Patents Assigned to Nexons
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Patent number: 11975265Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for providing a game. The apparatus for providing a game includes storage configured to store information about a plurality of characters held by a user in a game, and a controller configured to provide information corresponding to a character, satisfying a predetermined condition among the plurality of held characters, to the user.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2020Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: NEXON KOREA CORPORATIONInventor: Hyera Jeong
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Patent number: 11969657Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for providing a game. According to an aspect, there is provided an apparatus for providing a game, the apparatus including: a controller configured to generate an image based on input from a user who plays a game, to generate a game object by matching at least one effect to the image, and to provide the effect corresponding to the game object when a request for the use of the game object is received in the game; and storage configured to store the game object.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: NEXON KOREA CORPORATIONInventor: Ung Suk Park
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Patent number: 11900406Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of controlling a probability of a probability-based item provision system, which includes measuring an amount of use of an item provision system during a first time interval, comparing the measurement result with a first threshold, and changing the probability of the item provision system within a predetermined range during a second time interval after the first time interval, based on a result of the comparing.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: NEXON KOREA CORPORATIONInventor: Dong Soo Yeo
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Patent number: 11887107Abstract: A method of transaction between a first cryptocurrency transacted based on a first blockchain and a second cryptocurrency transacted based on a second blockchain includes obtaining first transaction information with respect to a first transaction in which a first user transmits the first cryptocurrency to a second user, and second transaction information with respect to a second transaction accompanying the first transaction and in which the first user receives the second cryptocurrency from the second user; if the first transaction information satisfies terms of agreement between the first user and the second user, adding, to the first transaction information, first condition information depending on validity of the second transaction information and activating the first transaction of the first cryptocurrency; and digitally signing the first transaction information to which the first condition information is added, to prove the terms of agreement, and transmitting the first transaction information to a nodeType: GrantFiled: May 8, 2018Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: NEXON KOREA CORPORATIONInventor: Seok Ju Yun
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Patent number: 11803630Abstract: The disclosure introduces a user authentication method Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart (CAPTCHA), the user authentication method including: determining a correct answer pattern having at least one correct answer direction; generating, with respect to each of the at least one correct answer direction, an animation of an arrow object rotating with a movement distinguished from movements in other directions with reference to the correct answer direction; displaying a CAPTCHA interface corresponding to the correct answer pattern and including an arrangement of the generated animation; receiving a direction input from a user; and determining whether the user has been authenticated according to a result of comparing the direction input with the correct answer pattern.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: NEXON KOREA CORPORATIONInventors: Ki On Kim, Myung Jin Park
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Publication number: 20230166186Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for providing game replays. The apparatus for providing game replays includes: storage configured to store a game log for each game round of a game match including a plurality of game rounds that are performed sequentially; a controller configured to run the game round by providing a game screen of a three-dimensional game space to a plurality of players participating in the game match and also receiving control commands for characters from the plurality of players, and to, when the game round ends, generate a replay image showing changes in the location of a character corresponding to each of the plurality of players on a two-dimensional plan view of the three-dimensional game space based on the game log of the game round; and an input/output interface configured to provide the replay image to the plurality of players.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2022Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicant: NEXON GAMES CO., LTD.Inventors: Sang Mun KIM, Dong Il JEONG
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Publication number: 20230166188Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for providing game maps. The apparatus for providing game maps includes memory configured to store maps for the play of a blast mission game, and a controller configured to provide a map including varied game play environment information for each round of the blast mission game.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2022Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicant: NEXON GAMES CO., LTDInventors: Sang Mun KIM, Dong Il JEONG
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Publication number: 20230158408Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for installing a game client. According to an embodiment, there is provided a method for installing a game client by which an apparatus for installing a game client installs a game client, the method including: establishing a first session when the installation of a game client has started; storing play information acquired based on the first session; and updating the account of the game client based on the play information when the installation of the game client is completed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2022Publication date: May 25, 2023Applicant: NEXON KOREA CORPORATIONInventor: Ung Suk PARK
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Patent number: 11596864Abstract: According to an aspect of the disclosure, a game providing method is provided. The game providing method includes: displaying a game interface comprising a plurality of blocks; detecting a first interaction on a first block among the plurality of blocks; specifying the first block as a trigger block in response to the first block; detecting a second interaction on a second block adjacent to the first block; and performing, based on characteristic of the second interaction, either one of switching positions between the first block and the second block, and specifying the second block as the trigger block.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: NEXON KOREA CORPORATIONInventor: Jeong Heum Park
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Patent number: 11577172Abstract: A method of enabling a user to play a game with a virtual friend includes determining a virtual friend having first feature information on the basis of user information, determining a message from the virtual friend to be transmitted to the user on a basis of the user information and the first feature information, transmitting the message to the user; and when the user who has received the message accesses a game, transmitting an invitation message from the virtual friend to the user within the game.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2018Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: NEXON KOREA CORPORATIONInventor: Dae Hyun Kang
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Patent number: 11577155Abstract: According to an aspect of the disclosure, a game providing method is provided. The game providing method includes: displaying a game interface comprising a plurality of tiles and a plurality of blocks respectively arranged on the plurality of tiles; changing an arrangement of the plurality of blocks on the plurality of tiles by identifying at least three blocks which satisfy a predetermined condition based on a user interaction; displaying a first graphic representation regarding the at least three blocks; and displaying a second graphic representation regarding at least three tiles respectively corresponding to the at least three blocks based on types of the at least three tiles.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: NEXON KOREA CORPORATIONInventor: Moon Young Choi
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Patent number: 11565186Abstract: A method of acquiring probability information of a gacha system includes: acquiring, by a first user terminal, second gacha event information that is information about a gacha event occurring in a second user terminal; acquiring, by the first user terminal, third gacha event information that is information about a gacha event occurring in a third user terminal; acquiring probability information of the gacha system based on the acquired second gacha event information and third gacha event information; and displaying the acquired probability information of the gacha system.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2018Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: NEXON KOREA CORPORATIONInventor: Tae Hyun Lim
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Patent number: 11420127Abstract: A method of playing a game between a plurality of users and recording a game result thereof includes: registering the plurality of users including a first user and a second user in a blockchain network; performing, by the first user and the second user, a game according to execution of a first game application; obtaining, from the first game application, first game result information as a game result the game played between the first user and the second user; and updating game history information of the blockchain network based on the first game result information.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2018Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: NEXON KOREA CORPORATIONInventor: Tae Hyun Lim
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Patent number: 11273376Abstract: Provided is a game providing method comprising storing a plurality of codes for changing a property of an object in an online game; receiving a code provided by a user of the online game; determining whether the received code corresponds to one of the plurality of codes; and, based on determining that the received code corresponds to one of the plurality of codes, changing, based on a predetermined condition, the property of the object with which the user interacts from a first value to a second value.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2019Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: NEXON KOREA CORPORATIONInventors: Kwang Sup Lee, Sung Hwan Yoon
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Publication number: 20210409420Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method of providing a game based on the security level of a terminal and an apparatus for performing the same. The method of providing a game based on the security level of a terminal includes: when a user accesses a game using a terminal, checking the security level of the terminal for the account of the user; and determining whether to allow the disposal of in-game goods according to the found security level, but providing the game so that the game can be played regardless of the found security level.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Applicant: NEXON KOREA CORPORATIONInventors: Kion KIM, Min Seok JANG
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Publication number: 20210402305Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for providing a game. According to an aspect, there is provided an apparatus for providing a game, the apparatus including: a controller configured to generate an image based on input from a user who plays a game, to generate a game object by matching at least one effect to the image, and to provide the effect corresponding to the game object when a request for the use of the game object is received in the game; and storage configured to store the game object.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2021Publication date: December 30, 2021Applicant: NEXON KOREA CORPORATIONInventor: Ung Suk PARK
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Patent number: 10994206Abstract: An apparatus for controlling an object may include a communicator configured to communicate with a first user terminal and a second user terminal, and a processor configured to control a first object corresponding to a first user in a virtual world to be displayed, configured to control the first object to move in the virtual world in response to a movement control of the first user, configured to randomly select at least one candidate object in response to a morphing control of the first user, and configured to change the first object to a second object when the first user selects the second object from the at least one candidate object. Methods for controlling an object are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2019Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: NEXON KOREA CORPORATIONInventors: Jung Kyu Ye, Geon Yeong Kim, Chang Hoon Yi, Joo Seok Lee, Guhyun Park, Young Suk Kim, Jae Hyun Park, June Sik Yi, Hun Joon Ha, Nak Hyun Kim, Ho Sik Kim, Jeong Min Seo, Tae Hoon Koo, Duc Chun Kim, Seoung Hwi Jung, Byung Eun Jin, Jin Woo Lee, Seok Hyun Kim, Ju Yong Lim, Hyun Ju Cho, Sang Yeop Lee, Min Kwan Chae, Sang Ho Kim, Hee Seok Kang, Seongkwan Lee, Jeong Pyo Hong, Choong Yeol Lee, Yong Woo Park, Kyoung Su Lee, Yu Ju Kim, Dong Gook Lee, Hyun Jin Kim, Hyun Jeong Lee, Dong Young Chang, Jong Min Lee, Jin Woo Lee, Song I Han, Taek Ki Lee, Eun Ji Nam, Choon Hwa Lee, Young Min Kang, Jung Soo Lee
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Publication number: 20210038990Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for providing a game. The apparatus for providing a game includes storage configured to store information about a plurality of characters held by a user in a game, and a controller configured to provide information corresponding to a character, satisfying a predetermined condition among the plurality of held characters, to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2020Publication date: February 11, 2021Applicant: NEXON KOREA CORPORATIONInventor: Hyera JEONG
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Patent number: 10343064Abstract: A service provision apparatus and a method of controlling a service provision apparatus for providing game service are disclosed herein. The service provision apparatus for providing game service includes an input acquisition unit, a character placement unit, and a character movement unit. The input acquisition unit acquires a first user input and a second user input based on input events. The character placement unit places a character based on information about a location within a game space included in the first user input. The character movement unit controls the movement of a character, selected based on control region information included in the second user input, based on information about a location within the game space, i.e., a destination, included in the second user input.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2015Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: NEXON RED CORP.Inventor: Sung Woong Kim
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Patent number: 10315112Abstract: An apparatus for controlling an object may include a communicator configured to communicate with a first user terminal and a second user terminal, and a processor configured to control a first object corresponding to a first user in a virtual world to be displayed, configured to control the first object to move in the virtual world in response to a movement control of the first user, configured to randomly select at least one candidate object in response to a morphing control of the first user, and configured to change the first object to a second object when the first user selects the second object from the at least one candidate object. Methods for controlling an object are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2015Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: Nexon Korea CorporationInventors: Jung Kyu Ye, Geon Yeong Kim, Chang Hoon Yi, Joo Seok Lee, Guhyun Park, Young Suk Kim, Jae Hyun Park, June Sik Yi, Hun Joon Ha, Nak Hyun Kim, Ho Sik Kim, Jeong Min Seo, Tae Hoon Koo, Duc Chun Kim, Seoung Hwi Jung, Byung Eun Jin, Jin Woo Lee, Seok Hyun Kim, Ju Yong Lim, Hyun Ju Cho, Sang Yeop Lee, Min Kwan Chae, Sang Ho Kim, Hee Seok Kang, Seongkwan Lee, Jeong Pyo Hong, Choong Yeol Lee, Yong Woo Park, Kyoung Su Lee, Yu Ju Kim, Dong Gook Lee, Hyun Jin Kim, Hyun Jeong Lee, Dong Young Chang, Jong Min Lee, Jin Woo Lee, Song I Han, Taek Ki Lee, Eun Ji Nam, Choon Hwa Lee, Young Min Kang, Jung Soo Lee