KR20120043253A - System and method for providing shopping convenience service - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A shopping convenience providing service system and shopping convenience providing method are provided to promote the purchase of a user by uploading desired articles and new products according to purchase trends. CONSTITUTION: A product information management unit(100) manages and registers product information provided from a shopping mall provider(700). A database(200) stores the registered product information. A product list providing unit(300) receives the selected product information of a user by transmitting the product information list to a user searching apparatus(800). A purchase trend analysis unit(400) analyzes the purchase trends of the user.

Description

System and Method for Providing Shopping Convenience Service

The present invention relates to a shopping convenience providing service system and a shopping convenience providing method. More particularly, the present invention provides an easy input function, analyzes a user's purchase trend, and provides fast information on a user's item of interest and purchases of groceries or daily necessities. The present invention relates to a shopping convenience providing service system and a shopping convenience providing method for transmitting time to improve convenience of shopping by a user.

Recently, due to the development of internet technology, electronic commerce called an internet shopping mall has been activated, and such electronic commerce service has become a major part of the product distribution by securing reliability for billing and delivery as well as convenience. .

In order to purchase a product, the electronic commerce using the shopping mall had to determine a purchase after accessing a specific shopping mall, acquiring product information and price information.

In addition, in recent years, as a system using an application of a mobile device as well as a computer is popularized, electronic transactions through an application of a mobile device are also actively performed.

However, since the mobile communication is difficult to search and input search screens, there is a problem in that the search procedure is complicated, or it is troublesome to search several items or to repeatedly search for related products.

In addition, people who are sensitive to fashion have a hassle to frequently check the shopping malls for the presence of new products, such as clothes or electronics, that fit the brand or style according to their taste.

As such, when the cumbersome search procedure is repeated, there is a problem that the buyer's desire to purchase a product is reduced, which may cause a decrease in sales of the shopping mall.

Therefore, the present invention has been created to solve the above problems, provides an easy input function, analyzes the user's purchase trends to quickly send information on the user's items of interest and the time of purchase of food or daily necessities to the user An object of the present invention is to provide a shopping convenience providing service system and a shopping convenience providing method for improving convenience of shopping.

An object of the present invention as described above is a product information management unit for registering and managing the product information provided from the shopping mall provider; A database storing product information registered in a product information management unit; A product list providing unit which transmits a product information list to a user's search apparatus according to a request of the user's search apparatus and receives the selected product information of the user; A purchase trend analysis unit for storing a purchase history or items of interest in a database and analyzing a purchase trend of the user; And a billing processing unit for charging a user for billing of the purchased goods.

In this case, the product list providing unit provides the user with at least one of a standard category, initial search information, a related product category of a search product, and discount information provided as an item-by-item classification of product information.

In addition, the purchase trend analysis unit, the user's periodic purchase product analysis unit; And an aperiodic purchase product analysis unit of the user.

In addition, the shopping group management unit for managing the product purchase or cancellation history of the user group consisting of the user's family or group members; further includes.

In addition, the shopping group manager selects a user group through an invitation of a user or a predetermined authentication method.

In addition, the shopping group management unit transmits the purchase status information of the user group to the user group in real time.

In addition, the shopping convenience providing service system communicates using the Internet or mobile web.

As another category, an object of the present invention is a first step of the product information management unit receives the product information from the shopping mall provider and stores in the database; A second step of providing, by the product list providing unit, a product list according to a search of the user search apparatus; A third step of receiving, by the product list providing unit, a user's purchased goods or items of interest; A fourth step in which the billing processing unit bills the user for the purchased goods; And a fifth step of the purchase trend analyzing unit storing the user's purchased product or the item of interest in a database and analyzing the purchase trend of the user.

In this case, a sixth step of transmitting, to the user search apparatus, information uploading the goods related to the item of interest or purchasing time of the foodstuffs and daily necessities based on the purchase trend of the user analyzed by the purchase trend analyzing unit.

In addition, between the first step and the second step, the shopping group manager further includes steps 1-5 to register a user group composed of the user's family or group members.

The shopping group manager may further include a seventh step of transmitting at least one of the purchase contents, the interest list, and the purchase trend of the user group to each user group in real time.

In addition, the sixth or seventh step may be delivered to the user using a user email or text service.

According to the present invention, there is an effect that shopping and purchase of goods can be made without restriction in place by using an application of a smartphone as well as a computer.

In addition, in order to increase the usability of the smart phone, which is inconvenient for inputting a search word, an initial search, a related product category, or discount information may be transmitted, thereby improving shopping convenience of the user. In addition, the recipe and cooking ingredients are automatically input during cooking search, thereby eliminating the hassle of repeatedly searching by changing the search word for each ingredient purchase.

In addition, by analyzing the purchase trend of the user by transmitting a new product of the item of interest or purchase of food or daily necessities according to the purchase trend, there is an effect that can promote the user's purchase.

In addition, by setting up a group of family members, friends or office workers, etc., there is an effect of preventing indiscriminate shopping of the group members by checking items of interest or purchased items of the group members.

The following drawings, which are attached in this specification, illustrate preferred embodiments of the present invention, and together with the detailed description thereof, serve to further understand the technical spirit of the present invention. It should not be interpreted.
1 is a schematic diagram of a shopping convenience providing service system according to the present invention;
2 is a flowchart sequentially illustrating a shopping convenience providing method according to the present invention.

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

<Shopping convenience service system>

1 is a schematic diagram of a shopping convenience providing service system according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the shopping convenience providing service system 10 according to the present invention includes a product information management unit 100, a database 200, a product list providing unit 300, a purchase trend analysis unit 400, The billing processing unit 500 and the shopping group management unit 600.

The product information management unit 100 according to the present invention is an apparatus for registering and managing sales product related information from the shopping mall provider 700. In this case, the input information related to the sale product registers all the items necessary for the user to search, such as the sale product name, sale price, discount information, and a related product list.

The database 200 according to the present invention includes the product information uploaded from the product information management unit 100 and the product list providing unit 300, the purchase trend analysis unit 400, the billing processing unit 500, and the process described later. The device stores all the information about the shopping group manager 600.

The product list providing unit 300 according to the present invention transmits a corresponding product list to the user's search apparatus 800 according to a search formula requested by the search apparatus 800 such as a computer, a mobile phone, or a PMP of a user having a shopping application. The device transmits and receives selected product information selected by the user. At this time, the product list providing unit 300 provides the maximum convenience for the user search by providing initial search, automatic search completion, providing related product categories, or searching by topic. In addition, as an example of a subject-specific search, a list of products is presented so that the type and quantity of ingredients of the corresponding food are automatically displayed when the number of foods to be cooked and the number of meals are input. This automatically entered product provides a list of products to be added or canceled at the user's convenience. As a more detailed example, when a user searches for curry rice through the search apparatus 800, ingredients such as potatoes, roots, onions, curry, and meat are automatically input and provided.

The purchase trend analysis unit 400 according to the present invention stores information of a product of interest or a purchased product registered and searched by a user in the database 200, and analyzes the purchase trend of the user stored in the database 200. The purchase trend analysis unit 400 is a periodic purchase product analysis unit 410 for analyzing the purchase trends of items that require periodic purchases, such as food and daily necessities, and non-periodical purchases that require non-periodic purchases such as home appliances, clothing, etc. The analysis unit 420 is configured.

At this time, the periodic purchase product analysis unit 410 grasps the purchase cycle and the quantity of the user's necessities, and notifies the purchase of the product when the average purchase time has passed since the user last purchased the product based on the purchase trend analysis data Send the message through e-mail or text service.

In addition, the non-periodical purchase product analysis unit 420 analyzes purchase trends of household appliances, clothing, and the like, and transmits the uploading status of the consumables of the household appliances or the brand of interest to the user by using an email or a text service, etc. Promote your product purchase.

Billing processing unit 500 according to the present invention is a device for billing the price of the product ordered through the product list providing unit 300. Such billing processing may be included in the communication cost of the mobile communication, or may be processed through various mobile payment methods such as card payment and internet banking.

The shopping group manager 600 according to the present invention is a device that manages a user's family, acquaintances or office workers in a group. The shopping group manager 600 selects a user group through an authentication method such as an invitation of a user or confirmation of a predetermined identity. As an example, a spouse of a user is registered and managed as a group member 1 (810), a child as a group member 2 (820), and an nth grrub member as a group member n (800n). The shopping group management unit 600 transmits the purchase status, interest item registration status, etc. of the users grouped into the group to each group member or the representative group member in real time. Check the purchase status of goods transmitted in real time, and each group member or representative group member can execute functions such as changing the contents of the purchase of other group members, canceling or adding them.

The shopping convenience providing service system 10 having the above-described configuration uses a mobile web server such as 3G communication or Wi-Fi of a mobile device, or communicates with a user using an internet network.

<How to provide shopping convenience>

2 is a flowchart sequentially illustrating a shopping convenience providing method according to the present invention. In the book rental method according to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 2, first, the product information management unit 100 receives product information from the shopping mall provider 700 and stores it in the database 200 (S100). At this time, the stored product information registers all the items necessary for the user to search, such as the sales product name, sales price, discount information and the related product list.

Next, the shopping group management unit 600 registers the user group consisting of the user's family, acquaintances, company colleagues or group members and stores in the database 200 (S150). The shopping group member registration step S150 is optional and may be omitted if the user does not want it.

Next, the product list providing unit 300 searches for the product list according to the search word input of the user search apparatus 800 in the database 200 and transmits the product list to the user search apparatus 800 (S200).

Next, the product list providing unit 300 receives the purchase item or the item of interest selected by the user search apparatus 800 (S300). At this time, the purchased item or item of interest purchased by the user is stored in the database 200.

Next, the billing processing unit 500 charges the bill for the item purchased by the user (S400).

Finally, the purchase trend analysis unit 400 searches the purchase item or interest item accumulation information database 200 that the user has purchased so far and analyzes the purchase trend of the user (S500). At this time, the purchase trend analysis analyzes the periodic purchase goods and the non-periodic purchase goods respectively. As an example of the periodical analysis of purchasing items, it analyzes whether a user purchases a bag of rice once every few days or a toothpaste every few days. In addition, as an example of an aperiodic purchase item purchase trend analysis, the user analyzes when the drum washing machine was purchased.

In addition, based on the purchase trend of the user analyzed by the purchase trend analyzing unit 400, when a product purchase time or upload of a product of a brand associated with a registered product of interest is stored in the database 200, the user search apparatus ( In step S600, the purchase induction information or the upload information is transmitted (S600). For example, if a user purchases a bag of rice on average, the user is notified of a rice purchase time message via e-mail or text on a day close to a month from the last rice purchase date. In addition, if a new product is uploaded from the brand of the pants registered by the user as a product of interest, the product upload information is notified by e-mail or text to facilitate product purchase and provide convenience of shopping.

In addition, when a group member who is grouped with a user purchases an item, the shopping group management unit 600 transmits information such as purchase contents, a wish list, or a user purchase trend of the object purchase group member to the other member in real time. (S700). As such, by grasping the purchase trend of the group members, it is possible to prevent excessive consumption of the group members and to prevent the family from purchasing the same item.

As described above, those skilled in the art will understand that the present invention can be implemented in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the detailed description and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents should be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention.

10: shopping convenience service system
100: product information management
200: database
300: product list provider
400: purchase trend analysis unit
410: periodic purchase product analysis unit
420: non-periodic purchase product analysis unit
500: billing processing unit
600: Shopping Group Management Department
700: shopping mall provider
800: user search device
810 group member 1
820: Group 2
800n: group member n

Claims (12)

A product information manager 100 that registers and manages product information provided from the shopping mall provider 700;
A database 200 for storing the product information registered in the product information management unit 100;
A product list providing unit 300 transmitting the product information list to the user's search apparatus 800 according to a request of the user's search apparatus 800 and receiving the selected product information of the user;
A purchase trend analysis unit 400 storing the purchase history or the item of interest in the user in the database 200 and analyzing the purchase trend of the user; And
The shopping convenience providing service system comprising a; billing processing unit (500) for charging a user for the charges for the purchased goods. The method of claim 1,
The product list providing unit 300 provides the user with at least one of a standard category, initial search information, a related product category of a search product, and a discount information provided as an item-by-item classification of the product information. Offer service system. The method of claim 1,
The purchase trend analysis unit 400,
A periodic purchase product analysis unit 410 of the user; And
Shopping convenience providing service system comprising a; the user's periodic purchase product analysis unit (420). The method of claim 1,
The shopping convenience service system of claim 1, further comprising a shopping group management unit (600) for managing the purchase or cancellation of the product of the user group consisting of the user's family or group members. The method of claim 4, wherein
The shopping group manager 600 selects the user group through an invitation or a predetermined authentication method of the user. The method of claim 4, wherein
The shopping group manager 600 transmits the purchase status information of the user group to the user group in real time. The method of claim 1,
The shopping convenience providing service system (10) is a shopping convenience providing service system, characterized in that the communication using the Internet or mobile web. A first step (S100) of receiving, by the product information manager 100, the product information from the shopping mall provider 700 and storing it in the database 200;
A second step (S200) of providing, by the product list providing unit 300, a product list according to a search of the user search apparatus 800;
A third step (S300) of receiving, by the product list providing unit 300, a user's purchase product or an item of interest;
A fourth step (S400) in which the billing processing unit 500 charges the user for the purchased goods; And
The shopping trend analysis unit 400 stores the user's purchased goods or items of interest in the database 200, and analyzing the purchase trend of the user (S500); shopping convenience characterized in that it comprises a; How to Provide. The method of claim 8,
A sixth step S600 of transmitting product upload information related to the item of interest or purchase time of groceries and daily necessities to the user search apparatus 800 based on the purchase trend of the user analyzed by the purchase trend analyzing unit 400; A shopping convenience providing method further comprising. The method of claim 8,
Between the first step (S100) and the second step (S200), the shopping group management unit 600 further comprises a first to fifth step (S150) for registering a user group consisting of a family member or a group member of the user How to provide shopping convenience. The method of claim 10,
And a seventh step (S700) of the shopping group manager 600 transmitting in real time to each user group at least one of purchase contents, a wish list, and a purchase trend of the user group. How to provide shopping convenience. The method according to claim 9 or 11,
The sixth step (S600) or the seventh step (S700) is a shopping convenience providing method characterized in that delivered to the user using a user email or text service.

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