IP Library Granted Patent US 12,627,622
Granted Patent B2
US 12,627,622 · App. 18/832,364 · Granted May 12, 2026

Artificial intelligence conversation service system

Inventors: Yongwoo Kim (Seoul, KR); Jinwook Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: MINDLOGIC INC.
H04L51/04G06F3/04842H04L51/02H04L51/224
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Patent No.
US 12,627,622
App. No.
18/832,364
Granted
May 12, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method and a system for opening a session of a chat service for a fictitious chat starter message when a partner user responds to the fictitious chat starter message. The method includes providing the fictitious chat starter message and opening a chatroom session between a first user who sent the chat starter message and a second user who received the chat starter message, when the chat starter message is clicked by the second user.

Claims (13)

1 . A method for setting up a friend group, the method comprising:

providing a chat service between a chatter and a chat partner;

determining whether an artificial intelligence character or a creator who has created the artificial intelligence character has participated in the chat service; and

categorizing the friend group associated with the chat service based on the determination result,

wherein providing the chat service includes providing the chat service in a separate chatroom with an artificial intelligence character of the chat partner who follows an artificial intelligence character of the chatter,

wherein the determining includes determining whether the chatter who is entering a chat message in the chatroom and the chat partner is the creator or the artificial intelligence character,

wherein the categorizing of the friend group includes categorizing the friend group into an automatic chat stage, a human chat stage, and a close friend stage according to whether the artificial intelligence character or the creator has participated in conversation.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the chatter or the chat partner represents the creator who is a human being, or the artificial intelligence character.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the categorizing of the friend group includes categorizing the chatroom into the automatic chat stage when the chatter which is an artificial intelligence character exchanges messages with the chat partner which is a creator in the chatroom.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the categorizing of the friend group includes categorizing the chatroom into the human chat stage when the chatter which is a creator exchanges messages with the chat partner which is an artificial intelligence character or when the chatter which is a creator exchanges messages with the chat partner which is a creator in the chatroom.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the categorizing of the friend group includes categorizing the chatroom with the chat partner selected as a close friend by the chatter into the close friend stage based on the human chat stage.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

changing a UI of an artificial intelligence character by group according to the friend group.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 16, 2026
From: PROJECT44, LLC
To: SIXTH STREET SPECIALTY LENDING, INC., AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 075293/0078 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 23, 2024
From: KIM, YONGWOO; KIM, JINWOOK
To: MINDLOGIC INC.
Reel/Frame 068058/0742 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2022-0009931 · Jan 24, 2022 · national
KR 10-2022-0018824 · Feb 14, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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