KR102395740B1 - Electronic apparatus for providing information of item and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

According to the present disclosure, disclosed is a method for providing the information of an item in a control part of an electronic device comprising: a step of receiving the group information comprising a main item and a sub-item set to be grouped with the main item from a first database; a step of receiving the detail information related to the main item and the sub-item set from a second database; and a step of providing a page comprising the information related to at least one part and the main item among the sub-item set based on the group information and the detail information. Therefore, the present invention is capable of providing optimal benefits for the items for which the user purchases.

Description

Electronic device and method for providing item information

The present disclosure relates to an electronic device and method for providing item information. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a method of providing a page including item information by receiving group information related to an item from a first database and detailed information related to an item from a second database, and an electronic device using the same.

With the development of electronic technology, e-commerce has become a field of shopping. Customers can purchase items online without going directly to a shopping mall or market, and items purchased online are delivered to a delivery address requested by the customer.

On a page for providing information on items for sale online, various methods for inducing a customer to purchase an item may be used. Various methods for inducing purchase of an item may include a method for providing a benefit according to purchase of an item.

When a user purchases several items, there are different benefits for the items, and there are benefits provided when a plurality of items are purchased together, what benefits are provided in relation to the items the user purchases; A benefit to be provided to the user may be determined by considering various factors such as whether the corresponding benefits overlap and which benefit provides the greatest benefit to the user. Accordingly, methods for accurately and efficiently determining a benefit to be provided to a user may be proposed.

In this regard, reference may be made to prior documents such as KR101770935B1 case and KR101173180B1 case.

In order to solve the problem described above, the control unit receives group information including a main item and a set of sub-items to be grouped with a main item from a first database, and 2 An electronic device and method for receiving detailed information related to a main item and a sub-item set from a database and providing a page including at least a part of the sub-item set and information related to the main item based on the group information and the detailed information is to provide

The technical problems to be achieved by the present embodiment are not limited to the technical problems described above, and other technical problems may be inferred from the following embodiments.

According to an embodiment, a method of providing item information by a control unit of an electronic device includes: receiving group information including a main item and a set of sub-items to be grouped with the main item from a first database; receiving detailed information related to the main item and the sub-item set from a second database; and providing a page including information related to at least a portion of the sub-item set and the main item based on the group information and the detailed information.

According to an embodiment, the page may be provided in response to a user input related to the main item received from the user.

According to an embodiment, the user input includes a search input related to the main item, an additional input for adding the main item to a shopping cart, a purchase request input for the main item, and a payment input for the item price of the main item may include at least one of

According to an embodiment, the method of providing information on the item may further include requesting the detailed information about the main item and the sub-item set, which are confirmed based on the group information, from the second database. there is.

According to an embodiment, the detailed information includes item name information corresponding to the main item and the sub-item set, item price information corresponding to the main item and the sub-item set, and the main item and the sub-item set. It may include at least one of image information and benefit information on the main item.

According to an embodiment, the benefit information includes at least one of price discount information related to the main item and the sub-item set, an application condition of the price discount information, and price discount threshold information that can be applied in relation to the main item. may include

According to an embodiment, when the detailed information includes benefit information on the main item, the page includes information for classifying an item to which a benefit is applied and an item to which a benefit is not applied, based on the benefit information, and the It may include at least one of an interface for classifying an item to which a benefit is applied and an item to which a benefit is not applied based on the benefit information.

According to an embodiment, in the method of providing information on the item, at least one of the benefit information on the main item and the result of applying the benefit information on the main item to the main item and the sub-item set is stored in a third database. The method may further include making a request, and the controller may provide the page based on response information to the request.

According to an embodiment, the requesting step may be performed based on whether the detailed information includes benefit information on the main item.

According to an embodiment, the response information to the request may include benefit information about the main item stored in the third database.

According to an embodiment, the requesting may include transmitting request information including at least one of the group information and the detailed information to the third database.

According to an embodiment, when the request information includes the detailed information and the detailed information includes benefit information on the main item, the response information to the request includes the benefit information included in the detailed information. When the benefit information for the main item stored in the third database matches, an approval response to the benefit information included in the detailed information is included, the benefit information included in the detailed information and the benefit information stored in the third database In the case of not matching, the detailed information may include at least one of a rejection response to the benefit information included in the detailed information and benefit information stored in the third database.

According to an embodiment, the response information to the request includes purchase condition information of the main item and the sub-item set corresponding to a result of applying the benefit information, and the purchase condition information includes item amount information and point accumulation information. and information on items provided free of charge.

According to an embodiment, the first database and the second database may be a scalable NoSQL (Non-SQL) database.

According to an embodiment, when a user input related to a plurality of items including the main item is received from a user, and a sub-item selected according to the user input does not satisfy a condition for applying a benefit to the main item, the Based on the group information, an additional user input for achieving the application condition of the benefit may be suggested to the user.

According to an embodiment, the method for providing information on the item includes: receiving an additional input for adding at least a portion of the sub-item set and the main item to a shopping cart from a user in response to the page; and when receiving a request input for a shopping cart page displaying the shopping cart from the user, requesting one or more benefit information corresponding to one or more items included in the shopping cart to a third database.

According to an embodiment, the method for providing information on the item includes: receiving an additional input for adding at least a portion of the sub-item set and the main item to a shopping cart from a user in response to the page; and when receiving a request input for a shopping cart page displaying the shopping cart from the user, present a result of applying one or more benefit information corresponding to one or more items included in the shopping cart to one or more items included in the shopping cart 3 It may further include the step of making a request to the database.

According to an embodiment, an electronic device for providing item information includes: a first database for storing group information including a main item and a set of sub-items to be grouped with the main item; a second database for storing detailed information related to the main item and the sub-item set; and receiving the group information from the first database, receiving the detailed information from the second database, and based on the group information and the detailed information, information related to at least a part of the set of sub-items and the main item and a control unit for providing a page including

Specific details of other embodiments are included in the detailed description and drawings.

According to the present disclosure, an electronic device and method for providing item information can provide optimal benefits for items purchased by a user by efficiently managing and applying different benefits for items.

Effects of the invention are not limited to the effects mentioned above, and other effects not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the description of the claims.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating an electronic device that provides item information according to an exemplary embodiment.
2 is a flowchart illustrating an information processing method of an electronic device in an electronic device that provides item information according to an exemplary embodiment.
3 is a view for explaining a method of displaying a page including at least a portion of a set of sub-items and information related to the main item when detailed information includes benefit information on the main item according to an embodiment; .
4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing item information based on data transmission/reception with a third database in an electronic device that provides item information according to an exemplary embodiment.
5 is a diagram for illustratively explaining a result to which benefit information is applied according to an embodiment.
6 is an operation flowchart of a method of suggesting an additional user input to a user for achieving a benefit application condition according to an embodiment.
7 is an operation flowchart of a method of obtaining a result to which benefit information is applied to an item included in a shopping cart based on data transmission/reception with a third database when a user enters a shopping cart page according to an exemplary embodiment.
8 is a diagram to exemplarily describe a method of operating databases according to an embodiment.
9 is an operation flowchart of an information processing method of a control unit according to an exemplary embodiment.
10 is an exemplary diagram of a configuration of a control unit of an electronic device that provides item information according to an exemplary embodiment.

Terms used in the embodiments are selected as currently widely used general terms as possible while considering functions in the present disclosure, but may vary according to intentions or precedents of those of ordinary skill in the art, emergence of new technologies, and the like. In addition, in a specific case, there is a term arbitrarily selected by the applicant, and in this case, the meaning will be described in detail in the corresponding description. Therefore, the terms used in the present disclosure should be defined based on the meaning of the term and the contents of the present disclosure, rather than the simple name of the term.

In the entire specification, when a part “includes” a certain element, it means that other elements may be further included, rather than excluding other elements, unless otherwise stated. In addition, terms such as “…unit” and “…module” described in the specification mean a unit that processes at least one function or operation, which is implemented as hardware or software, or a combination of hardware and software. can be

The expression “at least one of a, b, and c” described throughout the specification is, 'a alone', 'b alone', 'c alone', 'a and b', 'a and c', 'b and c ', or 'all of a, b, and c'.

The "terminal" referred to below may be implemented as a computer or a portable terminal capable of accessing a server or other terminal through a network. Here, the computer includes, for example, a laptop, a desktop, and a laptop equipped with a web browser, and the portable terminal is, for example, a wireless communication device that ensures portability and mobility. , IMT (International Mobile Telecommunication), CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access), W-CDMA (W-Code Division Multiple Access), LTE (Long Term Evolution) and other communication-based terminals, smartphones, tablet PCs, etc. It may include a handheld-based wireless communication device.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present disclosure pertains can easily implement them. However, the present disclosure may be implemented in several different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In describing the embodiments, descriptions of technical contents that are well known in the technical field to which the present invention pertains and are not directly related to the present invention will be omitted. This is to more clearly convey the gist of the present invention without obscuring the gist of the present invention by omitting unnecessary description.

For the same reason, some components are exaggerated, omitted, or schematically illustrated in the accompanying drawings. In addition, the size of each component does not fully reflect the actual size. In each figure, the same or corresponding elements are assigned the same reference numerals.

Advantages and features of the present invention, and a method for achieving them will become apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but may be implemented in various different forms, and only these embodiments allow the disclosure of the present invention to be complete, and common knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention belongs It is provided to fully inform the possessor of the scope of the invention, and the present invention is only defined by the scope of the claims. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout.

At this time, it will be understood that each block of the flowchart diagrams and combinations of the flowchart diagrams may be performed by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be embodied in a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing equipment, such that the instructions performed by the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing equipment are not described in the flowchart block(s). It creates a means to perform functions. These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-usable or computer-readable memory that may direct a computer or other programmable data processing equipment to implement a function in a particular manner, and thus the computer-usable or computer-readable memory. It is also possible that the instructions stored in the flow chart block(s) produce an article of manufacture containing instruction means for performing the function described in the flowchart block(s). The computer program instructions may also be mounted on a computer or other programmable data processing equipment, such that a series of operational steps are performed on the computer or other programmable data processing equipment to create a computer-executed process to create a computer or other programmable data processing equipment. It is also possible that instructions for performing the processing equipment provide steps for performing the functions described in the flowchart block(s).

Additionally, each block may represent a module, segment, or portion of code that includes one or more executable instructions for executing specified logical function(s). It should also be noted that in some alternative implementations it is also possible for the functions recited in blocks to occur out of order. For example, two blocks shown one after another may be performed substantially simultaneously, or the blocks may sometimes be performed in the reverse order according to a corresponding function.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating an electronic device that provides item information according to an exemplary embodiment.

According to various embodiments, the electronic device 100 that provides item information includes a controller 110 , a first database 120 , and a second database 130 . Also, the electronic device 100 may further include a third database 140 . According to an embodiment, the electronic device 100 providing item information may include at least some of the controller 110 , the first database 120 , the second database 130 , the third database 140 , and other external devices. It may further include a network network supporting transmission and reception of information between the two.

On the other hand, even when the first database 120, the second database 130, and the third database 140 exist, at least some of these databases exist as separate devices distinct from the electronic device 100, or By being included in a separate device distinct from the electronic device 100 , it may exist in a form not included in the electronic device 100 . However, even in this case, the method of providing a series of item information performed by data transmission/reception between the controller 110 , the first database 120 , the second database 130 , and the third database 140 may be similarly performed. . Hereinafter, embodiments in which the first database 120 , the second database 130 , and the third database 140 are included in the electronic device 100 will be described for convenience of description, but the following description will refer to the first database ( 120 ), the second database 130 , and the third database 140 may be applied mutatis mutandis when at least a portion of the electronic device 100 is not included in the electronic device 100 .

The control unit 110 of the electronic device 100 may include a transceiver, a memory, and a processor. The first database 120 , the second database 130 , and the third database 140 may include at least some of a transceiver, a memory, and a processor. In addition, each of the control unit 110, the first database 120, the second database 130, and the third database 140 means a unit that processes at least one function or operation, which is hardware or software, or, It may be implemented by a combination of hardware and software. Meanwhile, throughout the embodiment, the control unit 110 , the first database 120 , the second database 130 , and the third database 140 are referred to as separate servers, but this may have a logically divided structure, and a single server It can be implemented by a separate function from

According to an embodiment, the control unit 110 , the first database 120 , the second database 130 , and the third database 140 may include a plurality of computer systems or computer software implemented as a network server. For example, at least some of the control unit 110, the first database 120, the second database 130, and the third database 140 may communicate with other network servers through a computer network such as an intranet or the Internet. It may refer to a computer system and computer software that is connected to a subordinate device to receive a request for performing a task, perform an operation on the request, and provide an execution result. In addition, at least some of the control unit 110 , the first database 120 , the second database 130 , and the third database 140 include a series of application programs that can be operated on the network server, and various built-in programs. It can be understood as a concept in a broad sense including a database. For example, at least some of the control unit 110 , the first database 120 , the second database 130 , and the third database 140 are DOS, Windows, Linux, UNIX. , or may be implemented using a network server program that is provided variously according to an operating system such as MacOS.

The electronic device 100 is a device that configures and provides various types of information as web pages. The electronic device 10 may be a device serving to provide item sales information and service provision information to a user, but the role of the electronic device 100 is not limited thereto. Meanwhile, throughout the embodiments, a service may be referred to as an item, provision of a service may be referred to as provision of an item or sale of an item, and a user may purchase an item through a service provided by the electronic device 100 .

The control unit 110 is a functional unit for controlling the electronic device 100 . The controller 110 may read and interpret the instructions and determine a sequence for data processing. The control unit 110 receives group information including a main item and a sub-item set to be grouped with the main item from a first database, and receives detailed information related to the main item and sub-item set from a second database receive The controller 110 provides a page including information related to at least a part of the sub-item set and the main item based on the group information and the detailed information.

The meaning that the controller 110 provides the page may be interpreted to encompass various operations that allow the user to receive the page. For example, the operation of the control unit 110 providing the page may include an operation of outputting the page to the screen or the like by the control unit 110 directly controlling the output device for providing information to the user, and the electronic device 100 ) may include an operation in which the controller 110 controls the transceiver to transmit data for providing a page from the transceiver to an external device such as a user terminal.

According to an embodiment, the control unit 110 further requests from the third database at least one of the result of applying the benefit information on the main item and the benefit information on the main item to the main item and the sub-item set, and responds to the request. The page may be provided further based on the response information.

More details related to the operation of the control unit 110 will be described later with reference to FIGS. 2 and 4 .

The first database 120 , the second database 130 , and the third database 140 store data, receive a request from the controller 110 or a user, etc., and receive data from the controller 110 or the like based on the received request. can be transmitted. For example, the first database 120 transmits group information including a main item and a set of sub-items to be grouped with the main item to the controller 110, and the second database 130 provides details related to the main item and sub-item set. The information is transmitted to the control unit 110 . Also, the third database 140 may transmit at least one of the benefit information on the main item and the result of applying the benefit information on the main item to the main item and the sub-item set to the controller 110 .

According to an embodiment, at least some of the first database 120 , the second database 130 , and the third database 140 may further perform data processing, processing, and data-based calculation as well as data transmission/reception. there is. For example, the third database 140 receives main item and sub-item set information from the control unit 110, and provides information about the main item and sub-item based on the received main item and sub-item set information and the benefit information on the pre-stored main item. A result of applying the benefit information to the main item and the sub-item set may be calculated. In addition, the first database 120 and the second database 130 may be a NoSQL (Non-SQL) database that receives data from a relational database (RDB) and reconstructs and stores it by processing and processing it.

The first database 120 and the second database 130 may be NoSQL databases. In this case, the first database 120 and the second database 130 may have relatively high scalability compared to a relational database because capacity change using a distributed hardware cluster is easy. Furthermore, since the first database 120 and the second database 130 operate without a schema, there is no need to define the data structure in advance, and since the data structure can be flexibly changed, informal data can be stored and , enabling rapid development, etc., can have the characteristics of a NoSQL database.

Operations related to a series of information processing methods according to various embodiments may be implemented by a single physical device, or may be implemented in a manner in which a plurality of physical devices are organically coupled. For example, some of the components included in the electronic device 100 providing item information may be implemented by any one physical device, and the remaining parts may be implemented by another physical device. For example, any one physical device may be implemented as a part of the control unit 110 , and the other physical device may be a part of the first database 120 , a part of the second database 130 , or a part of the third database 140 . It may be implemented as a part or as part of other external devices. In some cases, each component included in the electronic device 100 that provides item information is dispersedly disposed in different physical devices, and the dispersed components are organically combined to provide item information It may also be implemented to perform functions and operations of the electronic device 100 . For example, the controller 110 in the present specification includes at least one sub-device, some operations described as being performed by the controller 110 are performed by the first sub-device, and some operations are performed by the second sub-device. may be performed by

2 is a flowchart illustrating an information processing method of an electronic device in an electronic device that provides item information according to an exemplary embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 2 , the controller 110 according to an embodiment receives group information including a main item and a set of sub-items to be grouped with the main item from the first database 120 ( 201 ). In this case, the sub-item set may include one or more sub-items. Also, the main item may be an item corresponding to a user input. For example, the main item may be an item corresponding to a user's search input, an item corresponding to a user's shopping cart addition input, an item corresponding to a user's purchase request input, or an item corresponding to a payment input for an item price. . The sub-items may include, but are not limited to, additional items and services related to the purchase of the main item. For example, the main item and the sub-item may be items that are related to each other regardless of a subordinate relationship or a master-slave relationship. For example, when the main item is chocolate milk, the sub-item may include strawberry milk, banana milk, coffee milk, and the like.

According to an embodiment, the group information may be information stored by dividing the constituent elements into a main item and a sub-item set, or information simply stored without separately dividing a plurality of items included in the constituent elements. That is, the group information according to one example includes information related to a PC as a main item and a mouse, a keyboard and a monitor as sub-items, and group information according to another example includes information related to chocolate milk, strawberry milk, banana milk, and coffee milk. may include In the latter case, a set of main items and sub-items may be determined according to which item the user input corresponds to.

The control unit 110 receives detailed information related to the main item and sub-item set from the second database 130 ( 203 ). According to an embodiment, the control unit 110 may request detailed information from the second database ( 202 ), and as a result, may receive detailed information. In this case, the controller 110 may request detailed information on the main item and sub-item set confirmed based on the group information from the second database.

The detailed information that the controller 110 receives from the second database 130 includes item name information corresponding to the main item and sub-item set, item price information corresponding to the main item and sub-item set, and the main item and sub-item set. It may include at least one of corresponding image information and benefit information on the main item. For example, the detailed information includes information indicating that the item name of the main item is "Company A PC", information indicating that the item price is 900,000 won, and when purchasing the main item together with the sub-item, each time one sub-item is purchased, it is added to the main item. It may include information indicating that a 2% discount is applied.

According to an embodiment, the detailed information may include ID information of an item commonly used on the service of the electronic device 100 , item manufacturer information, manufacturing date information, and unique serial number information (serial number information commonly used by manufacturers, etc.) identifying information).

The benefit information for the main item included in the detailed information includes at least one of price discount information related to the main item and sub-item set, application conditions of the price discount information, and threshold information of a price discount that can be applied in relation to the main item can do. For example, as for the benefit information, i) a 10% discount on the main item price and a 5% discount on the sub-item price are provided, ii) when the main item and sub-item set are purchased in bulk, the discount application conditions are met, iii ) may include that the upper limit of the discounted price is 100,000 won.

The control unit 110 provides a page including information related to at least a part of the sub-item set and the main item based on the group information and the detailed information ( 204 ). The page may be provided in a form accessible to the user. The page may be provided based on a result of synthesizing group information and detailed information. For example, the group information includes that item A, item B, item C, and item D are correlated, and detailed information includes item A's name is chocolate milk, item B's name is banana milk, item C's name is strawberry milk and If the name of item D includes coffee milk, a page may be provided based on which chocolate milk, banana milk, strawberry milk, and coffee milk are included in one group. According to an embodiment, the group information and the detailed information each include ID information of an item used on a service, and the corresponding group information and detailed information may be determined by determining whether the item IDs match.

3 is a view for explaining a method of displaying a page including at least a portion of a sub-item set and information related to the main item when detailed information includes benefit information on the main item according to an embodiment; .

Referring to FIG. 3 , an example of a page according to an embodiment is shown ( 300 ). The illustrated page receives a search input for the keyword "banana milk" from the user, and includes a search result corresponding thereto. In this case, the main item is determined to be banana milk, and the page may include information related to the main item, banana milk. However, in this case, the main item may not be specified as a specific banana milk product of a specific company.

The page may further include information on at least a portion of the sub-item set. Since the main item is not specified as a product of a specific company, the sub-item may be variously determined as the main item may include banana milk of various companies. For example, if the main item is a banana milk product of Company A, the sub-items may include Company A's strawberry milk, Company A's chocolate milk, Company A's coffee milk, and Company A's white milk. The page may include information related to at least a part of the sub-item set, such as displaying information related to the sub-item in a search result or displaying information indicating that a benefit is applied when the sub-item is purchased together with the main item.

If the detailed information includes benefit information for the main item, the page identifies items to which benefits are applied and items to which benefits are not based on the benefit information, and information to differentiate items to which benefits are applied based on the benefit information and benefits It may include at least one of interfaces for classifying items to which this does not apply. Reference numeral 310 may be an example of an interface for distinguishing between an item to which a benefit is applied and an item to which a benefit is not applied. Specifically, when there is a user input for “Company A flavored milk (bundle discount)” at reference numeral 310, the search results are rearranged so that company A flavor milks to which the bundle discount benefit is applied are preferentially displayed, or company A flavor milk Search results can be filtered so that only those are displayed. Alternatively, if there is a user input for "Banana milk of company B (immediate discount)" of reference numeral 310, the search results are rearranged so that the banana milk of company B to which the immediate discount is applied is preferentially displayed, or only banana milk of company B is displayed The search results may be filtered as much as possible.

Alternatively, according to an embodiment, an example of an interface for distinguishing an item to which a benefit is applied and an item to which a benefit is not applied may include the type of benefit applied to the item, but may not include a specific item name. For example, an interface indicating the type of discount such as “bundle discount” and “immediate discount” may be displayed at a location corresponding to reference numeral 310, and when there is a user input to the interface, the products to which the bundle discount benefit is applied Search results may be rearranged to display preferentially, or search results may be rearranged to display products to which an immediate discount benefit is applied. In this case, the reordering of the search results may correspond to at least a part of an operation of changing a display order of search results for items related to a keyword input in the search window and a filtering operation of not displaying at least some of the search results.

4 is an operation flowchart of a method of providing item information based on data transmission/reception with a third database in an electronic device that provides item information according to an exemplary embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 4 , the controller 110 according to an exemplary embodiment stores at least one of the result of applying the benefit information on the main item and the benefit information on the main item to the main item and the sub-item set to the third database 140 . can be requested (401). The request information transmitted by the controller 110 to the third database 140 may include at least one of group information and detailed information. According to an embodiment, the request information may include at least a part of information included in the group information or at least a part of information included in the detailed information. For example, the request information may include item name information, item price information, and benefit information for the item included in the detailed information.

The operation of the control unit 110 transmitting the request to the third database 140 may be performed based on whether the detailed information includes benefit information on the main item. Specifically, a call parameter for information in the third database 140 may vary depending on whether the detailed information includes benefit information on the main item. For example, when the detailed information includes benefit information on the main item, the controller 110 may transmit the parameter A request to the third database 140 , and when the detailed information does not include benefit information on the main item The controller 110 may transmit a request for parameter B to the third database 140 .

The controller 110 may receive response information to the request ( 402 ). In relation to the above example in which call parameters for information in the third database 140 vary depending on whether the detailed information includes benefit information on the main item, the third database 140 receiving the request for the parameter A is transmitted The response information includes the result of applying the benefit information, whereas the response information transmitted by the third database 140 that receives the request for parameter B includes both the result of transmitting the benefit information to the control unit 110 and the benefit information. can do.

When the request information of the control unit 110 includes detailed information and the detailed information includes benefit information on the main item, the response information to the request includes the benefit information included in the detailed information stored in the third database 140 . It may be determined based on whether or not the benefit information on the main item matches. Specifically, when the benefit information included in the detailed information matches the benefit information stored in the third database 140 , the response information to the request may include an approval response to the benefit information included in the detailed information. That is, since there is no problem in the benefit information included in the previously received detailed information by the controller 110 , resources can be saved by allowing the third database 140 to transmit only the approval response without separately transmitting the benefit information. On the other hand, when the benefit information included in the detailed information and the benefit information stored in the third database do not match, the response information to the request is a denial response to the benefit information included in the detailed information and the benefit stored in the third database 140 . It may include at least one of information.

The controller 110 may provide a page based on the received response information in addition to the group information and detailed information described above ( 204 ). The response information may include at least one of benefit information on the main item and a result of applying the benefit information on the main item to the main item and the sub-item set. The benefit information included in the response information may be benefit information on the main item stored in the third database 140 (however, as described above, the detailed information includes the benefit information on the main item, and the control unit 110 controls the parameter When A's request is transmitted to the third database 140, response information transmitted by the third database 140 may not include benefit information). That is, even when the detailed information includes the benefit information, the control unit 110 may update the benefit information based on the benefit information included in the response information transmitted from the third database 140 .

The benefit information included in the response information may include, for example, at least one of price discount information for item A and a set of sub-items for item A, application conditions for price discount information, and price discount threshold information. The result of applying the benefit information is the discount amount for the item A and the sub-item set for the item A and the item amount after discount based on at least one of the price discount information, the result of determining whether the application condition of the price discount information is satisfied, and the threshold information may correspond to the result of calculating .

Also, the response information may include purchase condition information of a main item and a sub-item set corresponding to a result of applying the benefit information. The purchase condition information may include at least one of item price information to which a discount or the like is applied, point accumulation information according to purchase, and information on items provided free of charge according to purchase. For example, the purchase condition information may include cases where, when the main item and the sub-item set are purchased together, the item payment amount is discounted by 10,000 won, 10,000 points are accumulated, or a specific sub-item is additionally presented.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for exemplarily explaining a result to which benefit information is applied according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 5 , the response information according to an embodiment includes purchase condition information of a main item and a sub-item set corresponding to a result of applying the benefit information, and the controller 110 may provide a page based on this information. (500). As described above, the purchase condition information may include at least one of item amount information to which a discount is applied, point accumulation information according to purchase, and information on items provided free of charge according to purchase. The page may include information informing that the purchase condition information corresponds to a main item and a sub-item to which a benefit is provided when purchasing together with the main item, together with the purchase condition information. For example, the page may include a phrase such as “a product that is discounted when purchased as a set” ( 501 ). Also, the page may include main item information (502), sub-item information (503) (504), and final order amount information to which all purchase condition information is applied (505). In relation to this, the page may display benefit information together with sub-item information. For example, a phrase such as “30,000 won set discount automatically applied” may be displayed at reference numeral 503, and a phrase such as “4,000 won set discount automatically applied” may be displayed at reference numeral 504 . However, this benefit information does not necessarily have to be displayed together with the sub-item information, and may be displayed as a separate text or image. Furthermore, it is not necessary to provide such a discount benefit in addition to the sub-item, and a discount may be applied to the main item when a condition for applying a benefit, such as purchasing the sub-item together, is satisfied.

6 is an operation flowchart of a method of suggesting an additional user input to a user for achieving a benefit application condition according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 6 , when a user input related to a plurality of items including a main item is received from a user according to an embodiment, the sub-item selected according to the user input may not satisfy the application condition of the benefit for the main item. can In relation to this, the user input for selecting the main item and the user input for selecting the sub-item may be separate user inputs or the same user input. When a plurality of items are selected by the same user input, all of the plurality of selected items may become candidates for the main item, and whether each of the plurality of selected items is a main item may be determined whether to apply a benefit. For example, when a user input for selecting strawberry milk and chocolate milk is received, benefit information when strawberry milk is the main item and benefit information when chocolate milk is the main item may be considered.

When the sub-item selected according to the user input does not satisfy the application condition of the benefit for the main item, the controller 110 may suggest an additional user input for achieving the application condition of the benefit to the user based on group information. . In this regard, when a plurality of items can be considered as candidates for the main item, whether or not the application condition of the benefit for the main item is satisfied is whether the plurality of items satisfy the application condition of the benefit when each of the main items is the main item. It can be decided by considering all of them. For example, when a user input for selecting strawberry milk and chocolate milk is received, the user is dissatisfied with both the conditions of application of benefits when strawberry milk is the main item and the conditions of application of benefits when chocolate milk is the main item. It may be determined that the sub-item selected according to the input does not satisfy the application condition of the benefit to the main item.

The additional user input suggested by the controller 110 may correspond to an input in which a condition for applying a benefit is achieved by the corresponding user input. The controller 110 may determine which items are grouped together based on group information and suggest a user input based thereon. According to an embodiment, the controller 110 may suggest a user input further based on at least one of detailed information and benefit information transmitted from the third database 140 .

Referring to the example of reference numeral 600, the application conditions of the benefits according to one example correspond to the case of purchasing company A's strawberry milk, company A's banana milk, and company A's chocolate milk, and the provided benefits include purchasing two items. It may correspond to the benefit of receiving three items at a price ( 601 ). In this case, when the input received from the user is a shopping cart addition input for company A's strawberry milk (602) and a shopping cart addition input for company A's chocolate milk (603), if the user adds more banana milk from company A to the shopping cart, the Since the company A's banana milk can be further delivered without cost, the controller 110 may suggest a user input for adding the company A's banana milk to the shopping cart to the user (604).

7 is an operation flowchart of a method of obtaining a result to which benefit information is applied to an item included in a shopping cart based on data transmission/reception with a third database when a user enters a shopping cart page according to an exemplary embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 7 , the controller 110 according to an embodiment may receive an additional input for adding at least a part of a sub-item set and a main item to a shopping cart from the user in response to the provided page ( 701 ). Thereafter, the controller 110 may receive a request input for a shopping cart page displaying a shopping cart from the user ( 702 ). In this case, the controller 110 may request one or more benefit information corresponding to one or more items included in the shopping cart page from the third database 140 in order to provide a shopping cart page to the user ( 703 ). Alternatively, in order to provide a shopping cart page to the user, the control unit 110 may request the third database for a result of applying one or more benefit information corresponding to one or more items included in the shopping cart to one or more items included in the shopping cart ( 704).

With respect to one or more items included in the shopping cart page, the third database 140 may transmit to the control unit 110 at least one of benefit information provided when each item becomes the main item and a result of applying the benefit information to the item. there is. In this case, the controller 110 may provide at least a portion of the benefit information provided for each item to the user through the shopping cart page. Alternatively, the controller 110 may comprehensively compare the benefit information provided for each item, calculate the optimal benefit provided for the shopping cart page, and provide it to the user.

When a result of applying one or more benefit information corresponding to one or more items included in the shopping cart to one or more items included in the shopping cart is requested from the third database, the third database 140 may store one or more items included in the shopping cart page. In relation to, by comprehensively comparing the benefit information provided when each item becomes the main item, the optimum benefit provided for the shopping cart page is calculated, and the optimum benefit information obtained as a result of the calculation is provided to the control unit 110 . may be In this case, the control unit 110 may provide the user with the optimal benefit information received from the third database 140 .

In this way, when a request input for the shopping cart page is received from the user, the benefits of one or more items included in the shopping cart page are determined again, so that an item previously added to the shopping cart and an item newly added to the shopping cart according to the user input Considering the relationship, the optimal benefit can be provided to the user.

8 is a diagram to exemplarily describe a method of operating databases according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 8 , an example of an operating method of databases including the first database 120 , the second database 130 , and the third database 140 is illustrated. In the drawing, Interstellar 801 processes data transmission and reception between a front-end end and a back-end end of a service, and a function specifically involved in an operation of providing a service to a user at the front end end As such, it may be understood as a function included in the control unit 110 or a function of directly communicating with the control unit 110 .

The PBSCDS 802 is a database corresponding to the first database 120, and receives and stores group information including a main item and a sub-item set to be grouped with a main item from the Product Bundling Service (PBS), and stores the group information by Interstellar It can be sent to (801). The Product CDS 803 is a database corresponding to the second database 130 , and stores detailed information related to a plurality of items, and may transmit the detailed information to the Interstellar 802 . In the case of the Product CDS 803 , it may further receive and store benefit information from the PBS, and transmit detailed information including the benefit information received from the PBS to the Interstellar 802 .

The PBS receives and stores group information and benefit information from the NPS (PMS) 804, or synthesizes information received from a plurality of stages such as the PMS 804, WING, and RCC to obtain group information and benefit information. can In order to transmit group information to the PBSCDS (802) or to transmit benefit information to the Product CDS (803), PBS is not an essential component, and in some embodiments, PBS is omitted so that the PBSCDS (802) and Product CDS (803) Data may be transmitted/received directly to the PMS 804, WING, RCC, and the like. However, by further configuring the PBS, information transmitted from a plurality of stages may be synthesized to obtain group information and benefit information and may be transmitted to the PBSCDS 802 . In addition, considering that various operations other than the generation and management of group information and benefit information may be performed in stages such as the PMS 804, WING, and RCC, it is possible to reduce the load of the corresponding stages by further configuring the PBS. can exist.

Depending on the embodiment, when the Product CDS 803 acquires detailed information or transmits the detailed information to the Interstellar 802, an operation may be performed in the Indexing unit and the Galaxy unit. In relation to this, the indexing unit performs indexing at the vendor item level, so as to perform filtering to distinguish between items to which benefits are applied and items to which benefits are not applied, or to process information for classifying the corresponding items and transmit them to the Interstellar 801. . That is, indexing can be performed on data in a structure suitable for storing or reading information. In addition, the Galaxy unit may provide an intermediate step for serving indexing data by synthesizing filters, icons, badges, and the like that appear when an item is inquired with respect to the data indexed by the indexing unit.

The PMS 804 is a database corresponding to the third database 140 , and may be a database that stores benefit information on a plurality of items corresponding to a service provided by the electronic device 100 and grouping information between the items. In addition, the PMS 804 may calculate a benefit applied to the items selected by the user based on the request transmitted from the Interstellar 801 and provide it to the Interstellar 801 . In relation to this, the PMS 804 may receive detailed information of the item from the Interstellar 801 and perform calculation based on it, or may perform calculation based only on group information and benefit information without detailed information of a separate item. there is. Alternatively, the PMS 804 may further store detailed information of the item, and in this case, it may not be necessary to receive detailed information about each item from the Interstellar 801 .

When the PMS 804 receives detailed information of an item from the Interstellar 801 , the detailed information transmitted by the Interstellar 801 may correspond to the detailed information stored in the Product CDS 803 .

9 is an operation flowchart of an information processing method of a control unit according to an exemplary embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 9 , the controller 110 according to an exemplary embodiment receives group information including a main item and a set of sub-items to be grouped with the main item from the first database 120 ( 910 ). Also, the controller 110 receives detailed information related to the main item and sub-item set from the second database 130 ( 920 ).

Based on the received group information and detailed information, the controller 110 provides a page including at least a portion of the sub-item set and information related to the main item ( 930 ).

According to an embodiment, the control unit 110 requests at least one of the result of applying the benefit information on the main item and the benefit information on the main item to the main item and the sub-item set to the third database 140, and the control unit , the page may be provided based on response information to the request.

10 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an electronic device that provides advertisement content according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 10 , the controller 110 includes a transceiver 1010 , a processor 1020 , and a memory 1030 . The controller 110 may be connected to the first database 120 and other external devices through the transceiver 1010 and exchange data.

The processor 1020 may include at least one of the devices described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 9 , or perform at least one method described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 9 . The memory 1030 may store information for performing at least one method described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 9 . The memory 1030 may be a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory.

The processor 1020 may control the controller 110 for executing a program and providing information. The code of the program executed by the processor 1020 may be stored in the memory 1030 .

In addition, the control unit 110 according to an embodiment may further include an interface capable of providing information to the user.

On the other hand, in the present specification and drawings, preferred embodiments of the present invention have been disclosed, and although specific terms are used, these are only used in a general sense to easily explain the technical contents of the present invention and help the understanding of the present invention, It is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. It will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains that other modifications based on the technical spirit of the present invention can be implemented in addition to the embodiments disclosed herein.

The electronic device or terminal according to the above-described embodiments includes a processor, a memory for storing and executing program data, a permanent storage such as a disk drive, a communication port for communicating with an external device, a touch panel, and a key (key) ), user interface devices such as buttons, and the like. Methods implemented as software modules or algorithms may be stored on a computer-readable recording medium as computer-readable codes or program instructions executable on the processor. Here, a computer-readable recording medium includes a magnetic storage medium (eg, read-only memory (ROM), random-access memory (RAM), floppy disk, hard disk, etc.) and an optically readable medium (eg, CD-ROM). ) and DVD (Digital Versatile Disc)). The computer-readable recording medium may be distributed among network-connected computer systems, so that the computer-readable code may be stored and executed in a distributed manner. The medium may be readable by a computer, stored in a memory, and executed on a processor.

This embodiment may be represented by functional block configurations and various processing steps. These functional blocks may be implemented in any number of hardware and/or software configurations that perform specific functions. For example, an embodiment may be an integrated circuit configuration, such as memory, processing, logic, look-up table, etc., capable of executing various functions by means of the control of one or more microprocessors or other control devices. can be hired Similar to how components may be implemented as software programming or software components, this embodiment includes various algorithms implemented in a combination of data structures, processes, routines, or other programming constructs, including C, C++, Java ( Java), assembler, Python, etc. may be implemented in a programming or scripting language. Functional aspects may be implemented in an algorithm running on one or more processors. In addition, the present embodiment may employ the prior art for electronic environment setting, signal processing, and/or data processing. Terms such as “mechanism”, “element”, “means” and “configuration” may be used broadly and are not limited to mechanical and physical configurations. The term may include the meaning of a series of routines of software in association with a processor or the like.

The above-described embodiments are merely examples, and other embodiments may be implemented within the scope of the claims to be described later.

Claims (19)

A method of providing item information in a control unit of an electronic device, the method comprising:
Receiving group information including a main item and a set of sub-items to be grouped with the main item from a first database;
receiving detailed information related to the main item and the sub-item set from a second database;
transmitting request information for requesting a result of applying the benefit information on the main item to the main item and the sub-item set to a third database;
receiving response information including a result of applying the benefit information on the main item to the main item and the sub-item set from the third database in response to the request information; and
providing a page including at least a portion of the sub-item set and information related to the main item based on the group information, the detailed information, and the response information;
The first database and the second database are scalable NoSQL (Non-SQL) databases,
The request information includes the detailed information,
When the detailed information includes benefit information on the main item, the response information determines whether the benefit information on the main item included in the detailed information matches the benefit information on the main item stored in the third database. Further including the result of judging whether
When the detailed information does not include benefit information on the main item, the response information provides item information further including benefit information on the main item stored in the third database.
According to claim 1,
The method of providing item information, characterized in that the page is provided in response to a user input related to the main item received from the user.
3. The method of claim 2,
The user input includes at least one of a search input related to the main item, an additional input for adding the main item to a shopping cart, a purchase request input for the main item, and a payment input for the item price of the main item A method of providing information of an item, characterized in that.
According to claim 1,
The method of providing item information according to claim 1, further comprising: requesting the second database for the detailed information on the main item and the sub-item set identified based on the group information.
According to claim 1,
The detailed information includes item name information corresponding to the main item and the sub-item set, item price information corresponding to the main item and the sub-item set, image information corresponding to the main item and the sub-item set, and the main item. A method of providing information on an item, comprising at least one of benefit information for the item.
According to claim 1,
Benefit information for the main item is
price discount information related to the main item and the sub-item set;
Terms and conditions of application of the above price discount information;
The method of providing item information comprising at least one of threshold value information of a price discount applicable in relation to the main item.
According to claim 1,
The page is
Information dividing items to which benefits are applied and items to which benefits are not applied based on the benefit information for the main item; and
An interface for distinguishing between items to which benefits are applied and items to which benefits are not applied based on the benefit information on the main item
A method of providing information of an item, characterized in that it includes at least one of.
delete delete delete delete According to claim 1,
The result of determining whether the benefit information on the main item included in the detailed information matches the benefit information on the main item stored in the third database is
When the benefit information on the main item included in the detailed information matches the benefit information on the main item stored in the third database, an approval response to the benefit information included in the detailed information is included,
When the benefit information on the main item included in the detailed information and the benefit information on the main item stored in the third database do not match, a rejection response to the benefit information included in the detailed information and the third database A method of providing information of an item, characterized in that it includes at least one of the benefit information stored in the.
According to claim 1,
The response information is
and purchase condition information of the set of the main item and the sub-item corresponding to a result of applying the benefit information,
The method of providing item information, wherein the purchase condition information includes at least one of item amount information, point accumulation information, and free item information.
delete According to claim 1,
When a user input related to a plurality of items including the main item is received from a user, and a sub-item selected according to the user input does not satisfy a condition for applying a benefit to the main item,
Based on the group information, the method further comprising the step of suggesting to the user an additional user input for achieving the application condition of the benefit.
According to claim 1,
receiving an additional input for adding at least a portion of the set of sub-items and the main item to a shopping cart in response to the page; and
When receiving a request input for a shopping cart page displaying the shopping cart from the user, the method further comprising the step of requesting one or more benefit information corresponding to one or more items included in the shopping cart to a third database How to provide information about an item.
According to claim 1,
receiving an additional input for adding at least a portion of the set of sub-items and the main item to a shopping cart in response to the page; and
When receiving a request input for a shopping cart page displaying the shopping cart from the user, a third result of applying one or more benefit information corresponding to one or more items included in the shopping cart to one or more items included in the shopping cart The method of providing information of an item, characterized in that it further comprises the step of making a request to the database.
A computer-readable non-transitory recording medium in which a program for executing the method of claim 1 in a computer is recorded.
An electronic device for providing item information, the electronic device comprising:
a first database for storing group information including a main item and a set of sub-items to be grouped with the main item;
a second database for storing detailed information related to the main item and the sub-item set;
a third database for obtaining a result of applying the benefit information on the main item to the main item and the sub-item set based on the request information transmitted from the controller; and
The result of receiving the group information from the first database, receiving the detailed information from the second database, and applying the benefit information on the main item from the third database to the main item and the sub-item set A control unit configured to receive response information including, and to provide a page including information related to at least a part of the sub-item set and the main item based on the group information, the detailed information, and the response information,
The first database and the second database are scalable NoSQL (Non-SQL) databases,
The request information includes the detailed information,
When the detailed information includes benefit information on the main item, the response information determines whether the benefit information on the main item included in the detailed information matches the benefit information on the main item stored in the third database. Further including the result of judging whether
When the detailed information does not include benefit information on the main item, the response information further includes benefit information on the main item stored in the third database.

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