TW202307701A - Electronic apparatus and information providing method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a method of providing information by an electronic apparatus. The method may include identifying at least one interest item, identifying information associated with a name and an option corresponding to the at least one interest item, identifying first information associated with a price corresponding to an item selected by a user from the at least one interest item, and providing a cart page that displays the identified information associated with the name and the option in a predetermined area and displays the first information in an area adjacent to a purchase icon.

Description

Electronic device and method for providing information thereof

The present invention relates to an electronic device and an information providing method for efficiently providing relevant information on a shopping cart page.

Using an application, a buyer can search for an item, select an item of interest from a plurality of items, and purchase the selected item instantly. Alternatively, the buyer may select at least one item of interest, and then purchase the item of interest using one of the shopping cart pages for reserving the item of interest. In this example, the shopping cart page may be a page that provides information about at least one item selected by a user as an item of interest. Buyers may decide whether to purchase an item based on information identified through the shopping cart page. That is, when information about an item is provided concisely and clearly through the manage shopping cart page, the convenience of use for buyers can be improved, which can lead to increased profits attributable to purchases. Therefore, techniques for efficiently providing relevant information on shopping cart pages are desired.

[Technical target]

Another aspect provides an electronic device and a method for providing information thereof. The objects achieved by the exemplary embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the above objects and other objects can be inferred from the following exemplary embodiments. [Technical solution]

According to an aspect, there is provided a method for providing information by an electronic device, the method comprising: identifying at least one item of interest; identifying information associated with a name and an option corresponding to the at least one item of interest; identifying information associated with the at least one item of interest first information associated with a price corresponding to an item selected by a user from the at least one item of interest; and providing for displaying the identifying information associated with the name and the option in a predetermined area and in the associated A shopping cart page of the first information is displayed in an area adjacent to a purchase icon.

The shopping cart page may distinguish information associated with a name and information associated with an option displayed in the same area of an item detail page and display the differentiated information in different areas.

The shopping cart page can display the information associated with the name and the option based on a literal number of the name and the option.

When the number of characters of the name and the option is less than a threshold value, the shopping cart page can display the information associated with the name and the option in the same area.

When the number of characters of the name and the option is greater than or equal to a threshold value, the shopping cart page can display the information associated with the name and the option in different areas.

The first information may include an estimated payment amount and discount information corresponding to the item selected by the user.

When the purchase icon is selected, the method may further include providing a bottom page displaying second information including the first information while overlapping a portion of the shopping cart page.

The second information may include the first information and at least one of the following: information about a delivery fee for an item, information about a service provided to a user who subscribes to a predetermined service, information about when a purchase is made Information on the benefits provided and information on the amount of a discount that is additionally applied when making a payment using a predetermined payment option.

The predetermined payment option may match a payment option previously registered by a user among the plurality of payment options by which a discount may be applied to the at least one item.

The method may further include identifying delivery information corresponding to the item selected by the user. The shopping cart page may display delivery information based on a category of the item selected by the user.

When items corresponding to different categories are selected, the shopping cart page can display delivery information by sorting them by category.

The shopping cart page can extract and display relevant information to prevent redundant display of the same delivery information corresponding to an item of the same category.

The delivery information may include expected delivery completion time information and expected delivery completion date information.

According to another aspect, there is also provided an electronic device comprising a display and a controller configured to: identify at least one item of interest; identify and correspond to a name corresponding to the at least one item of interest; and information associated with an option; identifying first information associated with a price corresponding to an item selected by a user from the at least one item of interest; and providing display in a predetermined area associated with the name and the option The identification information is associated with a shopping cart page displaying the first information in an area adjacent to a purchase icon.

According to yet another aspect, a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium including a computer program for performing the above method is also provided.

Details of other example embodiments are included in the following detailed description and accompanying drawings. [effect]

According to the present invention, information associated with a name corresponding to an item of interest and an option can be displayed in different areas on a shopping cart page according to a predetermined condition, so that a buyer can clearly and concisely identify the items through the shopping cart. Information provided on the page. In this way, the convenience for the buyer to use the shopping cart page can be increased, and the buyer can purchase an item of interest contained in the shopping cart page. In addition, in order to improve the convenience of use in a purchase program, the first information associated with a price corresponding to an item selected by a user from the items of interest may be exposed in an area adjacent to a purchase icon . Thereby, buyers can instantly identify price information associated with items selected on the shopping cart page. At this time, when the buyer selects the purchase icon, a bottom page that further includes price information in addition to the first information can be displayed, and a part of the area overlaps with the shopping cart page. Through the bottom page, buyers can easily and clearly identify the price information of an item to be purchased.

The effects of the present invention are not limited to the above effects and those skilled in the art can understand other effects from the following description.

The terms used in the exemplary embodiments were selected as far as possible from general terms widely used at present, taking into consideration the functions obtained according to the present invention, but these terms may be based on the intention of the skilled person, the habit, the appearance of new technology or the like are replaced by other terms. Also, in a specific case, terms arbitrarily selected by the applicant of the present invention may be used. In this case, the meanings of these terms may be described in the corresponding description parts of the present invention. Therefore, it should be noted that the terms used herein should be interpreted based on their actual meanings and the entire content of this specification, not just based on the names of the terms.

Throughout the specification, when an element refers to “comprising” or “comprising” another element, as long as there is no specific contradictory description, the element should not be understood as excluding other elements, and an element may include at least one other element. Also, for example, the terms "unit" and "module" may refer to a component that applies at least one function or operation and may be implemented in hardware or software or may be implemented by a combination of hardware and software.

Throughout the specification, the expression "at least one of a, b, and c" may include "only a", "only b", "only c", "a and b", "a and c", "b and c" ” or “all of a, b, and c”.

In the present invention, a "terminal" can be implemented as a computer or a portable terminal capable of accessing a server or another terminal through a network. Here, the computer may include, for example, a laptop computer equipped with a web browser, a desktop computer, and a notebook computer. A portable terminal can be a wireless communication device that ensures a portability and a mobility, and can include any type of handheld wireless communication device, such as a tablet PC, a smart phone, a communication-based terminal , such as International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA) and Long Term Evolution (LTE).

In the following description, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily implement the invention. However, the present invention can be embodied in various forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Figure 1 illustrates a system according to an example embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 1 , a system may include an electronic device 10 , a terminal 20 and a network 30 . FIG. 1 only shows the components of the system related to this embodiment. However, those skilled in the art should understand that in addition to the components shown in FIG. 1 , other common components may be further included.

The electronic device 10 and the terminal 20 can communicate with each other in a network. The network 30 may include any one or a combination of a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), a value added network (VAN), a mobile radio communication network, and a satellite communication network. In addition, the network 30 is a comprehensive data communication network that allows the network components of FIG. 1 to communicate smoothly with each other, and may include a wired Internet, a wireless Internet, and a mobile wireless communication network. For example, wireless communication can be (but is not limited to) Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) LAN, Bluetooth ^™ , Bluetooth Low Energy, ZigBee, Wi-Fi Direct (WFD), Ultra Wideband (UWB), Infrared Data Consortium (IrDA) communication and Near Field Communication (NFC).

The electronic device 10 may provide all information associated with an item to sell the item to a buyer and be included in a server that provides information associated with the item. The terminal 20 may correspond to a terminal used by a purchaser to purchase an item. The electronic device 10 can provide an application for providing information to the terminal 20 . The terminal 20 is a terminal used by the buyer, so that the buyer uses the information provided by the electronic device 10 through the terminal 20 to search for an item and purchase a suitable item.

Specifically, the buyer reserves an item of interest (hereinafter referred to as an "item of interest") that the buyer will purchase among the items reserved before purchasing. A buyer can identify items of interest to reserve using a shopping cart page displayed on the terminal 20 and make a purchase by selecting a portion of the items of interest to reserve. Here, a shopping cart page may be one that displays information associated with items of interest to a buyer, and may be one that performs functions such as "Add to Cart" and "Add," for example.

The electronic device 10 can efficiently display relevant information to improve the visibility of a buyer on the shopping cart page. Hereinafter, a program executed by the electronic device 10 will be described in more detail.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a shopping cart page for explaining related information according to an exemplary embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 2 , a shopping cart page can display information associated with at least one item in a predetermined area of a screen. A buyer may use a terminal to select an item of interest so that information associated with the item of interest is displayed in the shopping cart page, as shown in FIG. 2 . The following description will be based on an example in which a buyer selects an item X and an item Y as items of interest.

An area 210 may display information indicating that one rocket can be delivered if an item of at least 9,200 won is purchased in addition to item X and item Y. Here, rocket delivery may correspond to a delivery service that completes delivery faster than normal delivery.

Rocket delivery may be a delivery service applied when an order amount meets a predetermined reference amount. For example, as shown in FIG. 2 , rocket delivery may be one of the delivery services applied when an item of at least 9,200 won is purchased in addition to item X and item Y.

The shopping cart page may display relevant information associated with items selected as items of interest based on a default order in a predetermined area of the screen. For example, areas 221 and 231 of the shopping cart page display information associated with a name of an item. Areas 223 and 233 display information associated with a selection of items based on a default order. Areas 225 and 235 display information associated with delivery of items based on a default order. Areas 227 and 237 display information associated with a price for an item based on a default order. Areas 229 and 239 display information associated with a point to be earned upon ordering the corresponding item based on a default order. In this case, the order of information displayed in each area can be set in advance. In addition, a size of each area may be set in advance based on information displayed in each area. In addition, a character size, a character font, a character color and the like of the displayed information can be set in advance. For example, information associated with prices and displayed in areas 227 and 237 may be represented at a larger text size than information associated with points and displayed in areas 229 and 239 . In addition, regions 227 and 237 may be larger in size than regions 229 and 239 .

In particular, areas 221 and 231 may display information associated with one of the titles corresponding to the item selected by the purchaser as an item of interest. For example, area 221 may display the name of one of item X selected by the buyer as an item of interest. In addition, the area 231 may display the name of one of the items Y selected by the buyer as the item of interest. Additionally, areas 223 and 233 may display information associated with one of the options corresponding to the item of interest selected by the buyer. Here, the information associated with the options may include information associated with attributes of the item, such as a size, color, and a type selected when purchasing the item. For example, area 223 may display a size corresponding to item of interest X selected by the buyer as information associated with an option such that area 233 displays a type 1 and a size corresponding to item of interest Y selected by the buyer. color.

According to an example embodiment, the shopping cart page may distinguish between name-associated information and option-associated information corresponding to an item of interest displayed in the same area on an item detail page (e.g., a Single Detail Page (SDP)) , and display distinguishing information in different areas. Here, the item detail page may be a page displaying detailed information on an item provided in a step preceding a shopping cart page in a procedure of searching and purchasing an item. A buyer may decide whether to purchase an item based on the information identified on the item detail page. In this example, even though the information associated with the name and the information associated with the options of the item are displayed in the same area of the item detail page, the electronic device can distinguish the information associated with the name from the information associated with the options and Display information in different areas so that buyers can effectively identify relevant information on the shopping cart page. The name and options of the item are important information in the process of purchasing the item by the buyer. Unlike the item detail page, the shopping cart page can display names and options separately in different areas, thereby improving the convenience of buyers. For example, even if information on a name and information on an option corresponding to item X are displayed in the same area of an item detail page preceding a shopping cart page displaying detailed information on item X in a process of searching for and purchasing item X However, the electronic device can classify the information about the name and the information about the options into the area 221 and the area 223, thereby displaying relevant information. Thereby, the buyer can more efficiently identify the information about the item X provided on the shopping cart page.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the electronic device may determine whether to display information related to the name and the option in different areas in view of the number of characters of the name and the option. In this example, the areas 221 and 231 corresponding to the names may be areas whose sizes have been determined in advance. Furthermore, the size of the regions 221 and 231 may be larger than the other regions 223 , 225 , 227 , 229 , 233 , 235 , 237 and 239 . The size, color and font of the characters displayed in the areas 221 and 231 can be set in advance. A threshold for the number of characters displayed in areas 221 and 231 may be determined based on the size of the characters (eg, 15 characters may be displayed in area 221 ). In this example, when the number of words of the information associated with the name and options identified on the item detail page is greater than a threshold, the electronic device can separately display the information associated with the name and the options in different areas of the shopping cart page Information associated with the option. When the number of characters is less than the threshold value, the electronic device can display the information associated with the name and the options in the same area of the shopping cart page without distinction. Even though the information associated with the name and options are displayed indiscriminately in the same area of the shopping cart page, buyers can efficiently identify the relevant information in view of the number of characters.

As an example, the electronic device can identify text numbers representing various pieces of information associated with the item X's name and options from the item detail page. When the number of characters is greater than or equal to a threshold value, the electronic device can display the information associated with the name and the information associated with the options in the differentiated areas 221 and 223 on the shopping cart page, as shown in FIG. 2 . As another example, the electronic device may identify text numbers representing information associated with item Y's name and options from the item detail page. When the number of characters is less than or equal to a threshold value, unlike FIG. 2, the electronic device can display the information associated with the name and the information associated with the options together in the area 231 instead of the area 231 on the shopping cart page And in 233, display information separately. Even if displayed together in area 231, the text corresponding to the information associated with the name may be of a larger size than the text corresponding to the information associated with the options so that the buyer can separately identify the name and options of the items displayed together.

In this example, information associated with the options displayed in area 233 may be displayed in area 231 based on a comparison between the number of words and a threshold value. However, area 233 may not be left blank and filled with the information displayed in area 235 . Additionally, area 235 may be populated with information displayed in area 237 . Additionally, area 237 may be populated with information displayed in area 239 . Field 239 can be left blank to manage the layout of the shopping cart page.

Areas 225 and 235 may display information associated with delivery of an item based on a scheduled order. For example, areas 225 and 235 may display an indication that items X and Y are available for delivery tomorrow (Tuesday), December 1 in response to items X and Y being ordered.

Areas 227 and 237 may display information associated with a price of an item based on a predetermined order. For example, area 227 may display a price of 7,630 won in response to item X being ordered, and area 237 may display a price of 178,990 won in response to item Y being ordered. Additionally, areas 229 and 239 may display information associated with a point to benefit from ordering items based on a predetermined order. For example, area 229 may display a 1,040-won point benefited when ordering item X, and area 239 may display a 1,040-won point benefited when ordering item Y.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the sizes of the regions 223 , 225 , 227 , 229 , 233 , 235 , 237 and 239 may be determined in advance. The size, color and font of a character displayed in the corresponding area can be set in advance. For example, the information displayed in areas 229 and 239 may be information associated with benefit points and may be displayed with a minimum size. In addition, the information displayed in areas 227 and 237 may be price-related information and displayed at a size that is twice the size of the benefit points. Therefore, considering the size of the areas 223, 225, 227, 229, 233, 235, 237 and 239 and the size of the characters, the number of characters displayed in the corresponding areas can be set in advance. In this example, areas 227 and 229 and areas 237 and 239 may be areas that display information indicative of similar attributes (ie, price and earning points). Like the areas 221 and 223 and the areas 231 and 233 , the areas 227 and 229 and the areas 237 and 239 can also display relevant information together according to the comparison between the number of characters and the threshold value. As an example, due to the comparison between the number of words displayed in areas 227 and 229 and the threshold value corresponding to area 227, information about benefit points may be displayed together in area 227 rather than in area 229 . As another example, due to the comparison between the number of words displayed in fields 237 and 239 and the threshold value corresponding to field 237, information about benefit points may be displayed in field 239 alone rather than displaying the information together in area 237. At this time, prices and profit points may be displayed differently based on a special event. For example, the size of the text displayed in area 229 may be determined to correspond to the size of the text displayed in area 227 when benefit points are doubled due to a special event. In this example, rather than displaying related information together in area 227 , related information may be displayed separately in area 227 and area 229 . Alternatively, the size and color of the text displayed in area 227 may be changed when the price is offered at a 1/2 discount due to a special event. Therefore, instead of displaying related information together in area 227 , related information can be differentiated and displayed in area 227 and area 229 .

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a shopping cart page for describing another related information according to an exemplary embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 3, an area 310 may display first information associated with a price corresponding to an item selected by a buyer from at least one item included in a shopping cart page. In this example, area 310 may be adjacent to a purchase icon 320 . In particular, area 310 may be located at one side of purchase icon 320 .

The first information may include discount information corresponding to an item selected by the buyer from at least one item included in the shopping cart page and an estimated payment amount. For example, as shown in the area 310 of FIG. 3 , the first information may include discount information "2,000 won" corresponding to the item selected by the buyer and an estimated payment amount "127,450 won".

When multiple items are included in the shopping cart page, the buyer can select and purchase a portion of the items. The first information displayed in area 310 may change each time the buyer selects an item on the shopping cart page. For example, the discount information and estimated payment amount displayed in area 310 may change when an additional item is selected. Likewise, the discount information and estimated payment amount displayed in area 310 may change when no item is selected.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a bottom page according to an exemplary embodiment.

When the purchase icon 320 of FIG. 3 is selected, the bottom page of FIG. 4 can be displayed. The bottom page can overlap part of the cart page. In this example, one of the remaining areas of the cart page that does not overlap the bottom page can be disabled.

The bottom page is one of the screens displayed in various ways when the purchase icon 320 is selected. For example, when the purchase icon 320 is selected, the bottom page can be displayed in a sliding manner through the lower part of the screen. Additionally, the bottom page overlapping the shopping cart page can be displayed in various ways.

The bottom page can display the second information including the first information. Specifically, an area 400 is an area corresponding to the bottom page that overlaps with the shopping cart page to be activated. The area 400 can display information related to the second information at a predetermined position through classification. Specifically, the second information displayed on the bottom page will be described in more detail below.

In an area 401, information associated with a buyer ordering an item sales service provided by an electronic device may be displayed. In this example, information about a service provided when the purchaser has subscribed to a subscription service may be displayed. For example, area 401 may display a name of the purchaser and the following as scheduled services: i) a service in the early morning delivery faster than a normal delivery, ii) a service in which delivery fees are waived, and iii) a service in which an item is returned One of the free return fee services.

A field 403 may display a total payment amount before a discount amount is applied to items selected by the buyer from items included in the shopping cart page. For example, the area 403 may display 130,260 won as the total payment amount before the discount amount is applied to the item selected by the buyer.

When a purchaser subscribes to a premium service, an area 405 can display discount information provided to a premium service subscriber. For example, when the purchaser is a wow member who is one of premium service subscription customers, the area 405 may display 550 won as discount information exclusively provided to wow members.

An area 407 may display information associated with a coupon applicable to the item selected by the purchaser. For example, area 407 may display 2,000 won as one of the coupons applied to the item selected by the buyer.

A field 409 may display information about a fee required for delivery of the selected item. At this time, when the buyer has subscribed to one of the scheduled services shown in area 401, a free delivery may be applied, and area 409 may display 0 won. Alternatively, to efficiently manage a bottom page layout, when the buyer has subscribed to one of the scheduled services shown in area 401, area 409 may not display information about a delivery fee. In this case, information displayed in an area 411 may be displayed in area 409 and information displayed in an area 413 may be displayed in area 411 .

Area 411 may display information about a point to benefit from when purchasing an item. For example, area 411 may display 8,000 won that the buyer benefits when purchasing an item.

Region 413 may display a total estimated payment amount based on the information shown in regions 403 , 405 , 407 and 409 . For example, area 413 may display 127,450 won as one of the total estimated payment amounts that the buyer will actually pay when purchasing the item.

Area 415 may display information about an additional discount amount applied when making a payment using a predetermined payment option. Here, the predetermined payment option may match one of the plurality of payment options by which a discount may be applied to the item selected by the user that the buyer previously registered in the electronic device. For example, when a buyer selects an item 1 from the plurality of items present on the shopping cart page, the electronic device may identify a payment option 1 (e.g., card A) by which a discount will be applied to item 1, a payment Option 2 (eg card B), a payment option 3 (eg card c) and the like. When the buyer has registered information about a relevant payment option in the electronic device to use a quick payment service, the buyer can use the registered payment option to pay for the item through a relatively simple procedure. Among the one or more payment options by which the discount is to be applied, the electronic device may identify one of the payment options that matches a payment option previously registered by the purchaser. In addition, the electronic device may display information about an additional discount amount (for example, 15,000 KRW) applied when the purchaser performs a payment using the corresponding payment option through the area 415 . When the payment option by which the discount can be applied to the item 1 matches the plurality of payment options registered by the purchaser in advance, the electronic device can display one of the plurality of payment options corresponding to a maximum discount amount for another application through the area 415 Information associated with payment options.

Alternatively, the buyer can register a plurality of payment options including payment options 1 and 2 to N in the electronic device in advance, and the user can select a plurality of items on the shopping cart page. In this example, a payment option by which an additional discount will be applied to item 1 can be plural, an additional discount will be applied by which a payment option for item 2 selected by the user can be The payment option may be plural, and the payment option by which an additional discount will be applied to an item N selected by the user may be plural. For example, the electronic device may identify payment option 1 and payment option 2 by which an additional discount is to be applied to item 1 . The electronic device can recognize payment option 2 to payment option 4 by which the additional discount is to be applied to item 2 . The electronic device can identify the payment option N by which the additional discount is to be applied to the item N. Here, among the plurality of payment options through which an additional discount can be applied, the electronic device can display information about one payment option through which a maximum discount amount can be applied through the area 415 . For example, payment option 2 can be used for additional discounts on Item 1 and Item 2 and not available for additional discounts on other selected items. Payment option 1 can be used for additional discount on item 1 and not available for additional discount on other selected items. Payment option 4 can be used for additional discount on item 3 and not available for additional discount on other selected items. In this example, the electronic device can compare the additional discount amounts and display, through area 415, information about payment option 2 by which a maximum amount will be discounted.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a shopping cart page displayed based on a category of an item according to an exemplary embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 5, an electronic device may identify delivery information corresponding to an item selected by a user. In particular, the electronic device can verify whether a category corresponding to an item selected by the user is a first category or a second category. Here, the first category may correspond to items requiring faster delivery, such as fresh food (eg, vegetables, fruits, food, etc.). Items corresponding to the first category can be pre-set to be delivered by the next day after the order is placed. For example, when the user selects an item A and an item B displayed in an area 521 and an area 531 , the electronic device can verify whether the item A and the item B correspond to the first category.

When all items selected by the user correspond to the first category, the items corresponding to the first category may have the same expected delivery completion information, for example, the next day after the order is placed. At this time, in order to improve the efficiency of managing the layout of the shopping cart page through an area 523 of relevant delivery information and a redundant representation displayed in an area 533, the electronic device can extract the same expected delivery completion information and at the boundary of an area 510 related information is displayed. In addition, the electronic device can manage the layout of the shopping cart page by removing a blank part of the area 523 and the area 533, so that the buyer can clearly and concisely identify information about an item to be purchased. Here, the expected delivery completion information may include expected delivery completion time information and expected delivery completion date information.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a shopping cart page displayed based on a category of an item according to another exemplary embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 6, an electronic device may identify delivery information corresponding to an item selected by a user. In particular, the electronic device can verify whether a category corresponding to an item selected by the user is a first category or a second category. Here, the second category may be a category corresponding to items different from items corresponding to the first category. For example, when the user selects an item C and an item D displayed in an area 621 and an area 631 , the electronic device can identify whether the item C and the item D correspond to the second category.

When all of the items selected by the user correspond to the second category, the electronic device may display information in an area 623 and the like based on a relevant situation (such as a delivery distance, an inventory status, and the like) associated with items corresponding to the second category. An area 633 displays expected delivery completion information. At this time, when the delivery information is displayed in different areas such as the area 623 and the area 633, the efficiency for a buyer to recognize the delivery information may decrease. Therefore, in order to improve the efficiency of identifying the delivery information and improve the efficiency of managing the layout of the shopping cart page, the electronic device can extract the expected delivery completion information displayed in the area 623 and the area 633 and display the relevant information within a boundary of an area 610 . At this time, when the expected delivery completion information does not exactly match (as shown in FIG. 6 ), the electronic device can integrate the expected delivery completion information of each item and display (for example) "Guaranteed delivery tomorrow morning (Tuesday), December 1st." ; Guaranteed delivery tomorrow afternoon (Tuesday), December 1".

According to an exemplary embodiment, when the plurality of items selected by the user include items corresponding to the first category and the second category, the electronic device may display expected delivery completion information corresponding to the second category in areas 510 and 610 and the expected delivery completion information corresponding to the first category. For example, when items A to D are selected, expected delivery completion information corresponding to the first category may be displayed in area 610 and expected delivery completion information corresponding to the second category may also be displayed in area 610 . In this instance, the information displayed in the area 610 may be displayed in the area 610 by being classified by category to improve the convenience for buyers to identify related information.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an information providing method of an electronic device according to an exemplary embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 7 , in operation S710, an electronic device may identify at least one item of interest. A buyer may select an item of interest and keep the selected item of interest. The electronic device can identify at least one item selected as the item of interest through the shopping cart page. For example, when the buyer selects items A to N as the interested items, the electronic device may select the interested items A to N through the shopping cart page.

In operation S720, the electronic device may provide information associated with a name and options corresponding to the item of interest in a predetermined area. For example, the electronic device may identify information associated with the names and options corresponding to items of interest A-N retained in the shopping cart page. Here, the information associated with the options may include information associated with attributes of an item, such as a size, color, a type, and the like selected when purchasing the item. Regarding this content, reference can be made to the above description.

In operation S730, the electronic device may identify first information associated with a price corresponding to an item selected by a user from at least one item of interest. Here, the first information may include estimated payment amount and discount information corresponding to items selected by the user from the items of interest.

In operation S740, the electronic device may provide a shopping cart page displaying identification information associated with names and options in a corresponding area and displaying first information in an area adjacent to a purchase icon.

Here, the shopping cart page may distinguish name-associated information and option-associated information displayed in the same area of an item detail page and display the differentiated information in different areas. For example, even though the name and options are displayed in the same area of the item detail page, the electronic device can distinguish the name and options and display the name and options in different areas of the shopping cart page.

Alternatively, the electronic device can display information associated with the names and options in the same area or in different areas by comparing the number of characters of the names and options with a threshold value. As an example, when the information associated with the name and the information associated with the options are displayed in the same area of the item detail page and when the number of words thereof is greater than a threshold value, the electronic device may display in a different area than the item detail page Relevant information is displayed in different areas of the shopping cart page. As another example, when the information associated with the name and the information associated with the options are displayed in the same area of the item detail page and when the number of words thereof is less than a threshold value, the electronic device may display the information in the same area of the shopping cart page The information associated with the name and the information associated with the option are displayed in .

In addition, when the purchase icon displayed on the shopping cart page is selected, the electronic device may provide a bottom page displaying the second information including the first information while overlapping a part of the shopping cart page. At this time, the second information may include at least one of the first information and the following: information about a delivery fee for an item, information about a service provided to a user (purchaser) who subscribes to a predetermined service, information about Information on benefits provided when making a purchase and information on the amount of a discount that is additionally applied when making a payment using a predetermined payment option. Here, the predetermined payment option may match a payment option previously registered by the user among a plurality of payment options by which a discount is to be applied to at least one item. When the predetermined payment option matches the plurality of payment options, the electronic device may identify and display one of the plurality of payment options corresponding to a maximum additional discount amount to be applied.

Additionally, the electronic device can identify a category corresponding to an item selected by the user from the items of interest and display category-based delivery information. Specifically, when a user selects items corresponding to a plurality of categories, the electronic device can manage a layout of a shopping cart page so that each of the items is classified by category. For example, the electronic device can manage the layout of the shopping cart page to display items corresponding to a first category and display items corresponding to a second category. At this time, the electronic device may manage the layout of the shopping cart page so that relevant delivery information is displayed together in an area in which a category corresponding to each item is displayed, instead of displaying the delivery information of each item.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of an electronic device according to an exemplary embodiment.

According to an exemplary embodiment, an electronic device 800 may include a display 810 and a controller 820 . FIG. 8 only shows components of an electronic device 800 related to this embodiment. Therefore, those skilled in the present embodiment should understand that, in addition to the components shown in FIG. 8 , other common components may be further included. Since the electronic device 800 may include features related to the above-mentioned electronic devices, descriptions of redundant content will be omitted.

The display 810 can display information associated with the operation of the electronic device 800 . Alternatively, display 810 may display information associated with a screen displayed by an application.

The controller 820 can control the overall operation of the electronic device 800 and can process data and signals. The controller 820 can be configured with at least one hardware unit. In addition, the controller 820 can operate by executing one or more software modules generated by executing the program code stored in the memory. The controller 820 can execute program codes stored in the memory to control the overall operation of the electronic device 800 and process data and signals. Additionally, in an example embodiment, the controller 820 may include at least one processor.

The controller 820 can identify at least one item of interest and identify information associated with an option and a name of an item of interest. Additionally, the controller 820 may identify first information associated with a price corresponding to an item selected by a user from at least one item of interest. The controller 820 may display information associated with a name and an option in a corresponding area and provide a shopping cart page in which the first information is displayed in an area adjacent to a purchase icon, so that a purchaser may pass through a The terminal recognizes the shopping cart page.

The electronic equipment or terminal according to the above-mentioned embodiments may include a processor, a memory for storing and executing program data, a permanent storage such as a disk drive, a communication port for communicating with an external device, and such as A user interface device of a touch panel, a key and a button. The method implemented by the software module or the algorithm can be stored on a computer-readable recording medium as computer-readable codes or program commands executable by a processor. Here, the computer-readable recording medium may be a magnetic storage medium (such as a read-only memory (ROM), a random-access memory (RAM), a floppy disk, or a hard disk) or an optical read-out medium ( such as a CD-ROM or a digital versatile disc (DVD)). The computer readable recording medium can be distributed to computer systems connected by a network so that the computer readable codes can be stored and executed in a distributed manner. The medium can be read by a computer, stored in a memory and executed by a processor.

Embodiments of the invention may be represented by functional blocks and various processing steps. These functional blocks may be implemented by various hardware and/or software configurations that perform specified functions. For example, embodiments of the present invention may employ a direct circuit configuration that can perform various functions by controlling one or more microprocessors or other control devices, such as a memory, a processor, a logic circuit, and a look-up table. Similar to elements executable by software programming or software components, embodiments of the invention can be implemented in programming or instruction code languages such as C, C++, Java, and assembly languages, including data structures, programs, routines, or other programming components. Various algorithms implemented by the combination of states. Functional aspects may be implemented by algorithms executed by one or more processors. In addition, embodiments of the present invention may employ related techniques for, for example, electronic environment setting, signal processing and/or data processing. The terms "mechanism", "element", "member" and "configuration" are used broadly and are not limited to mechanical and physical components. These terms may include, for example, a series of software routines in conjunction with a processor.

The embodiments described above are examples only and other embodiments may be implemented within the scope of the following claims.

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Figure 1 illustrates a system according to an example embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a shopping cart page for explaining related information according to an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a shopping cart page for explaining another related information according to an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a bottom page according to an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a shopping cart page displayed based on a category of an item according to an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a shopping cart page displayed based on a category of an item according to another exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing information by an electronic device according to an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of an electronic device according to an exemplary embodiment.

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Claims (15)

A method of providing information by an electronic device, the method comprising: identifying at least one item of interest; identifying information associated with a title and an option corresponding to the at least one item of interest; identifying first information associated with a price corresponding to an item selected by a user from the at least one item of interest; and A shopping cart page is provided displaying the identification information associated with the name and the option in a predetermined area and displaying the first information in an area adjacent to a purchase icon. The method of claim 1, wherein the shopping cart page distinguishes information associated with a name and information associated with an option displayed in the same area of an item detail page and displays the differentiated information in different areas. The method of claim 1, wherein the shopping cart page displays the information associated with the name and the option based on a character number of the name and the option. The method of claim 3, wherein when the number of characters of the name and the option is less than a threshold value, the shopping cart page displays the information associated with the name and the option in the same area. The method of claim 3, wherein when the number of characters of the name and the option is greater than or equal to a threshold value, the shopping cart page displays the information associated with the name and the option in different areas. The method of claim 1, wherein the first information includes an estimated payment amount and discount information corresponding to the item selected by the user. The method of claim 6, further comprising: When the purchase icon is selected, a bottom page is provided displaying the second information including the first information while overlapping a part of the shopping cart page. The method of claim 7, wherein the second information includes the first information and at least one of the following: information about a delivery fee for an item, information about a service provided to a user who subscribes to a predetermined service , information about the benefits offered when making a purchase and information about the amount of a discount that is additionally applied when making a payment using a predetermined payment option. The method of claim 8, wherein the predetermined payment option matches a payment option previously registered by a user among the plurality of payment options by which a discount can be applied to the at least one item. The method of claim 1, further comprising: identifying delivery information corresponding to the item selected by the user, Wherein the shopping cart page displays delivery information based on a category of the item selected by the user. The method of claim 10, wherein when items corresponding to different categories are selected, the shopping cart page displays delivery information by classifying them. The method of claim 10, wherein the shopping cart page extracts and displays relevant information to prevent redundant display of the same delivery information corresponding to an item of the same category. The method as claimed in item 10, wherein the delivery information includes expected delivery completion time information and expected delivery completion date information. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium including a computer program for executing the method of Claim 1. An electronic device comprising: a display; and A controller configured to: identify at least one item of interest; identify information associated with a name and an option corresponding to the at least one item of interest; first information associated with a price of an item selected by an item of interest; and providing display of the identifying information associated with the name and the option in a predetermined area and in an area adjacent to a purchase icon One of the first listings on the shopping cart page.

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