KR101153518B1 - A method for providing an on-line shopping search service and a system thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing an online shopping retrieval service, and more particularly, to information about a product registrant, a product registered by the product registrant, and a seller who wants to sell the registered product. The present invention relates to a method and system for providing an online shopping retrieval service for constructing a database including a system and performing a series of processes related to the online shopping retrieval service using the database.

In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing an online shopping search service, the method comprising: maintaining a product database including a record of a product registered by a product registrant or a record of product information associated with the identification information, wherein the identification information is stored in the Including a product registrant identifier or a product identifier for the product), providing a seller with a user interface for selecting the product identifier with reference to the product database, and receiving a selection input for the product identifier from the seller. Step, recording the seller identifier for the seller, the URL information of the product sales web page registered by the seller and the cost information received from the seller in the product database in association with the selected product identifier, search query from the user Receiving the input; searching the product information corresponding to the search query or the URL information of the product sales web page associated with the product information by referring to the product database; and searching the product according to the cost information associated with the retrieved product information. And sorting the product information or the URL information to generate a search result list, and providing the generated search result list to the user.

According to the method and system for providing an online shopping search service according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a user with a systematic and comprehensive search service for each product sold in one or more online shopping malls brokered according to the present invention.

Online shopping, search services, product registrants, sellers, product databases

Description

METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN ON-LINE SHOPPING SEARCH SERVICE AND A SYSTEM THEREOF

1 is a diagram illustrating a network connection of a system for providing an online shopping search service according to one embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing an online shopping search service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram showing an example of data recorded in a product database according to one embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of maintaining a product database according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user interface according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for one example of a user interface provided to enable a seller to input a search query for searching for a product according to one embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a web page provided with an online shopping search service according to one embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing an online shopping search service according to another embodiment of the present invention.

9 is a flowchart illustrating a process of generating a product sales web page and performing payment through the embodiment according to the present invention.

10 is a block diagram showing a system for providing an online shopping search service according to another embodiment of the present invention.

11 is an internal block diagram of a general purpose computer device that may be employed to perform a method for providing an online shopping search service according to the present invention.

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1000: Online Shopping Search Service Provision System

1001: first database means 1002: second database means

1003: user interface means 1004: database management means

1005: search query input means 1006: search means

1007: means for generating a search result list 1008: means for providing a search result list

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing an online shopping retrieval service, and more particularly, to information about a product registrant, a product registered by the product registrant, and a seller who wants to sell the registered product. The present invention relates to a method and system for providing an online shopping retrieval service for constructing a database including a systematically and performing a series of processes related to the online shopping retrieval service using the database.

As the Internet has become widespread, product sellers have established an online virtual market called an online shopping mall, and Internet users can purchase through the virtual market without visiting a distributor who sells a specific product or goods they want to purchase. It became. With the emergence of such online shopping malls, time and money can be saved due to the form of direct purchase such as direct visits or reservation purchases of users. Due to the advantages of such an online shopping mall, many users use the online shopping mall, and various online shopping malls have appeared.

However, the conventional Internet shopping mall was operated in the form of receiving a product from a product supplier and selling the product directly to a buyer on the Internet. However, in this type of internet shopping mall, a product supplier must make an effort to enter the internet shopping mall by individually contacting a plurality of internet shopping malls, and the operator of the internet shopping mall also determines a product to be sold in the internet shopping mall There was a problem that it was cumbersome because the process of contracting with the supplier of goods to supply the company was not unified.

In order to solve this problem, Korean Patent Application No. 10-2001-0074164 (Publication No. 2003-0043144) is a merchandising system that can broker a merchandise supplier supplying a product and an internet shopping mall selling the product. ) Is disclosed.                         

The merchandising system includes a plurality of supplier servers for supplying product information through the Internet, a plurality of shopping mall servers for displaying the product information on a web page having a sales channel through the Internet, the plurality of supplier servers and the plurality of shopping malls. The "merchandizing server" that is established through the Internet between the server and connects the supplier server and the shopping mall server to the Internet, the purchase and payment information to the shopping mall server in order to purchase a product corresponding to the product information displayed on the plurality of shopping mall servers It comprises a buyer terminal for transmitting a, and a financial server connected to the buyer terminal, shopping mall server, merchandising server and supplier server through the Internet to perform a payment step.

However, the merchandising system can provide an online place where a product supplier and an operator of an internet shopping mall can contact each other, but they still have the following problems of the related art.

That is, even in the case of using the merchandising system, i) the operator of the internet shopping mall must review each product information provided from the merchandising server, apply for entry, and obtain approval. Ii) A plurality of shopping mall servers and a plurality of suppliers. Even though the server is connected to the merchandising server, the user who wants to purchase the product cannot receive the integrated search service for each product sold by the shopping mall server connected to the merchandising server, iii) one registered by multiple product providers. It is not possible to provide statistical services on the sales status of the above kinds of products and the sales status of the merchandise on the shopping mall server entered through the merchandising server to the merchandise supplier or the operator of the internet shopping mall, iv) each merchandise supplier Product information The process of processing the data in the form of data recorded in the previously supplied product database must be performed by the administrator managing the merchandising server, v) Selling the product for the product even when the operator of the Internet shopping mall selects the product to sell. Problems remain in the conventional Internet shopping mall services, such as the process of producing a page, such that the operator must perform.

In addition, according to the related art, the shopping mall operator who enters the web site operated by the online shopping search service server is charged based on a fixed cost or based on the number of products registered by the shopping mall operator. Accordingly, the shopping mall operator pays the cost regardless of whether the registered product is actually exposed to the user, the number of times the registered product is exposed, or the number of times the registered product is selected from the user (for example, the number of clicks). In this billing method, an imbalance between the shopping mall operator who does not see the effect of entry and the shopping mall operator who gains the entrance effect greatly increases even though the billing method is paid. There was a problem that you can not make a big profit because you can not charge.

Therefore, a regular and integrated database of products registered by a plurality of product registrants is established, and a product registered by a plurality of product registrants or sold by a plurality of sellers to users connected to an online shopping search service server. There has been a demand for the emergence of new technologies that can provide an integrated search service easily and quickly and take a reasonable billing method.

The present invention has been made to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, i) a product database by performing a product registration process by providing a product interface for the product registrant to systematically input the product information for the product Or by constructing a product information database automatically, systematically and in real time, and ii) when the seller selects a product, the information related to the seller or the product can be automatically, systematically and in real time reflected in the product database or the product information database. The present invention aims to provide a method and system for providing a systematic and detailed search service for all kinds of products in an online shopping mall.

In addition, the online shopping search service providing method and system according to the present invention maintains a database for storing and managing a variety of information about products sold in each online shopping mall using a unified directory system, thereby managing the online shopping search service server The aim is to reduce the time and economic losses of doing so.

In addition, the method and system for providing online shopping retrieval service according to the present invention significantly shortens the time required to process the product information to build a database, thereby for all products sold by each store mall to the user who wants to purchase the product. Its purpose is to provide an integrated search service in a short time.                         

In addition, the method and system for providing an online shopping search service according to the present invention charges the product registrant or the seller based on the number of times the registered product is exposed to the user or the number of times selected from the user, thereby charging for the effect of entry between the shopping mall operators. The purpose of this is to solve the imbalance and to enable the online shopping retrieval service operator to make an effective profit by allowing the shopping mall operator to pay a high price to the store.

In order to achieve the above object and to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, the online shopping search service providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention is the identification information for the goods registered by the product registrant or product information associated with the identification information Maintaining a product database comprising a record for the product (the identification information includes a product registrant identifier for the product registrant or a product identifier for the product), and selects the product identifier to the seller with reference to the product database. Providing a user interface to the user, receiving a selection input for the product identifier from the seller, the seller identifier for the seller, the URL information of the product sales web page registered by the seller and the cost information received from the seller The above selected items Recording in the product database in association with an identifier, receiving a search query from a user, and searching product information corresponding to the search query or URL information of a product sales web page associated with the product information by referring to the product database And sorting the searched product information or the URL information according to the cost information associated with the searched product information to generate a search result list, and providing the generated search result list to the user. It is characterized by including.

In addition, the online shopping search service providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention is a first database means for maintaining a product database comprising a record including a field for a product registrant identifier, a product identifier, or a seller identifier, the product Second database means for maintaining a product information database comprising product information associated with the identifier, URL information of the product sales web page associated with the seller identifier, and cost information, and selecting the product to the seller using the product identifier or product information Means for providing a user interface for recording a user identifier for the seller in association with the product identifier associated with the product selected by the seller in the first database means, the product associated with the merchant identifier Database management means for recording URL information of the sales web page and cost information received from the seller into the second database means, search query input means for receiving a search query from a user, and the search query with reference to the second database means Search means for retrieving product information corresponding to or URL information of a product sales web page associated with the product information; sorting the retrieved product information or the URL information according to the cost information with reference to the second database means Search result list generating means for generating a search result list, and search result list providing means for providing the generated search result list to the user.

Hereinafter, a method and system for providing an online shopping search service according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a diagram illustrating a network connection of an online shopping search service providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. The online shopping search service providing system 100 is connected to a product registrant's terminal 110, a seller's shopping mall server 120, or a user's terminal 130 through a wired or wireless communication network.

As used herein, the term 'product registrant' refers to a subject who registers a predetermined product in an online shopping search service providing system and is responsible for logistics such as delivery of the product, and the term 'seller' refers to the online shopping. A subject that selects a product registered in a search service providing system and sells the product through a predetermined online shopping mall. One subject may act as a product registrant or seller, and the seller may sell the goods secured to another route that is not through the online shopping search service providing system.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing an online shopping search service according to an embodiment of the present invention. The online shopping search service providing method according to the present embodiment may be performed by a predetermined online shopping search service providing system.

In step 201, the online shopping retrieval service providing system maintains a product database including a record of the product registered by the product registrant or a record of the product information associated with the identification information.                     

The identification information is identification information of a product registered by a product registrant and includes a product registrant identifier for the product registrant or a product identifier for the product. In addition, the product database may further include a record associated with the seller identifier.

The product information is information related to the product, and may include price information on the product, a category to which the product belongs, and information on image data of the product. A more detailed description of the product information will be described later.

3 is a diagram showing an example of data recorded in the product database. FIG. 3A shows a record for identification information, FIG. 3B shows a record for product information associated with a product identifier (or identification information), FIG. 3C shows a seller identifier associated with a product identifier (or identification information), the URL of a product sale web page. Records of information and cost information received from the seller are shown. The structure of the product database (field or record structure) shown in FIG. 3 is exemplary, and the identification information, the product registrant identifier, the product identifier, the product information, the seller identifier, the URL information of the product sales web page, or the cost information. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various methods of constructing a database that can efficiently express relationships can be selected.

A step 201 of maintaining the product database will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 4.

In step 401, the online shopping search service providing system records and maintains a product registration register for specifying each product in a product registration database database for each product. The product registration unit may be a conventional product registration unit electronically documented.

The product registration book is used to specify the product for each product. For example, among the digital cameras manufactured by Casio, product registration sources exist for each model such as 'Exilim EX M1', 'Exilim EX M2', 'Exilim EX Z3', and 'Exilim EX Z4'.

Table 1 shows an example of the product registration book for 'Exilim EX M1'.

In step 402, the online shopping search service providing system provides a first user interface for selecting a product register by referring to the product register database. Before performing step 402, the online shopping search service providing system may allow a person who wants to register a product to perform a product registrant registration procedure or an authentication procedure. The product registrant identifier may be assigned to the product registrant in the subscription procedure.

For example, a web page as shown in FIG. 5 may be used for the first user interface.

The online shopping retrieval service providing system provides a web page as shown in FIG. 5A to a product registrant. When the product registrant clicks on the 'product category selection' button (reference numeral 501), the online shopping search service providing system displays a web page for selecting a category type as shown in FIG. 5B. Can be provided to The online shopping search service providing system provides a product registration unit belonging to the category or a sub-category of the category when the product registrant selects a predetermined category by a mouse click or the like, whereby the product registrant registers the product in a category search method. You can make it searchable.

In addition, the online shopping search service providing system, as indicated by reference numerals 502 and 503 of FIG. 5A, may allow a product registrant to search for a product registration unit using a product model name or a manufacturer of the product. In addition, although not shown, the online shopping search service providing system may be able to search for a product registration unit by a keyword search method.

When a search query is input from a product registrant in the search method as described above, the online shopping search service providing system searches for a product register corresponding to the search query and generates a search result list for the searched product register. The generated search result list may be provided to the product registrant as indicated by reference numeral 504. The product registrant clicks the 'view description' button (reference numeral 505) to view the product registration register (or description of the product registration ledger), and then selects the 'select' button (drawing reference numeral 506). The desired product registration book can be selected by clicking with the mouse (step 403).

On the other hand, if there is no product registration book corresponding to the search result as a result of the search, the online shopping search service providing system may provide a user interface for registering the product registration book to the product registrant. At this time, in order to prevent a plurality of product registration units exist or unnecessary product registration unit for the same product, the administrator of the online shopping search service providing system before registering the product registration unit input from the product registrant The process of inspecting the product registration book may be performed.

In operation 403, the product registrant inputs product information about a product to be registered.

However, when the product registration book as described in Table 1 is selected, the product registrant may use the product information (eg, 'pixel number') already included in the product registration book and input only additional product information. have.

The product information includes a price of the product, a category to which the product belongs, image data of the product, whether the product is a genuine product, whether an after-sale service is available for the product, and the after-sales service is free. Whether the product is paid or not, the size or color of the product, the quantity of the product supplied, the delivery information, the registration period of the product, whether to give a gift or point to the buyer who purchased the product, and pay when purchasing the product Information on the method (whether payment by credit card, installment payment, etc.) may be included. The online shopping retrieval service providing system uses the information contained in the selected product registration unit as it is, from the product registrant, for the category to which the product belongs, the image data of the product, and the size or color of the product among the product information. It may not be input.

In step 404, the online shopping search service providing system generates a product identifier by using the selected product registration unit and the input product information. That is, the online shopping search service providing system generates a product identifier associated with the selected product registration unit and the input product information.

In step 405, the online shopping search service providing system generates a product registrant identifier for identifying the product registrant or identification information including the product identifier.

In step 406, the online shopping search service providing system registers a record including the generated identification information and the product information in the product database. In addition, the online shopping search service providing system does not duplicate the product information recorded in the product registration unit database in association with the product registration unit in the product database, the merchandise included in the selected product registration unit Only the relationship with the selected product registration book may be recorded in the product database so that the information can be queried.

Referring to FIG. 3A, the product registrant 'wisjjang' registers three kinds of products each identified by the product identifiers 'a11112', 'a11113', and 'a11114'. The product identified by the product identifier 'a11112' (hereinafter referred to as' product 'a11112') may be a different kind of product from the product 'a11113'. For example, the product 'a11112' may be a garment, and the product 'a11113' may be a refrigerator.

In addition, the product 'a11112' and the product 'a11113' are products of the same kind, that is, products associated with the same product registration book, and only product information may be different. For example, the product 'a11112' is a digital camera 'Exilim EX M1' and the price is 460,000 won, and the product is shipped for a fee, and the product 'a11113' is a digital camera 'Exilim EX M1' free of charge but the price is 470,000 won. And it may be a commodity that provides a free gift.

On the other hand, the present embodiment includes generating a product registrant identifier or identification information including the product identifier, it is also possible to use the product registrant identifier or product identifier, respectively, without generating the identification information.

Through the above process, a product database such as shown in FIG. 3A or 3B can be constructed, and the record of the seller identifier, the URL information of the product sales web page, and the cost information as shown in FIG. The construction process will be described later.

In step 202, the online shopping search service providing system provides a second user interface for selecting a product (correctly a product identifier) to a seller by referring to the product database. Before performing step 202, the online shopping search service providing system may allow a person who wants to select a product to perform a seller registration procedure or an authentication procedure. The seller identifier may be given to the seller in the subscription procedure.

For example, the online shopping search service providing system may enable the seller to select a product by using keyword search or category search. In addition, it is also desirable to be able to search using a suitable search query for each category. For example, when the seller selects a digital camera category, the online shopping search service providing system may provide the seller with a web page for inputting a search query as shown in FIG. 6.

As indicated by reference numeral 601, the online shopping search service providing system allows a seller to select a 'digital camera' category by a category search method, and the desired digital camera is easily selected in the 'dica' category. The seller may be provided with a user interface for entering a search query as indicated by reference numeral 602 for searching.

The user interface as indicated by reference numeral 602 may be determined differently for each category. For example, in the 'dress' category, the user interface may be 'one piece / two piece / three piece', 'size', or 'price'. A user interface may be set for inputting a selection of the data.                     

When the seller clicks on the 'type' button (Fig. 603), the online shopping search service providing system enables the user to select the type of digital camera as shown in FIG. When the seller selects 'general type' by mouse click or the like, the merchandise information list for the general type digital camera is provided to the seller among the product information recorded in the merchandise database.

The seller checks the provided product information list and selects a product identifier associated with the product information (step 203). Specifically, when the seller selects predetermined product information from the product information list, a product identifier associated with the product information may be selected.

As described with reference to FIG. 4, the system for providing online shopping search service implements the first user interface to 1) register a product for each product register and 2) input product information formulated for each category. In the product database, data such as product information may be systematically recorded.

Accordingly, the online shopping search service providing system may easily input various search queries for each category by referring to the product database and provide accurate search results to the seller.

In step 204, the online shopping search service providing system associates the seller identifier for the seller, the URL information of the product sale webpage registered by the seller, and the cost information received from the seller with the selected product identifier in association with the product database. To record.

Here, the URL information is URL information of a product sale page for selling a product associated with the product identifier among product sale pages provided by the shopping mall server of the seller.

In addition, the cost information may be paid to the operator of the online shopping search service relaying the seller selects the goods registered in the online shopping search service providing system and sells the selected goods through a predetermined online shopping mall, or It may mean information about a predetermined fee or fee to be paid. In addition, the cost information may mean a predetermined advertising cost paid or due to the operator of the online shopping search service in order to advertise the online shopping mall operated by the seller.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the online shopping search service providing system performs a step of receiving information about a selling period of a product associated with the selected product identifier from the seller, and the cost information is based on the selling period. Provided is an online shopping search service providing method characterized in that is determined. The cost information may be determined according to bid information received from one or more sellers. According to this embodiment, the seller can pay the cost according to the length and time of selling the product selected by the seller, it is possible to build a more fair and reasonable billing system.

Through this process, a record as shown in FIG. 3C may be generated. In addition, the online shopping search service providing system may record URL information of the product sale page and the cost information in association with the product identifier and the seller identifier.

Hereinafter, a process of providing an online shopping search service to a user with reference to the product database will be described. The online shopping search service providing system may provide a so-called keyword search or category search online shopping search service in which a user may input a search word or select a category to make a search request. In addition, the online shopping search service providing system may provide a user interface as shown in FIG. 6 to a user to input a search query optimized for each category. In step 205, the user inputs a search query to the online shopping search service providing system using the above method or other methods.

In step 206, the online shopping search service providing system searches for the product information corresponding to the search query or the URL information of the product sales web page associated with the product information by referring to the product database.

In operation 207, the online shopping search service providing system generates a search result list by sorting the searched product information or the URL information according to the cost information associated with the searched product information by referring to the product database. . According to an embodiment of the present invention, the online shopping search service providing system may sort the searched product information or the URL information in the ascending or descending order of the cost information in step 207.

In step 208, the online shopping search service providing system sorts the searched product information or the URL information to generate a search result list.

According to such a configuration, the user can access the online shopping search service providing system and receive an integrated online shopping search service for products sold in each online shopping mall.

In the related art, even when an online shopping search service for a product sold in an online shopping mall associated with an online shopping search service providing system is provided to a user, the online shopping search service is provided only for products of some items. It became.

In order to provide the online shopping retrieval service in the same form, the administrator of the online shopping retrieval service providing system according to the related art obtains predetermined product information data including information on the product being sold by the shopping mall server from a database of each shopping mall server. Get provided. However, since the structure of the database provided by each shopping mall server is different for each online shopping mall, the manager may refer to the database manually and the product database necessary for providing the online shopping search service in the online shopping search service providing system. Had to go through the process of building.

However, according to the present invention as described above, in the process of registering the product by the product registrant inputs the product information including the price information about the product, the seller in the process of selecting the registered product, the product database is the online It can be automatically built in the shopping search service providing system.

That is, since a product registrant registers a product using a user interface provided by the online shopping search service providing system, data associated with each product registrant is recorded in the product database in the same or almost similar structure, and thus, the product database. The method of providing an online shopping search service according to the present invention can systematically manage the relationship between a product registrant, product information on a product registered by the product registrant, and a seller who selects the product. The service can be easily provided.

Hereinafter, embodiments of providing a premium service to a product registrant or seller in providing an online shopping search service for a product to a user according to the present invention will be described.

According to the method for providing an online shopping search service according to an embodiment of the present invention, step 206 may include retrieving second product information or second URL information of a product sales web page associated with the second product information. Can be.

Step 207 includes sorting the searched second product information or second URL information to generate a second search result list, and step 208 provides the generated second search result list to the user. And controlling the exposure to a predetermined position on the web page. In addition, step 208 may further include displaying predetermined display information on the generated second search result list.                     

According to the method for providing an online shopping search service according to the present embodiment, an online shopping search service for a product is basically provided, but product information and URL information satisfying a specific criterion are in the form of a list separated from a general search result list. It may be provided to. For example, a special space is created on a web page provided to a user's terminal in a manner of "recommended product space", "recommended shopping mall space", or "sponsored link", and the second search result list is provided in the special space. May be exposed. In addition, while exposing the second search result list in the special space and displaying advertisements such as "AD" as the display information on items included in the second search result list, or "recommended shopping mall" It is also possible to make a recommendation.

Meanwhile, according to the method for providing an online shopping search service according to another embodiment of the present invention, step 206 may include searching for second product information or second URL information of a product sales web page associated with the second product information. And step 208 includes displaying predetermined display information on a specific item included in the generated search result list and providing the user with a search result list on which the predetermined display information is displayed. Here, the specific item means an item associated with the searched second product information or second URL information.

According to the method for providing an online shopping search service according to the present embodiment, an online shopping search service for a product is basically provided, and product information and URL information satisfying a specific criterion are added with predetermined display information in a search result list. May be provided to the user. For example, an advertisement display such as "AD" may be displayed as the display information in the search result list or a recommendation display such as "recommended shopping mall".

7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a web page provided with an online shopping search service according to the above embodiments which may additionally provide a predetermined premium service. As illustrated in FIG. 7, a separate list may be generated for a product provided by a predetermined shopping mall and exposed at the top of a web page where an online shopping search result is provided, and at the same time, display information may be displayed as "AD". It is also possible to expose differently from other lists by adding. In addition, it is possible to make the display form different by displaying "recommended shopping mall" or the like in the general search result list. The web page shown in FIG. 7 is exemplary, and it is natural that a method of efficiently displaying product information and the like may be selected in various ways.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the online shopping search service providing system further performs a step of maintaining a second database including information on the selection input number of times from a second user for the product information or the URL information, The second product information and the second URL information are provided with the online shopping retrieval service providing method, characterized in that the selection input frequency information is product information and URL information of a predetermined value or more. According to the present embodiment, it is possible to preferentially provide the user with the product information or the URL information with a large number of times selected by other users by a method such as a click, thereby providing more popular product information and the like through an online shopping search service. The effect of satisfying the user's desire to receive can be obtained.                     

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the online shopping search service providing system further performs a step of maintaining a second database including the impression number information for the second user of the product information or the URL information, The second product information and the second URL information are provided with the online shopping retrieval service providing method, characterized in that the product information and the URL information that the exposure number of information is a predetermined value or more. According to the present embodiment, since the number of times corresponding to a search query input by other users is large, it is possible to preferentially provide the user with product information or URL information with a high number of times exposed to the other users. Through the service, it is possible to obtain an effect that can satisfy the user's desire to receive more popular product information and the like.

Further, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the online shopping search service providing system is a selection input frequency information from the second user for the product information or the URL information and the second user of the product information or the URL information And maintaining a second database including the impression number information on the second product information, wherein the second product information and the second URL information include the product information having the selected input number information more than a predetermined value compared to the exposure number information; There is provided a method for providing an online shopping search service, which is URL information. According to the present embodiment, the product information or URL information, which is selected by a click or the like, can be preferentially provided to the user, compared to the number of times exposed to other users, and the product information selected by the public at a higher frequency. The effect of satisfying the user's desire to be provided can be obtained.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the online shopping search service providing system is a product selection quantity information from the second user for the product information or the URL information and product sales quantity information for the product associated with the product information The method may further include maintaining a second database including: wherein the second product information and the second URL information are product information and URL information in which the product sales quantity information is more than a predetermined value compared to the selection input frequency information. A method for providing an online shopping search service is provided. Since the product information or the URL information is selected many times, the actual purchase process may not be performed, and according to the present embodiment, the product information related to the product purchased at a higher frequency by the public is preferentially provided. The effect of satisfying the user's desire can be obtained.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the second product information and the second URL information is associated with a product sold by a second seller, the second seller is a seller that has sent more than a predetermined amount of cost information An online shopping search service providing method is provided. The reference amount may be determined in advance by the service operator. According to the present embodiment, sellers who want to provide product information and the like to users preferentially pay a higher amount of money to the service operator, thereby obtaining an effect of maximizing the profit obtained by the service operator. Can be.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, an online shopping search service for sorting and providing online shopping search results according to the number of times the product information is selected by the user, the number of times the product information is exposed to the user, or the number of product sales. A providing method is provided, which will be described below.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing an online shopping search service according to an embodiment of the present invention. The online shopping search service providing method according to the present embodiment is performed by a predetermined online shopping search service providing system.

The online shopping search service providing system performs steps 801 to 809, wherein steps 801 to 803, steps 806, 807, and 809 are respectively shown in FIG. Since it corresponds to steps 201 to 203, step 205, step 206, and step 208, detailed description thereof will be omitted, and other steps will be described.

In step 804, the online shopping search service providing system records a seller identifier of a seller or URL information of a product sale web page registered by the seller in association with a selected product identifier in a product database.

In step 805, the online shopping search service providing system maintains a second database including selection input frequency information from a first user for product information or URL information of a product sales web page associated with the product information.

In operation 808, the online shopping search service providing system generates a search result list by sorting the searched product information or URL information according to the selection input frequency information with reference to the second database.

By performing the above steps, the online shopping retrieval service providing system can provide the second user with product information sorted according to the ascending or descending order of the selection input count information, and the like. Can satisfy the desire of the second user to preferentially be provided.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the selection input number of times information is generated by counting the number of times the product information or URL information of the product sales web page associated with the product information is selected and input from the first user during a predetermined time interval. In operation 808, the online shopping search service providing system sorts only the product information or URL information of the searched product information or the URL information, which is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, by referring to the second database. There is provided a method for providing an online shopping search service, which generates a list of search results. According to the present embodiment, by not including the product information, etc., in which the number of selections for a predetermined period does not reach a predetermined value, the list number of the online shopping search results can be automatically adjusted. As a result, the user may be provided with only an appropriate number of search listings, thereby reducing the time required for searching for desired product information.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the online shopping search service providing system may further include generating charging information for a product registrant or a seller according to the selection input collection information with reference to the second database. A method for providing an online shopping search service is provided. According to the present embodiment, it is possible to charge the product registrant or the seller depending on how much interest the products registered or sold by the user are received by the users, so that a fairer charging system can be established.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing an online shopping search service that sorts and provides the product information according to the number of times that the product information is exposed to the user.

The online shopping retrieval service providing system according to the present embodiment maintains a second database including information on the number of times of exposure of the first user of the product information or the URL information of the product sales web page associated with the product information in step 805. In operation 808, the search result list is sorted by sorting the product information or URL information searched according to the exposure number information by referring to the second database.

By performing the above steps, the online shopping search service providing system can provide the second user with the product information sorted according to the ascending or descending order of the exposure number information, so as to give priority to the product information with the high number of times of exposure. In order to satisfy the desire of the second user to be provided.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the number of exposure information is generated by counting the number of times the product information or the URL information of the product sales web page associated with the product information is exposed to the first user for a predetermined time interval, In operation 808, the online shopping search service providing system sorts only the product information or URL information of which the exposure number information of the searched product information or the URL information is equal to or greater than a predetermined value by referring to the second database, and the search result list. There is provided a method for providing an online shopping search service, characterized in that for generating a. According to the present embodiment, by not including the product information and the like that the number of exposures for a predetermined period does not reach a predetermined value in the search result list, it is possible to automatically adjust the number of listings in the online shopping search results. As a result, the user may be provided with only an appropriate number of search listings, thereby reducing the time required for searching for desired product information.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the online shopping search service providing system may further include generating billing information for a product registrant or a seller according to the impression number information with reference to the second database. An online shopping search service providing method is provided. According to the present embodiment, it is possible to charge the product registrant or the seller according to how much interest is received from the users registered or sold by the user, a more fair billing system can be built.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an online shopping search service providing method for sorting and providing an online shopping search result according to a product sales quantity.

The online shopping retrieval service providing system according to the present embodiment maintains a second database including merchandise sales quantity information on merchandise in association with a seller identifier or URL information of a merchandise sales web page registered by the merchandise in step 805. In step 808, the searched product information or URL information is sorted according to the product sales quantity information by referring to the second database to generate a search result list.                     

By performing the above steps, the online shopping search service providing system can provide the user with the product information sorted according to the ascending or descending order of the product sales quantity information, and the product information associated with the product having the high product sales quantity. The user's desire to be preferentially provided may be satisfied.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the online shopping search service providing system generates a product sales web page in association with a shopping mall site of a seller, and when the purchase is made through this, receives payment information and generates the product sales quantity information. A method for providing an online shopping search service is provided.

9 is a flowchart illustrating a process of generating a product sales web page and performing payment through the embodiment according to the present embodiment. In step 901, the online shopping search service providing system transmits the identification information and the product information associated with the selected product identifier to the shopping mall server providing the shopping mall site of the seller.

In step 902, the online shopping search service providing system generates a product sales web page associated with the shopping mall site for a product associated with the selected product identifier by using the transmitted identification information and product information. In this case, since the identification information and the product information are standardized, a program for automatically generating the product sales web page using the identification information and the product information can be used. In addition, the product information may be displayed on the product sale web page, and the shopping mall server may store the identification information with respect to the product sale web page.

According to this embodiment of the present invention, the merchandise sales web page is generated using the identification information or the merchandise information recorded in the merchandise database as it is. Is recorded, the method for providing an online shopping search service according to the present embodiment can easily provide an online shopping search service for each shopping mall.

Step 903 corresponds to step 804. The online shopping search service providing system records the URL information of the generated product sales web page in a product database.

When a purchase request for a product and a payment for the product are made by a buyer who accesses the product sales web page in step 904, the shopping mall server sends the payment information regarding the payment to the online shopping in step 905. Send to search service provision system. In this case, the payment information includes identification information about the goods and purchase information about the number of purchases of the goods. In addition, the payment information may include information on the purchase price of the goods, information on the shipping destination to which the goods should be delivered.

In this case, the online shopping search service providing system may determine a product registrant who registered a product to be sold on the product sales web page by using the identification information included in the transmitted payment information. In addition, the online shopping search service providing system is how much the product is sold using the purchase information on the number of times the payment information including the identification information of the product is transmitted, the number of purchases of the product included in the payment information It is possible to generate product sales quantity information for.

According to the present embodiment, the online shopping search service providing system may generate product sales ranking information based on the product sales quantity information and store it in a predetermined database. The online shopping search service providing system may sort the searched product information or URL information according to the product sales ranking information, generate a search result list, and provide the same to a user. In this case, the online shopping search service providing system may sort the searched product information or the URL information in ascending or descending order of the product sales ranking information. According to the present exemplary embodiment, by providing the user with product information related to a popular product having a large quantity of sales, etc., the user can more easily provide an online shopping search service providing method for selecting and purchasing a product.

Further, embodiments of the present invention include a computer readable medium having program instructions for performing various computer implemented operations. The program recorded on the computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. The media may be those specially designed and constructed for the purposes of the present invention, or they may be of the kind well-known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts.

Hereinafter, an online shopping search service providing system according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described. 10 is a block diagram showing a system for providing an online shopping search service according to the present embodiment.

The online shopping search service providing system 1000 according to the present embodiment includes a first database means 1001, a second database means 1002, a user interface providing means 1003, a database management means 1004, and a search query input means. 1005, search means 1006, search result list generating means 1007, and search result list providing means 1008.

The first database means 1001 maintains a goods database comprising a record comprising fields for a goods registrant identifier, a goods identifier, or a seller identifier.

The second database means 1002 maintains a product information database comprising product information associated with the product identifier, URL information of a product sales web page associated with the seller identifier, and cost information.

The product registrant identifier is used to identify a product registrant who registers a product by inputting product information into the product information database, and the product identifier is used to identify a product associated with the product information input by the product registrant, The seller identifier is used to identify a seller who sells the selected product by using the product information registered in the product information database.

In addition, the cost information is paid to the operator of the online shopping search service relaying the seller selects the goods registered in the online shopping search service providing system and sells the selected goods through a predetermined online shopping mall. Alternatively, the information may mean information about a predetermined fee or fee to be paid. In addition, the cost information may mean a predetermined advertising cost paid or due to the operator of the online shopping search service in order to advertise the online shopping mall operated by the seller.

The seller can search the product information recorded in the product information database using the user interface provided by the user interface providing means 1003. The user interface providing means 1003 may provide a user interface for the seller to search the product information. In this case, the online shopping search service providing system 1000 further includes a search engine (not shown). As described in the above embodiment, the online shopping search service providing system 1000 may provide a search service of various search methods such as a keyword search method and a category search method, and at this time, the online shopping search service providing system 1000 may search. An engine (not shown) may be further provided.

The seller selects a predetermined product sold under a predetermined condition by referring to the product information inquired using the user interface.

The database management means 1004 records in the first database means 1001 a seller identifier for the seller in association with a product identifier associated with the product selected by the seller, and URL information of the product sales web page associated with the seller identifier. And record the cost information received from the seller in the second database means 1002.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the online shopping search service providing system 1000 may transmit the selected product information, a product identifier associated with the product information, and a product registrant identifier to a shopping mall server of the seller (not shown). The shopping mall server may generate a product sales web page for selling a product associated with the product information by using the product information. In this case, the product identifier or the product registrant identifier is stored in the shopping mall server in association with the product selling web page.

The search query input means 1005 receives a search query from the user through the terminal 1010 of the user, and the search means 1006 refers to the second database means 1002 and the product information corresponding to the search query or the Retrieve URL information of a product sales web page associated with the product information.

The search result list generating means 1007 generates a search result list by sorting the searched product information or the URL information according to the cost information with reference to the second database means 1002, and provides a search result list providing means. 1008 provides the generated search result list to the user through the user's terminal 1010.

11 is an internal block diagram of a general purpose computer device that may be employed to perform a method for providing an online shopping search service according to the present invention.

The computer device 1100 includes one or more processors 1110 connected to a main memory including a random access memory (RAM) 1120 and a read only memory (ROM) 1130. The processor 1110 is also called a central processing unit (CPU). As is well known in the art, the ROM 1130 serves to transfer data and instructions to the CPU unidirectionally, and the RAM 1120 typically transmits data and instructions bidirectionally. Used to. RAM 1120 and ROM 1130 may include any suitable form of computer readable media. Mass storage 1140 is bi-directionally coupled to processor 1110 to provide additional data storage capability, and may be any of the computer readable recording media described above. The mass storage device 1140 is used to store programs, data, and the like, and is a secondary memory device such as a hard disk which is generally slower than the main memory device. Certain mass storage devices, such as CD ROM 1160, may also be used. The processor 1110 may include one or more input / output interfaces, such as video monitors, trackballs, mice, keyboards, microphones, touchscreen displays, card readers, magnetic or paper tape readers, voice or handwriting readers, joysticks, or other known computer input / output devices. 1150 is connected. Finally, the processor 1110 may be connected to a wired or wireless communication network through the network interface 1170. Through this network connection, the procedure of the method described above can be performed. The apparatus and tools described above are well known to those skilled in the computer hardware and software arts.

The hardware device described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the present invention.                     

As described above, the present invention has been described by way of limited embodiments and drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains various modifications and variations from such descriptions. This is possible.

Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be defined not only by the claims below, but also by the equivalents of the claims.

According to the method and system for providing an online shopping retrieval service according to the present invention, a product database or a product information database is automatically provided by providing a product interface for a product registrant to perform a product registration process. Provide systematic and detailed retrieval services for all kinds of products in the online shopping mall by constructing them systematically and in real time and allowing information related to the products to be automatically, systematically and in real time reflected in the product database or the product information database. The effect can be obtained.

In addition, according to the method and system for providing online shopping retrieval service according to the present invention, the online shopping retrieval service server is maintained by maintaining a database storing and managing various information about products sold in each online shopping mall by using a unified directory system. This can reduce the time and economic losses of managing the system.

In addition, according to the method and system for providing online shopping retrieval service according to the present invention, by dramatically reducing the time required to process the product information to build a database, all stores sold by each store mall to a user who wants to purchase a product It is possible to provide an integrated search service for products in a short time.

In addition, according to the method and system for providing an online shopping search service according to the present invention, the effect of entering a store between shopping mall operators by charging the product registrant or the seller based on the number of times the registered product is exposed to the user or the number of times selected from the user. It is possible to solve the imbalance of contrast charges and to enable the online shopping search service operator to make a high charge to a shopping mall operator having a high entrance effect, thereby obtaining an effective profit.

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Retrieving product information or product sales information associated with the product information in response to a search query received from a user; Generating a search result list by sorting the searched product information or the product sale information according to the product cost information associated with the product information received from the seller who provided the product information; And Providing the generated list of search results to the user Including, The merchandise sales information includes page information for selling the merchandise by the seller. delete The method of claim 1, Receiving information on a product sales period from a seller who provided the product information; And the cost information is determined based on the product sales period. The method of claim 1, Searching for the product information or product sales information associated with the product information, Retrieving second commodity information or second commodity sales information associated with the second commodity information; Generating the search result list, Generating the second search result list by sorting the searched second product information or second product sale information, Providing the search result list to the user, And exposing the generated second search result list to a predetermined position on a web page provided to the user. The method of claim 1, Searching for the product information or product sales information associated with the product information, Retrieving second commodity information or second commodity sales information associated with the second commodity information; Generating the search result list, Displaying predetermined display information on a specific item included in the generated search result list, wherein the specific item is associated with the searched second product information or second product sale information; Online shopping search service providing method comprising a. The method according to any one of claims 4 to 5, The second product information and the second product sale information, The method for providing online shopping search service, characterized in that the information on the number of times of selection input from the second user with respect to the product information or the product sale information is product information and product sale information having a predetermined value or more. The method according to any one of claims 4 to 5, The second product information and the second product sale information, And wherein the information on the number of times of exposure of the product information or the product sale information to the second user is product information and product sale information having a predetermined value or more. The method according to any one of claims 4 to 5, The second product information and the second product sale information, The information on the number of times of selection input from the second user for the product information or the product sale information is the product information and the product sale information that are equal to or greater than a predetermined value compared to the exposure number information for the second user of the product information or the product sale information. Method for providing an online shopping search service characterized in that. The method according to any one of claims 4 to 5, The second product information and the second product sale information, The online shopping, characterized in that the product sales quantity information for the product associated with the product information is more than a predetermined value compared to the selection input number information of the second user for the product information or the product sales information. How to Provide Search Services. The method according to any one of claims 4 to 5, The second product information and the second product sale information are associated with a product sold by a second seller, And the second seller is a seller who has transmitted cost information equal to or more than a predetermined reference amount. Retrieving product information or product sales information associated with the product information in response to a search query received from a user; Generating a search result list by sorting the searched product information or the product sale information according to the selection input number information on the product information or the product sale information; And Providing the generated list of search results to the user Online shopping search service providing method comprising a. The method of claim 11, The selection input count information is, It is generated by counting the number of times the product information or the product sales information is selected and input during a predetermined time interval, Generating the search result list, And searching the list of the product information or the product sales information of the searched product information or the product sales information, wherein the selection input number information is equal to or greater than a predetermined value to generate the search result list. The method of claim 11, Generating charging information for a seller selling a product associated with the product information according to the selection input number information; Online shopping search service providing method comprising more. Retrieving product information or product sales information associated with the product information in response to a search query received from a user; Generating a search result list by sorting the searched product information or the product sales information according to the product information or exposure number information associated with the product information; And Providing the generated list of search results to the user Online shopping search service providing method comprising a. The method of claim 14, The exposure number information, It is generated by counting the number of times the product information or the product sales information is exposed during a predetermined time interval, Generating the search result list, And searching the product information or the product sales information of the searched product information or the product sales information in which the exposure number information is equal to or greater than a predetermined value to generate the search result list. The method of claim 14, Generating charging information for a seller selling a product associated with the product information according to the exposure number information; Online shopping search service providing method comprising more. Retrieving product information or product sales information associated with the product information in response to a search query received from a user; Generating a search result list by sorting the searched product information or the product sale information according to the product information or product sales quantity information of a product associated with the product sales information; And Providing the generated list of search results to the user Online shopping search service providing method comprising a. The method of claim 17, Generating a merchandise sales page of a seller associated with the merchandise using the merchandise information; And Receiving payment information regarding the payment when the payment is made for the product on the product sale page, wherein the payment information includes purchase information about the number of purchases of the product; Online shopping search service providing method comprising more. The method according to any one of claims 1, 11, 14 or 17, The product information, The category to which the product belongs, the image data of the product, the price of the product, whether the product is a genuine product, whether the after-sale service for the product, the size or color of the product, the sale of the product And at least one of information about a quantity, a delivery method of the goods, and information on a registration period of the goods. 19. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method of any one of claims 1, 3 to 5 and 11 to 18. Search query input means for receiving a search query from a user; Search means for searching product information or product sales information associated with the product information in response to the search query; A search for generating a search result list by sorting the searched product information or the product sale information according to at least one of cost information, selection input number information, exposure number information, or product sale quantity information associated with the product information or the product sale information; Means for generating a result list; And Search result list providing means for providing the generated search result list to the user Online shopping search service providing system comprising a.

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