KR20240053487A - Operating method for electronic apparatus for providing information and electronic apparatus supporting thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

According to the present disclosure, there is a method of providing information by an electronic device, comprising: acquiring location information of a delivery person who will perform pick-up of an item ordered for a store on a delivery brokerage service provided by the electronic device; Based on the location information, one of the first navigation service included in the delivery brokerage service and the second external navigation service that can be linked with the delivery brokerage service to guide the delivery person to the pickup route for the store determining a navigation service; and providing route guidance information including the pickup route through the determined one navigation service.

Description

Method of operating an electronic device that provides information and an electronic device supporting the same {OPERATING METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS SUPPORTING THEREOF}

The present invention relates to a method and device for providing information, and more specifically, to a method and electronic device for providing route guidance information through a navigation service determined based on location information of a delivery person.

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

In the case of e-commerce, the provision of detailed and accurate information about products has a significant impact on service satisfaction, so various ways to provide more detailed and accurate information are being discussed.

In relation to this, prior literature such as KR101756594B1 or KR101500849B1 may be referred to.

According to the method of the present invention, an electronic device can provide route guidance information through a navigation service determined based on the location information of the delivery person.

The technical problems to be achieved in the present invention are not limited to the technical problems mentioned above, and other technical problems not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the description below. You will be able to.

Various embodiments may provide a method of operating an electronic device to provide information and an electronic device that supports the method.

In a method of providing information by an electronic device according to various embodiments, the step of obtaining location information of a delivery person who will perform pick-up of an item ordered for a store on a delivery brokerage service provided by the electronic device. ; Based on the location information, one of the first navigation service included in the delivery brokerage service and the second external navigation service that can be linked with the delivery brokerage service to guide the delivery person to the pickup route for the store determining a navigation service; And it may include providing route guidance information including the pickup route through the determined one navigation service.

In an exemplary embodiment, the information providing method may further include obtaining map information to be used for the first navigation service.

In an exemplary embodiment, the map information may be open source-based map information.

In an exemplary embodiment, the map information includes road information, and the road information groups the plurality of roads based on information about the plurality of roads included in the map information and the importance of the plurality of roads. It may include classified road group classification information.

In an exemplary embodiment, the road group classification information includes information about a first road group of high importance including high-speed driving roads and information about a second road group of low importance including driving roads other than the high-speed driving roads. may include.

In an exemplary embodiment, the one navigation service may be determined based on whether a road included in the first road group is located within a certain distance from the location information.

In an exemplary embodiment, the step of determining the one navigation service includes, when a road included in the first road group is located within the predetermined distance from the location information, selecting the first navigation service as the one navigation service. Step of deciding; and when a road included in the first road group is not located within the predetermined distance from the location information, determining the second navigation service as the one navigation service.

In an exemplary embodiment, when the first navigation service is determined to be the one navigation service, the first navigation service is configured to exclude roads included in the first road group from setting a starting road for the pickup route. It can be managed.

In an exemplary embodiment, the information providing method includes: identifying one or more roads that can be set as a starting road for the pickup route based on the location information; And it may further include setting a starting road for the pickup route based on the road included in the second road group, excluding the road included in the first road group among the one or more roads.

In an exemplary embodiment, the starting road for the pickup route may be determined based on traffic prediction information for roads included in the second road group.

In an exemplary embodiment, the traffic prediction information may include information about the expected driving time when the pickup route is determined by setting a road included in the second road group as a starting road for the pickup route. there is.

In an exemplary embodiment, the traffic prediction information may include information about an expected driving speed when the pickup route is determined by setting a road included in the second road group as a starting road for the pickup route. .

In an exemplary embodiment, the traffic prediction information may include information about a traffic congestion situation expected when the pickup route is determined by setting a road included in the second road group as a starting road for the pickup route. there is.

In an exemplary embodiment, the method of providing information includes, when the pickup route is determined by setting a specific road included in the second road group among the one or more roads as a starting road for the pickup route, the determined pickup route Confirming first delivery cost information calculated based on distance; And it may further include providing the first delivery cost information.

In an exemplary embodiment, the information providing method includes, when first route guidance information is provided to the delivery person through the first navigation service, real-time location indicator information of the delivery person and the first route guidance information. The step of providing map information to the store may be further included.

In an exemplary embodiment, if there is another delivery person to perform item pickup of another order for the store on the delivery brokerage service and the other delivery person is provided with second route guidance information through the first navigation service, the map The information further includes real-time location indicator information of the other delivery person and the second route guidance information, and the first route guidance information and the second route guidance information may be displayed in different colors on the map information.

An electronic device that provides information according to various embodiments includes: a processor; and one or more memories storing one or more instructions, wherein, when executed, the processor: orders an item for a store on a delivery brokerage service provided by the electronic device. Obtaining location information of a delivery person to perform pick-up; Based on the location information, one of the first navigation service included in the delivery brokerage service and the second external navigation service that can be linked with the delivery brokerage service to guide the delivery person to the pickup route for the store determining a navigation service; The processor may be controlled to perform a step of providing route guidance information including the pickup route through the determined one navigation service.

The various embodiments of the present disclosure described above are only some of the preferred embodiments of the present disclosure, and various embodiments reflecting the technical features of the various embodiments of the present disclosure can be understood by those skilled in the art. It can be derived and understood based on the detailed description described below.

The present invention presents a method in which an electronic device provides route guidance information through a navigation service determined based on the location information of the delivery person, and has a technical effect in terms of saving delivery costs according to the pickup route for delivery. have

The effects that can be obtained from the present invention are not limited to the effects mentioned above, and other effects not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the description below. will be.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an information provision system in which a method of operating an electronic device for providing information according to various embodiments can be implemented.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of a server device 100 and a user device 200 according to various embodiments.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a method of operating the server device 100 for providing information according to various embodiments.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a process by which the server device 100 acquires external map information according to various embodiments.
Figures 5 and 6 are diagrams illustrating an example in which the server device 100 determines one of its own navigation service and an external navigation service based on the location information of the delivery person.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an operation method in which the server device 100 determines a pickup route based on its own navigation service according to various embodiments.
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of comparing the pickup route guided when the server device 100 uses its own navigation service and the pickup route guided when the server device 100 uses an external navigation service. .

The following embodiments combine components and features of various embodiments in a predetermined form. Each component or feature may be considered optional unless explicitly stated otherwise. Each component or feature may be implemented in a form that is not combined with other components or features. Additionally, various embodiments may be configured by combining some components and features. The order of operations described in various embodiments may change. Some features or features of one embodiment may be included in other embodiments or may be replaced with corresponding features or features of other embodiments.

In the description of the drawings, procedures or steps that may obscure the gist of the various embodiments are not described, and procedures or steps that can be understood at the level of a person with ordinary knowledge in the relevant technical field are not described. did.

Throughout the specification, when a part is said to “comprise or include” a certain element, this means that it does not exclude other elements but may further include other elements, unless specifically stated to the contrary. do. In addition, terms such as "... unit", "... unit", and "module" used in the specification refer to a unit that processes at least one function or operation, which refers to hardware, software, or a combination of hardware and software. It can be implemented as: Additionally, the terms “a or an,” “one,” “the,” and similar related terms are used herein in the context of describing various embodiments (particularly in the context of the claims below). Unless otherwise indicated or clearly contradicted by context, it may be used in both singular and plural terms.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments according to various embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the attached drawings. The detailed description set forth below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings is intended to illustrate exemplary embodiments of various embodiments and is not intended to represent the only embodiment.

In addition, specific terms used in various embodiments are provided to aid understanding of the various embodiments, and the use of such specific terms may be changed to other forms without departing from the technical spirit of the various embodiments. .

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an information provision system in which a method of operating an electronic device for providing information according to various embodiments can be implemented.

Referring to FIG. 1, information providing systems according to various embodiments may be implemented in various types of electronic devices. For example, the information provision system may be implemented in the server device 100 and the user device 200. In other words, the server device 100 and the user device 200 may perform operations according to various embodiments of the present disclosure based on the information provision system implemented in each device. Meanwhile, the information provision system according to various embodiments is not limited to what is shown in FIG. 1, and may be implemented in a wider variety of electronic devices and servers.

The server device 100 according to various embodiments may be a device that performs wireless and wired communication with a plurality of user devices 200 and includes storage with a large storage capacity. For example, the server device 100 may be a cloud device that works with a plurality of user devices 200.

The user device 200 according to various embodiments may be a device that can be used by an individual user, such as a desktop PC, tablet PC, or mobile terminal. In addition, other electronic devices that perform similar functions may be used as the user device 200.

An information provision system according to various embodiments may include various modules for operation. Modules included in the information provision system are implemented so that the physical device (e.g., server device 100 and user device 200) on which the information provision system is implemented (or included in the physical device) can perform specified operations. It may be computer code or one or more instructions. In other words, the physical device in which the information provision system is implemented stores a plurality of modules in the memory in the form of computer code, and when the plurality of modules stored in the memory are executed, the plurality of modules are designated by the physical device corresponding to the plurality of modules. Actions can be performed.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of a server device 100 and a user device 200 according to various embodiments.

Referring to FIG. 2 , the server device 100 and the user device 200 may include an input/output unit 210, a communication unit 220, a storage 230, and a processor 240.

The input/output unit 210 may be various interfaces or connection ports that receive user input or output information to the user. The input/output unit 210 may include an input module and an output module, and the input module receives user input from the user. User input can take various forms, including key input, touch input, and voice input. Examples of input modules that can receive such user input include traditional keypads, keyboards, and mice, as well as touch sensors that detect the user's touch, microphones that receive voice signals, cameras that recognize gestures through image recognition, etc. A proximity sensor including at least one of an illumination sensor or an infrared sensor that detects user approach, a motion sensor that recognizes user movement through an acceleration sensor or gyro sensor, and various other types of sensors that detect or receive user input. There is an input means, and the input module according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include at least one of the devices listed above. Here, the touch sensor may be implemented as a piezoelectric or capacitive touch sensor that detects touch through a touch panel or touch film attached to the display panel, or an optical touch sensor that detects touch by an optical method. In addition, the input module may be implemented in the form of an input interface (USB port, PS/2 port, etc.) that connects an external input device that receives user input instead of a device that detects user input itself. Additionally, the output module can output various information. The output module may include at least one of a display that outputs an image, a speaker that outputs sound, a haptic device that generates vibration, and other various types of output means. In addition, the output module may be implemented in the form of a port-type output interface that connects the individual output means described above.

As an example, a display-type output module can display text, still images, and moving images. Displays include liquid crystal display (LCD), light emitting diode (LED) display, organic light emitting diode (OLED) display, flat panel display (FPD), and transparent display. Among various types of devices that can perform image output functions such as display, curved display, flexible display, 3D display, holographic display, projector, and other It can contain at least one. This display may be in the form of a touch display integrated with the touch sensor of the input module.

The communication unit 220 can communicate with other devices. Accordingly, the server device 100 and the user device 200 can transmit and receive information with other devices through the communication unit. For example, the server device 100 and the user device 200 may communicate with each other or with other devices using a communication unit.

Here, communication, that is, transmission and reception of data, can be accomplished wired or wirelessly. For this purpose, the communication department includes a wired communication module that connects to the Internet through a LAN (Local Area Network), a mobile communication module that transmits and receives data by connecting to a mobile communication network through a mobile communication base station, and a WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) such as Wi-Fi. A short-distance communication module using an Area Network-type communication method or a WPAN (Wireless Personal Area Network)-type communication method such as Bluetooth or Zigbee, and a GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) such as a GPS (Global Positioning System) ) may include a satellite communication module using a satellite communication module or a combination thereof.

Storage 230 can store various types of information. Storage 230 may store data temporarily or semi-permanently. For example, the storage 230 of the server device 100 contains an operating program (OS: Operating System) for running the server device 100, a program for generating data or Braille for hosting a website, or an application (e.g. For example, data related to a web application, etc. may be stored. Additionally, the storage 230 may store modules in the form of computer code as described above.

Examples of storage 230 include hard disk drive (HDD), solid state drive (SSD), flash memory, read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), etc. This can be. This storage 230 may be provided as a built-in type or a detachable type.

The processor 240 controls the overall operation of the server device 100 and the user device 200. To this end, the processor 240 can perform calculations and processing of various information and control the operation of components of the server device 100. For example, the processor 240 may execute a program or application to provide information. The processor 240 may be implemented as a computer or similar device using hardware, software, or a combination thereof. In hardware, the processor 240 may be implemented in the form of an electronic circuit that processes electrical signals to perform a control function, and in software, it may be implemented in the form of a program that drives the hardware processor 240. Meanwhile, unless otherwise specified in the following description, the operations of the server device 100 and the user device 200 may be interpreted as being performed under the control of the processor 240. That is, when modules implemented in the above-described information provision system are executed, the modules may be interpreted as the processor 240 controlling the server device 100 and the user device 200 to perform the following operations.

In summary, various embodiments may be implemented through various means. For example, various embodiments may be implemented by hardware, firmware, software, or a combination thereof.

In the case of hardware implementation, methods according to various embodiments include one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), and FPGAs. It can be implemented by (field programmable gate arrays), processor, controller, microcontroller, microprocessor, etc.

In the case of implementation by firmware or software, methods according to various embodiments may be implemented in the form of modules, procedures, or functions that perform the functions or operations described below. For example, software code can be stored in memory and run by a processor. The memory may be located inside or outside the processor, and may exchange data with the processor through various known means.

Below, various embodiments will be described in more detail based on the above technical idea. The contents described above may be applied to various embodiments described below. For example, operations, functions, terms, etc. that are not defined in various embodiments described below may be performed and explained based on the contents described above.

In the following description, various embodiments are described on the premise that the server device 100 performs an information provision operation. According to various embodiments, the user device 200 that receives information from the server device 100 Information can be printed.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a method of operating the server device 100 for providing information according to various embodiments.

According to FIG. 3, the server device 100 provides route guidance information including a pickup route for the store, and in order to perform an operation of providing route guidance information, picks up an item of an order for the store on a delivery brokerage service ( Obtains location information of the delivery person who will perform the pick-up (301), and based on the location information, a second external navigation service that can be linked with the first navigation service included in the delivery brokerage service and the delivery brokerage service One navigation service for guiding the delivery person to the pickup route for the store is determined (303), and route guidance information including the pick-up route can be provided through the determined one navigation service (305).

According to FIG. 3, the operation of the server device 100 providing route guidance information including a pickup route may be performed for a service provided by the server device 100 or a service related to the server device 100, and will be described below. The service related to the server device 100 may correspond to a delivery brokerage service for brokering item pickup orders and delivery orders between various stores located on the service and a plurality of users using the service. Additionally, items subject to pickup orders and delivery orders may correspond to food items, and food items may be understood to have the same meaning as various other terms representing food-related items, such as dishes, food menus, or meals. A store linked to a service related to the server device 100 may correspond to a store that sells and delivers food items, and has the same meaning as various other terms indicating places where food items can be sold, such as stores, shops, and restaurants. It can be understood as having.

Through the delivery brokerage service for brokering item pickup orders and delivery orders provided by the server device 100, multiple users can enter an order request to order an item through the store within the service, and the store provides the service. You can check the order request entered through and prepare the ordered item in response. If the store supports both pick-up orders and delivery orders, for pick-up orders in which the user visits the store directly to pack or pick up the items, depending on the user's choice, the store will store the ordered items once they are ready. In the service, the item preparation information is entered, and the user can then visit the store and pick up the item. Alternatively, for a delivery order in which a delivery person delivers an item to the user's address according to the user's selection, the store enters delivery request information in the service when the ordered item is ready, and when the delivery request information is confirmed, the delivery person enters the store. You can visit to pick up the item and have it delivered to your address information.

For the user's pickup order or delivery order, the tab for pickup order or tab for delivery order is set separately on the store's store detail page, allowing the user to select the desired order. When placing a pickup order, the user's Address information and real-time location information may be provided and managed by the server device 100, and when a delivery order is placed, real-time location information of the delivery person may be provided and managed by the server device 100.

According to various embodiments, in operation 301, the server device 100 may obtain location information of a delivery person who will perform item pick-up of an order for a store on a delivery brokerage service.

For example, when a user of a delivery brokerage service pays for and orders a desired item from the store, the store prepares the ordered item, and when the item is ready, a request can be made to the delivery brokerage service to assign a delivery person to pick up the item. . For a store for which a delivery person assignment request is confirmed, the server device 100 allocates a delivery person to pick up items prepared in the store, and in this process, the location information of the delivery person can be confirmed.

For example, assignment of a delivery person pickup for an item prepared in a store may be performed by the server device 100 directly assigning a delivery person identified as being located near the store, or to deliver an item prepared in the store. This may be performed in a way that the delivery person requests the server device 100, the server device 100 confirms the request, and the server device 100 allocates the confirmed delivery person.

According to various embodiments, in operation 303, the server device 100 provides a store to a delivery person among the first navigation service included in the delivery brokerage service and the second external navigation service that can be linked with the delivery brokerage service, based on the location information. You can decide on one navigation service to guide the pickup route.

For example, the first navigation service included in the delivery brokerage service may correspond to a navigation service that the server device 100 operates on its own so that it can directly control it and guide the route to the delivery person, and is linked with the delivery brokerage service. A possible external second navigation service may not be directly controllable by the server device 100, but may correspond to a navigation service that can provide route guidance to the delivery person by linking with a delivery brokerage service.

For example, the server device 100 can be set to acquire external map information for the first navigation service included in the delivery brokerage service. That is, the server device 100 may acquire open source-based open map information from the outside for the first navigation service required in the process of managing the delivery brokerage service and set it to be used for the first navigation service. .

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a process by which the server device 100 acquires external map information according to various embodiments.

In FIG. 4, when the server device 100 wants to obtain external map information, it sets the delivery person's location information as an input value (401), and through this, the open source-based OpenStreetMap (OSM) road is based on the delivery person's location information. Information can be acquired (403), and through the road information obtained at this time, information on route setting strategies, graphs, features, etc. used to guide the delivery person to the pickup route can be set (405). Thereafter, a first navigation service using external map information may be used depending on whether a high-speed road exists near the delivery person's location (407).

For example, the map information acquired for the first navigation service included in the delivery brokerage service provided by the server device 100 may include various information used to express a map, such as building information, road information, and topographic information. You can. At this time, the road information included in the map information includes road group classification information that classifies the plurality of roads into several groups based on the importance of the plurality of roads, along with information about the plurality of roads included in the map information. Through this, each road can be managed according to the importance of each road included in the map information.

As an example, the road group classification information included in the road information classifies high-speed driving roads as having high importance, and general driving roads other than high-speed driving roads, low-speed driving roads, and/or pedestrian roads, etc., as having low importance. It can be set to include information about a first road group of high importance including high-speed driving roads and information about a second road group of low importance including other driving roads excluding high-speed driving roads. Through information that classifies such road groups, the server device 100 using map information can utilize each road for the first navigation service based on the importance of each road.

For example, according to operation 303, the server device 100 provides a pickup route for the store to the delivery person among the first navigation service included in the delivery brokerage service and the second external navigation service based on the location information of the delivery person. Determining one navigation service may be based on whether a high-speed road included in the first road group with high importance is located within a certain distance from the location information of the delivery person. That is, the navigation service for guiding the pickup route may be determined differently depending on whether the current location of the delivery person who must visit the store to pick up the item is near a high-speed road.

In general, if a high-speed road is near the delivery person, a pickup route that sets the high-speed road as the starting road can be guided by a navigation service, but it takes a rather long distance for the delivery person to get to the entry point to enter the high-speed road. Problems may occur, or the distance of the pickup route may become longer than when the pick-up route is set using a general driving road other than a high-speed driving road. In addition, delivery workers may use GPS (Global Positioning System) information to deceive information indicating their own location, so that the distance of the pick-up route is set to be very long, or a different pick-up route that is longer than the original pick-up route is guided through a high-speed road. Problems such as increased delivery costs may also occur.

Accordingly, the server device 100 operates its own first navigation service that is included in the delivery brokerage service and can be directly controlled, so that when the delivery person is near a high-speed road, the first navigation service is used to navigate other than the high-speed road. You can manage to guide the pickup route using the general driving road as the starting road. Through this, it is possible to prevent the above-mentioned problems that may occur when an external second navigation service is used when the delivery person is near a high-speed road.

Figures 5 and 6 are diagrams illustrating an example in which the server device 100 determines one of its own navigation service and an external navigation service based on the location information of the delivery person.

As shown in FIG. 5, the server device 100 checks the location information of the delivery person (501) and determines whether the delivery person is located near a high-speed road (503). If the delivery person is near a high-speed road, the server device 100 Control can be made to use the navigation service (505), and conversely, if the delivery person is not near a high-speed road, control can be made to use an external navigation service (507).

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, when the location of the delivery person is A, it is confirmed that a high-speed driving road exists within 50m, which is a preset distance from location A, so the server device 100 controls to use its own navigation service. do. Conversely, when the delivery person's location is B, it is confirmed that there is no high-speed road within 50m, which is a preset distance from location B, so the server device 100 controls to use an external navigation service.

Specific operations of the server device 100 related to FIGS. 5 and 6 may be performed according to the following embodiments.

The server device 100 checks the location information of the delivery person and, if a road included in the first road group with high importance is located within a certain distance from the location information, provides the first navigation service to the delivery person to provide a pickup route for the store. You can decide on one navigation service to guide you. Conversely, the server device 100 checks the location information of the delivery person and, if a road included in the first road group with high importance is not located within a certain distance from the location information, stores an external second navigation service to the delivery person. You can decide on a navigation service to guide the pickup route for .

If a road included in the first road group with high importance is located near the delivery person and the server device 100's own first navigation service, which can be directly controlled, is used for pickup route guidance, the server device 100 When determining the location information of the delivery person and the pick-up route between stores in the first navigation service, it is possible to manage to exclude roads included in the first road group with high importance from setting the starting road for the pick-up route. That is, when the server device 100 controls the first navigation service and confirms one or more roads that can be set as a starting road for determining the pickup route to the store based on the location information of the delivery person, the one or more roads confirmed in this way The starting road for the pickup route can be set based on the roads included in the remaining low-importance second road group, excluding the roads included in the first road group with high importance.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an operation method in which the server device 100 determines a pickup route based on its own navigation service according to various embodiments.

In FIG. 7, the server device 100 identifies a first road group including high-speed roads and a second road group including roads excluding high-speed roads (701), and determines a location near the delivery person based on the location information of the delivery person. If there is a high-speed road included in the first road group, the delivery person can be set to guide the pick-up route to the store through its own navigation service (703).

When the server device 100 guides the pickup route to the store to the delivery person through its own navigation service, the server device 100 identifies one or more roads that can be set as the starting road for the pickup route based on the location information of the delivery person. (705), and the starting road for the pickup route can be set based on the roads included in the second road group, excluding the high-speed driving road included in the first road group, among the one or more confirmed roads (707). Thereafter, the server device 100 may determine a pickup route whose starting road is set to a road included in the second road group as the pickup route for the delivery person (709).

Among the roads included in the second road group remaining among one or more roads near the delivery person's location information, excluding the road included in the first road group, the starting road for the pickup route is each road included in the second road group It can be determined based on traffic forecast information for .

As an example, the traffic prediction information may include information about the expected driving time when the pickup route is determined by setting the road included in the second road group as the starting road for the pickup route, and the expected driving time may be included. In this small order, the priority of each road included in the second road group can be determined to be high.

As another example, the traffic prediction information may include information about the expected driving speed when the pickup route is determined by setting the road included in the second road group as the starting road for the pickup route, and the expected driving speed may be The priority of each road included in the second road group may be determined to be high in order of speed.

Or, as another example, the traffic prediction information may include information about the expected traffic congestion situation when the pick-up route is determined by setting the road included in the second road group as the starting road for the pick-up route, and the expected traffic The priority of each road included in the second road group may be determined in descending order of congestion or traffic congestion.

Or, as another example, the various pieces of information included in the traffic prediction information may be comprehensively considered to determine the starting road for the pickup route among the roads included in the second road group. As an example, when determining a pickup route by setting a road included in the second road group as the starting road for the pickup route, the expected 1) driving time, 2) driving speed, and 3) traffic congestion situation are determined in this order. The priority of each road included in the second road group may be determined by being applied sequentially, or the priority of each road included in the second road group may be determined by being applied in a different order.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of comparing the pickup route guided when the server device 100 uses its own navigation service and the pickup route guided when the server device 100 uses an external navigation service. .

In FIG. 8, the current location of the delivery person can be understood as corresponding to position A in FIG. 6, and therefore, a high-speed driving road exists within a predetermined distance of 50 m from the location information of the delivery person (801).

If the server device 100 guides the pickup route through its own navigation service according to the operation method proposed in the present invention, the pickup route is guided by setting a road other than the high-speed road as the starting road, as shown in 803. A solid line pick-up route with another road as the starting road may be guided to the delivery person.

Conversely, even though there is a high-speed road near the delivery person's location information, if the pickup route is provided through an external navigation service without following the operation method proposed in the present invention, the external navigation service does not place any restrictions on the high-speed road. Therefore, the pick-up route indicated by the hatched line with the starting road starting from the high-speed road closest to the delivery person's location information, such as 805, can be guided to the delivery person.

Pickup route 805, a hatched line with a high-speed road as its starting road, has a longer pickup route distance than the solid-line pick-up route 803, with a starting road other than a high-speed road, depending on the time it takes for the delivery person to visit the store and the store visit. Delivery costs may increase.

For example, among one or more roads that can be set as the starting road for determining the pickup route to the store based on the location information of the delivery person, a road included in the second road group with low importance is set as the starting road for the pickup route. When the pickup route is determined, first delivery cost information to be paid to the delivery person may be calculated based on the distance of the determined pickup route, and the server device 100 may provide the calculated first delivery cost information to the delivery person. there is.

According to various embodiments, in operation 305, the server device 100 may provide route guidance information including a pickup route through one determined navigation service.

For example, the route guidance information provided by the server device 100 according to operation 305 may be information determined based on the various embodiments described above.

Meanwhile, when route guidance information is provided to a delivery person through the first navigation service included in the delivery brokerage service according to the method proposed in the present invention, the route guidance information set in the first navigation service is information generated on the delivery brokerage service. , the server device 100 may utilize the above route guidance information for the convenience of the store.

Specifically, the server device 100 may provide map information linked to the first navigation service for the store, where the map information provided for the store sets the store as the center of the map and allows the store to be used for item pickup. The movement route set in the first navigation service for the delivery person to visit can be displayed, and the movement status of the delivery person moving accordingly can be displayed. That is, in order for the delivery person to pick up an item, the route guidance information provided by the first navigation service and the real-time movement status of the delivery person moving along the route guidance information may be provided to the store in the form of a map.

In particular, stores often have to prepare multiple orders at the same time, and since each order is paid for by a different orderer, item pickup corresponding to each order is performed by a different delivery person. In this case, if the time at which items are prepared in the store in response to multiple orders is similar, multiple delivery workers may visit the store at similar times to perform pickup of multiple items in response to multiple orders, and thus, the store There is a need to identify multiple delivery workers, and for this purpose, the real-time map information described above can be used.

As an example, if there is a first delivery person and a second delivery person who are guided to the pickup route through the first navigation service for a store in which two items corresponding to two orders must be picked up, 1) identification information of the first delivery person , route guidance information guided by the first delivery person through the first navigation service, real-time location indicator information indicating the real-time location of the first delivery person, and identification information of the first order for which the first delivery person will perform item pickup are map information. 2) identification information of the second delivery person, route guidance information provided by the second delivery person through the first navigation service, real-time location indicator information indicating the real-time location of the second delivery person, and second delivery person Identification information of the second order to perform this item pickup may be provided on the map information.

At this time, the server device 100 allows information related to each delivery person to be displayed on the map in different colors, so that the store provided with the map information can conveniently visually determine the movement status of each delivery person. there is. That is, in the above case, the server device 100 may display all information related to the first delivery person mainly in red to indicate that the first delivery person displayed in red is moving along the pickup route displayed in red, 2 All information related to the delivery person may be displayed mainly in blue to indicate that the second delivery person displayed in blue is moving along the pickup route displayed in blue.

It is clear that each piece of information provided by the server device 100 in the process of performing the operation method for providing route guidance information according to FIG. 3 may be combined and provided in various forms.

The embodiments of the present invention disclosed in the specification and drawings are merely provided as specific examples to easily explain the technical content of the present invention and aid understanding of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. In other words, it is obvious to those skilled in the art that other modifications based on the technical idea of the present invention can be implemented. Additionally, each of the above embodiments can be operated in combination with each other as needed. For example, all embodiments of the present invention can be implemented by a system by combining parts with each other.

Additionally, the method according to the system according to the present invention may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed through various computer means and recorded on a computer-readable medium.

As such, various embodiments of the present invention may be implemented as computer readable code on a computer readable recording medium in certain respects. A computer-readable recording medium is any data storage device capable of storing data that can be read by a computer system. Examples of computer readable recording media include read only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), and compact disk-read only memory (CD-ROM). ), magnetic tapes, floppy disks, optical data storage devices, and carrier waves (data transmission over the Internet, etc.). Computer-readable recording media may also be distributed across networked computer systems, such that computer-readable code is stored and executed in a distributed manner. Additionally, functional programs, codes, and code segments for achieving various embodiments of the present invention can be easily interpreted by programmers skilled in the field to which the present invention is applied.

Additionally, it will be appreciated that the devices and methods according to various embodiments of the present invention can be implemented in the form of hardware, software, or a combination of hardware and software. Such software may, for example, use any storage device, volatile or non-volatile, such as ROM, whether erasable or rewritable, or memory such as, for example, RAM, memory chips, devices or integrated circuits; Alternatively, it may be stored on a storage medium that is optically or magnetically recordable and readable by a machine (e.g., a computer), for example, a compact disk (CD), DVD, magnetic disk, or magnetic tape. . Methods according to various embodiments of the present invention may be implemented by a computer including a control unit and a memory, or a vehicle including such memory or a computer, and such memory is a program containing instructions that implement the embodiments of the present invention. Alternatively, you can see that it is an example of a machine-readable storage medium suitable for storing programs.

Accordingly, the present invention includes a program containing code for implementing the device or method described in the claims of this specification and a machine-readable storage medium (such as a computer) storing such a program. Additionally, such programs may be transmitted electronically through any medium, such as communication signals transmitted over a wired or wireless connection, and the present invention includes equivalents thereof as appropriate.

Although the present invention has been described above with reference to embodiments of the present invention, the embodiments of the present invention disclosed in the specification and drawings are merely presented as specific examples to easily explain the technical content of the present invention and to aid understanding of the present invention. It is not intended to limit the scope. In addition, the embodiments according to the present invention described above are merely illustrative, and those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent scope of embodiments are possible therefrom. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention should be determined by the following patent claims.

Claims (17)

In a method for an electronic device to provide information,
Obtaining location information of a delivery person who will pick up an item ordered for a store on a delivery brokerage service provided by the electronic device;
Based on the location information, one of the first navigation service included in the delivery brokerage service and the second external navigation service that can be linked with the delivery brokerage service to guide the delivery person to the pickup route for the store determining a navigation service; and
Comprising the step of providing route guidance information including the pickup route through the determined one navigation service,
How to provide information. According to claim 1,
The method of providing the above information is:
Further comprising the step of obtaining map information to be used for the first navigation service,
How to provide information. According to claim 2,
The map information is open source-based map information,
How to provide information. According to claim 2,
The map information includes road information,
The road information includes information about a plurality of roads included in the map information and road group classification information that classifies the plurality of roads into groups based on the importance of the plurality of roads.
How to provide information. According to claim 4,
The road group classification information includes information about a first road group of high importance including high-speed driving roads and information about a second road group of low importance including driving roads other than the high-speed driving roads,
How to provide information. According to claim 5,
The one navigation service is determined based on whether a road included in the first road group is located within a certain distance from the location information.
How to provide information. According to claim 6,
The step of determining one navigation service is,
When a road included in the first road group is located within the predetermined distance from the location information, determining the first navigation service as the one navigation service; and
When a road included in the first road group is not located within the predetermined distance from the location information, determining the second navigation service as the one navigation service,
How to provide information. According to claim 5,
When the first navigation service is determined to be the one navigation service, the first navigation service is managed so that roads included in the first road group are excluded from setting the starting road for the pickup route,
How to provide information. According to claim 8,
The method of providing the above information is:
Confirming one or more roads that can be set as a starting road for the pickup route based on the location information; and
Further comprising setting a starting road for the pickup route based on the road included in the second road group, excluding the road included in the first road group among the one or more roads,
How to provide information. According to clause 9,
The starting road for the pickup route is determined based on traffic prediction information for roads included in the second road group,
How to provide information. According to claim 10,
The traffic prediction information includes information about the expected driving time when the pickup route is determined by setting a road included in the second road group as a starting road for the pickup route,
How to provide information. According to claim 10,
The traffic prediction information includes information about the expected driving speed when the pickup route is determined by setting a road included in the second road group as a starting road for the pickup route,
How to provide information. According to claim 10,
The traffic prediction information includes information about expected traffic congestion when the pickup route is determined by setting a road included in the second road group as a starting road for the pickup route,
How to provide information. According to clause 9,
The method of providing the above information is:
When the pick-up route is determined by setting a specific road included in the second road group among the one or more roads as a starting road for the pick-up route, first delivery cost information calculated based on the distance of the determined pick-up route Confirmation steps; and
Further comprising providing the first delivery cost information,
How to provide information. According to claim 1,
The method of providing the above information is:
When first route guidance information is provided to the delivery person through the first navigation service, it further includes providing map information including real-time location indicator information of the delivery person and the first route guidance information to the store. doing,
How to provide information. According to claim 15,
If there is another delivery person who will perform item pickup of another order for the store on the delivery brokerage service and second route guidance information is provided to the other delivery person through the first navigation service, the map information is provided to the other delivery person. Further comprising real-time location indicator information and the second route guidance information,
On the map information, the first route guidance information and the second route guidance information are displayed in different colors,
How to provide information. In an electronic device that provides information,
processor; and
Contains one or more memories that store one or more instructions,
The one or more instructions, when executed, cause the processor to:
Obtaining location information of a delivery person who will pick up an item ordered for a store on a delivery brokerage service provided by the electronic device;
Based on the location information, one of the first navigation service included in the delivery brokerage service and the second external navigation service that can be linked with the delivery brokerage service to guide the delivery person to the pickup route for the store determining a navigation service; and
Controlling the processor to perform the step of providing route guidance information including the pickup route through the determined one navigation service,
Electronic devices.

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