ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,957, issued on May 26, was assigned to KAKAO CORP. (Jeju-Si, South Korea).

"Communication system using user interfaces for automatic instant messenger chat summary generation" was invented by Yong Yeon Kim (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Min Yoo (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Hyun Seok Yoo (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication system using user interfaces for executing the instant messenger is provided. The system receives, via a network, data corresponding to at least one chat room; displays, based on the data and in a user interface of the instant messenger application, a chat room list; in response to...