Patents Assigned to NHN Corporation
  • Publication number: 20140137100
    Abstract: Provided is a method and system for installing a shortcut on a desktop, for example, through a mobile application. The method of installing the shortcut on the desktop may include importing a connecting application and activating an installation function on a browser providing a web service, importing a uniform resource locator (URL) scheme specified by the connecting application, and installing a shortcut to the web service on the desktop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: NHN Corporation
    Inventors: Man Ho WON, Jong Kwon Lee, Dongkil Shin, Heeyoon Yeom, SungBok LEE, Minjin Lee
  • Patent number: 8725812
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and system for providing memo in electronic mail. Memo data is further added to general mail data. Electronic mail sender sends electronic mail including memo data. The memo data may be inserted in the mime header or may be inserted in the form of attachment file, or may be inserted in the mail body. Besides that mail sender inserts memo data, mail receiver can also insert memo data to received mail for mail management. Users can check identify mail more conveniently through memo related to mail. A memo icon is provided in mail read page, and memo is displayed to users when mouse event on the memo icon occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: NHN Corporation
    Inventors: Jung-Eun Ahn, Kang-Youl Kim
  • Patent number: 8725723
    Abstract: A method and system for searching for a related term having rapidly increasing popularity is provided. The method includes: analyzing a search log and extracting a daily search frequency for each search term; comparing peaks of the daily search frequency, extracted for each search term in a predetermined period; and analyzing relevance between candidate search terms in which the peaks have occurred together in the predetermined period as a result of the comparison and filtering out a candidate search term having no relevance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: NHN Corporation
    Inventor: Dong Wook Kim
  • Patent number: 8719343
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: NHN Corporation
    Inventors: Kwang Jun Kim, Yea Sun Yoon
  • Patent number: 8706021
    Abstract: A method and system of relaying a one-to-one question and answer which is performed in a network via a one-to-one question and answer relay system, the method including: assigning event occurrence information to request for transmission of question data to a service webpage; providing a question bridge page to a terminal of a first user where an event based on the event occurrence information occurred; receiving the question data from the terminal of the first user when a question registration request about a second user is received from the terminal of the first user via the question bridge page; storing the received question data in an answer request area of the second user; and storing answer data about the question data in an answer check area of the first user, the answer data being received from a terminal of the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: NHN Corporation
    Inventors: Mihyang An, SoYoun Park
  • Patent number: 8687853
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method, system and computer-readable recording medium for providing an electronic map-based service. According to an aspect of the disclosure, a method of recognizing a shape included in image data associated with an electronic map includes: acquiring region information corresponding to first image data; determining a candidate region on the electronic map using the region information; determining at least one candidate image using the candidate region; and recognizing a shape included in the first image data using the candidate image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: NHN Corporation
    Inventor: Seung Phill Lim
  • Patent number: 8688854
    Abstract: Provided are messenger notification system and method using a synchronization server. The system includes a messenger service system controlling transmission of instant messages of messenger users and monitoring and transmitting messenger users' status change information; at least one external service system monitoring whether a predetermined event occurs and creating a notification message indicating the occurrence of the event when the event occurs; and a synchronization server receiving the messenger users' status change information from the messenger service system, storing the received status change information in an online user database, determining whether a user to receive the notification message is online when receiving the notification message from the at least one external service system, transmitting the notification message to the messenger service system to send the notification message to the online user when the user is online.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: NHN Corporation
    Inventors: Sung-Wone Choi, Hyoung-Jung Kim
  • Patent number: 8677509
    Abstract: A touch screen device may include: a touch panel receiving a touch signal; a noise measurement unit measuring a noise value input to the touch panel; a determination unit determining whether or not the measured noise value exceeds a threshold; and a control unit controlling an operation mode to be maintained or switched according to a determination result of the determination unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: NHN Corporation
    Inventors: Suyoung Kim, Tae Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 8670785
    Abstract: A method and system for acquiring a position of a terminal are provided. A position of a terminal incapable of measuring or transmitting its position may be determined by receiving position information of neighboring terminals located close to the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: NHN Corporation
    Inventor: Kyung Bo Nam
  • Patent number: 8671094
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: NHN Corporation
    Inventors: In Ho Kang, Soo Hyun Kim, Chan Hoon Park
  • Patent number: 8666659
    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: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: NHN Corporation
    Inventors: Chang-Young Kwon, Jae-Kyu Kim
  • Patent number: 8615810
    Abstract: A copy prohibition method and system is disclosed, which can provide a preview page with copy prohibition means inserted thereinto, so as to prohibit a copy of information displayed on the preview page, the method comprising receiving a selection request for a preview page of a predetermined webpage from a user; inserting copy prohibition means into the preview page; and providing the preview page with the copy prohibition means inserted thereinto to the user. When providing the preview page to the user, the user is notified that the corresponding preview page has the copy prohibition function. Thus, the user becomes easily aware of that the copy is prohibited in the corresponding preview page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: NHN Corporation
    Inventors: Suyoung Kim, Tae Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 8612433
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: NHN Corporation
    Inventors: In Ho Kang, Soo Hyun Kim, O Shik Kwon, Chan Hoon Park
  • Publication number: 20130316825
    Abstract: An approach is provided for providing a service using an on-line game capable of, maximizing effects of services associated with the on-line game, and recording media recording a program for implementing the service providing method. The service providing method may include, for example, storing, in a rendering region, game object drawing information of a game screen for the on-line game in response to a request for reproducing the game screen; hooking the rendering region to change the game object drawing information so that service object information provided from a game server is included in the game object drawing information; storing the changed game object drawing information in the rendering region; and providing the game screen by rendering the game object drawing information including the service object information stored in the rendering region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: NHN Corporation
    Inventors: Seung Won Lee, Koo Min
  • Patent number: 8583761
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method for production of a multi-user network game that may produce and debug a multi-user network game and simply construct a multi-user network game environment using a single game production tool to thereby reduce a game production time. A system for production of a multi-user network game being performed between a game server and a plurality of game clients via a network, may include: a game production module configured to produce and debug the multi-user network game and a multi-user network execution environment; and an emulation module configured to emulate an execution of the multi-user network game by constructing a virtual network execution environment that comprises at least one server virtual machine and at least one client virtual machine configured to execute the produced or debugged multi-user network game.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: NHN Corporation
    Inventors: Chong Mok Park, Seok Hyon Seong, Kangin Lee
  • Patent number: 8572090
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method and system for executing a program in a local computer, in which a shortcut index data is indexed and recorded by using the title name of a shortcut file stored in a local computer, a query is received from a user, and then a shortcut file associated with the query is immediately executed. According to exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the system comprises an index component configured to index data associated with a shortcut file stored in a local computer, a shortcut index database configured to record the indexed shortcut index data, an input component configured to receive a query from a user, a retrieval component configured to retrieve the shortcut index data associated with the query from the shortcut index database, and an executing component configured to execute a shortcut file associated with the retrieved shortcut index data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: NHN Corporation
    Inventor: Kyoo Min Im
  • Patent number: 8554539
    Abstract: A method of performing a morpheme analysis by utilizing additional information is provided. The method includes acquiring an analysis target phrase and additional information associated with the target phrase. A term is obtained form the additional information. And the phrase is analyzed to extract a key term or keyword by using the term extracted from the additional data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: NHN Corporation
    Inventor: Taeil Kim
  • Publication number: 20130260893
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method for providing avatar, gaming and entertainment functions on a messenger platform. A method for providing a messenger service using a real graph displaying social information of users using a messenger may include: providing a messenger function among users between whom a relationship is established; providing a first user interface for providing a virtual world service through the messenger function; providing the virtual world service using a virtual graph displaying social information of users using the virtual world service; converting the real world service, to the virtual world service in response to a request from the first user interface, and providing a second interface for converting the virtual world service to the real world service. The virtual world service may include at least one of an avatar service and a game service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: NHN Corporation
    Inventors: JungHo SHIN, Jungmin LEE, Hyun Joo NA
  • Publication number: 20130254325
    Abstract: A cache system configured to provide a cache service includes a network switch and a cache device. The network switch is configured to route data associated with a plurality of servers. The cache device is disposed in association with the network switch. The cache device is configured to cache, in at least one memory available to the network switch, data published by the plurality of servers via the network switch. The cache device is also configured to transmit at least some of the cached data in response to a request received from at least one of the plurality of servers. The network switch provides the cache service via the cache device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: NHN Corporation
    Inventors: Chang-Hyeon Song, Hoonmin Kim
  • Patent number: 8533613
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for transcoding a web page into a format suitable for display on a mobile terminal. The method includes dividing a web page into a plurality of segments, transcoding each of the segments into a format suitable for display on a mobile terminal, storing the transcoded segments and location icons in association with each other, each of the location icons indicating a location of each segment in the web page, and if one of the location icons is selected on the mobile terminal, providing a segment associated with the selected location icon to the mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: NHN Corporation
    Inventor: Seung Hyun Yu