ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,323,376, issued on June 3, was assigned to SAMSUNG SDS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method for providing messenger service, and apparatus for implementing the same" was invented by Kyea Min Jeon (Seoul, South Korea) and Ju Yeon Yook (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for providing a messenger service, which is performed by at least one processor, includes: creating a conversation group by grouping conversations relevant to a first conversation of a plurality of conversations displayed in a chat room; and providing at least one recommended target screen based on a target-relevant word included in the conversatio...