Patents by Inventor Ra Young Yang

Ra Young Yang has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7984050
    Abstract: Provided is a keyword advertising system for extracting search listings in response to a search request. The system comprises a memory for storing a search information database; a bid control module selecting a predetermined number of search listings primarily according to the bid amount and an estimated advertising period; a ranking module generating an ordered search result list; and a computation control module computing the advertising period for the received bids. The ranking module orders the selected search listings in the search result list according to the selected search listings' respective bid amounts and the estimated advertising period and the computation control module estimating advertising costs uses the bid amount of the advertiser and average number of clicks information during a predetermined previous period. The computation control module further calculates the estimated advertising period using deposit from the advertiser and the estimated advertising costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: NHN Business Platform Corporation
    Inventors: Woo Sung Lee, Ra Young Yang
  • Publication number: 20100306051
    Abstract: Provided is a keyword advertising system for extracting search listings in response to a search request. The system comprises a memory for storing a search information database; a bid control module selecting a predetermined number of search listings primarily according to the bid amount and an estimated advertising period; a ranking module generating an ordered search result list; and a computation control module computing the advertising period for the received bids. The ranking module orders the selected search listings in the search result list according to the selected search listings' respective bid amounts and the estimated advertising period and the computation control module estimating advertising costs uses the bid amount of the advertiser and average number of clicks information during a predetermined previous period. The computation control module further calculates the estimated advertising period using deposit from the advertiser and the estimated advertising costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: NHN BUSINESS PLATFORM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Woo Sung Lee, Ra Young Yang
  • Publication number: 20100268610
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an online advertising method and an online advertising system, and more particularly, relates to an online advertising method and an online advertising system using a knowledge providing service system which enables knowledge to be provided through questions and answers between users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: NHN CORPORATION
    Inventors: RA YOUNG YANG, MI JEONG CHOI, WOO SUNG LEE
  • Patent number: 7801892
    Abstract: Provided is a keyword advertising system extracting search listings in response to a search request, the system comprising: an interface receiving bid price information corresponding to a keyword from an advertiser; a search information database storing search listings associated with the advertisers in association with each of the received bid price information; a ranking module generating a search result list by referring to the search information database, in response to a search request from a searcher; and a search results providing module providing the searcher with the generated search result list; wherein the ranking module generates the search result list by performing the steps of: identifying a keyword received from the searcher in association with the search request; selecting N of search listings from the at least one search result listing corresponding to the identified keyword, based on the bid price information; and ordering the selected search listings in order of click through rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: NHN Business Platform Corporation
    Inventors: Woo Sung Lee, Ra Young Yang
  • Publication number: 20090171746
    Abstract: The search service providing method according to the present invention includes: maintaining a search listing database including a keyword, a search listing associated with the keyword, a bid amount, an exposure index, and/or an advertiser identifier associated with the search listing, computing an average click rate for each of the search listings, computing the exposure index based on the average click rate and the bid amount for each search listing and recording the exposure index in the search listing database in association with the search listing to be updated, receiving a search request including a keyword from a user, selecting a predetermined number of the search listings whose exposure index ranks high from the search listings associated with the keyword with reference to the search listing database, and generating a search result list including the predetermined number of the selected search results and providing the search result list to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2005
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: NHN Corporation
    Inventors: Woo Sung Lee, Ra Young Yang, Jun Seok Na
  • Publication number: 20080313164
    Abstract: Provided is a keyword advertising system extracting search listings in response to a search request, the system comprising: an interface receiving bid price information corresponding to a keyword from an advertiser; a search information database storing search listings associated with the advertisers in association with each of the received bid price information; a ranking module generating a search result list by referring to the search information database, in response to a search request from a searcher; and a search results providing module providing the searcher with the generated search result list; wherein the ranking module generates the search result list by performing the steps of: identifying a keyword received from the searcher in association with the search request; selecting N of search listings from the at least one search result listing corresponding to the identified keyword, based on the bid price information; and ordering the selected search listings in order of click through rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2005
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicant: NHN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Woo Sung Lee, Ra Young Yang
  • Publication number: 20080097969
    Abstract: The search service providing method according to the presents invention, includes maintaining a search result database including a keyword, a search listing associated with the keyword, a bid amount associated with the search listing, a total exposure number associated with the search listing, an exposure index associated with the search listing, and/or an advertiser identifier associated with the search listing; in the case a search request including a predetermined keyword is inputted from a user, selecting a predetermined number of search listings whose exposure index ranks high from search listings associated with the keyword; and generating and providing a search result list including the selected predetermined number of the search listings, wherein the exposure index is computed based on an average click rate that is an average of unit period click rates for a specified period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: NHN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Woo Sung Lee, Ra Young Yang, Jun Seok Na