Patents Assigned to NHN Corporation
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING RANKING OF KEYWORDS FOR EACH USER GROUP
    Publication number: 20120173542
    Abstract: Provided are a system and method for determining rankings of keywords according to a user group. The keyword ranking determining system includes a data grouping unit to group data of a weblog according to a predetermined theme, a weight application unit to calculate a document concentration that denotes a concentration degree, with respect to the theme, of a document corresponding to the data grouped according to the theme and to apply a weight corresponding to the document concentration to the data, a data set generation unit to generate at least one data set by grouping the data applied with the weight according to a search intention and a ranking determination unit to determine rankings of the at least one data set according to the theme, and a main keyword determination unit to determine a main keyword representing each of the at least one data set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: NHN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jae Keol CHOI, Yu Won KIM, Yeun Ha PARK, Hae-Young KIM, Dong Hyun BAN
  • IMAGE RESOURCE LOADING SYSTEM AND METHOD WHICH CARRIES OUT LOADING OF OBJECT FOR RENEWAL OF GAME SCREEN
    Publication number: 20120172125
    Abstract: Disclosed are image resource loading system and method, the system comprising a basic recording space for partitioning a game map into at least one cell and maintaining an object by unit of the cell, a loading target identification unit identifying a cell becoming a target for loading and an object associated with the cell in the basic recording space, in case that a loading event occurs, an order determination unit giving a loading order to the object associated with the cell in accordance with a predetermined determination criterion, and a processor unit loading the object by referring to the given loading order, wherein the order determination unit determines the loading order by considering the size of the object or whether the object is positioned within a predetermined range of the visual field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: NHN Corporation
    Inventor: Dae Il Kim
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION IN PRIVATE WEBPAGE
    Publication number: 20120173138
    Abstract: A geographic information providing system in a personal webpage is disclosed. The geographic information providing system can include a GPS information storing unit, receiving GPS coordinate information related to a location of a user and additional information from a mobile communication terminal and storing the received GPS coordinate information and additional information; a map data loading unit, loading map data having a location corresponding to the GPS coordinate information if a request to access the stored GPS coordinate information and additional information is received; and a temporary layer generating controlling unit, generating a temporary layer to mark the location corresponding to the GPS coordinate information on a loaded map in a form capable of being identified by the user and providing control information for displaying the location corresponding to the GPS coordinate information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: NHN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chan-Young KWON, Jae-Kyu KIM
  • SEARCH SYSTEM AND SEARCH METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING REDUCED QUERY
    Publication number: 20120166450
    Abstract: A search system includes a non-transitory computer-readable storage device, and a computing device. A term extracting unit causes the computing device to extract multiple terms from an input query, a weight computing unit causes the computing device to compute a weight for each of the multiple terms, and a reduction query recommending unit causes the computing device to remove at least one term from the multiple terms, based on the weight, and to provide at least one reduced query using remaining terms. A search method that uses a computing device to provide a reduced query, the method includes extracting multiple terms from an input query; computing, by the computing device, a weight of each of the multiple terms; and removing at least one term from the multiple terms, based on the weight, and providing at least one reduced query generated using remaining terms out of the multiple terms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: NHN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ji Hoon CHOI, Ji Seoung KIM, Youn Sik LEE
  • Method and system for managing log information of user using location servers belonging to plurality of groups
    Patent number: 8204996
    Abstract: A system and method of managing log information of a user, includes: a service server receiving a login/logout request from the user; the service server selecting a location server group to transmit a log message to, corresponding to the login/logout request, based on the user's user identifier; transmitting the log message as an anycast message from the service server to a location server of the selected location server group; the location server, which receives the log message, generating a status update message corresponding to the log message; and the location server multicasting the generated status update message to remaining location servers of the selected location server group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: NHN Corporation
    Inventors: Seonghun Kim, Gyehan Song
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING INFORMATION USING IMAGE CODE
    Publication number: 20120125995
    Abstract: A system and method for delivering information using an image code. A first system for handing over to a second system an operation being performed by the first system includes an image code generation unit to generate the image code using a uniform resource locator (URL) of a webpage; and a display control unit to control the image code to be displayed via a display device. The image code is photographed by the second system and input to the second system in the form of an image file, and the URL is extracted from the image code in the second system so that the webpage is displayed in the second system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: NHN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Dong Wook KIM
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING LOCATION-BASED KEYWORD
    Publication number: 20120102034
    Abstract: According to exemplary embodiments of the invention, a location-based keyword recommending system and method are provided. The location-based keyword recommending system may include a keyword collecting unit to store location information regarding a location where a keyword is input, a region setting unit to set a virtual region by performing clustering of the location information with reference to the keyword, a region combining unit to combine virtual regions overlapping each other into one virtual region, and a keyword recommending unit to provide a location-based keyword based on the keyword related to the location information of the virtual region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: NHN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Byoung Hak KIM, Chae Hyun LEE
  • Image resource loading system and method which carries out loading of object for renewal of game screen
    Patent number: 8164589
    Abstract: Disclosed are image resource loading system and method, the system comprising a basic recording space for partitioning a game map into at least one cell and maintaining an object by unit of the cell, a loading target identification unit identifying a cell becoming a target for loading and an object associated with the cell in the basic recording space, in case that a loading event occurs, an order determination unit giving a loading order to the object associated with the cell in accordance with a predetermined determination criterion, and a processor unit loading the object by referring to the given loading order, wherein the order determination unit determines the loading order by considering the size of the object or whether the object is positioned within a predetermined range of the visual field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: NHN Corporation
    Inventor: Dae Il Kim
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SEARCH RESULTS BY USING PREVIOUS QUERY
    Publication number: 20120096030
    Abstract: A method for providing the search results by using a previous query according to one embodiment of the present invention, which is able to provide the search results that coincide with the user's intention, comprises the steps of: selecting as a second query one query among queries that are inputted before the input of a first query if the first query is inputted by the user; generating a third query by using the first and second queries; and performing a searching process by using the third query to provide the generated search results to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: NHN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Taeil Kim
  • Method for providing font service on service page and system for executing the method
    Patent number: 8161382
    Abstract: Provided is a method of providing font services by using an item server and a service server, including: the item server maintaining font providing information including font information and area information associated with the font information, for each user in a user database; the service server maintaining service page database including text associated with each area of the service page associated with the user; the service server receiving the font providing information associated with the user from the item server; generating the service page in which a text image, corresponding to the text associated with a certain area of the service page and generated according to the font information associated with the certain area, is displayed in the certain area, based on the received font providing information; and providing the generated service page by transmitting to a user terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: NHN Corporation
    Inventors: Eun Ju Joung, Tae Heon Lee
  • System and method for providing geographic information in private webpage
    Patent number: 8155885
    Abstract: A geographic information providing system in a personal webpage is disclosed. The geographic information providing system can include a GPS information storing unit, receiving GPS coordinate information related to a location of a user and additional information from a mobile communication terminal and storing the received GPS coordinate information and additional information; a map data loading unit, loading map data having a location corresponding to the GPS coordinate information if a request to access the stored GPS coordinate information and additional information is received; and a temporary layer generating controlling unit, generating a temporary layer to mark the location corresponding to the GPS coordinate information on a loaded map in a form capable of being identified by the user and providing control information for displaying the location corresponding to the GPS coordinate information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: NHN Corporation
    Inventors: Chan-Young Kwon, Jae-Kyu Kim
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DOCUMENT BASED ON PERSONAL NETWORK
    Publication number: 20120084318
    Abstract: Provided are a system and method for providing a document based on a personal network. The document providing system may include a community searching unit to search for a community associated with a first document prepared by a first user, a document registration unit to register the first document in the searched community, and to receive a second document, associated with the first document, registered by a second user included in the community, and a document providing unit to provide the second document associated with the first document. According to embodiments of the present invention, a response that the first user may desire may be provided by receiving a response, registered by the second user included in the community associated with the first user, with respect to the document prepared by the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: NHN CORPORATION
    Inventors: In Ho KANG, Soo Hyun KIM, Chan Hoon PARK
  • MEMBERSHIP MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING A COMMUNITY PAGE
    Publication number: 20120084360
    Abstract: A system and method for managing membership in real-time using a community page that enables communication between a member and a provider is disclosed herein. The membership management system may include an information transferring unit to transfer access information, used to encourage an access to a community page associated with or created by the provider, to at least one member, and a business information providing unit to provide business information of the provider to members who access the community page, via the community page. The membership management system may transmit information associated with an access to a community page to a member, thereby encouraging the member to access the community page. Therefore, the community page may provide real-time communication between the provider and the member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: NHN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kwang Jun KIM, Yea Sun YOON
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SEARCH RESULT BASED ON PERSONAL NETWORK
    Publication number: 20120084284
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a search result based on a personal network are disclosed. The search result providing system may include a search term reception unit, a personal network extraction unit, and a search result providing unit which may receive a search term from a user. The personal network extraction unit may extract at least one of a personal network associated with the search term, and a personal network associated with the user. The search result providing unit may provide documents associated with the personal networks as a search result of the search term. A search result optimized for the user may be provided to the user by searching for information corresponding to the search term from communities joined by another user having similar interests to that of the user, or communities joined by the user, based on personal networks of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: NHN CORPORATION
    Inventors: In Ho KANG, Soo Hyun KIM, O Shik KWON, Chan Hoon PARK
  • ADVERTISEMENT INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM THROUGH RECOGNITION OF SOUND AND METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20120084148
    Abstract: Provided is a method and system for providing advertisement information through recognition of a sound. The advertisement information providing system may include a sound receiving unit to receive, via a mobile terminal, an external sound that is recognized through the mobile terminal, an information retrieving unit to retrieve advertisement information associated with the external sound, an information providing unit to provide the retrieved advertisement information to the mobile terminal, and a charging unit to charge an advertiser corresponding to the provided advertisement information for providing the retrieved advertisement information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: NHN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Man Ho WON
  • Method and system for detecting concurrent logins
    Patent number: 8151107
    Abstract: Concurrent login detection system includes: a message receiving unit configured for receiving a log message which is indicative of a user identifier of a user, login/logout state of the user, and a session identifier, from an external server; a corresponding message retrieval unit configured for retrieving a corresponding message of the received log message from a memory wherein the corresponding message is a log message containing the same user identifier and the same session identifier with those contained in said received log message; and a message processor configured for removing said received log message and said retrieved corresponding message from the memory if the corresponding message is retrieved from the message buffer, and for storing said received log message in the memory if said corresponding message is not retrieved from the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: NHN Corporation
    Inventors: Gyehan Song, Seonghun Kim
  • Method and system for offering search results
    Patent number: 8150839
    Abstract: A method of providing a search result and a system for executing the method are provided. A method of providing a search result includes: setting a grade of a category associated with a keyword based on click information; creating a category list to maintain the category list in association with the keyword, wherein the category list includes the category that is arranged according to the grade; and providing a search result for the keyword in an order of the category in the category list, wherein the click information includes information regarding whether the category is clicked on and a clicked order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: NHN Corporation
    Inventors: Jae Ho Choi, Kwang Hyun Kim
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC UPDATE OF DOCUMENT RANK SCORE
    Publication number: 20120078920
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to a method and apparatus for calculating a document rank score of documents in the dynamic World Wide Web (web) environment where documents are continuously added and deleted. The method and apparatus use partial updates to recalculate a document rank score of documents in view of a change, and dynamic updates that reflect a change occurring during calculation of the document rank score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: NHN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Dong Jin KIM
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SEARCH KEYWORD LIST
    Publication number: 20120072458
    Abstract: A method and system for providing a search keyword list are provided. The search keyword list providing system includes an initial letter receiving unit to receive at least one initial letter from a user terminal; a list providing unit to provide a first search keyword list that contains at least one automatically completed search keyword related to the at least one initial letter; and a middle letter receiving unit to receive a middle letter related to any one of the at least one initial letter from the user terminal, wherein the list providing unit provides the user terminal with a second search keyword list that contains at least one automatically completed search keyword related to the at least one initial letter and the middle letter when receiving the middle letter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: NHN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dong Wook KIM, Gun Han PARK
  • Method and system for managing search mediation information
    Patent number: 8131704
    Abstract: Provided is a method of managing search mediation information, the method including: creating a count field corresponding to each piece of search mediation information; identifying an Internet Protocol (IP) address of a particular class, from which the user's search mediation information is received; determining whether the identified IP address is a count permission address; and increasing the indicator and storing the increased indicator in the count field corresponding to the search medium information in response to a determination that the identified IP address is a count permission address, and not increasing the indicator in response to a determination that the identified IP address is not a count permission address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: NHN Corporation
    Inventors: DongWook Kim, Sun Bae Kim, Ji Yeon Lee