Patents Assigned to Plus Corporation
  • Patent number: 11765107
    Abstract: A method for providing relevance information between users performed by one or more processors of a user terminal including receiving, from a user, a request for the relevance information between a first user account and a second user account of an instant messaging application from a user of the user terminal, collecting message information in a group chat room that includes the first user account, the second user account, and one or more additional user accounts, extracting a conversation between the first user account and the second user account from the collected message information, and displaying the extracted conversation between the first user account and the second user account along with information on the group chat room on a display of the user terminal, in which the first user account is associated with the user terminal, may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: LINE PLUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hyukjae Jang, Ji Hyeon Park, Hyeyoung Kwon, Youngjae Kim, Jong Min Kim
  • Patent number: 11744450
    Abstract: An oral imaging device includes a base, a camera module, and a plurality of light source modules. The base includes a camera component, an opening surface, and a plurality of light source components connected to two sides of the camera component. A slant angle exists between each light source component and the camera component. The slant angle is a non-right angle. The opening surface is substantially parallel to the camera component. The camera module is located on the camera component and faces the opening surface. The plurality of light source modules each are located on each light source component and configured to project a light beam onto the opening surface. A center ray of the light beam passes through a center point of the opening surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: AUO DISPLAY PLUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Liang-Jen Chang, Hui-Lung Lu
  • Patent number: 11743224
    Abstract: A method, a system, and a non-transitory computer-readable record medium are provided to display content of interest. A content display method may include analyzing a user interest based on a user activity on an application; generating a customized content in response to receiving from a server, information that matches the user interest; and displaying the customized content through an interface related to a specific event when the specific event occurs on the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: LINE Plus Corporation
    Inventors: Min Hwang, Sangmo Goo, Jihun Im, Jay Lee, Yeon Jin Jin, Yubin Kim
  • Publication number: 20230230178
    Abstract: A method of generating a social platform service screen includes directing, by at least one processor of a computer device, the social platform service screen to land on one of a recommended feed tab and a following feed tab according to a situation associated with the social platform service screen at an entry request point in time, the recommended feed tab configured to display a personalization-based recommended post and the following feed tab configured to display relationship-based following posts contained within a following feed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: LINE Plus Corporation
    Inventors: Myung Han YOON, Jihoon YANG, Leila KIM, Mina KIM
  • Publication number: 20230215090
    Abstract: A method for displaying a virtual space at various point-in-times is provided, which is performed by one or more processors and includes displaying a user's avatar on a current first virtual space, in response to receiving a first user input selecting a first graphical object associated with a movement between point-in-times, displaying a user interface including a plurality of point-in-time information associated with the first virtual space, receiving, from a user, a selection of a first point-in-time from among the plurality of point-in-time information, and playing back a first event associated with the first virtual space recorded at the first point-in-time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: Line Plus Corporation
    Inventors: So Jin YE, Juhee Kim, Ki Ho Park, Jae Wook Song, Kang Su Shin, Jun Ho Lee, Ha Jin Lee, Won Jean Jo, Si Hyun Jin, Baek Bum Pyun
  • Publication number: 20230215101
    Abstract: A method, a device, and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for creating a three-dimensional (3D) object for a virtual space that may create a 3D object by three-dimensionally rendering an object extracted from an input image, may set a design element of the 3D object in association with a virtual space in which an avatar is provided, and may provide the 3D object to which the design element is applied as an item of the virtual space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: LINE Plus Corporation
    Inventor: Sol E CHOI
  • Publication number: 20230215296
    Abstract: A sign language translation method performed by at least one processor includes setting a sign language translation avatar in a video call, translating speech of at least one speaker into sign language during the video call, and displaying the sign language through the sign language translation avatar during the video call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: LINE Plus Corporation
    Inventor: Yunji LEE
  • Patent number: 11695582
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable record medium for providing a plurality of group calls in a single chatroom. A group call providing method including receiving, by the at least one processor, information about a plurality of group call channels generated in response to a first request from at least one member included in a chatroom, from a server, providing, by the at least one processor, a group call channel list about the plurality of group call channels through the chatroom based on the information about the plurality of group call channels, and starting, by the at least one processor, a group call through a specific group call channel, from among the plurality of group call channels, in response to receiving a second request for joining the specific group call channel through the group call channel list may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: LINE PLUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Young Hyuk Kim
  • Patent number: 11676112
    Abstract: A diary addition method, as well as a system, and a non-transitory computer-readable record medium implementing the diary addition method, including providing an interface for selecting data included in a messaging platform in response to an input of a diary creation request for a specific period in a calendar; and creating a diary document based on data selected through the interface and adding the diary document to the calendar in association with the specific period may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: LINE PLUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Young Hyuk Kim
  • Publication number: 20230175853
    Abstract: A method for providing a navigation service based on user driving route is provided, which is executed by one or more processors of a user terminal, and includes, in response to a user input including a metadata search term, outputting one or more user driving routes associated with the metadata search term, in response to a user input of selecting a user driving route from among the one or more user driving routes, outputting information associated with the selected user driving route, and in response to a user input of starting driving guidance, outputting driving guidance information according to the selected user driving route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Line Plus Corporation
    Inventor: Sujeong KIM
  • Publication number: 20230169691
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of providing an image storage service, computer-readable recording mediums, and/or computing devices. The method of providing the image storage service includes selecting image data in a first format, determining an initial compression parameter for converting the selected image data in the first format into a second format, obtaining primary image data in the second format by transcoding the selected image data in the first format based on the initial compression parameter, searching for a desired compression parameter based on whether image quality of the primary image data satisfies a criterion, obtaining final image data in the second format by transcoding the selected image data in the first format based on the desired compression parameter, and storing final image data in the second format in the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: LINE Plus Corporation
    Inventors: Joon Sick BAICK, Seung Hoon Baek
  • Publication number: 20230153809
    Abstract: Event managing methods, computer-readable recording mediums having recorded thereon a computer program for executing the method, and/or computing devices are disclosed. The event managing method may include generating an event-associated message for participation in an event based on an input of a host user, transmitting the event-associated message to a guest user device of a guest user belonging to a first chat room through the first chat room, to which the host user belongs, transmitting a remittance request message to the guest user device based on an input of the guest user responding to the event-associated message, and determining whether remittance requested by the remittance request message has been processed by the guest user device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: LINE Plus Corporation
    Inventors: Ik Hun UM, Seong Woon LEE, Baek Bun PYUN
  • Patent number: 11652774
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and systems for displaying a conversation thread. A conversation thread displaying method including classifying messages transmitted and received through at least one conversation session to generate a conversation thread for each of the at least one conversation session, providing a conversation session list, displaying messages of a selected conversation thread selected from the conversation session list, receiving a conversation summary request for the messages of the selected conversation thread, and providing a conversation summary for the messages of the selected conversation thread in response to the conversation summary request for the messages of the selected conversation thread may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: LINE PLUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keon Hong Lee, Hyukjae Jang
  • Patent number: 11652765
    Abstract: Provided is a method of controlling an Internet of Things (IoT) device using a messenger bot, the method including adding a chatroom with a bot for interaction between an IoT server and a user of a messenger; and instructing the IoT server to transmit a control signal to the IoT device in response to a control input that is input from the user to the bot through the chatroom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: LINE Plus Corporation
    Inventors: JaeYun Jung, Su Ahn Lee, Youngsub Park, Seung Wook Han, Hee Jong Lee
  • Publication number: 20230134831
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and non-transitory computer-readable recording mediums for browsing various sticker contents through swipe to preview may be provided. A sticker content browsing method performed by a computer device, which includes at least one processor configured to execute computer-readable instructions included in a memory, including providing a swipe-to-preview interface configured to enable a user to scroll sticker contents and displaying a subset of the sticker contents in response to a control instruction of the user input to the swipe-to-preview interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: LINE Plus Corporation
    Inventors: Soyeon HAN, Hyun Ju YI
  • Publication number: 20230137171
    Abstract: Methods, computer devices, and non-transitory computer-readable recording mediums to provide a body effect during a video call may be provided. An effect providing method includes recommending an attire body effect for a video call based on at least one of user information and a call purpose, transmitting a user video in which the attire body effect is synthesized in a body portion detected from a camera video to a terminal of a counterpart that participates in the video call, and displaying a video call screen that includes a counterpart video and the user video that participate in the video call.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: LINE Plus Corporation
    Inventor: Na Young KIM
  • Publication number: 20230132038
    Abstract: A method for providing online shopping information based on video analysis is performed by one or more processors of a user terminal. The method includes while a video is playing, outputting a first tag associated with a first object included in the video, at a location adjacent to the first object, while the video is playing, outputting a second tag associated with a second object included in the video, at a location adjacent to the second object, while the video is playing, receiving a first user input of selecting the first tag, the first user input being a first input of a user of the user terminal, and in response to receiving the first user input, outputting information on a first product registered in an online shopping platform associated with the first object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: LINE Plus Corporation
    Inventor: Eun Bin KANG
  • Publication number: 20230128488
    Abstract: A method for recommending a bot for managing a chat room includes acquiring, from a memory, a log of a chat room including a user associated with a user terminal, analyzing the log of the chat room for predetermined criteria in at least one category, determining a number of incidents in the log of the chat room of the predetermined criteria in the at least one category, and when the number of incidents of the predetermined criteria in the at least one category exceeds a predetermined threshold for the at least one category, automatically recommending a chat room bot to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: LINE Plus Corporation
    Inventor: Eun Bin KANG
  • Patent number: 11636452
    Abstract: A method and a computer system for a split payment are provided. A split payment method may include: obtaining cost information of at least one transaction for a split payment; creating a split payment page that allows a visitor of the split payment page to pay a portion of a cost of the at least one transaction; providing the visitor with a link to the split payment page; and based on the portion of the cost of the at least one transaction being selected by the visitor of the split payment page, processing a payment or remittance of the portion of the cost, and updating the split payment page according to a result of the payment or the remittance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: LINE Plus Corporation
    Inventor: Seonkyung Kim
  • Patent number: D985666
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: PLUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kota Ueya, Toshihiro Ohira, Hayato Horie