CN114331538A

CN114331538A - Electronic certificate updating method and device and electronic equipment

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Publication number: CN114331538A
Application number: CN202111643369.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 汤涛; 王耀
Original assignee: Koubei Shanghai Information Technology Co Ltd
Current assignee: Koubei Shanghai Information Technology Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-12-29
Filing date: 2021-12-29
Publication date: 2022-04-12

Abstract

One or more embodiments of the present specification provide an electronic certificate updating method, apparatus and electronic device, where the method is applied to a merchant management platform; the merchant management platform maintains the association relationship between the electronic certificate and the applicable store group; the method comprises the following steps: acquiring an applicable store additional request aiming at a target merchant; wherein the applicable store appending request comprises an identifier corresponding to the target electronic certificate; determining a target applicable store group associated with the target electronic certificate based on the incidence relation; acquiring an additional applicable store group corresponding to the target merchant; determining whether the number of stores in the additional applicable store group exceeds a preset threshold value; adding the store of the additional applicable store group to the target applicable store group if the number of stores of the additional applicable store group does not exceed the threshold.

Description

Electronic certificate updating method and device and electronic equipment

Technical Field

One or more embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of computer application technologies, and in particular, to an electronic certificate updating method, an electronic certificate updating apparatus, and an electronic device.

Background

Today, users are becoming more and more accustomed to making payments by means of online payments after shopping or consumption. In this case, the merchant generally provides the user with an electronic form of coupon in order to promote the user's consumption, and the user can reduce the amount that should actually be paid by using the electronic coupon at the time of payment.

For a merchant with multiple stores (e.g., a chain of branded merchants such as mcdonald's, kentucky's, etc.), an electronic coupon provided by such a merchant to a user may generally be applicable to multiple subordinate stores of the merchant. For example, a merchant that has multiple stores in both city a and city B, an electronic coupon that provides the user with "full 50 dollars minus 20 dollars" may be applied to all of the subordinate stores of the merchant in city a.

Disclosure of Invention

The specification provides an electronic certificate updating method, which is applied to a merchant management platform; the merchant management platform maintains the association relationship between the electronic certificate and the applicable store group; the method comprises the following steps:

acquiring an applicable store additional request aiming at a target merchant; wherein the applicable store appending request comprises an identifier corresponding to the target electronic certificate;

determining a target applicable store group associated with the target electronic certificate based on the incidence relation;

acquiring an additional applicable store group corresponding to the target merchant;

determining whether the number of stores in the additional applicable store group exceeds a preset threshold value;

adding the store of the additional applicable store group to the target applicable store group if the number of stores of the additional applicable store group does not exceed the threshold.

The specification also provides an electronic certificate updating method, which is applied to a client corresponding to a target merchant; the method comprises the following steps:

sending an electronic certificate acquisition request to a merchant management platform, wherein the merchant management platform maintains an affiliation between a merchant and an electronic certificate, and the electronic certificate acquisition request comprises an identifier corresponding to the target merchant, so that the merchant management platform determines a plurality of electronic certificates affiliated to the target merchant based on the affiliation and returns identifiers corresponding to the plurality of electronic certificates respectively;

and acquiring a target electronic certificate selected by the target merchant from the plurality of electronic certificates, and sending an applicable store addition request to the merchant management platform, wherein the applicable store addition request comprises an identifier corresponding to the target electronic certificate, so that the merchant management platform determines a target applicable store group associated with the target electronic certificate based on the association relationship in response to the applicable store addition request, and acquires an additional applicable store group corresponding to the target merchant, so as to add stores in the additional applicable store group to the target applicable store group when determining that the number of stores in the additional applicable store group does not exceed a preset threshold value.

The present specification also proposes an electronic certificate updating device, said device being applied to a merchant management platform; the merchant management platform maintains the association relationship between the electronic certificate and the applicable store group; the device comprises:

the system comprises a first acquisition module, a second acquisition module and a third acquisition module, wherein the first acquisition module is used for acquiring an applicable store additional request aiming at a target merchant; wherein the applicable store appending request comprises an identifier corresponding to the target electronic certificate;

a first determination module, configured to determine a target applicable store group associated with the target electronic certificate based on the association relationship;

a second obtaining module, configured to obtain an additional applicable store group corresponding to the target merchant;

a second determining module, configured to determine whether the number of stores in the additional applicable store group exceeds a preset threshold;

a first adding module configured to add the store of the additional applicable store group to the target applicable store group when the number of stores of the additional applicable store group does not exceed the threshold value.

The present specification also proposes an electronic certificate updating device, which is applied to a client corresponding to a target merchant; the device comprises:

the electronic certificate acquisition request comprises an identifier corresponding to the target merchant, so that the merchant management platform determines a plurality of electronic certificates belonging to the target merchant based on the affiliation and returns identifiers corresponding to the plurality of electronic certificates respectively;

a second sending module, configured to obtain a target electronic credential selected by the target merchant from the plurality of electronic credentials, and send an applicable store addition request to the merchant management platform, where the applicable store addition request includes an identifier corresponding to the target electronic credential, so that the merchant management platform, in response to the applicable store addition request, determines a target applicable store group associated with the target electronic credential based on the association relationship, and obtains an additional applicable store group corresponding to the target merchant, so as to add a store in the additional applicable store group to the target applicable store group when it is determined that the number of stores in the additional applicable store group does not exceed a preset threshold.

This specification also proposes an electronic device including:

a processor;

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor implements the steps of the method as described in any one of the above by executing the executable instructions.

The present specification also proposes a computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer instructions which, when executed by a processor, carry out the steps of the method according to any one of the preceding claims.

In the foregoing technical solution, when acquiring an additional applicable store request for the target merchant and the target electronic voucher for the target electronic voucher, on one hand, an applicable store group associated with the target electronic voucher may be determined based on an association relationship between the maintained electronic voucher and the applicable store group, on the other hand, whether the number of applicable stores to be added exceeds a threshold value may be determined, and if it is determined that the number of applicable stores to be added does not exceed the threshold value, all the applicable stores to be added may be added to the applicable store group associated with the target electronic voucher to update the association relationship between the electronic voucher and the applicable store group. In this way, a large number of applicable stores can be added for merchants and electronic certificates, thereby facilitating management of electronic certificates by merchants.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a business system shown in an exemplary embodiment of the present description;

FIG. 2 is a flow chart diagram illustrating a method for electronic credential update in an exemplary embodiment of the present specification;

FIG. 3 is a flow chart illustrating another method for electronic credential updating in an exemplary embodiment of the present description;

FIG. 4A is a schematic diagram of a user interface shown in an exemplary embodiment of the present description;

FIG. 4B is a schematic diagram of another user interface shown in an exemplary embodiment of the present description;

FIG. 4C is a schematic diagram of another user interface shown in an exemplary embodiment of the present description;

FIG. 5 is a flow chart diagram illustrating a method of electronic credential creation in an exemplary embodiment of the present specification;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of another user interface shown in an exemplary embodiment of the present description;

FIG. 7 is a flow chart illustrating another method for electronic credential updating in an exemplary embodiment of the present description;

fig. 8 is a hardware structure diagram of an electronic device where an electronic certificate updating apparatus is located according to an exemplary embodiment of the present specification;

FIG. 9 is a block diagram of an electronic credential update device shown in an exemplary embodiment of the present specification;

fig. 10 is a block diagram of another electronic credential updating device shown in an exemplary embodiment of this specification.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to the exemplary embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. When the following description refers to the accompanying drawings, like numbers in different drawings represent the same or similar elements unless otherwise indicated. The implementations described in the following exemplary embodiments do not represent all implementations consistent with one or more embodiments of the present specification. Rather, they are merely examples of apparatus and methods consistent with certain aspects of one or more embodiments of the specification, as detailed in the claims which follow.

It should be noted that: in other embodiments, the steps of the corresponding methods are not necessarily performed in the order shown and described herein. In some other embodiments, the method may include more or fewer steps than those described herein. Moreover, a single step described in this specification may be broken down into multiple steps for description in other embodiments; multiple steps described in this specification may be combined into a single step in other embodiments.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a service system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 1, the business system may include a merchant management platform and a plurality of merchant clients accessing the merchant management platform.

Specifically, the merchant management platform can provide software services related to business management to merchants; the merchant can perform operation related to management by using the software service provided by the merchant management platform through the client. For example, for a certain merchant, the merchant may create an electronic credential facing the user on the merchant management platform through a client corresponding to the merchant, so that the merchant may provide the electronic credential to the user.

In one embodiment shown, the electronic vouchers may be vouchers in electronic form for promotion, such as: electronic coupons, electronic stored value cards, electronic membership cards, and the like.

The merchant management platform may be a SaaS (Software as a Service) platform, and is configured to provide convenient and fast Software services related to operation management to a merchant. In the SaaS platform, software services can be modularized, and corresponding software services can be realized through interaction among different functional modules.

Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an electronic certificate updating method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

In conjunction with the business system shown in fig. 1, the electronic certificate updating method can be applied to a merchant management platform in the business system; the electronic certificate updating method can comprise the following steps:

step 201: acquiring an applicable store additional request aiming at a target merchant; wherein the applicable store append request includes an identification corresponding to a target electronic credential.

For a certain merchant (which may be referred to as a target merchant) that creates a certain electronic certificate (which may be referred to as a target electronic certificate) on the merchant management platform, the merchant management platform may provide a service of adding an applicable store to the target merchant when acquiring an applicable store addition request for the target merchant.

Specifically, the applicable store appending request may include an identifier corresponding to the target electronic certificate; wherein the identification can be used to uniquely identify the target electronic credential. In this case, the merchant management platform may specifically provide the target merchant with a service of adding an applicable store associated with the target electronic certificate.

Step 202: determining a target applicable store group associated with the target electronic certificate based on the incidence relation.

In practical applications, the merchant management platform may maintain an association relationship between the electronic certificate and the applicable store group. If an electronic credential is associated with an applicable group of stores, the user may be instructed to use the electronic credential at any store in the applicable group of stores.

For example, assuming that an electronic coupon "full 50 minus 20 yuan" is associated with an applicable store group consisting of all stores owned by a certain merchant in city a, it means that the user can use the electronic coupon at any subordinate store of the merchant in city a to enjoy the full 50 minus 20 yuan benefit.

The merchant management platform may respond to the applicable store addition request when acquiring the applicable store addition request, and may provide the target merchant with a service for adding the applicable store associated with the target electronic certificate.

In particular, in one aspect, a set of applicable stores associated with the target electronic credential (which may be referred to as a target set of applicable stores) may be determined based on an association between the maintained electronic credential and the set of applicable stores.

Step 203: and acquiring an additional applicable store group corresponding to the target merchant.

On the other hand, an additional applicable store group corresponding to the target merchant may be acquired; and adding an applicable store group corresponding to the target merchant, namely the applicable store group which needs to be added for the target electronic certificate by the target merchant.

Step 204: determining whether the number of stores in the additional applicable store group exceeds a preset threshold.

When the additional applicable store group is obtained, it may be determined whether the number of stores in the additional applicable store group exceeds a preset threshold value; the threshold value may be preset by a technician according to actual needs, or may be a default value, which is not limited in this specification; for example, the threshold may be set to 5000, that is, it may be determined whether or not stores included in the additionally applied store group exceed 5000.

Step 205: adding the store of the additional applicable store group to the target applicable store group if the number of stores of the additional applicable store group does not exceed the threshold.

If it is determined that the number of stores in the additional applicable store group does not exceed the threshold, the stores in the additional applicable store group can be directly added to the target applicable store group, thereby realizing the addition of the applicable stores corresponding to the target electronic voucher.

For example, assuming that the target applicable store group includes 3 stores in total, store a, store B, and store C, and assuming that the additional applicable store group includes 2 stores in total, store X, and store Y, respectively, the stores in the target applicable store group are updated to: store a, store B, store C, store X, store Y, for a total of 5 stores. In this case, the applicable stores corresponding to the target electronic voucher are updated from store a, store B, and store C to store a, store B, store C, store X, and store Y.

It should be noted that, the present specification does not limit the timing sequence of the

steps

201 and 205, for example: step 203 may be performed first, and then step 202 may be performed; alternatively, step 204 may be executed first, and then step 203 may be executed when it is determined that the number of stores in the additional applicable store group does not exceed the threshold.

The following describes the electronic certificate updating method shown in fig. 2 in detail.

Referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a flowchart illustrating another electronic certificate updating method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

step 301: receiving an electronic certificate acquisition request sent by a client corresponding to the target merchant; wherein the electronic credential obtaining request comprises an identification corresponding to the target merchant.

Step 302: and determining a plurality of electronic certificates belonging to the target merchant based on the affiliation, and sending identifications respectively corresponding to the plurality of electronic certificates to the client.

Step 303: acquiring an applicable store additional request aiming at a target merchant; wherein the applicable store append request includes an identification corresponding to a target electronic credential.

The applicable store addition request is classified into two types. One type is an applicable store additional request sent by the client, wherein the applicable store additional request comprises an identifier corresponding to the target electronic certificate; the target electronic credential comprises an electronic credential selected by the target merchant from the plurality of electronic credentials; the other type is an applicable store addition request initiated by the merchant management platform.

In practice, the same merchant will typically provide multiple electronic credentials to the user. For example, a merchant may provide an electronic coupon for "full 50 minus 20 dollars" and an electronic coupon for "full 100 dollars minus 50 dollars" to a user.

If the target merchant creates a plurality of electronic certificates on the merchant management platform, in order to determine the target electronic certificate from the plurality of electronic certificates, in an illustrated embodiment, an affiliation between the merchant and the electronic certificate may be maintained by the merchant management platform, so that the target electronic certificate may be determined by the affiliation. If there is an affiliation between a merchant and an electronic credential, the electronic credential is provided to the user by the merchant.

Specifically, the target merchant may initiate an electronic certificate acquisition request through a client corresponding to the target merchant; the electronic certificate acquisition request can comprise an identifier corresponding to the target merchant; wherein the identification can be used to uniquely identify the target merchant, such as: the identification may be a brand name of the target merchant.

Taking the user interface shown in fig. 4A as an example, the merchant management platform may provide the user interface to the target merchant through the client corresponding to the target merchant. The target merchant may enter the brand name as its own identity in the user interface and, after completing the entry, click a "confirm" button in the user interface. When the client detects the click operation of the target merchant on the 'confirm' button, the client can construct the electronic certificate acquisition request based on the brand name input by the target merchant, and send the electronic certificate acquisition request to the merchant management platform.

The merchant management platform may determine, in response to the electronic certificate acquisition request, a plurality of electronic certificates belonging to the target merchant based on the maintained affiliation between the merchant and the electronic certificate when receiving the electronic certificate acquisition request.

It should be noted that the electronic certificates may be all electronic certificates belonging to the target merchant, or may be partial electronic certificates belonging to the target merchant; the number of the electronic certificates can be preset by a technician according to actual requirements, and the specification does not limit the number of the electronic certificates.

Subsequently, the merchant management platform may send the identifiers corresponding to the electronic certificates to the client corresponding to the target merchant, and the client displays the identifiers of the electronic certificates to the target merchant, so that the target merchant can distinguish the electronic certificates through the identifiers corresponding to the electronic certificates, and select the electronic certificate serving as the target electronic certificate from the electronic certificates through the client.

The client corresponding to the target merchant may construct the applicable store addition request based on the identifier corresponding to the electronic certificate selected by the target merchant, and send the applicable store addition request to the merchant management platform, so that the merchant management platform may determine the electronic certificate selected by the target merchant as the target electronic certificate.

Taking the user interface shown in fig. 4B as an example, the merchant management platform may provide the user interface to the target merchant through the client corresponding to the target merchant. The target merchant can view the identification (such as 20 yuan full discount coupon, 50 yuan full discount coupon, 100 yuan voucher, etc.) corresponding to the electronic voucher through a pull-down menu in the user interface, and select the identification corresponding to the electronic voucher needing to be added to the applicable store. After completing the selection, the target merchant may click on a "confirm" button in the user interface. When the client detects the click operation of the target merchant on the 'confirm' button, the client may construct the applicable store addition request based on the identifier corresponding to the electronic certificate selected by the target merchant, and send the applicable store addition request to the merchant management platform, so that the merchant management platform may determine the electronic certificate selected by the target merchant as the target electronic certificate.

Step 304: determining a target applicable store group associated with the target electronic certificate based on the incidence relation.

For the specific implementation of step 304, reference may be made to step 202, which is not described herein again.

Step 305: and determining a plurality of stores which belong to the target merchant and are not in the target applicable store group based on the affiliation, and sending identifications respectively corresponding to the plurality of stores to the client corresponding to the target merchant.

Step 306: and receiving an identification which is sent by the client and corresponds to a store selected from the plurality of stores by the target merchant, and determining the store as a store in the additionally applicable store group.

In one embodiment, the merchant management platform may maintain an affiliation between a merchant and a store, and the additional applicable store group may be obtained by the affiliation. If an affiliation exists between a certain merchant and a certain store, the store is indicated to be a subordinate store of the merchant.

Specifically, the merchant management platform may determine, based on the maintained affiliations between merchants and stores and the target applicable store group, a number of stores that are affiliated with the target merchant and not in the target applicable store group.

The plurality of stores may be all stores belonging to the target merchant and not belonging to the target applicable store group, or may be some stores belonging to the target merchant and not belonging to the target applicable store group; the number of the plurality of stores can be preset by a technician according to actual needs, and the specification does not limit the number of stores.

For example, assuming that a certain merchant owns multiple stores in city a and city B, and the electronic coupon "full 50 yuan minus 20 yuan" currently provided by the merchant to the user only applies to all the subordinate stores of the merchant in city a, all the subordinate stores of the merchant in city B may be determined as the stores.

Subsequently, the merchant management platform may send the identifiers corresponding to the plurality of stores to the client corresponding to the target merchant, and the client may display the identifiers of the stores to the target merchant, so that the target merchant may distinguish the stores by the identifiers corresponding to the stores, and select the store in the additionally applicable store group from the plurality of stores by the client.

Wherein an identification corresponding to a store can be used to uniquely identify the store, such as: the identification may be a location of the store.

The client corresponding to the target merchant may transmit an identifier corresponding to the store selected by the target merchant to the merchant management platform, so that the merchant management platform may determine the store selected by the target merchant as the store in the additional applicable store group.

Taking the user interface shown in fig. 4C as an example, the merchant management platform may provide the user interface to the target merchant through the client corresponding to the target merchant. The target merchant can view the identifier corresponding to the store through a pull-down menu in the user interface, and select the identifier corresponding to the applicable store to be added. After completing the selection, the target merchant may click on a "confirm" button in the user interface. When the client detects the click operation of the target merchant on the "confirm" button, the client may send the identifier corresponding to the store selected by the target merchant to the merchant management platform, so that the merchant management platform may determine the store selected by the target merchant as the store in the additional applicable store group.

Step 307: determining whether the number of stores in the additional applicable store group exceeds a preset threshold.

Step 308: adding the store of the additional applicable store group to the target applicable store group if the number of stores of the additional applicable store group does not exceed the threshold.

The specific implementation of step 307-308 can refer to the aforementioned step 204-205, and the description thereof is not repeated herein.

Step 309: if the number of stores in the additional applicable store group exceeds the threshold value, grouping the additional applicable store group based on the threshold value to obtain a plurality of subgroups; wherein the number of stores in any subgroup does not exceed the threshold.

Step 310: initiating the applicable store addition request based on each subgroup to add stores in the subgroups to the target applicable store group, respectively.

If it is determined that the number of stores in the additional applicable store group exceeds the threshold, the additional applicable store group may be first grouped based on the threshold to obtain a plurality of subgroups.

It should be noted that, for the above-mentioned several subgroups obtained by the grouping processing, the number of stores in any one subgroup does not exceed the above-mentioned threshold.

For example, assuming that the additional applicable store group includes 5 stores in total, namely store a, store B, store C, store X and store Y, and assuming that the threshold value is 5000, the additional applicable store group may be newly divided into 3 subgroups, namely subgroup 1, subgroup 2 and subgroup 3; the subgroup 1 includes 2 stores, i.e., store a and store B, the subgroup 2 includes 2 stores, i.e., store C and store X, and the subgroup 3 includes 1 store, i.e., store Y.

When the plurality of subgroups are obtained, the applicable store addition request may be initiated based on each subgroup so that stores in the plurality of subgroups are added to the target applicable store group.

Taking any one of the subgroups as an example, the merchant management platform may generate the applicable store addition request based on the subgroup again. In this case, the additional applicable store group in the generated applicable store additional request is the subgroup. Since the number of stores in the subgroup does not exceed the threshold, the stores in the subgroup can be directly added to the target applicable store group in response to the applicable store addition request. By analogy, the store in the plurality of subgroups is added to the target applicable store group respectively.

In one embodiment, after all the stores that need to be added (i.e., the stores in the additional applicable store group in the applicable store addition request sent by the client corresponding to the target merchant) are added to the target applicable store group, a notification message of successful addition may be sent to the client to remind the target merchant of successful addition of the applicable store to the target electronic certificate.

It should be noted that the description does not limit the sequence of

steps

301 and 310.

A method of creating the above-described target electronic voucher will be described below.

Referring to fig. 5, fig. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an electronic certificate creation method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

In conjunction with the business system shown in fig. 1, the electronic certificate creation method can be applied to a merchant management platform in the business system; the electronic credential update creation can include the steps of:

step 501: receiving a store acquisition request sent by the client; wherein the store acquisition request includes an identification corresponding to the target merchant.

Step 502: determining a plurality of stores subordinate to the target merchant based on the affiliation, and sending identifications respectively corresponding to the plurality of stores to the client.

Step 503: and receiving an identification which is sent by the client and corresponds to a store selected from the plurality of stores by the target merchant, and determining the store as a store in the initial applicable store group.

Specifically, the merchant management platform may determine a number of stores affiliated with the target merchant based on the maintained affiliations between the merchant and the stores.

The plurality of stores may be all stores belonging to the target merchant, or may be some stores belonging to the target merchant; the number of the plurality of stores can be preset by a technician according to actual needs, and the specification does not limit the number of stores.

When the target merchant needs to create the target electronic voucher (at this time, the target electronic voucher is not created yet), the merchant management platform may send the identifiers corresponding to the plurality of stores to the client corresponding to the target merchant, and the client displays the identifiers of the stores to the target merchant, so that the target merchant can distinguish the stores by using the identifiers corresponding to the stores, and select the stores in the initially applicable store group from the plurality of stores by using the client.

The client corresponding to the target merchant may send an identifier corresponding to the store selected by the target merchant to the merchant management platform, so that the merchant management platform may determine the store selected by the target merchant as a store in the initial applicable store group.

Step 504: receiving an electronic certificate creating request sent by a client corresponding to the target merchant; wherein the electronic voucher creation request comprises a parameter corresponding to the target electronic voucher.

Step 505: and acquiring an initial applicable store group corresponding to the target merchant.

Step 506: determining whether the number of stores in the initial set of available stores exceeds the threshold.

Step 507: if the number of stores in the initial applicable store group does not exceed the threshold, the target electronic certificate is created based on the parameter, and an association relationship between the target electronic certificate and the initial applicable store group is stored.

In one embodiment, the target merchant may initiate an electronic certificate creation request through a client corresponding to the target merchant; the electronic creation acquisition request may include parameters corresponding to the target electronic certificate (i.e., the electronic certificate that needs to be created at this time).

Taking the user interface shown in fig. 6 as an example, the merchant management platform may provide the user interface to the target merchant through the client corresponding to the target merchant. The target merchant can input relevant parameters of the electronic certificate to be created in the user interface; wherein, the related parameters can comprise the type of the electronic voucher (such as a full discount voucher, a voucher and the like), the content of the electronic voucher (such as a full discount amount, a voucher and the like) and the like; the setting can be specifically carried out according to actual requirements. After completing the input, the target merchant may click on a "confirm" button in the user interface. When the client detects the clicking operation of the target merchant on the 'confirmation' button, the client can construct the electronic certificate creation request based on the parameters input by the target merchant and send the electronic certificate creation request to the merchant management platform, so that the merchant management platform can subsequently create the target electronic certificate based on the parameters.

When receiving the electronic certificate creation request, the merchant management platform may respond to the electronic certificate creation request, so as to provide the service of creating the target electronic certificate to the target merchant.

Specifically, the initial applicable store group corresponding to the target merchant may be acquired, and it may be determined whether the number of stores in the initial applicable store group exceeds the threshold.

If the number of stores in the initial applicable store group is determined not to exceed the threshold value, the target electronic certificate can be created directly based on the parameters, and the association relationship between the target electronic certificate and the initial applicable store group is stored; at this time, the initial applicable store group is the target applicable store group.

Step 508: if the number of stores in the initial applicable store group exceeds the threshold value, performing grouping processing on the stores in the initial store use group based on the threshold value to obtain a plurality of subgroups; wherein the number of stores in any subgroup does not exceed the threshold.

Step 509: and creating the target electronic certificate based on the parameters, and storing the association relationship between the target electronic certificate and any subgroup.

Step 510: initiating the applicable store addition request based on the remaining subgroups to add stores in the remaining subgroups to the target applicable store group, respectively.

If it is determined that the number of stores in the initial group of available stores exceeds the threshold, the initial group of available stores may be first grouped based on the threshold to obtain a plurality of subgroups.

Under the condition of obtaining the plurality of subgroups, the target electronic certificate can be created based on the parameters, and the association relationship between the target electronic certificate and any subgroup in the plurality of subgroups is stored; at this time, the sub-group is the target applicable store group.

Subsequently, the applicable store addition request may be initiated based on the remaining subgroups so as to add stores of the remaining subgroups to the target applicable store group, respectively.

In one embodiment, after all stores in the initial applicable store group are added to the target applicable store group, a notification message of successful addition may be sent to the client corresponding to the target merchant to remind the target merchant that the target merchant successfully created the target electronic certificate and configure the initial applicable store for the target electronic certificate.

It should be noted that the description does not limit the timing sequence of steps 501-510.

Referring to fig. 7, fig. 7 is a flowchart illustrating another electronic certificate updating method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

In conjunction with the business system shown in fig. 1, the electronic certificate updating method may be applied to a client corresponding to the target merchant in the business system; the electronic certificate updating method can comprise the following steps:

step 701: and sending an electronic certificate acquisition request to a merchant management platform, wherein the merchant management platform maintains an affiliation between a merchant and an electronic certificate, and the electronic certificate acquisition request comprises an identifier corresponding to the target merchant, so that the merchant management platform determines a plurality of electronic certificates affiliated to the target merchant based on the affiliation and returns identifiers corresponding to the electronic certificates respectively.

If the target merchant creates a plurality of electronic certificates on the merchant management platform, in order to determine the target electronic certificate from the plurality of electronic certificates, the merchant management platform may maintain an affiliation between the merchant and the electronic certificate, so that the target electronic certificate may be determined through the affiliation. If there is an affiliation between a merchant and an electronic credential, the electronic credential is provided to the user by the merchant.

Specifically, the target merchant may initiate an electronic certificate acquisition request through a client corresponding to the target merchant; the electronic certificate acquisition request can comprise an identifier corresponding to the target merchant; wherein the identification can be used to uniquely identify the targeted merchant.

Subsequently, the merchant management platform may send the identifiers respectively corresponding to the plurality of electronic certificates to the client corresponding to the target merchant.

Step 702: and obtaining a target electronic voucher selected by the target merchant from the plurality of electronic vouchers, and sending an applicable store addition request to the merchant management platform, wherein the merchant management platform maintains an association relationship between the electronic voucher and an applicable store group, and the applicable store addition request comprises an identifier corresponding to the target electronic voucher, so that the merchant management platform responds to the applicable store addition request, determines a target applicable store group associated with the target electronic voucher based on the association relationship, and obtains an additional applicable store group corresponding to the target merchant, so as to add stores in the additional applicable store group to the target applicable store group when determining that the number of stores in the additional applicable store group does not exceed a preset threshold value.

The client corresponding to the target merchant can display the identifications corresponding to the electronic certificates and returned by the merchant management platform to the target merchant, so that the target merchant can distinguish the electronic certificates through the identifications corresponding to the electronic certificates, and the electronic certificate serving as the target electronic certificate is selected from the electronic certificates through the client.

The client corresponding to the target merchant may construct an applicable store addition request for the target merchant based on the identifier corresponding to the electronic certificate selected by the target merchant, and send the applicable store addition request to the merchant management platform, so that the merchant management platform may determine the electronic certificate selected by the target merchant as the target electronic certificate.

The merchant management platform can provide the service of adding the applicable store for the target merchant when the merchant management platform obtains the applicable store addition request.

When the additional applicable store group is obtained, it may be determined whether the number of stores in the additional applicable store group exceeds a preset threshold value; the threshold may be preset by a technician according to actual needs, or may be a default value, which is not limited in this specification.

The applicable store addition request is classified into two types. The applicable store additional request is sent by the client, wherein the applicable store additional request comprises an identifier corresponding to the target electronic certificate; the target electronic credential comprises an electronic credential selected by the target merchant from the plurality of electronic credentials; the other type is the applicable store additional request initiated by the merchant management platform.

In one embodiment, the merchant management platform may further perform grouping processing on the additional applicable store group based on the threshold value to obtain a plurality of subgroups when it is determined that the number of stores in the additional applicable store group exceeds the threshold value, where the number of stores in any subgroup does not exceed the threshold value, and initiate the applicable store addition request based on each subgroup to add stores in the plurality of subgroups to the target applicable store group.

In one embodiment shown, the merchant management platform may also maintain affiliations between merchants and stores; the client corresponding to the target merchant may further: receiving identifications which are sent by the merchant management platform and respectively correspond to a plurality of stores which belong to the target merchant and are not in the target applicable store group; wherein the number of stores is determined by the merchant management platform based on the affiliation; and acquiring a store selected by the target merchant from the plurality of stores, and sending an identifier corresponding to the store to the merchant management platform, so that the merchant management platform determines the store as a store in the additional applicable store group.

In an embodiment shown, the client corresponding to the target merchant may further: sending an electronic certificate creation request to the merchant management platform, wherein the electronic certificate creation request comprises a parameter corresponding to the target electronic certificate, so that the merchant management platform acquires an initial applicable store group corresponding to the target merchant in response to the electronic certificate creation request, creates the target electronic certificate based on the parameter when the number of stores in the initial applicable store group is determined not to exceed the threshold value, and stores the association relationship between the target electronic certificate and the initial applicable store group.

In an embodiment shown in the above, the merchant management platform may further perform, when it is determined that the number of stores in the initial applicable store group exceeds the threshold, a grouping process on the stores in the initial store usage group based on the threshold to obtain a plurality of subgroups, where the number of stores in any subgroup does not exceed the threshold, create the target electronic certificate based on the parameter, store an association relationship between the target electronic certificate and any subgroup, and initiate the applicable store addition request based on the remaining subgroups to add the stores in the remaining subgroups to the target applicable store group, respectively.

In one embodiment shown, the merchant management platform may also maintain affiliations between merchants and stores; the client corresponding to the target merchant may further: sending a store acquisition request to the merchant management platform, wherein the store acquisition request comprises an identifier corresponding to the target merchant, so that the merchant management platform determines a plurality of stores subordinate to the target merchant based on the affiliation in response to the store acquisition request, and returns identifiers corresponding to the plurality of stores respectively; and acquiring stores selected by the target merchant from the plurality of stores, and sending identifications corresponding to the stores to the merchant management platform, so that the merchant management platform determines the stores as stores in the initial applicable store group.

In an embodiment shown, the client corresponding to the target merchant may further: and receiving a notification message that the target electronic certificate is successfully created and the returned identification of the target electronic certificate, which are sent by the merchant management platform after storing the association relationship between the target electronic certificate and the initial applicable store group.

In one illustrated embodiment, the electronic voucher includes an electronic coupon.

In one illustrated embodiment, the merchant management platform comprises a SaaS platform.

For a specific implementation of the electronic certificate updating method shown in fig. 7, reference may be made to the electronic certificate updating methods shown in fig. 2 to fig. 6, which are not described in detail herein.

Corresponding to the embodiment of the electronic certificate updating method, the specification also provides an embodiment of an electronic certificate updating device.

The embodiment of the electronic certificate updating device in the specification can be applied to electronic equipment. The device embodiments may be implemented by software, or by hardware, or by a combination of hardware and software. Taking a software implementation as an example, as a logical device, the device is formed by reading, by a processor of the electronic device where the device is located, a corresponding computer program instruction in the nonvolatile memory into the memory for operation. From a hardware aspect, as shown in fig. 8, the hardware structure diagram of the electronic device where the electronic credential updating apparatus is located in this specification is shown, except for the processor, the memory, the network interface, and the nonvolatile memory shown in fig. 8, the electronic device where the apparatus is located in the embodiment may also include other hardware according to the actual function that is usually created by the electronic credential, which is not described again.

Referring to fig. 9, fig. 9 is a block diagram of an electronic certificate updating apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. The electronic certificate updating apparatus 90 can be applied to the electronic device shown in fig. 8; the electronic device can be used as a merchant management platform; the merchant management platform maintains the association relationship between the electronic certificate and the applicable store group; the electronic certificate updating apparatus 90 may include:

a first obtaining module 901, configured to obtain an applicable store additional request for a target merchant; wherein the applicable store appending request comprises an identifier corresponding to the target electronic certificate;

a first determining module 902, configured to determine a target applicable store group associated with the target electronic certificate based on the association relationship;

a second obtaining module 903, configured to obtain an additional applicable store group corresponding to the target merchant;

a second determining module 904, configured to determine whether the number of stores in the additional applicable store group exceeds a preset threshold;

a first adding module 905 configured to add the stores in the additional applicable store group to the target applicable store group when the number of the stores in the additional applicable store group does not exceed the threshold.

In this embodiment, the apparatus 90 may further include:

a first grouping module, configured to, when the number of stores in the additional applicable store group exceeds the threshold, perform grouping processing on the additional applicable store group based on the threshold to obtain a plurality of subgroups; wherein the number of stores in any subgroup does not exceed the threshold;

a second adding module, configured to initiate the applicable store adding request based on each subgroup, so as to add stores in the subgroups to the target applicable store group respectively.

In this embodiment, the merchant management platform maintains an affiliation between the merchant and the electronic voucher;

the apparatus 90 may further comprise:

the first receiving module is used for receiving an electronic certificate acquisition request sent by a client corresponding to the target merchant; wherein the electronic certificate acquisition request comprises an identification corresponding to the target merchant;

the first sending module is used for determining a plurality of electronic certificates belonging to the target merchant based on the affiliation and sending identifications corresponding to the electronic certificates to the client side;

the first obtaining module may specifically be configured to:

receiving the applicable store additional request sent by the client; wherein the target electronic credential comprises an electronic credential selected by the target merchant from the number of electronic credentials.

In this embodiment, the merchant management platform also maintains the affiliation between the merchant and the store;

the second obtaining module may specifically be configured to:

determining a plurality of stores which belong to the target merchant and are not in the target applicable store group based on the affiliation, and sending identifications respectively corresponding to the plurality of stores to the client corresponding to the target merchant;

and receiving an identification which is sent by the client and corresponds to a store selected from the plurality of stores by the target merchant, and determining the store as a store in the additionally applicable store group.

In this embodiment, the apparatus 90 may further include:

the second receiving module is used for receiving an electronic certificate creating request sent by a client corresponding to the target merchant; wherein the electronic certificate creation request comprises a parameter corresponding to the target electronic certificate;

the third acquisition module is used for acquiring an initial applicable store group corresponding to the target merchant;

a third determination module for determining whether the number of stores in the initial set of available stores exceeds the threshold;

a first creating module, configured to create the target electronic certificate based on the parameter and store an association relationship between the target electronic certificate and the initial applicable store group when the number of stores in the initial applicable store group does not exceed the threshold.

In this embodiment, the apparatus 90 may further include:

the second grouping module is used for grouping the stores in the initial store use group based on the threshold value to obtain a plurality of subgroups when the number of the stores in the initial applicable store group exceeds the threshold value; wherein the number of stores in any subgroup does not exceed the threshold;

the second creating module is used for creating the target electronic certificate based on the parameters and storing the incidence relation between the target electronic certificate and any subgroup;

a third adding module, configured to initiate the applicable store adding request based on the remaining subgroups, so as to add stores in the remaining subgroups to the target applicable store group respectively.

In the embodiment, the merchant management platform maintains the affiliation between the merchant and the store;

the apparatus 90 may further comprise:

the third receiving module is used for receiving the store obtaining request sent by the client; wherein the store acquisition request includes an identification corresponding to the target merchant;

the second sending module is used for determining a plurality of stores subordinate to the target merchant based on the affiliation and sending identifications respectively corresponding to the stores to the client;

a fourth receiving module, configured to receive an identifier sent by the client and corresponding to a store selected by the target merchant from the plurality of stores, and determine the store as a store in the initial applicable store group.

In this embodiment, the apparatus 90 may further include:

and a third sending module, configured to send a notification message that the target electronic credential is successfully created to the client after storing the association relationship between the target electronic credential and the initial applicable store group, and return the identifier of the target electronic credential to the client.

In this embodiment, the electronic voucher includes an electronic coupon.

In this embodiment, the merchant management platform includes a SaaS platform.

Referring to fig. 10, fig. 10 is a block diagram of an electronic certificate updating apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. The electronic certificate updating apparatus 100 can be applied to the electronic device shown in fig. 8; the electronic equipment can be used as a client corresponding to a target merchant; the electronic certificate updating apparatus 100 may include:

a first sending module 1001, configured to send an electronic certificate acquisition request to a merchant management platform, where the merchant management platform maintains an affiliation between a merchant and an electronic certificate, and the electronic certificate acquisition request includes an identifier corresponding to the target merchant, so that the merchant management platform determines, based on the affiliation, a plurality of electronic certificates affiliated to the target merchant, and returns identifiers corresponding to the plurality of electronic certificates, respectively;

a second sending module 1002, configured to obtain a target electronic credential selected by the target merchant from the plurality of electronic credentials, and send an applicable store addition request to the merchant management platform, where the merchant management platform maintains an association relationship between the electronic credential and an applicable store group, and the applicable store addition request includes an identifier corresponding to the target electronic credential, so that the merchant management platform, in response to the applicable store addition request, determines a target applicable store group associated with the target electronic credential based on the association relationship, and obtains an additional applicable store group corresponding to the target merchant, so as to add the stores in the additional applicable store group to the target applicable store group when it is determined that the number of stores in the additional applicable store group does not exceed a preset threshold.

In this embodiment, the second sending module 1002 may specifically be configured to:

obtaining a target electronic voucher selected by the target merchant from the plurality of electronic vouchers, and sending an applicable store addition request to the merchant management platform, wherein the applicable store addition request includes an identifier corresponding to the target electronic voucher, so that the merchant management platform determines a target applicable store group associated with the target electronic voucher based on the association relationship in response to the applicable store addition request, and obtains an additional applicable store group corresponding to the target merchant, so that when it is determined that the number of stores in the additional applicable store group does not exceed a preset threshold value, stores in the additional applicable store group are added to the target applicable store group, and when it is determined that the number of stores in the additional applicable store group exceeds the threshold value, the additional applicable store group is grouped based on the threshold value, obtaining a plurality of subgroups, wherein the number of stores in any subgroup does not exceed the threshold, and initiating the applicable store addition request based on each subgroup to add stores in the plurality of subgroups to the target applicable store group, respectively.

the apparatus 100 may further include:

the first receiving module is used for receiving identifications which are sent by the merchant management platform and respectively correspond to a plurality of stores which belong to the target merchant and are not in the target applicable store group; wherein the number of stores is determined by the merchant management platform based on the affiliation;

and a third sending module, configured to acquire a store selected by the target merchant from the plurality of stores, and send an identifier corresponding to the store to the merchant management platform, so that the merchant management platform determines the store as a store in the additional applicable store group.

In this embodiment, the apparatus 100 may further include:

a fourth sending module, configured to send an electronic certificate creation request to the merchant management platform, where the electronic certificate creation request includes a parameter corresponding to the target electronic certificate, so that the merchant management platform obtains, in response to the electronic certificate creation request, an initial applicable store group corresponding to the target merchant, creates the target electronic certificate based on the parameter when it is determined that the number of stores in the initial applicable store group does not exceed the threshold, and stores an association relationship between the target electronic certificate and the initial applicable store group.

In this embodiment, the fourth sending module may specifically be configured to:

sending an electronic certificate creation request to the merchant management platform; wherein the electronic certificate creation request comprises a parameter corresponding to the target electronic certificate, so that the merchant management platform obtains an initial applicable store group corresponding to the target merchant in response to the electronic certificate creation request, to create the target electronic certificate based on the parameter and store an association relationship between the target electronic certificate and the initial applicable store group when determining that the number of stores in the initial applicable store group does not exceed the threshold, and to group stores in the initial applicable store group based on the threshold to obtain a plurality of subgroups when determining that the number of stores in the initial applicable store group does not exceed the threshold, wherein the number of stores in any subgroup does not exceed the threshold, to create the target electronic certificate based on the parameter and store an association relationship between the target electronic certificate and any subgroup, initiating the applicable store addition request based on the remaining subgroups to add stores in the remaining subgroups to the target applicable store group, respectively.

the apparatus 100 may further include:

a fifth sending module, configured to send a store obtaining request to the merchant management platform, where the store obtaining request includes an identifier corresponding to the target merchant, so that the merchant management platform, in response to the store obtaining request, determines, based on the affiliation, a plurality of stores that belong to the target merchant, and returns identifiers corresponding to the plurality of stores, respectively;

a sixth sending module, configured to obtain a store selected by the target merchant from the plurality of stores, and send an identifier corresponding to the store to the merchant management platform, so that the merchant management platform determines the store as a store in the initial applicable store group.

In this embodiment, the apparatus 100 further includes:

and a second receiving module, configured to receive a notification message that the target electronic credential is successfully created and a returned identifier of the target electronic credential, which are sent by the merchant management platform after storing the association relationship between the target electronic credential and the initial applicable store group.

In this embodiment, the electronic voucher includes an electronic coupon.

In this embodiment, the merchant management platform includes a SaaS platform.

The implementation process of the functions and actions of each module in the above device is specifically described in the implementation process of the corresponding step in the above method, and is not described herein again.

For the device embodiments, since they substantially correspond to the method embodiments, reference may be made to the partial description of the method embodiments for relevant points. The above-described embodiments of the apparatus are merely illustrative, wherein the modules described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate, and the parts displayed as modules may or may not be physical modules, may be located in one place, or may be distributed on a plurality of network modules. Some or all of the modules can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution in the specification. One of ordinary skill in the art can understand and implement it without inventive effort.

The systems, devices, modules or units illustrated in the above embodiments may be implemented by a computer chip or an entity, or by a product with certain functions. A typical implementation device is a computer, which may take the form of a personal computer, laptop computer, cellular telephone, camera phone, smart phone, personal digital assistant, media player, navigation device, email messaging device, game console, tablet computer, wearable device, or a combination of any of these devices.

In a typical configuration, a computer includes one or more processors (CPUs), input/output interfaces, network interfaces, and memory.

The memory may include forms of volatile memory in a computer readable medium, Random Access Memory (RAM) and/or non-volatile memory, such as Read Only Memory (ROM) or flash memory (flash RAM). Memory is an example of a computer-readable medium.

Computer-readable media, including both non-transitory and non-transitory, removable and non-removable media, may implement information storage by any method or technology. The information may be computer readable instructions, data structures, modules of a program, or other data. Examples of computer storage media include, but are not limited to, phase change memory (PRAM), Static Random Access Memory (SRAM), Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), other types of Random Access Memory (RAM), Read Only Memory (ROM), Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EEPROM), flash memory or other memory technology, compact disc read only memory (CD-ROM), Digital Versatile Discs (DVD) or other optical storage, magnetic cassettes, magnetic disk storage, quantum memory, graphene-based storage media or other magnetic storage devices, or any other non-transmission medium that can be used to store information that can be accessed by a computing device. As defined herein, a computer readable medium does not include a transitory computer readable medium such as a modulated data signal and a carrier wave.

It should also be noted that the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

The foregoing description has been directed to specific embodiments of this disclosure. Other embodiments are within the scope of the following claims. In some cases, the actions or steps recited in the claims may be performed in a different order than in the embodiments and still achieve desirable results. In addition, the processes depicted in the accompanying figures do not necessarily require the particular order shown, or sequential order, to achieve desirable results. In some embodiments, multitasking and parallel processing may also be possible or may be advantageous.

The terminology used in the description of the one or more embodiments is for the purpose of describing the particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the description of the one or more embodiments. As used in one or more embodiments of the present specification and the appended claims, the singular forms "a," "an," and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It should also be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein refers to and encompasses any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

It should be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used in one or more embodiments of the present description to describe various information, such information should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one type of information from another. For example, first information may also be referred to as second information, and similarly, second information may also be referred to as first information, without departing from the scope of one or more embodiments herein. The word "if" as used herein may be interpreted as "at … …" or "when … …" or "in response to a determination", depending on the context.

The above description is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, and is not intended to limit the scope of the one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, and any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the one or more embodiments of the present disclosure should be included in the scope of the one or more embodiments of the present disclosure.

Claims

1. An electronic certificate updating method is applied to a merchant management platform; the merchant management platform maintains the association relationship between the electronic certificate and the applicable store group; the method comprises the following steps:

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

if the number of stores in the additional applicable store group exceeds the threshold value, grouping the additional applicable store group based on the threshold value to obtain a plurality of subgroups; wherein the number of stores in any subgroup does not exceed the threshold;

initiating the applicable store addition request based on each subgroup to add stores in the subgroups to the target applicable store group, respectively.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an electronic certificate creating request sent by a client corresponding to the target merchant; wherein the electronic certificate creation request comprises a parameter corresponding to the target electronic certificate;

acquiring an initial applicable store group corresponding to the target merchant;

determining whether the number of stores in the initial set of available stores exceeds the threshold;

if the number of stores in the initial applicable store group does not exceed the threshold, the target electronic certificate is created based on the parameter, and an association relationship between the target electronic certificate and the initial applicable store group is stored.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

if the number of stores in the initial applicable store group exceeds the threshold value, performing grouping processing on the stores in the initial store use group based on the threshold value to obtain a plurality of subgroups; wherein the number of stores in any subgroup does not exceed the threshold;

creating the target electronic certificate based on the parameters, and storing the incidence relation between the target electronic certificate and any subgroup;

initiating the applicable store addition request based on the remaining subgroups to add stores in the remaining subgroups to the target applicable store group, respectively.

5. An electronic certificate updating method is applied to a client corresponding to a target merchant; the method comprises the following steps:

and obtaining a target electronic voucher selected by the target merchant from the plurality of electronic vouchers, and sending an applicable store addition request to the merchant management platform, wherein the merchant management platform maintains an association relationship between the electronic voucher and an applicable store group, and the applicable store addition request comprises an identifier corresponding to the target electronic voucher, so that the merchant management platform responds to the applicable store addition request, determines a target applicable store group associated with the target electronic voucher based on the association relationship, and obtains an additional applicable store group corresponding to the target merchant, so as to add stores in the additional applicable store group to the target applicable store group when determining that the number of stores in the additional applicable store group does not exceed a preset threshold value.

6. The method of claim 5, the obtaining a target electronic credential selected by the target merchant from the plurality of electronic credentials and sending an applicable store append request to the merchant management platform, wherein the applicable store append request includes an identification corresponding to the target electronic credential to cause the merchant management platform to, in response to the applicable store append request, determine a target applicable store group associated with the target electronic credential based on the association, and obtain an additional applicable store group corresponding to the target merchant to add a store of the additional applicable store group to the target applicable store group upon determining that a number of stores of the additional applicable store group does not exceed a preset threshold, comprising:

7. An electronic certificate updating device, which is applied to a merchant management platform; the merchant management platform maintains the association relationship between the electronic certificate and the applicable store group; the device comprises:

8. An electronic certificate updating device, which is applied to a client corresponding to a target merchant; the device comprises:

and a second sending module, configured to obtain a target electronic credential selected by the target merchant from the plurality of electronic credentials, and send an applicable store addition request to the merchant management platform, where the merchant management platform maintains an association relationship between the electronic credential and an applicable store group, and the applicable store addition request includes an identifier corresponding to the target electronic credential, so that the merchant management platform, in response to the applicable store addition request, determines a target applicable store group associated with the target electronic credential based on the association relationship, and obtains an additional applicable store group corresponding to the target merchant, so as to add the stores in the additional applicable store group to the target applicable store group when it is determined that the number of stores in the additional applicable store group does not exceed a preset threshold.

9. An electronic device, comprising:

a processor;

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor implements the method of any of claims 1-4 or 5-6 by executing the executable instructions.

10. A computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer instructions which, when executed by a processor, implement the method of any one of claims 1-4 or 5-6.