Patents Assigned to NHN
  • Patent number: 11030154
    Abstract: A method performed by a digital device including a touch interface display apparatus to simultaneously process files displayed thereon, including providing a file list in a first direction, at least a part of information of each file are displayed in a second direction, tracing a first user input on a first file in the second direction, displaying a command selection GUI on a path of the movement, detecting a stop position of the movement and determining a command corresponding to one of the command icons where the movement stopped as an execution command, and tracing a second user input including a movement of a user touch from the one of command icons in the first direction, detecting a stop position of the movement in a second file of the plurality of files, and executing the execution command for the first file, second file, and files displayed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: NHN Entertainment Corporation
    Inventor: Chang-Yol Baek
  • Patent number: 11030594
    Abstract: A network server includes a communicator and at least one processor coupled to the communicator. The at least processing is configured to: receive a first data signal from a first user terminal that is shared with a game server; transfer to the game server a first request, together with the first data signal, to verify validation of a game item when a first message including information relating to the game item is received from the first user terminal; receive from the second user terminal a second message relating to the game item; and transfer to the game server a second request, together with the first data signal, to change an owner of the game item from a first game ID associated with the first user terminal to a second game ID associated to the second user terminal in response to determining whether second message is authorized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: NHN Entertainment Corporation
    Inventors: Cheolmin Ju, Yuik Yim
  • Patent number: 11027203
    Abstract: A game system capable of more easily recruiting game players and a game progress method using the game system is disclosed. The game system includes: a game server providing an online game; an external server for providing a communication service; a recruiting user terminal creating a party of the online game, transmitting the generated party to the game server, creating a party member recruitment announcement including information on a participation condition of the party, and transmitting the party member recruitment announcement to the external server; and at least one participating user terminal receiving the party member recruitment announcement from the external server and transmitting user game information for participating in the party to the game server in response to the received party member recruitment announcement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: NHN Entertainment Corporation
    Inventor: Dong Jin Lee
  • Patent number: 11000758
    Abstract: A method for providing a game includes: providing a plurality of blocks arranged on a block map with mission information to be displayed on a screen; selecting a block, among the plurality of blocks, based on a user's input and moving the selected block; determining whether matched blocks are adjacent to or exist around a mission block relating to mission information when some blocks, among the plurality of blocks match with a deletable form according to a movement of the block; deleting the matched blocks when the matched blocks are adjacent to or exist around the mission block; and processing the mission information for the mission block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignees: NHN Entertainment Corporation, NHN PixelCube Corporation
    Inventors: Seong Hyeon Kim, Eun Kyung Kim, Suan Yu
  • Patent number: 10996750
    Abstract: A mobile device comprises a display panel configured to display a plurality of graphic user interfaces including one or more first type graphic user interfaces and/or one or more second type graphic user interfaces; one or more sensors configured to detect a position of a user; and one or more processors configured to: calculate a relative inclination of the display panel with respect to the position of the user based on the position of the user detected by the sensor, and change sizes of the first type graphic user interfaces among the plurality of graphic user interfaces based on the relative inclination of the display panel. The first type graphic user interfaces are pre-designated among the plurality of graphic user interfaces and stored in memory, and the processors are configured to magnify the sizes of the first type graphic user interfaces according to the relative inclination of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: NHN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Dong Jin Lee
  • Patent number: 10953331
    Abstract: A method of providing a game based on augmented reality includes: performing, at an augmented map server, three-dimensional (3D) modeling based on object information about a reality object in response to extracting a location of the reality object from a map provided from a map server; mapping, at the augmented map server, an augmented reality object based on a location of the reality object in response to creating an augmented map according to performing of the 3D modeling; determining a location of a client based on beacon information of at least one Internet of Things (IoT) device configured as a beacon; and providing an augmented reality game environment by disposing the reality object on the augmented map based on the location of the client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignees: NHN Entertainment Corporation, NHN Studio629 Corporation
    Inventor: Chuljae Lim
  • Patent number: 10956966
    Abstract: A method and system for online transaction using an offline experience. A computer-implemented method may include providing, to an electronic device, an internal image of an offline store registered as an affiliate to an online open market; recognizing a product displayed in the offline store in the internal image; generating a user interface using a virtual object for the product recognized in the internal image; and providing a service associated with a corresponding product with respect to a product selected through the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: NHN Entertainment Corporation
    Inventor: Youn Sik Lee
  • Patent number: 10924604
    Abstract: A mobile device including a voice call management part configured to manage a voice call, a text message management part configured to manage text messages exchanged through a mobile telephone switching network, a display part, an integrated message management unit, and an additional function process part configured to process at least one additional function in association with the integrated message management unit, in which the integrated message management unit includes a message monitoring unit configured to monitor voice call information and text message information in association with the voice call management part and the text message management part, a message information managing unit configured to generate integrated message information, which is to be provided to a user, based on the voice call information and the text message information, and an interface managing unit configured to generate an integrated message management user interface displaying the integrated message information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: NHN Corporation
    Inventor: Dong Wook Kim
  • Patent number: 10905951
    Abstract: A mobile game driving method includes executing an emulator for causing a mobile game to be compatible in a personal computer, creating, by the emulator, a virtual terminal, executing the mobile game through the virtual terminal, displaying an interface screen of the mobile game in a basic mode, executing a multi-display function to simultaneously display at least two of a plurality of interface screens including the interface screen of the mobile game, and changing the basic mode to a multi-mode according to execution of the multi-display function and displaying at least two interface screens in different regions in the multi-mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: NHN ENTERTAINMENT CORP.
    Inventor: Dongjin Lee
  • Patent number: 10880704
    Abstract: A method capable of enhancing a user's acceptance of a received message, a message application program for performing the method, and a user terminal performing the method. The method of exposing received messages is a method performed by a message application program running on a user terminal. The method comprises receiving a message, and displaying the message if the current state of the user terminal satisfies a condition included in an exposure rule. After the message application program receives the message, the message application program displays the message only when the current state of the terminal satisfies the condition included in the exposure rule, thereby increasing the acceptance of the message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: NHN Entertainment Corporation
    Inventor: Dong Wook Kim
  • Patent number: 10866843
    Abstract: A method and system for invoking an event-based package module, in which the method is executed by a computer, and includes modulating a program package in which a plurality of functions related to a specific event has been implemented into an event module using a programming language based on reflection, loading the program package corresponding to a plurality of events, analyzing the loaded program package using the reflection, and structurizing the class and function of the analyzed program package for each event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: NHN Entertainment Corporation
    Inventors: Hyeon Geol Lee, Ji Seong Kim
  • Patent number: 10831795
    Abstract: A method and system for providing target information through an application list includes collecting user identifiers to identify each users and application lists of applications installed on terminals of the users; extracting text information using the application list for the user identifiers; and selecting a user identifier having text information corresponding to a keyword from among the user identifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: NHN Corporation
    Inventor: Joon ho Lee
  • Patent number: 10776324
    Abstract: A method and a system for integrally managing at least one cloud storage in a system for managing cloud storage implemented by a computer may include: configuring a network drive for a first cloud storage on a first server related to the system for managing cloud storage which is assigned to a user of a first electronic device; linking a second cloud storage on a second server used by the user; and integrally managing the first cloud storage and the second cloud storage through the network drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: NHN Entertainment Corporation
    Inventors: Eunsung Yl, Jihoon Jo, Yonghee Lee, Nam Jug Kim, Nam Kyung Kim, Jiyoon Bang, Beom Seok Jang, HongSeok Choi, DongWoo Kim, Min Hyeong Kim, MinKyu Lee, Yeonseong Chae, Yong Seok Hong, CheolHyeon Jo, JiHae Kim, Jinwoo Kim, Jin Kyung Lyu, SeYoung Jang, YunJung Woo, Eunsook Jin
  • Patent number: 10773167
    Abstract: Provided is a method and an apparatus for replaying a video of playing a game. A video of playing a game already played in a terminal executing an online game is stored and replayed by executing the online game; storing the gaming video according to progress of the online game; detecting occurrence of a pre-configured event during progress of the online game; acquiring information about other character associated with a game character of the user after occurrence of the event; generating a replay video by combining the gaming video and the additional content; and outputting the replay video, wherein the additional content includes first additional content including information related to a game character of a user, second additional content including information about other character associated with a game character of the user, and third additional content including information related to an event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: NHN ENTERTAINMENT CORP.
    Inventor: Dongjin Lee
  • Patent number: 10773166
    Abstract: A game scrapbook system associated with a game progress includes: a data table setting setup information by recording at least one game environment associated with a generation of a predetermined event signal; an event signal generation unit generating the event signal when a game environment according to a game progress corresponds to at least a portion of the setup information; an image capturing unit, in response to the event signal, capturing a game image to generate game image information; and an image transmission unit transmitting the generated game image information to a remote location in a network using a network address.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: NHN Entertainment Corporation
    Inventor: Mi Jin Kwon
  • Patent number: 10762057
    Abstract: A method for sharing file of a first electronic device used by a user using a share message implemented by a computer may include: uploading a file to be shared with a second electronic device used by the user to a server according to the share message transmitted through a chat session set between an account of the user of the first electronic device and the server providing a cloud service; storing the share message including a link of a storage location of the server for the file uploaded to the server as an instance message of a private chat room corresponding to the chat session; and displaying the share message stored as the instance message through the private chat room on a screen of the first electronic device, wherein the second electronic device may be configured to access the private chat room with the account of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: NHN Corporation
    Inventors: Eunsung Yi, Jihoon Jo, Yonghee Lee, Nam Jug Kim, Nam Kyung Kim, Jiyoon Bang, Beom Seok Jang, HongSeok Choi, DongWoo Kim, MinKyu Lee, Yeonseong Chae, Yong Seok Hong, CheolHyeon Jo, JiHae Kim, Jinwoo Kim, Min Hyeong Kim, Jin Kyung Lyu, SeYoung Jang, YunJung Woo, Eunsook Jin
  • Patent number: 10725265
    Abstract: A method and system for adjusting focusing length to enhance vision of a user. A method for adjusting focusing length includes controlling an object to be displayed and adjusting a focusing length indicating distance to a lens from a virtual surface where eyes of user are located by changing at least one optical property of then lens based on vision setting information while an object is displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignees: NHN Corporation, NHN Studio 629 Corporation
    Inventor: Chuljae Lim
  • Patent number: 10664891
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments provide a computer-implemented method of enabling a recommendation of a software to a user from a software marketplace based on activities of the user's friend of an internet-based social network who is related to the first user within the confines of the social network, said user maintaining an internet-based social network account, the method comprising: receiving, from the first user, a selection of an interface associated with the software marketplace, generating, by a computer-implemented recommendation system, a list of recommended software based on the internet-based social network into which the first user is logged into, sending the list of the of recommended software to the first user, wherein the computer-implemented recommendation system retrieves the information of the user's friend and assigns a weight to a post not displayed based on an attribute thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: NHN Entertainment Corporation
    Inventors: Yuwon Kim, Injae Song, Young Jun Hong, You Young Kim, Jin Kyo Chung
  • Patent number: 10652548
    Abstract: A video system for minimizing streaming latency is disclosed. The video system includes an encoder having a data input part receiving external streaming video data, a data conversion part converting the external streaming video data to output converted video data, a first buffer receiving the converted video data, a data measurement part measuring size of the converted video data and conversion time spent for converting the streaming data, and a latency determination part comparing the size and the conversion time, respectively, to a reference size and a reference time to determine latency; and a decoder having a second buffer receiving the converted video data from the first buffer. The latency determination part transmitting the determined result to the data input part and the data input part outputs a latest streaming video data in response to determination that the first buffer or second buffer will be in underflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: NHN Entertainment Corporation
    Inventor: Hye-Young Kim
  • Patent number: 10625165
    Abstract: A game device includes a processor, and a memory having a computer-readable program stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, causes the game device to display a plurality of characters including characters of a plurality of types, determine whether selection of the character(s) is of a first mode or of a second mode based on a signal indicating the selection, and erase the selected character(s) and perform a first process in the case where the selection is determined to be of the first mode, and erase the selected characters and perform a second process in the case where the selection is determined to be of the second mode, the second process including newly displaying a character that has a size in accordance with the size and the number of the erased characters and is of the same type as that of the erased characters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignees: NHN PlayArt Corp., NHN Corporation
    Inventor: Haruki Murakami