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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2021
Applicant:
Ncsoft Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NCSOFT Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04L 51/046 (2022.01); A63F 13/87 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/1822 (2013.01); A63F 13/87 (2014.09); H04L 12/1818 (2013.01); H04L 51/046 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing a chat service are provided. The method for providing a chat service according to one embodiment includes providing an invitation target list including a plurality of user groups to a user device of a user participating in a chat room, receiving, from the user device, an invitation request for one or more user groups selected as invitation target user group from among the plurality of user groups, and inviting the invitation target user group to the chat room.