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Granted Patent B2
US 12,255,748 · App. 18/091,379 · Granted Mar 18, 2025

Method and apparatus for processing abusing message in anonymous chatroom

Inventors: Soo Bum Kim (Seongnam-si, KR); Jung Woo Choi (Seongnam-si, KR); Min Jeong Kim (Seongnam-si, KR); Keun Seop Lee (Seongnam-si, KR); Chang Yong Lee (Seongnam-si, KR)
Assignee: KAKAO CORP.
H04L12/1822H04L51/212H04L63/0421
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,255,748
App. No.
18/091,379
Granted
Mar 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for processing an abusing message in an anonymous chatroom includes providing a rule set of a latest version to an administrator terminal of the anonymous chatroom when the administrator terminal logs in to an account through a message application or enters the anonymous chatroom, receiving a new message in the anonymous chatroom, providing the new message to the administrator terminal, receiving a request for hiding the new message from the administrator terminal when the new message is determined to be an abusing message based on at least one of a spam keyword and the rule set stored in the administrator terminal, and transmitting a command to hide the new message to a user terminal that joins the anonymous chatroom according to the request for hiding the new message.

Claims (47)

1. A method of processing an abusing message, performed by a message server, the method comprising:

providing a rule set of a latest version to an administrator terminal of an anonymous chatroom, in response to an account of the administrator terminal logging into a messaging service or entering the anonymous chatroom of the messaging service;

receiving a new message through the anonymous chatroom;

providing the new message to the administrator terminal of the anonymous chatroom;

receiving a request signal for hiding the new message from the administrator terminal, the request signal indicating that the new message is an abusing message based on the rule set stored in the administrator terminal; and

transmitting a command to hide the new message to a user terminal that joins the anonymous chatroom, according to the request signal for hiding the new message.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the rule set is newly generated or updated according to a report of the administrator terminal or the user terminal that enters the anonymous chatroom.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein, when the new message is determined to be the abusing message,

all contents comprised in the new message are hidden, or

some contents matching at least one of the rule set and a spam keyword, among all the contents comprised in the new message, are hidden.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the request signal includes information from the administrator terminal on whether the new message is mapped to at least one of the rule set and a spam keyword.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein, when the new message is determined to be the abusing message and thus is hidden, an account of an abusing terminal transmitting the new message is forcibly removed from the anonymous chatroom or registered as an abuser.

6. A method of processing an abusing message, performed by a message server, the method comprising:

receiving a new message through an anonymous chatroom;

providing the new message to an administrator terminal of the anonymous chatroom;

receiving a request signal for hiding the new message from the administrator terminal, the request signal indicating that the new message is an abusing message based on a rule set stored in the administrator terminal; and

transmitting a command to hide the new message to a user terminal that joins the anonymous chatroom, according to the request signal for hiding the new message,

wherein, the rule set is provided by an abusing server to the administrator terminal in response to an account of the administrator terminal logging in to a messaging service or entering the anonymous chatroom of the messaging service.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the rule set is newly generated or updated according to a report of the administrator terminal or the user terminal that enters the anonymous chatroom.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein, when the new message is determined to be the abusing message,

all contents comprised in the new message are hidden, or

some contents matching at least one of the rule set and a spam keyword, among all the contents comprised in the new message, are hidden.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the request signal includes

information from the administrator terminal on whether the new message is mapped to at least one of the rule set and a spam keyword.

10. The method of claim 6 , wherein, when the new message is determined to be the abusing message and thus is hidden, an account of an abusing terminal transmitting the new message is forcibly removed from the anonymous chatroom or registered as an abuser.

11. A method of processing an abusing message, performed by an abusing server, the method comprising:

providing a rule set of a latest version to an administrator terminal of the anonymous chatroom, in response to an account of the administrator terminal logging in to a messaging service or entering the anonymous chatroom of the messaging service;

receiving a request signal for hiding a new message from the administrator terminal, the request signal indicating that the new message is an abusing message based on the rule set stored in the administrator terminal; and

transmitting a command to hide the new message to a user terminal that joins the anonymous chatroom, according to the request signal for hiding the new message.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the rule set is newly generated or updated according to a report of the administrator terminal or the user terminal that enters the anonymous chatroom.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein, when the new message is determined to be the abusing message,

all contents comprised in the new message are hidden, or

some contents matching at least one of the rule set and a spam keyword, among all the contents comprised in the new message, are hidden.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the request signal includes information from the administrator terminal on whether the new message is mapped to at least one of the rule set and a spam keyword.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein, when the new message is determined to be the abusing message and thus is hidden, an account of an abusing terminal transmitting the new message is forcibly removed from the anonymous chatroom or registered as an abuser.

16. A server device comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory storing instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the server device to:

providing a rule set of a latest version to an administrator terminal of a chatroom, in response to an account of the administrator terminal logging into a messaging service or entering the chatroom of the messaging service;

receiving a new message through the chatroom;

providing the new message to the administrator terminal of the chatroom;

receiving a request signal for hiding the new message from the administrator terminal, the request signal indicating that the new message is an abusing message based on the rule set stored in the administrator terminal; and

transmitting a command to hide the new message to a user terminal that joins the chatroom, according to the request signal for hiding the new message.

17. The server device of claim 16 , wherein the chatroom includes an anonymous chatroom of the messaging service.

18. The server device of claim 16 , wherein the rule set is newly generated or updated according to a report of the administrator terminal or the user terminal that enters the chatroom.

19. The server device of claim 16 , wherein, when the new message is determined to be the abusing message, all contents comprised in the new message are hidden, or some contents matching at least one of the rule set and a spam keyword, among all the contents comprised in the new message, are hidden.

20. The server device of claim 16 , wherein the request signal includes information from the administrator terminal on whether the new message is mapped to at least one of the rule set and a spam keyword.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2022
From: KIM, SOO BUM; CHOI, JUNG WOO; KIM, MIN JEONG; LEE, KEUN SEOP; LEE, CHANG YONG
To: KAKAO CORP.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0194299 · Dec 31, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230216698A1 · Jul 6, 2023
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