Patents Assigned to NHN Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130013401
    Abstract: Provided is a cloud-based document linking system and a method that uses a processor to provide a method for providing an advertisement and a service linkable with a document stored on a cloud-based cross-clipboard. The cloud-based document link system includes a storage unit to store, on a cross-clipboard, at least one first document associated with a first service provided through a first device if the at least one first document is requested to be copied onto the cross-clipboard, an identification unit to identify at least one second service linkable with the at least one first document stored on the cross-clipboard, a selector to select at least one advertisement associated with each first document stored on the cross-clipboard, and a providing unit to provide a list of the first document and a list of the corresponding at least one second service with the at least one selected advertisement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: NHN CORPORATION
    Inventor: DongWook KIM
  • Patent number: 8352574
    Abstract: The present invention provides the steps of maintaining a first database containing profiles of a plurality of users in a network; maintaining a second database containing relationship index between some of the users wherein the relationship index is determined based upon degree of correspondence relationship between the users; forming a social network comprising a plurality of nodes and a plurality of links between at least some of the nodes, in association with the relationship index stored in the second database; upon receipt of a request from a first user, searching for at least one route connecting the first user to a second user in the social network based, at least in part, upon said existing links and the relationship index of the links; and evaluating each of the searched routes based, at least in part, upon the relationship indexes of the links which form said respective searched routes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: NHN Corporation
    Inventor: Oh Sung Kwon
  • Publication number: 20130007290
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method for providing a communication service. According to exemplary embodiments of the present invention, a synchronization session integrated among a plurality of user terminals that use a communication service may be set, and control result data corresponding to terminal control information selected by at least one of user terminals may be provided to user terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: NHN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Byoung Seok YANG
  • Patent number: 8342965
    Abstract: A recorded medium comprises a FLASH program module including FLASH program module graphic data and action scripts associated with the FLASH program module graphic data. The FLASH program module analyzes the FLASH program module graphic data and the action scripts. A platform program installed on a client transmits the functionality necessary for game processing through communication with a game server. When a user requests information which requires communication with the game server, the FLASH program module provides a parameter associated with the user request to the platform program. The platform program analyzes the parameter, requests the information from the game server and provides the information to the FLASH program module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: NHN Corporation
    Inventors: Min-Jae Hwang, Hyun-Chang Lee
  • Patent number: 8346479
    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: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: NHN Corporation
    Inventors: Chan-Young Kwon, Jae-Kyu Kim
  • Patent number: 8346892
    Abstract: Disclosed is a communication network system in a bus network structure, the system including: a broker processing a message routing; a connector; and a plurality of services connected to the broker via the connector, wherein: the service is a communicable terminal node and each of the plurality of services is connected to the broker via one connector, the connector is a module for mediating a connection between the service and the broker, each connector connected to only one broker, and the broker is a module for setting up a routing path or the connection with the connector, and to process the message routing, all brokers connected to each other in a full mesh topology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: NHN Corporation
    Inventor: Kyoung Wook Chun
  • Publication number: 20120330987
    Abstract: Provided is a content providing method and system for extracting and transmitting metadata. When a user uploads a content file, metadata of content may be extracted from the content file. The extracted metadata of the content may be transmitted to a terminal of the user and the user may select content based on the metadata. The content selected using the uploaded content file may be provided to the user through downloading or streaming.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: NHN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ram LEE, Jangyeon PARK, Gun Woong LEE
  • Publication number: 20120323679
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method for providing advertisement information using voice recognition when performing a voice call based on a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). The system for providing advertisement information based on a VoIP may include a voice recognition unit to recognize voice information received via an application of a user terminal, an information converter to convert the voice information to text information, an advertisement selector to select advertisement information corresponding to the text information among a plurality of pieces of advertisement information stored in a database, and a transmitter to transmit the selected advertisement information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: NHN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Byoung Seok YANG
  • Publication number: 20120322560
    Abstract: A method, a system and a computer readable recording medium for registering a friend in a game. The method of registering a friend in a game, performed by a game service platform server includes: registering at least a member as a game friend among members who have joined the game managed by the game service platform server, based on friend registration request information received from a user terminal; providing the user terminal with information on the game currently accessed by the member registered as a friend; and providing the user terminal with information needed to execute the game, in response to a receipt of game selection information indicating that the game friend has selected the currently accessed game from the user terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: NHN Corporation
    Inventor: Seong Youn JOO
  • Publication number: 20120323348
    Abstract: A ranking method and system for providing a ranking of a game group is disclosed. The method includes creating a game group including a user and at least one member among the user's registered friends who have joined a game service, based on a game group creation request received from a user terminal. The method further comprises calculating a ranking of the user with respect to other members of the created game group based on a ranking inquiry request received from the user terminal, and providing the user terminal with the calculated ranking of the user. The user terminal drives a game service platform associated with a plurality of games and provides the game group creation request information and the ranking inquiry request information through the game service platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: NHN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seong Youn JOO, Kyung E. MOON
  • Publication number: 20120317128
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and an apparatus for optimally processing N sort queries in a multi-range scan, including: allocating a buffer based on a first number of extracted records included in the queries; extracting first data related to first attributes in a first list included in the queries and storing the extracted first data in the buffer; extracting second data related to the first attributes that are not extracted in the first list included in the queries; and updating the buffer so as to satisfy the queries by comparing the data stored in the buffer with the second data, wherein the queries are N sort queries in a multi-range scan for at least one record sorted based on the first attributes and second attributes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: NHN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jun Hyun PARK
  • Patent number: 8332377
    Abstract: A method of controlling a search controller includes: monitoring a top level window which is activated on a top level among applications in execution; determining whether the monitored top level window corresponds to a File Open dialog box; attaching the search controller to the File Open dialog box, when the monitored top level window is determined as the File Open dialog box; retrieving a file corresponding to a query which is inputted from a user via the search controller, and outputting a file search result list via the search controller, the file search result list including the retrieved file; receiving a selection on a particular file, which is included in the file search result list, from the user; and transmitting path information associated with the particular file to the File Open dialog box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: NHN Corporation
    Inventors: Yong-Jae Kwak, Se Jin Cheon, Tae Hyeon Park, Sungwon Kim, Jang Won Seo, Beom Seok Seo
  • Publication number: 20120311052
    Abstract: Provided is a messaging service system and method for adding a contact through a grouping operation. The messaging service system includes a member registering unit configured to create a group, and to register a first member designated by a user as a first participant of the group; and a member managing unit configured to disclose the group to the first participant of the group, to assign, to the first participant, a permission to add a second participant to the group, in which, the member registering unit is configured to add a second member designated by the first participant of the group as the second participant of the group, and the member managing unit is configured to display a list of members registered by the member registering unit and a list of groups created by the member registering unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: NHN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haejin LEE, JungHo SHIN, Seong Hoon KIM, Jungmin LEE, Bo Yoon CHOI, Youngsu KO
  • Patent number: 8326818
    Abstract: A method of managing websites registered in a search engine in a search engine administration system includes receiving, by an interface module, website information on a website. A website registration module sorts the website information according to an information field. The sorted website information is recorded in a database, and an adult keyword database stores adult keywords. An HTML file of a web page of the website is extracted, and a redirection tag included in the HTML file is extracted by analyzing the HTML file. A character string associated with a target URL of the redirection tag is also extracted so that the adult keyword database is searched for an adult keyword corresponding to the extracted character string. When an adult keyword corresponding to the extracted character string is found, a process for the website is also performed. The process for the website includes contacting a registrant of the website.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: NHN Corporation
    Inventors: Young Kwan Kim, Sang Yong Bae
  • Publication number: 20120303657
    Abstract: Provided is a search result providing system and method for providing a loan word pronunciation service. The search result providing system includes a storage device, an original word-allomorph maintaining unit configured to store an original word, a loan word corresponding to the original word, and a first allomorph of the original word; a related loan word searching unit configured to find a related loan word from the original word-allomorph maintaining unit in response to a query, in which the related loan word is related in pronunciation with at least one of the original word, the loan word, and the first allomorph; and a related loan word providing unit configured to expose at least one related loan word as a search result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: NHN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mi Seung YANG, Hyo Min KIM, Taeil KIM, Jin-hwan YOO, Ui Chung CHUNG, Uiyoung KIM
  • Patent number: 8321289
    Abstract: Provided are a method and a system for applying site activity indexes by a site activity index applying system connected to a plurality of user terminals through the Internet. In one embodiment, the method includes checking whether a user who is connected to a web site through the Internet desires to buy a game item, checking whether to use the user's site activity indexes so as to buy the game item, checking whether the user possesses site activity indexes, and exchanging the site activity indexes with game items when the user possesses the site activity indexes. With the method and system for applying site activity indexes user loyalty and game participation may be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: NHN Corporation
    Inventor: Ki-Sung Kim
  • Patent number: 8321585
    Abstract: A method for processing a message routing in a communication network system having a bus network structure includes connecting a plurality of brokers in a mesh topology; connecting each of the service terminal nodes to one of the brokers via a connector; allocating a network address to each of the connected service terminal nodes; maintaining at least some of the allocated network addresses and socket addresses of the connected brokers in a routing table; and routing a message between the service terminal nodes by using information contained in the routing table. A network communication system having a bus network structure includes service terminal nodes; at least one connector connected to at least one of the service terminal nodes; and a plurality of brokers, each of the brokers having a routing table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: NHN Corporation
    Inventor: Kyoung Wook Chun
  • Publication number: 20120296989
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments of the present invention disclose a file transmission management system and a file transmission management method for supporting a file transmission in a mobile messaging service. The file transmission management system may include a file transmission manager to receive a file from an Internet storage space associated with a user when the user requests a transmission of the file stored in the Internet storage space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: NHN Corporation
    Inventors: Suk Young Lee, Soo Young Kim, Gyu Il KIM, Jin Soo Park, Austin Kim, Hae Seong Choi
  • Publication number: 20120290303
    Abstract: A speech recognition system and method based on word-level candidate generation are provided. The speech recognition system may include a speech recognition result verifying unit to verify a word sequence and a candidate word for at least one word included in the word sequence when the word sequence and the candidate word are provided as a result of speech recognition. A word sequence displaying unit may display the word sequence in which the at least one word is visually distinguishable from other words of the word sequence. The word sequence displaying unit may display the word sequence by replacing the at least one word with the candidate word when the at least one word is selected by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: NHN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sang Ho LEE, Hoon KIM, Dong Ook KOO, Dae Sung JUNG
  • Publication number: 20120290568
    Abstract: Disclosed are a system and method for providing search results. The system for providing search results comprises: a keyword-receiving unit which receives a keyword from a user; an exposure-order-applying unit which applies, to a collection search bar, the order of exposure of a collection containing a listing of keyword search results; and a search-result-providing unit which provides the user with a webpage of the keyword search results, said webpage containing the collection search bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: NHN Corporation
    Inventors: Song Hee Lee, Tae Ho Lee