KR20110012227A - Method for providing product information - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A product information providing method is provided to search/provide a product having properties which a buyer wants, thereby increasing a product search efficiency. CONSTITUTION: A name of a product which is to be a comparison object is inputted in a product name input window(S301). A plurality of search conditions expressing properties of a product is displayed on a search condition searching window(S302). A product corresponding to a search condition selected by a buyer is searched(S303). A product search result which is a result of searching a product which satisfies the selected search condition is displayed on a search result display window(S304).

Description

How to provide product information {Method for providing product information}

The present invention relates to a product information providing method performed on the Internet.

Due to the development of internet technology, e-commerce called 'Internet shopping mall' has been activated. At present, such e-commerce service has a significant weight as an axis of product distribution by securing reliability of billing and delivery along with convenience. It became.

As a result, product sellers have established an online e-commerce site called an Internet shopping mall, and Internet users can purchase through the e-commerce site without directly visiting a dealer selling specific goods or goods.

In order to purchase a product using an e-commerce, a buyer had to access a specific e-commerce site, acquire product information and price information, and decide to purchase. In addition, in order to purchase a lower priced product for the same or the same product, the buyer had to determine the purchase after directly accessing several shopping malls and directly acquiring and comparing the price information.

This caused a lot of effort and time wasted by the buyer to purchase the product, which acted as a factor lowering the purchase motivation. In addition, there was a problem that the seller's point of view causes a decrease in sales due to a decrease in buyer's willingness to purchase.

In order to solve this problem, a price comparison service has been provided in which alliances with specific shopping malls collect product information and price information from each shopping mall and provide the same to buyers. In the case of the price comparison service, by receiving the price information together with the information of the products sold from the affiliated shopping malls and providing the same to the buyers, the buyers can check the information and price information of the products that they want to purchase collectively without accessing the shopping mall. As a result, it is possible to increase the sales motivation of the shopping mall that provides the buyer's motivation to buy and the lowest price information.

However, such a price comparison service has only a price comparison of each shopping mall and presents the same product centered on the price, and does not satisfy the buyer's diversity needs for the product.

That is, the buyer wants to be provided as a list by searching for products having a desired function, but there is a problem that the existing price comparison service does not receive a list of products satisfying the desired function.

For example, when a user wants to purchase a mobile phone, there is a problem in that a mobile phone having a desired function is searched from among various functions of the mobile phone and not provided to the buyer as a comparison list.

An object of the present invention is to propose a method for providing product information that can satisfy various needs of a buyer in a product comparison search.

The present invention includes a first process of receiving a product name to be searched, a second process of displaying a plurality of search conditions related to the product in a search condition search window, and selecting a search condition from a user from the displayed search conditions, And displaying a product search result according to the selected search condition on a search result display window.

In addition, the search condition is displayed in a radial search structure divided into a plurality of search conditions by category. The selected search condition is also displayed on the search result display window.

In addition, whenever a search condition is additionally selected, a search result of products satisfying the combination of the selected search condition is displayed on the search result display window.

A plurality of search result display windows may be displayed, and a new search result display window is generated when the user clicks the generate search result display window button.

The search condition is selected by the user clicking on the search condition indicated by the radial search structure, and when the selected search condition is clicked again, the corresponding search condition is released.

The search condition is selected by the user dragging the search condition indicated by the radial search structure to the search result display window. If the search condition selected in the search result display window is dragged to the search condition search window, the selection of the search condition is released.

Each of the plurality of search result display windows is provided with a button for deleting the corresponding search result display window.

Each of the plurality of search result display windows is provided with a button for minimizing the corresponding search result display window.

In addition, the method further comprises displaying a detailed information display window for displaying detailed information about the found product.

The present invention has the effect of allowing a buyer to easily compare and search for a desired product by searching for and presenting a product having a desired attribute.

Hereinafter, a detailed description of embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description of the reference numerals to the components of the drawings it should be noted that the same reference numerals as possible even if displayed on different drawings.

In addition, in the following description of embodiments of the present invention will be described an example of a search for a mobile phone product, it will be apparent that the present invention can be applied to various product search.

1 is a diagram illustrating a product information search screen for searching for and displaying a product corresponding to a user selection according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

In general, when a buyer wants to purchase a product, the buyer purchases the product under various conditions of the product.

For example, if a buyer wants to purchase a mobile phone, he / she purchases a mobile phone suitable for his or her own type, considering the mobile phone manufacturer, mobile phone sales price, mobile phone type, service carrier, and mobile phone functions (DMB, camera, MP3, Bluetooth, etc.). I would like to.

The present invention thus provides a search screen for facilitating the search of the buyer's search conditions online.

To this end, the search screen of the present invention comprises a search condition search window 100 and a search result display window 200.

The search condition search window 100 displays the search conditions that the buyer can select for a particular product, thereby allowing the buyer to select the product condition he / she wants. In the search condition search window 100, a plurality of search conditions indicating a property of a product are displayed in a radial search structure for each category, so that a buyer selects his or her desired search conditions and selects a combination of his or her search conditions. 200).

In the search condition displayed on the search condition search window 100, a plurality of search conditions are displayed in a radial search structure (or a mind map structure) for each category of product attributes.

The search condition may be various examples of various product conditions related to a product, and may be implemented as a plurality of search conditions existing within categories such as a product model name, a product price, a product added function, and a product related accessory. For example, in the case of a mobile phone, a search condition such as 'Samsung phone', 'LG phone', 'Pantech phone', 'Motorola phone', etc. is displayed as a category of the product model name within the category of the product model name.

The search result display window 200 may display a product search result according to the selected search condition, and the search result display window 200 may also display the selected search condition in addition to the product search result display.

For example, the search conditions selected by the buyer in the search condition search window 100 are displayed in the first area 201 as a combination of search conditions, and products satisfying the combination of the search conditions are searched and displayed in the second area 202. Is displayed.

That is, whenever a buyer selects a desired search condition in the search condition search window 100, the search condition selected is displayed in the first area 201 in addition to the search result display window 200, and each time a new search condition is added. The products satisfying the corresponding search condition combination are searched for the best products in real time and displayed on the second area 202 of the search result display window 200 as a search list.

The buyer is provided with a list of products satisfying the desired search conditions, so that the function and price comparison of the product can be easily performed. As a result, the buyer clicks on a product of interest in the searched product list as described above and checks the product details, thereby making use of the purchase information.

2 is a diagram illustrating a system for providing product information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The terminal 10 is a terminal that receives product information by connecting to the search server 30 through the wired / wireless communication network 20, and corresponds to terminal devices 10a, 10b, ,, and 10n owned by individual buyers. .

If the terminal 10 is a device having a central processing unit (CPU), a display screen, a wired / wireless communication network, there will be no limitation on the object. For example, a computing device capable of wired / wireless communication with a screen such as a desktop / laptop PC, a mobile communication terminal, etc. may be driven as a role of a terminal.

The commodity DB 40 is a database storing commodity information such as functions, prices, and manufacturers of commodities. The commodity DB 40 stores search conditions for commodity names and detailed information about commodities.

The search server 30 includes the product DB 40. When a product search request with specific search conditions is received from the terminal 10, the search server 30 searches for products satisfying the corresponding search conditions using the product DB. It is provided to the terminal as a product search result. In addition, the terminal 10 provides the terminal with detailed information about the product upon request.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a product information providing process according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to the processes of FIG. 3 together with the product information search screen of FIG. 1, first, a name of a product to be compared and searched is input to a product name input window 500 (S301).

A plurality of search conditions indicating the attributes of the input product are displayed on the search condition search window 100 (S302).

The search conditions displayed on the search condition search window 100 are displayed in a radial search structure as a plurality of search conditions for each category of product attributes.

The search condition may be various examples, and may be implemented as a plurality of search conditions existing within categories such as a product model name, a product price, a product added function, and a product related accessory. For example, in the case of a mobile phone, a search condition such as 'Samsung phone', 'LG phone', 'Pantech phone', 'Motorola phone', etc. is displayed as a category of the product model name within the category of the product model name.

The buyer selects a desired search condition from a plurality of search conditions displayed on the search condition search window 100 and searches for a product according to the selected search condition (S303).

The product search result, which is a result of searching for a product satisfying the selected search condition, is displayed on the search result display window 200 (S304).

Therefore, the buyer can easily compare the products he wants to utilize as purchase information.

Meanwhile, the search result display window 200 may display not only the product search result but also the search condition selected in the search condition search window 100.

That is, the selected search condition is displayed in the first area 201 of the search result display window 200, and then a product that meets the search condition displayed in the first area 201 of the search result display window 200 is searched for the product. The list is displayed on the second area 200 of the search result display window 200 as a list.

For example, when a buyer selects a search condition of 'Samsung' within a category of a product model name in the search condition search window 100, the selected search condition 'Samsung' is displayed in the first area of the search result display window 200. In addition, the mobile phone model name manufactured in 'Samsung' is displayed in the second area 202 of the search result display window 200 as a search list.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the search condition searches a combination of search conditions combined with a plurality of search conditions as well as a single search condition and provides the search list.

Meanwhile, when a search condition is selected in the search condition search window 100 and displayed on the first area 201 of the search result display window 200, the search condition search is performed by a real time search or a button input search method. Can be.

In real-time search, the buyer can select the desired search condition in the search condition search window 100, and whenever the corresponding search condition is displayed in the search result display window 200, the product automatically meets the search condition in real time. To provide.

For example, suppose that the search condition of '15 ~ 200,000 won ',' DMB ',' folder type ', and' KTF 'is selected in order by the buyer selection. 'Is selected in the first area 201 of the search result display window is displayed a search condition of 15-200,000 won, the mobile phone is 15-200,000 won is automatically searched and displayed in the second area (202).

After that, if the 'DMB' is selected, products that support the DMB function are automatically searched for and displayed on the second area 202 among the 15 to 200,000 won mobile phones.

Subsequently, products satisfying all combinations of the search conditions are sequentially searched for in the order of selecting the folder type and the KTF, and are displayed in the second area 202.

In addition to the real-time search, there is a button input search method. When all of the search condition selection is completed, when the buyer presses a separately displayed search button (not shown), the search condition existing in the first area 201 of the search result display window 200 is displayed. Search for products that meet the combination of and provide a search list.

In the following description, the real-time search will be described by way of example, but it will be apparent that the present invention can be applied to the button input search.

Meanwhile, a method of selecting a search condition in the search condition search window 100 may be variously performed. As a preferred embodiment, the search condition search window 100 may be implemented by a drag method and a toggle method.

The drag method is a method of selecting and dragging a specific search condition in the search condition search window 100 to the search result display window 200 while pressing and holding the mouse with a mouse. Whenever a specific search condition is clicked with a mouse, the selection and release are performed in a toggle form and displayed on the search result display window 200.

The drag method and the toggle method will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5, respectively.

4 is a diagram illustrating a search condition selected by a drag method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

When the search condition icon in the search condition search window 100 is clicked with the mouse as shown in FIG. 4 (a) and held down, the selected search condition icon is also moved to the search result display window 200 as shown in FIG. move to b).

After the search condition icon is moved to the search result display window 200 and the mouse click state is released, the selected search condition is displayed as the search result display window 200 as shown in FIG.

In this case, the selected search condition icon is displayed in a different color or shape in the search condition search window 100 to distinguish it from other search condition icons that are not selected.

After the selection by dragging, the release may be performed in the following manner.

After the selection is made, dragging the search condition selected and displayed on the search result display window 200 back to the search condition search window 100 releases the selection of the search condition.

In addition, if the user selects and drags another search condition among the search conditions in the same category after the selection, the existing search condition is released and the new search condition is updated with the dragged search condition and displayed on the search result display window 200. do.

For example, if you click on the 'Samsung' icon in the manufacturer / model name category of the search condition search window 100 and drag it to the search result display window 200, the corresponding 'Samsung' icon appears on the search result display window 200. Again, the search When selecting and dragging the 'LG' icon from the manufacturer / model name category of the condition search window 100 to the search result display window 200, the 'LG' icon is displayed on the search result display window 200 instead of the 'Samsung' icon.

5 is a diagram illustrating a search condition selected by a toggle method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

When the search condition icon in the search condition search window 100 is clicked on with a mouse as shown in FIG. 5 (a), the selected search condition is displayed on the search result display window 200.

At this time, the selected search condition icon is displayed in a different color in the search condition search window 100 to distinguish it from other search condition icons that are not selected.

The method of releasing the selected search condition is a toggle method.

That is, when the selected search condition is displayed on the search result display window 200 as shown in FIG. 5 (a), when the corresponding search condition icon is clicked again as shown in FIG. 5 (b) in the search condition search window 100, the corresponding product The selection is released and the corresponding search condition icon disappears from the search result display window 200. At this time, the search condition icon in the deselected search condition search window 100 is restored to its original color.

In addition, when a specific search condition icon is selected and the corresponding search condition is displayed in the search result display window 200, when another search condition within the same category of the search condition search window 100 is selected and clicked, the previous search condition selection is performed. Is released and updated with the newly clicked selected search condition and displayed on the search result display window 200.

For example, after clicking the 'Samsung' icon in the manufacturer / model name category of the search condition search window 100 to display the corresponding 'Samsung' icon on the search result display window, again, the same manufacturer / model name in the search condition search window 100 is displayed. If the user clicks on the 'LG' icon in the category, the search result display window 200 displays the search condition of the 'LG' icon instead of the 'Samsung' icon.

Meanwhile, in selecting a search condition, FIGS. 1 to 5 illustrate one search result display window. In another embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of search result display windows are provided instead of one search result display window, thereby increasing user convenience. You can.

In general, in search of a search condition, a buyer wants to search for a product by various combinations of search conditions. However, if only one search result display window is provided, the buyer has to cancel the search for the search condition already searched and select a new search condition again to search the product list of the search condition previously searched. .

In order to solve this inconvenience, a plurality of search result display windows are provided so that a user can simultaneously view search results of various combinations of search conditions.

6 is a diagram illustrating a search screen having a plurality of search result display windows, in which one search condition search window 100 and a plurality of search result display windows 200 (200a, 200b, 200c) are displayed on one screen.

The search result display window 200 is activated by a mouse click. The activated search result display window is displayed in bold and the other deactivated search result display windows are displayed in dim so that the buyer can distinguish the currently activated search result display window.

 For example, when the second search result display window 200b is activated by clicking on the second search result display window 200b, only the second search result display window 200b is displayed in bold as shown in FIG. 6 (a). The search condition selected at 100 is displayed only on the second search result display window 200b.

When the search condition is selected while the second search result display window 200b is activated as described above, and the purchaser clicks and activates another third search result display window 200c, the previously activated second search result display window ( 200b) is dimmed and the newly activated third search result display window 200c is displayed in bold. At this time, the search condition selected in the search condition search window 100 is displayed on the third search result display window 200c instead of the second search result display window 200b.

In addition, although the activation of the search result display window 200 may be performed directly by a mouse click, in another embodiment, the search result display window at a position obtained by dragging a search condition in the search condition search window 100 may be activated. Can be. That is, when the buyer drags one or more of the search conditions displayed in the search condition search window to one of the plurality of search result display windows, the search condition for the corresponding search result display window is selected.

On the other hand, the plurality of search result display window 200 is provided with a button for minimizing the corresponding search result display window 200 and a button that can be restored again so that the buyer can easily see.

These buttons include a collapse / expand button and a collapse / expand button.

The folded button is used to make the search result display window invisible on the screen. When the buyer clicks the folded button, the corresponding search result display window disappears on the screen, leaving only the expand button.

The expand button is a button that causes the search result display window that has been collapsed and disappeared on the screen to appear again on the screen. When the buyer clicks the expand button, the search result display window having the corresponding expand button is displayed again on the screen.

An example of such folding / unfolding of the search result display window is shown in FIG. 7.

As shown in FIG. 7A, when the three search result display windows 200a, 200b, and 200c are displayed, when the folded button 210b of the second search result display window 200b is clicked, the second search result is displayed. The display window 200 is folded and disappears on the screen, and only the unfold button 220b remains as shown in FIG. 7 (b).

After that, when the displayed spread button 220b is clicked on, the second search result display window 200b is expanded and activated again and restored as shown in FIG.

Meanwhile, the plurality of search result display windows may increase the number of search result display windows by providing a separate search result display window generating button.

For example, as shown in FIG. 8A, the third search result display window 200c positioned at the end includes a search result display window generating button 230 in addition to the folded button. When a click is made, the fourth search result display window 200d, which is a new search result display window, is activated and displayed on the screen as shown in FIG.

Meanwhile, the search result display window may be folded / expanded on the screen by using the fold / expand button as shown in FIG. 7, but the search result display window disappears instead of the folded form as shown in FIG. 9, instead. The disappeared search result display window can be displayed as a separate mini bar.

To this end, a zoom button and a zoom button are provided. Referring to FIG. 9, when the zoom out button 240b is pressed on the second search result display window 200b as shown in FIG. 9A, the second search result display window 200b as shown in FIG. 9B. Is not a folded form, but disappears in its entirety and instead appears in the form of a second mini bar 300b in a separate area. Thereafter, when the enlarged button 310b of the second mini bar 300b is clicked, it is restored to the second search result display window 200b and displayed on the screen as shown in FIG. 9 (a).

In addition, the search result display window 200 and the mini-bar 300 are provided with delete buttons 250 and 320, respectively, so that the search result display window or the mini bar which is not necessary since the search is completed can be completely and permanently deleted. For example, when there is a delete button click displayed on the second search result display window 200b or the second mini bar 300b, the second search result display window 200b or the second mini bar 300b is completely deleted. It no longer appears on the screen.

1 and 4 to 9 illustrate examples in which products satisfying a combination of search conditions displayed on the search result display window 200 are searched and displayed as a list.

However, due to space limitations in the search result display window 200, only the names or prices of the searched products may be simply displayed in the form of a list, and detailed information about each product may not be displayed.

Therefore, the buyer has to inconvenience by having to check the product details by clicking the products of interest from the searched list of products.

In order to solve this inconvenience, as shown in FIG. 10, a product information display window 400 is additionally provided on the screen in addition to the search condition search window 100 and the search result display window 200.

The product information display window 400 displays detailed information of products searched in the search result display window 200. Accordingly, the purchaser may determine by comparing the detailed information of the products found in each search result display window at a glance through the product information display window (400).

In addition, when there are a plurality of search result display windows 200, a plurality of product information display windows 400 corresponding to each search result display window are provided, and like the search result display window, the product information display window 400 is folded / unfolded. You can have a button, a zoom in / out button so that it appears partially on the screen.

In addition, the product information display window 400 is provided correspondingly only to the activated detailed condition search window 200. For example, when only the first, fourth, and fifth search result display windows 200a, 200d, and 200e are activated, only the first, fourth, and fifth product information display windows 400a, 400d, and 400e corresponding thereto are activated. Is displayed.

In the above description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention is not to be determined by the embodiments described above, but will be apparent in the claims as well as equivalent scope.

1 is a diagram illustrating a method of providing product information displayed by searching for a product corresponding to a user selection according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a diagram illustrating a system for providing product information according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a product information providing process according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating a search condition selected by a drag method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a diagram illustrating a search condition selected by a toggle method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a diagram illustrating a search screen having a plurality of search result display windows according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a diagram illustrating an example of folding / unfolding a search result display window according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a new search result display window being generated by clicking a search result display window generating button according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

9 is a view showing a state that appears in the form of a mini-bar by the click of the shrink button according to an embodiment of the present invention.

10 is a diagram illustrating an example in which a product information display window is further provided on a screen according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (15)

A first step of receiving a brand name to be searched; A second step of displaying a plurality of search conditions related to the product in a search condition search window; A third process of selecting a search condition from a user among the displayed search conditions and displaying a product search result according to the selected search condition on a search result display window; Product information providing method comprising a. The method of claim 1, wherein in the second process, the search condition is that a plurality of search conditions are classified by categories and displayed in a radial search structure. The method of claim 2, wherein the selected search condition is also displayed on the search result display window. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein each time a search condition is additionally selected, a search result of products satisfying the selected combination of search conditions is displayed on the search result display window. The method of claim 2, wherein a search condition is selected by a user clicking on a search condition indicated by the radial search structure in a third process. The method of claim 5, wherein when the selected search condition is clicked again, the selection of the search condition is cancelled. The method of claim 2, wherein the search condition is selected by the user dragging the search condition indicated by the radial search structure to the search result display window. The method of claim 7, wherein when the search condition selected in the search result display window is dragged to the search condition search window, the selection of the search condition is released. The method of claim 5 or 7, wherein the selected search condition is displayed in a different form from a search condition not selected in the search condition search window. The method of claim 2, wherein a plurality of search result display windows may be displayed, and a new search result display window is generated when a user clicks a button for generating a search result display window. The product of claim 10, wherein when a user clicks on one or more of the search conditions displayed on the search condition search window, a search condition for one search result display window selected from the plurality of search result display windows is selected. How to Provide Information. The product of claim 10, wherein when a user drags one or more of the search conditions displayed in the search condition search window to one of the plurality of search result display windows, a search condition for the corresponding search result display window is selected. How to Provide Information. The method of claim 10, wherein each of the plurality of search result display windows is provided with a button for deleting a corresponding search result display window. The method of claim 10, wherein each of the plurality of search result display windows is provided with a button for minimizing the corresponding search result display window. The method of claim 2, further comprising displaying a detailed information display window for displaying detailed information about the product found in the third process.

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