KR20220093596A - Apparatus and method for managing shopping history information based on communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for managing shopping history information based on a communication terminal. The apparatus for managing shopping history information based on the communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a shopping information extraction unit parsing text of a shopping result message including a text message, an e-mail, or a social network service (SNS) message received as a result of shopping to extract information about a shopping mall used for the shopping and information about at least one of a product name, a purchase price, and a purchase date with respect to a product purchased through the shopping; an access information management unit storing and managing access information for accessing an online shopping mall; an additional information collection unit, if the shopping mall according to the information extracted by the shopping information extraction unit corresponds to the online shopping mall, accessing the online shopping mall by using the access information, and collecting, from the online shopping mall, additional information related to the shopping besides the extracted information; and a history information management unit generating shopping history information by associating the extracted information and the additional information with identification information of the online shopping mall, and storing the shopping history information in a storage unit of the communication terminal. The present invention can save costs in system construction and operation.

Description

Apparatus and method for managing shopping history information based on communication terminal}

The present invention relates to a communication terminal-based shopping history information management apparatus and method, and more particularly, to a communication terminal-based shopping history information management apparatus for individually managing the user's shopping history information based on the user's communication terminal. and methods.

Recently, with the development of wired/wireless communication technology and the widespread dissemination of personal communication terminals, e-commerce transactions for products in so-called online shopping malls are rapidly increasing. Accordingly, interest and requests for technology for efficiently managing and providing purchaser's shopping history information are increasing.

However, in the existing technology for independently managing the purchaser's shopping history information for each online shopping mall, the buyer must individually access each online shopping mall, log in, and then check the information on the product purchased from the corresponding shopping mall. When a user purchases various products from several shopping malls or forgets the shopping mall where he purchased the product, there is a problem in that a lot of time and effort is required to check shopping history information.

In addition, as disclosed in Korean Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-2018-0077800 and Korean Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-2007-0034560, the existing technology for centrally managing purchasers' product purchase details or payment details based on a central server is , the process of business alliances with numerous shopping malls and credit card companies must precede and change the existing system, so high costs are required to build and operate the system, and the risk of personal information leakage due to malicious attacks such as server hacking is high. There are existing problems.

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to enable the user to quickly and easily check his/her shopping history information through a communication terminal even if the user purchases various products in several shopping malls or forgets the shopping mall where he/she purchased the product. It is, of course, to provide an apparatus and method for managing shopping history information based on a communication terminal that reduces the cost required for system construction and operation and prevents personal information leakage.

A communication terminal-based shopping history information management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is installed in a user's communication terminal and manages the user's shopping history information based on the communication terminal, and is received as a result of shopping By parsing the text of a shopping result message including a text message, e-mail, or social network service (SNS) message, information about the shopping mall used for the shopping, the product name of the product purchased through the shopping, the purchase price, and a shopping information extraction unit for extracting information on at least one of purchase dates; an access information management unit for storing and managing access information for accessing an online shopping mall; When the shopping mall according to the information extracted by the shopping information extraction unit corresponds to the online shopping mall, the online shopping mall is accessed using the access information, and additional information related to the shopping is provided in addition to the extracted information. Additional information collection unit to collect from; and a history information manager for generating shopping history information by associating the extracted information and the additional information with the identification information of the online shopping mall, and storing the shopping history information in a storage unit of the communication terminal.

In an embodiment, the access information management unit outputs a user interface for inputting access information through a screen of the communication terminal when access information for accessing a shopping mall according to the extracted information is not stored, and the user interface and a connection information acquisition module for acquiring new connection information input through the .

In an embodiment, the access information managed by the access information manager includes Uniform Resource Locator (URL) information of the online shopping mall and login information of the user used to log in to the online shopping mall.

In an embodiment, the access information management unit separates the URL information and the login information, encrypts only the login information, and transmits the encrypted login information to a node of the blockchain network to register it in the blockchain ledger. registration processing module; and an access information storage module for storing the transaction key and the URL information used for inquiring the encrypted login information in the block chain ledger in association with the identification information of the online shopping mall.

In an embodiment, when the shopping mall according to the extracted information corresponds to the online shopping mall, the additional information collecting unit is configured to retrieve the URL information and the transaction key stored in association with the identification information of the online shopping mall. search module; a login information acquisition module for inquiring the encrypted login information registered in the blockchain ledger using the searched transaction key, and decrypting the encrypted login information to obtain decrypted login information; an additional information receiving module for accessing the online shopping mall using the retrieved URL information and the decrypted login information, and receiving the additional information from the online shopping mall; and a login information discarding module configured to discard the decrypted login information when the reception of the additional information is completed.

In an embodiment, the device outputs a user interface for inputting a product name through the screen of the communication terminal, and retrieves information about a shopping mall associated with the product name input through the user interface from the shopping history information to communicate the communication It further includes a shopping mall search unit outputting through the screen of the terminal.

In one embodiment, the device learns the shopping history information, so that the purchase time of the item of interest purchased by the user periodically or repeatedly comes to the shopping mall and the shopping mall in which the user has a history of purchasing the item of interest It further includes a shopping guide unit that provides information on at least one of the shopping malls currently selling the product of interest at the lowest price.

In an embodiment, the shopping information extracting unit is configured to parse the text of the shopping result message to further extract information on the payment method used for the shopping, and the additional information collecting unit is configured to parse the text of the shopping result message As a result of parsing , if the information on the payment method is not extracted, but the shopping mall according to the extracted information corresponds to the online shopping mall, the online shopping mall is accessed using the access information, and the payment method is obtained from the online shopping mall. is configured to collect information about the as the additional information.

A communication terminal-based shopping history information management method according to an embodiment of the present invention is a method of managing the user's shopping history information based on the user's communication terminal, wherein the communication terminal receives a text message as a result of shopping , by parsing the text of a shopping result message including an e-mail or social network service (SNS) message, information on the shopping mall used for the shopping, and the product name, purchase price, and purchase date of the product purchased through the shopping (a) extracting information about at least one of; (b) storing and managing, by the communication terminal, access information for accessing an online shopping mall; When the shopping mall according to the information extracted by the shopping information extraction unit corresponds to the online shopping mall, the communication terminal accesses the online shopping mall using the access information, and additional information related to the shopping in addition to the extracted information (c) collecting from the online shopping mall; and (d) in which the communication terminal associates the extracted information and the additional information with the identification information of the online shopping mall to generate shopping history information and store the shopping history information.

In an embodiment, in the step (b), when access information for accessing a shopping mall according to the extracted information is not stored, the communication terminal outputs a user interface for inputting access information through a screen of the communication terminal (b1) step; and (b2) storing, by the communication terminal, new access information input through the user interface.

In an embodiment, the access information managed by the communication terminal includes Uniform Resource Locator (URL) information of the online shopping mall and login information of the user used to log in to the online shopping mall.

In an embodiment, the step (b) comprises: (b3) encrypting, by the communication terminal, only the login information by separating the URL information and the login information; (b4) step of the communication terminal transmitting the encrypted login information to the node of the block chain network and registering it in the block chain ledger; and (b5) storing, by the communication terminal, a transaction key used to inquire the encrypted login information in the blockchain ledger and the URL information in association with the identification information of the online shopping mall.

In one embodiment, in step (c), when the shopping mall according to the extracted information corresponds to the online shopping mall, the communication terminal stores the URL information and the transaction key in association with the identification information of the online shopping mall (c1) searching for (c2) inquiring, by the communication terminal, the encrypted login information stored in the blockchain ledger using the searched transaction key; (c3) the communication terminal decrypting the encrypted login information to obtain decrypted login information; (c4) the communication terminal accessing the online shopping mall using the retrieved URL information and the decrypted login information, and receiving the additional information from the online shopping mall; and (c5) discarding the decrypted login information by the communication terminal when the reception of the additional information is completed.

In one embodiment, the method includes, after step (d), (e1) outputting, by the communication terminal, a user interface for inputting a product name through a screen of the communication terminal; and (e2) outputting, by the communication terminal, information about a shopping mall associated with a product name input through the user interface from the shopping history information through a screen of the communication terminal.

In one embodiment, in the method, after step (d), the communication terminal learns the shopping history information so that the purchase timing of the product of interest purchased by the user periodically or repeatedly arrives, the user is interested in the interest The method further includes (f) providing information on at least one of a shopping mall having a history of purchasing a product and a shopping mall currently selling the product of interest at the lowest price.

In one embodiment, the step (a) includes the step of parsing the text of the shopping result message by the communication terminal to further extract information on a payment method used for the shopping, the step (c) As a result of parsing the text of the shopping result message in step (a), when the information on the payment method is not extracted, but the shopping mall according to the extracted information corresponds to the online shopping mall, using the access information and accessing the online shopping mall, and collecting information about the payment method from the online shopping mall as the additional information.

Embodiments according to the present invention may be implemented using a computer program recorded in a recording medium as a computer program for executing the above-described operation or method through a computer system.

According to the present invention, the communication terminal in which the shopping history information management device is installed parses the text of the shopping result message received from the user according to the user's shopping result, and the shopping mall used for shopping and the product name of the product purchased through shopping , a shopping mall in which a user purchases various products or purchased products from multiple shopping malls by acquiring shopping-related information such as , purchase price, purchase date, etc. and using the obtained information to generate or update the corresponding user's shopping history information in real time In addition to being able to quickly and easily check your shopping history information even if you forget to can

In addition, when specific information is not extracted from the shopping result message or additional information is required in addition to the extracted information, the communication terminal automatically accesses the corresponding online shopping mall to additionally collect necessary information, and reflects the collected information to provide shopping history information By creating , it is possible to improve the accuracy and reliability of shopping history information while minimizing the information input process by the user.

In addition, the communication terminal manages access information for accessing the online shopping mall, but URL information corresponding to public information among the access information is stored in the communication terminal, and information corresponding to confidential information such as ID, password, and public certificate By allowing login information to be stored in the blockchain database of the blockchain network, it is possible to fundamentally prevent leakage of login information by malicious attacks such as hacking.

Furthermore, those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains will clearly understand from the following description that various embodiments according to the present invention can solve various technical problems not mentioned above.

1 is a diagram showing an example of a communication network environment to which the present invention is applied.
2 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for managing shopping history information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a shopping history information generation process of a shopping history information management method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a list of access information for each shopping mall stored in a communication terminal.
5 is a diagram illustrating an example of shopping history information stored in a communication terminal.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a shopping mall access process of a shopping history information management method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user interface for shopping mall search output through a screen of a communication terminal.
8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a shopping mall search result output through a screen of a communication terminal.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings in order to clarify solutions to the technical problems of the present invention. However, in the description of the present invention, if the description of the related known technology rather obscures the gist of the present invention, the description thereof will be omitted. In addition, the terms used in this specification are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, and these may vary according to the intentions or customs of designers, manufacturers, and the like. Therefore, definitions of terms to be described below should be made based on the content throughout this specification.

1 shows an example of a communication network environment to which the present invention is applied.

As shown in FIG. 1 , the user's communication terminal 10 may perform data communication with the service support server 20 , the online shopping mall 30 , the payment company server 40 and the like through a wired/wireless communication network. . In particular, the communication terminal 10 may perform data communication with a node constituting the block chain network 50 and interwork. The communication terminal 10 is a type of computer device capable of wired/wireless data communication, and may be configured as a fixed terminal such as a personal computer (PC), or may be configured as a mobile terminal such as a smart phone or a tablet PC.

The service support server 20 is a computer device that supports a shopping history information management service provided through the communication terminal 10 , and provides an application for managing shopping history information to the communication terminal 10 or a shopping history information management service It can be configured to provide the necessary information for.

The online shopping mall 30 is a web server or web site for e-commerce operated by a seller who sells goods through e-commerce or a broker who brokers product sales. The online shopping mall 30 may be configured to send a shopping result message in which the corresponding shopping details are written to the user when the user accessing the online shopping mall 30 completes shopping through product order and payment, etc. In this case, the shopping result message may include a text message, an email, or a social network service (SNS) message.

The payment company server 40 is a credit card company, PG (Payment Gateway) company, or VAN (Value Added Network) that processes the product payment performed by the user in the online shopping mall 30 or the offline shopping mall (not shown) and receives a fee. ) is a server operated by The payment company server 40 may be configured to, when shopping is completed through product payment in an online shopping mall or an offline shopping mall, a shopping result message describing the payment details to the user. In this case, the shopping result message may include a text message, an email, or an SNS message.

The blockchain network 50 includes a plurality of nodes that distribute and store specific information in a blockchain ledger using a blockchain technology such as Ethereum or Hyperledger Fabric. In this case, the plurality of nodes may be implemented as independent physical servers, or may be implemented as virtual servers running in one server, such as a cloud server. Each node executes a block chain program to approve a transaction received from the communication terminal 10, create and verify a block, register a verified block, query information registered in the block chain, etc. . According to an embodiment, the blockchain network 50 may include a plurality of sub-networks connected in parallel to perform parallel processing. Such a block chain network 50 may be configured as a public chain that anyone can access, or a private chain that can be accessed only by specific users.

The apparatus for managing shopping history information according to the present invention is installed or embedded in the user's communication terminal 10 in the above-described communication network environment, and is configured to manage the user's shopping history information based on the corresponding communication terminal 10 . In this case, the shopping history information management apparatus according to the present invention is configured in the form of an SoC (System on Chip) embedded in the communication terminal 10 or is combined with the hardware of the communication terminal 10 to control the communication terminal 10 . It can be composed of applications that The apparatus for managing shopping history information according to another embodiment of the present invention may be configured in the form of a dongle connected to a communication port of the communication terminal 10 .

2 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus 100 for managing shopping history information based on a communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2 , the apparatus 100 for managing shopping history information according to an embodiment of the present invention is installed or built-in in the user's communication terminal 10 , and based on the corresponding communication terminal 10 , the user's shopping It is configured to manage history information. In this case, the communication terminal 10 may include a communication unit 11 , an input unit 12 , an output unit 13 , a storage unit 14 , and the like.

The communication unit 11 receives data transmitted from other communication devices such as a server or a computer through a wired/wireless communication network and transmits it to the shopping history information management apparatus 100 or the shopping history information management apparatus 100 configured to transmit data generated or processed in the . To this end, the communication unit 11 may include a communication modem for performing wired/wireless communication. In this case, the communication unit 11 may include a WiFi communication module for performing wireless communication with a neighboring AP (Access Point), an LTE communication module for performing direct communication with another communication device, a 5G communication module, and the like. Also, the communication unit 11 may include a USB port, a wired LAN port, or various communication ports to which other data transmission cables are connected.

The input unit 12 is configured to receive a user's command or data. To this end, the input unit 12 may include an input device such as a keyboard, a mouse, a manipulation button, or a touch panel.

The output unit 13 is configured to output data or information visually or audio-visually. To this end, the output unit 13 may include an image display device such as a monitor, a display panel, or a touch screen. In addition, the output unit 13 may further include a sound generating device such as a speaker.

The storage unit 14 is configured to store and manage data necessary for the operation of the apparatus 100 for managing shopping history information. To this end, the storage unit 14 may selectively include various storage media such as ROM, RAM, EEPROM, registers, flash memory, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, hard disk, floppy disk, and optical data recording device.

The apparatus 100 for managing shopping history information according to the present invention is configured to control the overall operation of the communication terminal 10 , and to manage shopping history information of a user based on the communication terminal 10 . To this end, the apparatus 100 for managing shopping history information according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a general-purpose processor for executing control logic, an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), other chipsets, logic circuits, registers, memory, etc. of hardware may be optionally included. Meanwhile, the apparatus 100 for managing shopping history information according to another embodiment of the present invention may be configured by a combination of hardware and software of the communication terminal 10 . That is, the control logic of the shopping history information management apparatus 100 is configured as a computer program and stored in the storage unit 14 of the communication terminal 10 , and the stored computer program is configured to be executed through hardware of the communication terminal 10 . can be

In addition, the shopping history information management apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes functionally differentiated detailed components, such as the shopping information extraction unit 110 , the access information management unit 120 , and the additional information collection unit 130 . ) and the history information management unit 140 , and may further include a shopping mall search unit 150 , a shopping guide unit 160 , etc. according to an embodiment.

The shopping information extracting unit 110 recognizes a text of a shopping result message received to a corresponding user as a result of shopping performed by the user, parses the recognized text, and relates to the shopping mall used for the shopping. and extracting information about at least one of a product name, a purchase price, and a purchase date of the product purchased through the shopping.

The shopping result message received to the user as a result of the shopping may be a product purchase history notification message sent from an online shopping mall where the user purchased the product, or a payment history notification message sent from a credit card company or a payment agency. . In addition, the shopping result message may include various types of messages. For example, the shopping result message may include a short message service (SMS) message including text or a text message such as a multimedia messaging service (MMS) message, an email, and a social network service (SNS) message.

For example, the shopping information extraction unit 110 interworks with an application for sending and receiving text messages, an application for sending and receiving email, and an SNS application installed in the communication terminal 10, and the sender of a text message, email, SNS message, etc. received to the user The shopping result message may be detected by checking a phone number, a sender's e-mail address, or a sender's name in real time or periodically.

Also, according to an embodiment, the shopping information extraction unit 110 may be configured to parse the text of the shopping result message to further extract information on the payment method used for the shopping. In this case, the information about the payment method may include the type of the payment method, the name of the credit card used as the payment method, and the like.

The access information management unit 120 is configured to store and manage access information for accessing an online shopping mall used by a user. In this case, the access information managed by the access information management unit 120 may include Uniform Resource Locator (URL) information of the corresponding online shopping mall and login information of the user used to log in to the corresponding online shopping mall. In addition, the login information of the user may include the user's ID and password, or the user's public certificate.

The access information management unit 120 may include an access information acquisition module 122 , a block chain registration processing module 124 , and an access information storage module 126 to manage user access information for each online shopping mall.

The access information obtaining module 122 is configured to, when the shopping mall according to the information extracted by the shopping information extracting unit 110 corresponds to an online shopping mall, but does not store access information for accessing the corresponding shopping mall, the communication terminal 10 ) is configured to output a user interface for inputting access information through the screen, and to acquire new access information input through the corresponding user interface.

For example, the access information acquisition module 122 requests the service support server 20 to obtain URL information of a shopping mall according to the extracted information from the service support server 20 , while displaying the screen of the communication terminal 10 . It may be configured to output a user interface for inputting access information through the user interface to receive login information of the corresponding shopping mall from the user. In this case, the service support server 20 performs data communication with the communication terminal 10 in which the shopping history information management apparatus 100 is installed, and supports the shopping history information management service provided by the shopping history information management apparatus 100 . can be configured to

The block chain registration processing module 124 separates the URL information and the login information of the access information obtained as described above, encrypts only the login information, and uses the encrypted login information as a node of the block chain network 50 . It is configured to be sent to and registered in the blockchain ledger.

In an embodiment, the block chain registration processing module 124 generates device identification information for identifying the shopping history information management device 100 or the communication terminal 10 and shopping mall identification information for identifying the corresponding shopping mall, the It may be configured to request an encryption key while transmitting to the service support server 20 , and encrypt the login information using the encryption key received from the service support server 20 . In this case, the service support server 20 may store the decryption key corresponding to the encryption key in association with the device identification information and the shopping mall identification information.

In another embodiment, the block chain registration processing module 124 may be configured to directly generate an encryption key and encrypt the login information using the generated encryption key. In this case, the block chain registration processing module 124 transmits the decryption key for decrypting the encrypted login information to the service support server 20 together with the device identification information and shopping mall identification information to the service support server 20 It can be configured to be stored in

When the encrypted login information is registered in the block chain ledger, the block chain registration processing module 124 transfers a transaction key used to inquire the encrypted login information in the block chain ledger to the block chain network 50 It may be received from the node of , and transmitted to the access information storage module 126 .

The access information storage module 126 associates the transaction key received from the block chain registration processing module 124 and the access information including the URL information of the shopping mall with the identification information of the corresponding shopping mall, and configured to be stored in the storage unit 14 . In this case, the access information storage module 126 may be configured to generate and store the access information list for each shopping mall in which the access information for each shopping mall is recorded in a list format.

On the other hand, when the shopping mall according to the information extracted from the shopping result message corresponds to the online shopping mall, the additional information collecting unit 130 is configured to use the access information of the shopping mall stored by the access information management unit 120 to and access the shopping mall, and collect additional information related to the shopping from the shopping mall in addition to the extracted information. In this case, the additional information collection unit 130 collects information that is not extracted from the shopping result message from among the information on the product name, purchase price, purchase date, and payment method used for purchasing the product, of the product purchased through the shopping. It may be configured to collect as said additional information.

For example, the additional information collection unit 130 parses the text of the shopping result message, and as a result of parsing the text of the shopping result message, information on the payment method has not been extracted. It is possible to access the shopping mall by using the mobile phone, and collect information about the payment method from the shopping mall as additional information. Also, the additional information collection unit 130 may further collect images or specification information of products purchased from the shopping mall as the additional information.

To this end, the additional information collection unit 130 may include a connection information search module 132 , a login information acquisition module 134 , an additional information reception module 136 , and a login information discard module 138 .

The access information search module 132 is configured to search URL information and transaction key stored in association with the identification information of the shopping mall when the shopping mall according to the information extracted from the shopping result message corresponds to the online shopping mall.

The login information acquisition module 134 uses the searched transaction key to inquire the encrypted login information registered in the blockchain ledger of the blockchain network 50, and decrypts the encrypted login information to obtain the decrypted login information. configured to obtain. In this case, the log-in information acquisition module 134 transmits device identification information for identifying the shopping history information management device 100 or the communication terminal 10 and shopping mall identification information for identifying the corresponding shopping mall, to the service support server 20 . ) may be configured to request a decryption key while transmitting, and decrypt the encrypted login information using the decryption key received from the service support server 20 .

The additional information receiving module 136 is configured to access the shopping mall using the retrieved URL information and the decrypted login information, and to receive additional information related to the shopping from the corresponding shopping mall.

The login information discarding module 138 is configured to discard the decrypted login information upon completion of receiving the additional information from the shopping mall. That is, the additional information collection unit 130 is configured to inquire again and decrypt the encrypted login information of the shopping mall registered in the blockchain ledger whenever accessing the shopping mall.

The history information management unit 140 associates the information extracted from the shopping result message and the additional information collected from the shopping mall with the identification information of the corresponding shopping mall to generate or update shopping history information, and communicate the generated or updated shopping history information. and is configured to be stored in the storage unit 14 of the terminal 10 .

The shopping mall search unit 150 outputs a user interface for inputting a product name through the screen of the communication terminal 10 , and transmits information about the shopping mall associated with the product name input through the user interface to the communication terminal 10 . It is configured to search the stored shopping history information and output it through the screen of the communication terminal 10 .

In this case, the shopping mall search unit 150 may be configured to search for a shopping mall that most recently purchased a product corresponding to the entered product name or purchased the lowest price, and output identification information and a connection link of the searched shopping mall. In addition, when the user touches or clicks the access link output on the screen of the communication terminal 10 , the shopping mall search unit 150 automatically enters the searched shopping mall using the access information stored by the access information management unit 120 . , and output the web page of the searched shopping mall through the screen of the communication terminal 10 . To this end, the shopping mall search unit 150 searches the URL information and transaction key stored in association with the searched shopping mall identification information from the access information list for each shopping mall stored by the access information management unit 120, and uses the searched transaction key. It may be configured to inquire the encrypted login information of the searched shopping mall registered in the blockchain ledger of the blockchain network 50 by using it, and decrypt the encrypted login information to obtain decrypted login information. As a result, the shopping mall search unit 150 may automatically access the searched shopping mall using the retrieved URL information and the decrypted login information.

On the other hand, the shopping guide unit 160 learns the shopping history information stored by the history information management unit 140, the fact that the purchase time of the product of interest purchased by the user periodically or repeatedly arrives, the user and providing information on at least one of a shopping mall having a history of purchasing a product of interest and a shopping mall currently selling the product of interest at the lowest price. In this case, the shopping guide unit 160 may be configured to receive and provide price information, discount information, etc. of the product of interest from the service support server 20 or each online shopping mall 30 .

3 is a flowchart illustrating a shopping history information generation process of a shopping history information management method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, the communication terminal 10 in which the above-described shopping history information management apparatus 100 is installed, through an application for text message transmission and reception, an application for email transmission and reception, an SNS application, etc. executed in the terminal, A shopping result message received to the user as a result of the shopping performed by the user by checking the sender phone number, sender email address, or sender name of a text message, email, SNS message, etc. received to the user in real time or periodically is detected (S300).

In this case, the shopping result message may be a product purchase history notification message sent from the online shopping mall where the user purchased the product, or a payment history notification message sent from a credit card company or a payment agency. In addition, the shopping result message may include various types of messages. For example, the shopping result message may include a short message service (SMS) message including text or a text message such as a multimedia messaging service (MMS) message, an email, and a social network service (SNS) message.

Next, the communication terminal 10 recognizes the text of the detected shopping result message, parses the recognized text, and includes information on the shopping mall used for the shopping and the product name of the product purchased through the shopping. , information on at least one of a purchase price and a purchase date is extracted (S310).

According to an embodiment, the communication terminal 10 may further extract information about a payment method used for the shopping by parsing the text of the shopping result message. In this case, the information about the payment method may include the type of the payment method, the name of the credit card used as the payment method, and the like.

As a result of parsing the text of the shopping result message, when only some of the essential information required to generate shopping history information is extracted (S320), the communication terminal 10 accesses the shopping mall according to the extracted information and provides additional information are collected (S330 to S382).

To this end, the communication terminal 10 may store and manage access information for accessing the online shopping mall used by the user for each online shopping mall. In this case, the access information managed by the communication terminal 10 may include Uniform Resource Locator (URL) information of the corresponding online shopping mall and login information of the user used to log in to the corresponding online shopping mall. In addition, the login information of the user may include the user's ID and password, or the user's public certificate.

However, even though the shopping mall according to the information extracted from the shopping result message corresponds to the online shopping mall, when access information for accessing the shopping mall is not stored in the communication terminal 10 (S330), the communication terminal 10 displays the screen A user interface for inputting access information is output through the , and new access information input through the user interface is acquired (S340).

For example, the communication terminal 10 makes a request to the service support server 20 to obtain URL information of a shopping mall according to the extracted information from the service support server 20 , while displaying the screen of the communication terminal 10 . Through this, a user interface for inputting access information may be output, and login information of the corresponding shopping mall may be inputted from the user.

Then, the communication terminal 10 separates the URL information and the login information of the access information obtained as described above, and encrypts only the login information (S350).

In one embodiment, the communication terminal 10 requests an encryption key while transmitting device identification information for identifying the communication terminal 10 and shopping mall identification information for identifying the corresponding shopping mall to the service support server 20 . and encrypting the login information using the encryption key received from the service support server 20 . In this case, the service support server 20 may store the decryption key corresponding to the encryption key in association with the device identification information and the shopping mall identification information.

In another embodiment, the communication terminal 10 may be configured to directly generate an encryption key and encrypt the login information using the generated encryption key. In this case, the communication terminal 10 transmits the decryption key for decrypting the encrypted login information to the service support server 20 together with the device identification information and the shopping mall identification information, and can be stored in the service support server 20 have.

Then, the communication terminal 10 may transmit the encrypted login information to a node of the blockchain network 50 by generating a transaction for registering the encrypted login information in the blockchain ledger ( S352).

Then, the node of the block chain network 50 registers the encrypted login information in the block chain ledger through processes such as approval of the transaction received from the communication terminal 10, generation and verification of blocks, etc. (S360), A transaction key used to inquire the encrypted login information may be transmitted to the communication terminal 10 (S362).

Next, the communication terminal 10 stores the connection information including the transaction key received from the block chain registration processing module 124 and URL information of the corresponding shopping mall in association with the identification information of the corresponding shopping mall (S370) . In this case, the communication terminal 10 may generate and store an access information list for each shopping mall in which access information for each shopping mall is recorded in a list format.

4 shows an example of a list of access information for each shopping mall stored in the communication terminal.

As shown in FIG. 4 , the communication terminal 10 correlates the identification information of the shopping mall with the URL information of the shopping mall and the transaction key used to inquire the encrypted login information of the shopping mall stored in the blockchain ledger. , it is possible to create and store a list of access information for each shopping mall recorded for each shopping mall. In this case, the identification information of the shopping mall may include a name or a unique code of the shopping mall.

Referring back to FIG. 3 , the communication terminal 10 accesses the shopping mall according to the extracted information using the stored access information of the shopping mall as described above ( S380 ). A detailed process by which the communication terminal 10 accesses the online shopping mall 30 will be described again with reference to FIG. 6 below.

Next, the communication terminal 10 collects additional information related to the shopping in addition to the extracted information from the corresponding shopping mall (S382). In this case, the communication terminal 10 retrieves the information not extracted from the shopping result message among the product name of the product purchased through the shopping, the purchase price, the purchase date, and the payment method used for purchasing the product. It may be collected as additional information.

For example, when information on a payment method is not extracted as a result of parsing the text of the shopping result message, the communication terminal 10 accesses the shopping mall using the access information of the shopping mall, and receives the payment method from the shopping mall may be collected as additional information. In addition, the communication terminal 10 may further collect an image or specification information of a product purchased from the shopping mall as the additional information.

Next, the communication terminal 10 associates the information extracted from the shopping result message and the additional information collected from the shopping mall with the identification information of the corresponding shopping mall to generate or update shopping history information, and generate or update shopping history information can be stored (S390).

5 shows an example of shopping history information stored in a communication terminal.

As shown in FIG. 5 , the communication terminal 10 correlates the product name, purchase price, purchase date, place of purchase, payment method, product detailed information, etc. of the product purchased by the corresponding user through shopping to provide shopping history information. can be created or updated. The purchase destination information of the shopping history information may include identification information and URL information of the corresponding shopping mall. In addition, the detailed product information of the shopping history information may include an image or specification information of the corresponding product.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a shopping mall access process of a shopping history information management method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 6 , as a result of parsing the text of the shopping result message, when only a part of essential information required to generate shopping history information is extracted, the communication terminal 10 selects the pre-stored list of access information for each shopping mall. The URL information and the transaction key of the corresponding shopping mall are searched (S610).

Then, the communication terminal 10 inquires the encrypted login information registered in the blockchain ledger of the blockchain network 50 using the searched transaction key (S620, S630), and decrypts the encrypted login information to obtain decrypted login information (S640). In one embodiment, the communication terminal 10 requests a decryption key while transmitting device identification information for identifying the communication terminal 10 and shopping mall identification information for identifying the corresponding shopping mall to the service support server 20 . and decrypting the encrypted login information using a decryption key received from the service support server 20 .

Then, the communication terminal 10 accesses the shopping mall using the retrieved URL information and the decrypted login information, and receives additional information related to the shopping from the corresponding shopping mall (S650 and S660).

When the reception of the additional information from the shopping mall is completed, the communication terminal 10 discards the decrypted login information (S670). That is, the communication terminal 10 is configured to inquire again and decrypt the encrypted login information of the shopping mall registered in the blockchain ledger whenever accessing the shopping mall.

7 illustrates an example of a user interface for shopping mall search output through a screen of a communication terminal.

As shown in FIG. 7 , the communication terminal 10 generates or updates the user's shopping history information, and then outputs a user interface 700 for inputting a product name through the screen of the communication terminal 10, and the When a specific product name (M1) is input through the user interface 700, information about a shopping mall associated with the input product name (M1) is retrieved from shopping history information stored in the communication terminal 10, and the screen of the communication terminal 10 can be output through

8 shows an example of a shopping mall search result output through a screen of a communication terminal.

As shown in FIG. 8 , the communication terminal 10 may output a shopping mall search result 800 associated with the product name M1 input through the user interface 700 . For example, the shopping mall search result 800 may include identification information 810 of a shopping mall that most recently purchased a product corresponding to the input product name M1 or the lowest price, and a connection link 820 of the shopping mall. .

In this case, when the user touches or clicks the access link 820 output on the screen of the communication terminal 10, the communication terminal 10 automatically accesses the searched shopping mall using pre-stored access information, The web page of the searched shopping mall may be output through the screen of the communication terminal 10 . To this end, the communication terminal 10 searches the URL information and transaction key stored in association with the searched shopping mall identification information from the access information list for each shopping mall, and uses the searched transaction key to block the block chain network 50 . The encrypted login information of the searched shopping mall registered in the chain ledger may be inquired, and the encrypted login information may be decrypted to obtain decrypted login information. As a result, the communication terminal 10 can automatically access the searched shopping mall using the searched URL information and the decrypted login information.

On the other hand, the communication terminal 10 learns the shopping history information, the fact that the purchase time of the product of interest purchased periodically or repeatedly by the user arrives, the shopping mall where the user has a history of purchasing the product of interest, and the product of interest Information on at least one of the shopping malls currently selling at the lowest price may be provided. In this case, the communication terminal 10 may receive and provide price information, discount information, etc. of the product of interest from the service support server 20 or each online shopping mall 30 .

Meanwhile, the embodiments according to the present invention may be implemented as a computer system and a computer program for driving the computer system. When the embodiments of the present invention are implemented as a computer program, the elements of the present invention are program segments that execute corresponding operations or tasks through a corresponding computer system. These computer programs or program segments may be stored in various computer-readable recording media. The computer-readable recording medium includes any type of medium for recording data readable by a computer system. For example, the computer-readable recording medium may include ROM, RAM, EEPROM, registers, flash memory, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, hard disk, floppy disk, or an optical data recording device. In addition, such a recording medium may be distributed in various network-connected computer systems to store or execute program codes in a distributed manner.

As described above, according to the present invention, the communication terminal in which the shopping history information management apparatus is installed parses the text of the shopping result message received from the user according to the user's shopping result, and through the shopping mall used for shopping, By acquiring shopping-related information such as the product name, purchase price, and purchase date of the purchased product, and using the obtained information to generate or update the corresponding user's shopping history information in real time, the user purchases various products at multiple shopping malls or Even if you forget the shopping mall where you purchased the product, you can quickly and easily check your shopping history information, and it can be applied without the process of business alliances with shopping mall companies or credit card companies or the process of changing the existing system. It can reduce operating costs.

In addition, when specific information is not extracted from the shopping result message or additional information is required in addition to the extracted information, the communication terminal automatically accesses the corresponding online shopping mall to additionally collect necessary information, and reflects the collected information to provide shopping history information By creating , it is possible to improve the accuracy and reliability of shopping history information while minimizing the information input process by the user.

In addition, the communication terminal manages access information for accessing the online shopping mall, but URL information corresponding to public information among the access information is stored in the communication terminal, and information corresponding to confidential information such as ID, password, and public certificate By allowing login information to be stored in the blockchain database of the blockchain network, it is possible to fundamentally prevent leakage of login information by malicious attacks such as hacking.

Furthermore, it goes without saying that the embodiments according to the present invention can solve various technical problems other than those mentioned herein in the related technical field as well as the related technical field.

Up to now, the present invention has been described with reference to specific examples. However, those skilled in the art will clearly understand that various modified embodiments can be implemented within the technical scope of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed above should be considered in an illustrative rather than a restrictive point of view. That is, the scope of the true technical spirit of the present invention is indicated in the claims, and all differences within the scope of equivalents thereto should be construed as being included in the present invention.

100: shopping history information management device 110: shopping information extraction unit
120: access information management unit 122: access information acquisition module
124: block chain registration processing module 126: access information storage module
130: additional information collection unit 132: access information search module
134: login information acquisition module 136: additional information receiving module
138: login information disposal module 140: history information management unit
150: shopping mall search unit 160: shopping guide unit

Claims (17)

A communication terminal-based shopping history information management apparatus installed in a user's communication terminal to manage the user's shopping history information based on the communication terminal,
By parsing the text of a shopping result message including a text message, e-mail, or social network service (SNS) message received as a result of shopping, information about the shopping mall used for the shopping and the product purchased through the shopping a shopping information extraction unit for extracting information on at least one of a product name, a purchase price, and a purchase date;
an access information management unit for storing and managing access information for accessing an online shopping mall;
When the shopping mall according to the information extracted by the shopping information extraction unit corresponds to the online shopping mall, the online shopping mall is accessed using the access information, and additional information related to the shopping is provided in addition to the extracted information. Additional information collection unit to collect from; and
and a history information manager for generating shopping history information by associating the extracted information and the additional information with the identification information of the online shopping mall, and storing the shopping history information in a storage unit of the communication terminal; History information management device. According to claim 1,
The access information management unit, when the access information for accessing the shopping mall according to the extracted information is not stored, outputs a user interface for inputting access information through the screen of the communication terminal, and a new access inputted through the user interface Communication terminal-based shopping history information management apparatus, characterized in that it comprises a connection information acquisition module for acquiring information. According to claim 1,
The access information managed by the access information manager includes URL (Uniform Resource Locator) information of the online shopping mall and login information of the user used to log in to the online shopping mall. History information management device. 4. The method of claim 3,
The access information management unit,
a block chain registration processing module for separating the URL information and the login information, encrypting only the login information, and transmitting the encrypted login information to a node of a block chain network to register it in the block chain ledger; and
Communication terminal-based shopping history, characterized in that it comprises an access information storage module for storing the transaction key used to inquire the encrypted login information in the block chain ledger and the URL information in association with the identification information of the online shopping mall information management device. 5. The method of claim 4,
The additional information collection unit,
an access information retrieval module for retrieving the URL information and the transaction key stored in association with the identification information of the online shopping mall when the shopping mall according to the extracted information corresponds to the online shopping mall;
a login information acquisition module for inquiring the encrypted login information registered in the blockchain ledger using the searched transaction key, and decrypting the encrypted login information to obtain decrypted login information;
an additional information receiving module for accessing the online shopping mall using the retrieved URL information and the decrypted login information, and receiving the additional information from the online shopping mall; and
and a login information disposal module configured to discard the decrypted login information when the reception of the additional information is completed. According to claim 1,
A shopping mall search that outputs a user interface for inputting a product name through the screen of the communication terminal, and retrieves information about a shopping mall associated with the product name input through the user interface from the shopping history information and outputs it through the screen of the communication terminal Communication terminal-based shopping history information management apparatus, characterized in that it further comprises a unit. According to claim 1,
By learning the shopping history information, the fact that the purchase time of the product of interest purchased by the user periodically or repeatedly has arrived, the shopping mall in which the user has purchased the product of interest and the product of interest are currently being sold at the lowest price The apparatus for managing shopping history information based on a communication terminal further comprising a shopping guide unit that provides information on at least one of the shopping malls. According to claim 1,
The shopping information extraction unit is configured to parse the text of the shopping result message to further extract information on the payment method used for the shopping,
The additional information collection unit may be configured to, if, as a result of parsing the text of the shopping result message, that the payment method information is not extracted, but the shopping mall according to the extracted information corresponds to the online shopping mall, the online shopping mall using the access information The apparatus for managing shopping history information based on a communication terminal, characterized in that it is configured to access a shopping mall and collect information about the payment means from the online shopping mall as the additional information. As a communication terminal-based shopping history information management method for managing the user's shopping history information based on the user's communication terminal,
The communication terminal parses the text of a shopping result message including a text message, an email, or a social network service (SNS) message received as a result of shopping, and provides information about the shopping mall used for the shopping and the shopping. (a) extracting information about at least one of a product name, a purchase price, and a purchase date of a product purchased through the method;
(b) storing and managing, by the communication terminal, access information for accessing an online shopping mall;
When the shopping mall according to the information extracted by the shopping information extraction unit corresponds to the online shopping mall, the communication terminal accesses the online shopping mall using the access information, and additional information related to the shopping in addition to the extracted information (c) collecting from the online shopping mall; and
and (d) in which the communication terminal associates the extracted information and the additional information with the identification information of the online shopping mall to generate shopping history information and stores the shopping history information. Way. 10. The method of claim 9,
The step (b) is,
(b1) outputting, by the communication terminal, a user interface for inputting access information through a screen of the communication terminal when access information for accessing a shopping mall according to the extracted information is not stored; and
and (b2) storing, by the communication terminal, new access information input through the user interface. 10. The method of claim 9,
The access information managed by the communication terminal includes URL (Uniform Resource Locator) information of the online shopping mall and login information of the user used to log in to the online shopping mall. How to manage your information. 12. The method of claim 11,
The step (b) is,
(b3) step of the communication terminal encrypting only the login information by separating the URL information and the login information;
(b4) step of the communication terminal transmitting the encrypted login information to the node of the block chain network and registering it in the block chain ledger; and
and (b5) storing, by the communication terminal, a transaction key used to inquire the encrypted login information in the block chain ledger and the URL information in association with the identification information of the online shopping mall; based shopping history information management method. 13. The method of claim 12,
Step (c) is,
(c1) when the shopping mall according to the extracted information corresponds to the online shopping mall, the communication terminal searches for the URL information and the transaction key stored in association with the identification information of the online shopping mall;
(c2) the communication terminal inquiring the encrypted login information stored in the blockchain ledger using the searched transaction key;
(c3) the communication terminal decrypting the encrypted login information to obtain decrypted login information;
(c4) the communication terminal accessing the online shopping mall using the retrieved URL information and the decrypted login information, and receiving the additional information from the online shopping mall; and
and (c5) discarding the decrypted login information by the communication terminal when the reception of the additional information is completed. 10. The method of claim 9,
(e1) step of the communication terminal outputting a user interface for inputting a product name through the screen of the communication terminal after the step (d); and
Communication terminal-based, characterized in that it further comprises the step (e2) of the communication terminal searching for information about a shopping mall associated with a product name input through the user interface from the shopping history information and outputting it through a screen of the communication terminal. How to manage your shopping history information. 10. The method of claim 9,
After step (d), the communication terminal learns the shopping history information, so that the purchase time of the product of interest purchased by the user periodically or repeatedly arrives, a shopping mall in which the user has a history of purchasing the product of interest; and (f) providing information on at least one of the shopping malls currently selling the product of interest at the lowest price. 10. The method of claim 9,
The step (a) includes the step of parsing the text of the shopping result message by the communication terminal to further extract information on the payment method used for the shopping,
In step (c), as a result of parsing the text of the shopping result message in step (a), information on the payment method is not extracted, but when the shopping mall according to the extracted information corresponds to the online shopping mall, the and accessing the online shopping mall using access information, and collecting information about the payment method from the online shopping mall as the additional information. A computer program for executing the method according to any one of claims 9 to 16 through a computer, and recorded on a computer-readable recording medium.

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