Patents Assigned to LINE CORPORATION
  • Patent number: 11709846
    Abstract: The present inventive concepts encourage users to actively form friend relationships and also incentivize users to actively utilize services provided by an SNS and the like by assigning ranks to users in consideration of the users' friend relationships. A management server including a memory configured to store computer-readable instructions, and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to determine a personal rank of a target user based on a personal utilization record for the target user, obtain the personal rank of at least one related user who is associated with the target user, and derive an overall rank of the target user based on the personal rank of the at least one related user and the personal rank of the target user may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: LINE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomohiko Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 11695715
    Abstract: Disclosed are a system, method, device, and/or non-transitory computer readable medium for providing an instant messaging service implemented with a computer. The method includes receiving a request on establishing a conversation interface with an official account registered at the instant messaging service from a client, providing a rich menu user interface associated with the official account on a portion of the conversation interface when the client establishes the conversation interface in response to the request, receiving a selection on a display item included in the rich menu from the client, identifying content associated with the selected display item by a manager of the official account, and providing the identified content to the client through the conversation interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Line Corporation
    Inventors: Mi Seon Kim, Do Hun Im, Young Su Ko, Yusuke Ota
  • Publication number: 20230198928
    Abstract: A social network service method implemented with a computer is provided which includes receiving at least one control condition for controlling an operation of a social network service from a user, generating a folder operated by the at least one control condition, associating at least one chatting element with the folder, and determining whether to control the operation of the social network service based on the at least one control condition, in response to a message from a conversation partner associated with the at least one chatting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: LINE Corporation
    Inventor: Ki Yong CHA
  • Patent number: 11679327
    Abstract: A method of controlling an information processing device related to a content platform including transmitting content information relating to content to a user's terminal device, receiving action information relating to actions transmitted from one or more other users' terminal devices with respect to a content situation of the content from a distribution information processing device related to a distribution platform that is configured to distribute the content situation that progresses on the user's terminal device to the one or more other users' terminal devices, and associating benefit information relating to the content with the user in a case where the action satisfies conditions on the basis of the action information may be provided. Also provided is a device and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program for performing the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: LINE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yongdae Kim, Makoto Numata
  • Publication number: 20230155909
    Abstract: Methods and systems for evaluating a service experience performance of a user may be provided. A method of evaluating a service experience performance may include capturing a screen based on a time unit until a landing image according to a scenario of a service is loaded, determining that loading of the landing image is completed based on the captured screen, deriving an amount of loading time until the loading of the landing image is completed, and indexing performance for the scenario of the service based on the amount of loading time and an evaluation reference time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: LINE Corporation
    Inventors: Jiyoon MOON, Changdeuk HWA
  • Publication number: 20230138065
    Abstract: An information processing method may be performed by a terminal, and the method may include displaying, on a display of the terminal, at least a first display based on first information relating to a remittance request from a first user to a user of the terminal or a remittance request from a user of the terminal to the first user, and a second display based on second information relating to a remittance request from a second user to the user of the terminal or a remittance request from the user of the terminal to the second user, and performing, by a processor of the terminal, first processing based on the first information and the second information, based on input to the terminal on which the first display and the second display are displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: LINE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryosuke HAMASAKO, Yosuke MAZAKI
  • Patent number: 11636460
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic device, a method, and a computer-readable recording medium for electronic transactions. The electronic device displays a first graphical user interface (GUI) on a touch screen, the first GUI including a currency amount, displays a second GUI corresponding to transmission of the currency amount according to a currency transmission signal input to the touch screen, determines an amount of an electronic transaction according to the currency transmission signal, and transmits a generated signal containing information on the amount of the electronic transaction to an information processing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: LINE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yun-Ru Sun, Chien-Wei Hu, Yu-Chuan Wei, Li-Wen Liao
  • Patent number: 11636205
    Abstract: A malware detection method and system using a memory map. A malware detection method may include collecting, by processing circuitry, a plurality of memory maps from a plurality of client devices, a client program being installed in each of the plurality of client devices, analyzing, by the processing circuitry, a plurality of memory addresses of the plurality of memory maps to obtain an analysis result, and determining, by the processing circuitry, whether malware is present in one of the plurality of client devices based on the analysis result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: LINE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Changseon Lee
  • Patent number: 11636253
    Abstract: An audio record management method includes linking an app dedicated for audio record management installed in a first device and a website dedicated for audio record management connected to a second device; displaying an audio file being recorded or being played back in the app on a file list on the website through linkage between the app and the website; and providing a memo creation screen for the audio file on the website in response to a selection of the audio file from the file list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignees: NAVER CORPORATION, LINE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jieun Shin, Gilhwan Hwang, Ye Lim Jeong, Hyangnam Oh, Dai-Hyun Lim, Dongyeol Lee
  • Patent number: 11637799
    Abstract: Disclosed is a server capable of improving convenience for a user at the time of service registration. The server includes a service providing unit which provides a service to an unregistered user who is not registered in the service when the unregistered user accesses the service, and a storage device which stores a service history provided to the unregistered user by the service providing unit. When the unregistered user is registered in the service, the service providing unit allows the unregistered user to use the service while taking over a service history used when the unregistered user is not registered in the service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: LINE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Heechan Yang, Kenichi Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20230120925
    Abstract: An information processing method includes: receiving, by a communication part of a terminal, first information relating to a remittance request from a first user, displaying, in a display of the terminal, a first indication based on the first information, displaying, in the display, a second indication that is based on the remittance request and differs from the first indication, receiving, by the communication part, an input by a user of the terminal based on the second indication displayed in the display, and executing, by a processor of the terminal, remittance processing that is based on the remittance request and relates to remittance from the user of the terminal to the first user, based on the input by the user of the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: LINE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryosuke HAMASAKO, Yosuke MAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20230102346
    Abstract: An information processing method to be carried out by a terminal of a user who is included in a first group including a first plurality of users and in a second group including a second plurality of users, including displaying a first image including first contents transmitted and received among first terminals of the first plurality of users in the first group on a display region of the terminal, and transmitting, via a communication interface of the terminal, information relating to a first content among the first contents included in the first image displayed on the display region and a second content inputted via the terminal, the second content associated with the first content and included in a second image including second contents transmitted and received between second terminals of the second plurality of users in the second group may be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: LINE Corporation
    Inventor: Yoonkyung CHO
  • Patent number: 11610331
    Abstract: Provided is a method of generating data for estimating a three-dimensional (3D) pose of an object included in an input image, the method including acquiring the input image including at least one moving object, estimating location information about each joint of a plurality of joints of the object included in the input image using a prediction model pretrained to estimate the location information about each joint of the plurality of joints of the object, and generating animation data that represents a movement of the object based on the estimated location information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: LINE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Suntae Kim, Dong Hyun Hwang, Nicolas Monet, Soonmin Bae
  • Patent number: 11605102
    Abstract: An information processing method to be carried out by a terminal that is configured to communicate with an electronic device, is provided. The electronic device may be configured to manage information related to a vehicle. The information processing method may include: receiving vehicle usage fee information related to a vehicle usage fee for the vehicle from the electronic device, through a communication interface of the terminal, the vehicle usage fee being based on an advertisement that is displayed on a display device of the vehicle; and displaying a first display that is based on the vehicle usage fee information, in a display area of the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: LINE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazutaka Kimura
  • Patent number: 11606322
    Abstract: A social network service method implemented with a computer is provided which includes receiving at least one control condition for controlling an operation of a social network service from a user, generating a folder operated by the at least one control condition, associating at least one chatting element with the folder, and determining whether to control the operation of the social network service based on the at least one control condition, in response to a message from a conversation partner associated with the at least one chatting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: LINE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ki Yong Cha
  • Publication number: 20230075402
    Abstract: A communication system includes a server and a plurality of terminals. The server manages a public key and a private key. Each terminal includes computing circuitry that adds noise to first target data stored in the terminal, encrypts the first target data, to which the noise is added, using the public key, randomly chooses and determines, out of the server and different terminals, a first transmission destination of the first target data, transmits the encrypted first target data to the determined first transmission destination, receives second target data from a different terminal, randomly chooses and determines, out of the server and the different terminals, a second transmission destination of the received second target data, and transmits the received second target data to the second determined transmission destination. The server receives target data transmitted from the terminals and decrypt the received target data using the private key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: LINE Corporation
    Inventors: Sengpei LIEW, Tsubasa TAKAHASHI
  • Patent number: 11586683
    Abstract: In a conversation contents management method for a conversation contents management system including at least one processor and a memory, a conversation party, conversation contents, and a conversation time included in a conversation section determined by at least one of a start point and an end point selected by a user are identified. The conversation section including the identified conversation party, conversation contents, and conversation time are stored in the memory as a unit conversation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: LINE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Do Young Park
  • Publication number: 20230039832
    Abstract: A method for transaction of digital asset is provided, including receiving digital asset transaction request information from a user terminal, verifying, by a blockchain network, the transaction request information, and when the verifying the transaction request information is completed, generating, by the blockchain network, information associated with the digital asset, in which the information associated with the digital asset includes a reputation of the digital asset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: LINE Corporation
    Inventor: Yooho KIM
  • Patent number: 11573693
    Abstract: A display controlling method includes displaying content in a first display area on a screen of a terminal; determining whether the content is viewed; and moving the content from the first display area to a second display area in order to display the content if it is determined that the content is not viewed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: LINE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinobu Senoo, Hiroyuki Miyajima
  • Patent number: D996232
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignees: Naver Corporation, Line Corporation
    Inventors: Young In Koh, Youngdo Choi