公开(公告)号：US20250095057A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-20

申请号：US18884769

申请日：2024-09-13

Applicant: NEXON KOREA CORPORATION

Inventor： Min Seok JANG ,  Ki On KIM

IPC: G06Q30/08

Abstract: Provided is a method of providing a game service by a game providing apparatus. The method includes obtaining auction information associated with an auction for a game item, obtaining an auction end time range indicating a time range in which the auction ends based on the auction time information, and determining an auction end time point for the game item to be any time point within the auction end time range. In some embodiments, the auction information includes auction time information associated with a time of the auction.

公开(公告)号：US20230277938A1

公开(公告)日：2023-09-07

申请号：US18178391

申请日：2023-03-03

Applicant: NEXON KOREA CORPORATION

Inventor： Ki On KIM

IPC: A63F13/58 ,  G06Q20/36 ,  G06Q20/38 ,  A63F13/792

CPC classification number: A63F13/58 ,  G06Q20/36 ,  G06Q20/381 ,  A63F13/792

Abstract: Provided are a method and device for providing a game, and the method includes linking an electronic wallet for trading a cryptocurrency over a blockchain network, to an account of a user using the game service, obtaining information of a cryptocurrency owned by the electronic wallet, and based on the obtained information of the cryptocurrency, providing a certain in-game effect to the user.

公开(公告)号：US11273376B2

公开(公告)日：2022-03-15

申请号：US16503776

申请日：2019-07-05

Applicant: NEXON KOREA CORPORATION

Inventor： Kwang Sup Lee ,  Sung Hwan Yoon

IPC: A63F9/24 ,  A63F11/00 ,  G06F13/00 ,  G06F17/00 ,  A63F13/58 ,  A63F13/65 ,  G06K19/06 ,  G06K9/34

Abstract: Provided is a game providing method comprising storing a plurality of codes for changing a property of an object in an online game; receiving a code provided by a user of the online game; determining whether the received code corresponds to one of the plurality of codes; and, based on determining that the received code corresponds to one of the plurality of codes, changing, based on a predetermined condition, the property of the object with which the user interacts from a first value to a second value.

公开(公告)号：US20200368626A1

公开(公告)日：2020-11-26

申请号：US16766202

申请日：2018-02-06

Applicant: NEXON KOREA CORPORATION

Inventor： Dae Hyun KANG

IPC: A63F13/795 ,  A63F13/87 ,  A63F13/48

Abstract: A method of enabling a user to play a game with a virtual friend includes determining a virtual friend having first feature information on the basis of user information, determining a message from the virtual friend to be transmitted to the user on a basis of the user information and the first feature information, transmitting the message to the user; and when the user who has received the message accesses a game, transmitting an invitation message from the virtual friend to the user within the game.

公开(公告)号：US20250161821A1

公开(公告)日：2025-05-22

申请号：US18955524

申请日：2024-11-21

Applicant: NEXON KOREA CORPORATION

Inventor： Jung Hoon HAN ,  Dong Sun KIM ,  Jeong Soo KIM

IPC: A63F13/79 ,  A63F13/533

Abstract: A method of providing a game service, by a game providing apparatus, is disclosed. The method includes transferring the item from an inventory of the user to the illustrated guide pool, based on a store request for storing an item retained by a user in an illustrated guide pool. The method includes providing a reward to the user as the item is transferred to the illustrated guide pool. The method includes transferring the item from the illustrated guide pool to the inventory of the user, based on a return request for returning the item stored in the illustrated guide pool to the inventory. The method includes retrieving the reward that has been provided to the user as the item is transferred to the inventory of the user.

公开(公告)号：US20240420170A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-19

申请号：US18744350

申请日：2024-06-14

Applicant: NEXON KOREA CORPORATION

Inventor： Pil Ryoung LIM ,  Hwi Jong KIM ,  Chan Seop KIM ,  Jeong Heon KIM

IPC: G06Q30/0201 ,  A63F13/69 ,  A63F13/792

Abstract: Provided is a method of providing a game service. The method may be performed by a game-providing device. The method includes obtaining enhancement information regarding enhancement conditions of a first item among items in a game. The method includes obtaining first user information indicating information about a user who uses the game at a first time point. The method includes determining a first enhancement price for enhancing the first item, based on the enhancement information and the first user information.

公开(公告)号：US20240375000A1

公开(公告)日：2024-11-14

申请号：US18661973

申请日：2024-05-13

Applicant: NEXON KOREA CORPORATION

Inventor： Dae Hyun KANG

IPC: A63F13/53 ,  A63F13/65 ,  A63F13/812

Abstract: Provided is a method including obtaining prerequisite information pre-defined for playing a game, obtaining first content produced by setting a specific person as a recipient, based on the prerequisite information, requesting an external server configured to provide an external service, to display the first content through the external service, obtaining a first answer input by a user, based on the first content, and providing a game service controlled based on the first answer.

公开(公告)号：US11975265B2

公开(公告)日：2024-05-07

申请号：US16984265

申请日：2020-08-04

Applicant: NEXON KOREA CORPORATION

Inventor： Hyera Jeong

IPC: A63F13/58 ,  A63F13/44 ,  A63F13/533 ,  A63F13/79

CPC classification number: A63F13/58 ,  A63F13/44 ,  A63F13/533 ,  A63F13/79

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for providing a game. The apparatus for providing a game includes storage configured to store information about a plurality of characters held by a user in a game, and a controller configured to provide information corresponding to a character, satisfying a predetermined condition among the plurality of held characters, to the user.

公开(公告)号：US11900406B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-13

申请号：US17045922

申请日：2019-03-18

Applicant: NEXON KOREA CORPORATION

Inventor： Dong Soo Yeo

IPC: G06Q30/02 ,  A63F13/69 ,  G06F17/18 ,  G06Q20/12 ,  G06Q50/34 ,  G06N7/01 ,  A63F13/79 ,  G06Q30/0207 ,  G06Q30/0201 ,  A63F13/792

CPC classification number: G06Q30/0209 ,  A63F13/69 ,  G06F17/18 ,  G06N7/01 ,  G06Q20/123 ,  G06Q30/0201 ,  G06Q50/34 ,  A63F13/792 ,  A63F2300/5546 ,  A63F2300/609

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of controlling a probability of a probability-based item provision system, which includes measuring an amount of use of an item provision system during a first time interval, comparing the measurement result with a first threshold, and changing the probability of the item provision system within a predetermined range during a second time interval after the first time interval, based on a result of the comparing.

公开(公告)号：US20220147609A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-12

申请号：US17501448

申请日：2021-10-14

Applicant: NEXON KOREA CORPORATION

Inventor： Ki On KIM ,  Myung Jin PARK

IPC: G06F21/36 ,  G06T13/80

Abstract: The disclosure introduces a user authentication method Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart (CAPTCHA), the user authentication method including: determining a correct answer pattern having at least one correct answer direction; generating, with respect to each of the at least one correct answer direction, an animation of an arrow object rotating with a movement distinguished from movements in other directions with reference to the correct answer direction; displaying a CAPTCHA interface corresponding to the correct answer pattern and including an arrangement of the generated animation; receiving a direction input from a user; and determining whether the user has been authenticated according to a result of comparing the direction input with the correct answer pattern.