to the redirection URL; (e) repeating operation (d); (f) when a last accessed URL in one of operations (c), (d), and (e) is not a redirecting URL, determine whether the last accessed URL is a spam URL; and (g) when it is determined that the last accessed URL is a spam URL, determining the extracted URL, the last accessed URL and any redirection URL connected between the extracted URL and the last accessed URL as spam URLs.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2021Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: Kakao Corp.Inventors: Yun Chang Kang, Kwang Su Oh, Seung Yun Jeong