US 11,817,962 B2
Method for instant messaging service providing schedule service and apparatus thereof
Jeong Min Yun, Seongnam-si (KR); Moon Young Jo, Seongnam-si (KR); Yeon Jin Lee, Seongnam-si (KR); Won Chul Jeong, Seongnam-si (KR); Han Byeol Choi, Seongnam-si (KR); Bong Gyun Kang, Seongnam-si (KR); Hyun Na Park, Seongnam-si (KR); Moon Seok Park, Seongnam-si (KR); Pyung Hwa Choi, Seongnam-si (KR); Dae Seong Shin, Seongnam-si (KR); Seung Uk Jeong, Seongnam-si (KR); Hoi Moon Jeong, Seongnam-si (KR); Won Iel Yoo, Seongnam-si (KR); and Seo Yon Choi, Seongnam-si (KR)
Assigned to KAKAO CORP., Jeju-si (KR)
Filed by KAKAO CORP., Jeju-si (KR)
Filed on Dec. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/549,868.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0174801 (KR), filed on Dec. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0191054 A1, Jun. 16, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04L 51/046 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 12/1818 (2013.01) [H04L 51/046 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An operation method of a schedule management server, comprising:
receiving a schedule creating request generated through a chatroom;
determining a schedule type corresponding to the schedule creating request, based on a type of the chatroom;
selecting a type of calendar corresponding to the schedule type from among a first type of calendar belonging to the chatroom in which the schedule creating request is created and a second type of calendar belonging to a user account which creates the schedule creating request; and
creating a schedule corresponding to the selected type of calendar, based on the schedule creating request, wherein creating the schedule comprises:
when the selected type of calendar is the first type of calendar, generating a first type of schedule instance configured such that accessing a content of the first type of the schedule instance is gated via participation in the chatroom; and
when the selected type of calendar is the second type of calendar, generating a second type of schedule instance configured such that accessing a content of the second type of the schedule instance is gated via being included in an invitation object of the second type of schedule instance;
wherein the schedule corresponding to the selected type of calendar includes an instance of the schedule being registered in the selected type of calendar.