KR101292713B1 - Method and Server for Searching Commodity Each Hierarchical Categories - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for searching for a product by category and a shopping mall server.

According to the present invention, in providing product search results, product images classified by hierarchical categories are provided in a visual manner, arranged in a spiral form by hierarchical categories, and additional product search results can be provided from the provided product search results. By providing a convenient interface and enabling category movement control to facilitate the movement between categories, the user who has been monotonously provided with only the product search results in the form of a list can enjoy online shopping conveniently and conveniently.

Category, product, search

Description

Method and Server for Searching Commodity Each Hierarchical Categories}

The present invention relates to a method for searching for a product by category and a shopping mall server. More specifically, the product images classified by the hierarchical category are arranged in a spiral form hierarchically and visually provided, and a convenient interface for receiving additional product search results from the provided product search results is also provided. By enabling the category movement control to facilitate the movement between users, the user who monotonically provided only the product search results in the form of a list can search for the products by category to enjoy online shopping conveniently and conveniently. will be.

Nowadays, the number of users who purchase products in online shopping malls is increasing rapidly, and the market of these online shopping malls is growing very rapidly, and in such a situation, the competition to attract more users among the numerous online shopping malls is becoming increasingly difficult. It is getting fierce.

Therefore, in order to encourage more users to access their online shopping mall sites and purchase goods, online shopping mall operators may have greater interest in users who access their online shopping mall sites than other online shopping mall sites. There are many angles of effort on the site. Among these efforts, efforts have been made to make it easy for a user to search for products sold on an online shopping mall site.

However, in the conventional product search method, when there are many product search results, the product search result information is not displayed on one screen, so that the user may perform additional operations such as scrolling down the scroll bar or moving pages to view the product search result information. There was an inconvenience to be done. This inconvenience leads to difficulty in product selection.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention uses a combination of hierarchical category concepts and a function of displaying and displaying images of products in a spiral form for each classified category, so that product search result information can be obtained even when there are many product search results. Being able to display on the screen, the user has a main purpose to solve the inconvenience of having to perform additional operations such as scroll down or page scroll to see all the product search result information.

In addition, another object of the present invention, in providing a product search results, by listing the product image in the product search results in a spiral form by category and visually provided to the user, providing only the product search results in the form of a list monotonously It is to make the user receive a pleasant online shopping.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to visually display the product search results in a spiral form, and to facilitate the movement from the current category to the upper category or the lower category.

According to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a shopping mall server for searching for goods by category, comprising: a product storage manager for storing and managing a product image for each of a plurality of hierarchical categories in a database; Receiving a product search request for a current category of the plurality of hierarchical categories from a user terminal, selecting one or more product images of all the product images included in the current category, the at least one product image selected by the user terminal A main search control unit for controlling the display to spirally rotate around the category name of the current category; And detecting a position at which the mouse cursor of the user terminal moves to control a category movement control window to be displayed while moving along the detected position, and when the speed at which the mouse cursor moves is greater than or equal to a predetermined speed, the category movement control window. A category movement to control the mouse cursor to be positioned above and to move to the upper category or the lower category of the current category based on the click when a click occurs while the mouse cursor is positioned on the category movement control window. It provides a shopping mall server for searching for goods by category, characterized in that it comprises a control unit.

According to another aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a method for searching for a product by category, comprising: a product storage management step of storing and managing a product image for each of a plurality of hierarchical categories in a database; Receiving a product search request for a current category of the plurality of hierarchical categories from a user terminal, selecting one or more product images of all the product images included in the current category, the at least one product image selected by the user terminal A main search control step of controlling a to be displayed while spiraling around a category name of the current category; And detecting a position at which the mouse cursor of the user terminal moves to control a category movement control window to be displayed while moving along the detected position, and when the speed at which the mouse cursor moves is greater than or equal to a predetermined speed, the category movement control window. A category movement to control the mouse cursor to be positioned above and to move to the upper category or the lower category of the current category based on the click when a click occurs while the mouse cursor is positioned on the category movement control window. It provides a method for searching for goods by category, characterized in that it comprises a control step.

As described above, according to the present invention, by using a combination of hierarchical category concepts and a function of displaying and displaying images of products in a spiral form for each classified category, the product search result information is displayed on one screen even when there are many product search results. Being able to display in, the user has the effect of alleviating the inconvenience of having to perform additional operations such as scrolling down the page or scroll to see all the product search result information.

In addition, according to the present invention, by listing the product images in the product search results in a spiral form by category to the user visually, the user who was only monotonously provided the product search results in the form of a list has the effect of making a pleasant online shopping. .

In addition, according to the present invention, in providing a product search results, product images classified by hierarchical categories are arranged in a spiral form for each hierarchical category and visually provided to the user, and additional product search results are provided in the provided product search results. It is effective to provide a convenient interface that can be provided.

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to visually display the product search results in a spiral form, and at the same time to control the movement to the upper category or lower category through the category movement control window.

Hereinafter, some embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to exemplary drawings. In adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same reference numerals are assigned to the same components as much as possible even though they are shown in different drawings. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that a detailed description of a related known configuration or function may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In addition, in describing the component of this invention, terms, such as 1st, 2nd, A, B, (a), (b), can be used. These terms are intended to distinguish the constituent elements from other constituent elements, and the terms do not limit the nature, order or order of the constituent elements. When a component is described as being "connected", "coupled", or "connected" to another component, the component may be directly connected to or connected to the other component, It should be understood that an element may be "connected," "coupled," or "connected."

1 is a schematic diagram of a shopping mall system 100 for searching for a product by category according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 1, a shopping mall system 100 for searching for a product by category according to an embodiment of the present invention may search for a product by category and provide a product image of the searched product to the user terminal 130. Server 110; And a wired / wireless communication network 120 for communication between the user terminal 130 and the shopping mall server 110.

When the shopping mall server 110 searches for a product by category and provides a product image of the searched product to the user terminal 130, the product image searched on the user terminal 130 is hierarchical by category, and more graphic (Graphic) Control to display

To this end, the shopping mall server 110 stores and manages a product image for each of a plurality of hierarchical categories in a database, and receives a product search request for a current category among the plurality of hierarchical categories from the user terminal 130. , Selecting one or more product images among all the product images included in the current category, and spirally revolving around the first area surrounding the category name of the current category by the one or more product images selected before the user terminal 130. Control the display to be displayed on the screen, and receive an input signal from the user terminal 130 so that one of the first area, the second area, and the third area is activated and displayed on the user terminal 130 according to the received input signal. Control and process the process corresponding to the active area.

In particular, the shopping mall server 110 according to an embodiment of the present invention detects the position where the mouse cursor of the user terminal 130 moves, controls the category movement control window to be displayed while moving along the detected position, and the mouse cursor. If the moving speed is higher than the preset speed, the mouse cursor is positioned on the category movement control window. If a click occurs while the mouse cursor is positioned on the category movement control window, the upper category of the current category is based on the click. Or control the movement to sub-categories, making category movement more convenient. The above mentioned mouse "cursor" is also called "point".

Hierarchical categories according to an embodiment of the present invention may include categories for a plurality of hierarchies, but in this specification, for convenience of description, based on the "current category" at any hierarchical level, A category in the upper hierarchy, ie, that can contain the current category, is called a "super category", and a category in the lower hierarchy, i. It is called. However, if any current category is the highest category, there may be no upper category of this current category, and if any current category is the lowest category, there may be no lower category of this current category.

In addition, in the present specification, the term "category" will be a concept that includes both the "category name" and the "product" included therein.

The shopping mall server 110 has the same configuration as a conventional web server. However, in software, as described in detail below with reference to FIG. 2, a program module implemented through various languages such as C, C ++, Java, Visual Basic, and Visual C and performing various functions. It includes.

The shopping mall server 110 may be implemented in the form of a web server. The web server is generally connected to an unspecified number of clients and / or other servers through an open computer network such as the Internet, and the client or other web. It refers to a computer system that receives a server's task execution request and derives and provides a work result thereof, and a computer software (web server program) installed therefor. However, in addition to the above-described web server program, it should be understood as a broad concept including a series of application programs that run on the web server and, in some cases, various databases built therein.

The shopping mall server 110 uses a web server program that is variously provided according to operating systems such as DOS, Windows, Linux, UNIX, Macintosh, and the like for general server hardware. A typical example may be a website used in a Windows environment, a website used in a Windows environment, an Internet Information Server (IIS), a CERN used in a UNIX environment, an NCSA, an APPACH, or the like.

In addition, the shopping mall server 110 may be linked with an authentication system and a payment system for product purchase payment.

In addition, the shopping mall server 110 classifies membership information and product information by product category and stores and manages the information in a database. The database may be implemented inside or outside the shopping mall server 110. .

Such a database refers to a general data structure implemented in a storage system (hard disk or memory) of a computer system using a database management program (DBMS), and can freely search (extract) data, delete data, edit data, and add data. It is a data storage type that can be used, such as relational database management systems (RDBMS) such as Oracle, Infomix, Sybase, DB2, Gemston, Orion, Object-oriented database management system (OODBMS) such as O2 and XML Native Database such as Excelon, Tamino, Sekaiju, etc. can be implemented for the purpose of the present invention. And has the appropriate fields or elements to achieve its function.

The user terminal 130 is generally a personal PC, but any terminal can be connected to the wired / wireless communication network 120 and the server-client communication with the shopping mall server 110 is possible, and a laptop computer, a mobile communication terminal, a PDA, etc. It is a broad concept that encompasses any communication computing device.

The wired / wireless communication network 120 may be a closed network such as a local area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN) as a network connecting the shopping mall server 110 and the user terminal 130. It is preferable that it is an open type such as). The Internet can be divided into several services, such as HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP), Telnet, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Domain Name System (DNS), Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) Simple Network Management Protocol (NFS), Network File Service (NFS), and Network Information Service (NIS). In addition, when the user terminal 130 is a mobile communication terminal, the wired / wireless communication network 120 may include a mobile communication network.

2 is a block diagram of a shopping mall server 110 for searching for products by category according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the shopping mall server 110 searching for products by category according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a product storage management unit 210, a main search control unit 220, and a sub search control unit ( 230 and the category movement control unit 240.

The product storage manager 210 stores and manages a product image for each of a plurality of hierarchical categories in a database. Here, a plurality of hierarchical categories are stored and managed in the database. The merchandise is linked to the hierarchical category to store and manage product information such as a product image. The database may be a memory having a predetermined capacity provided in the shopping mall server 110, or may be a separate storage device installed outside the shopping mall server 110.

The main search control unit 220 receives a product search request for a current category among a plurality of hierarchical categories from the user terminal 130, selects one or more product images among all product images included in the current category, and selects a user terminal ( The control may be performed such that at least one of the selected product images, which has been selected in advance, is rotated around the first area surrounding the category name of the current category. In this case, the main search control unit 220 may include a first area; A second region surrounding the first region; And a third region surrounding the second region is displayed in an inactivated state. These first, second and third regions may be concentric in shape, for example, with different diameters. Therefore, the main search controller 220 controls the first area, the second area, and the third area to be displayed on the user terminal 130 in the form of concentric circles with different diameters and different diameters.

The sub retrieval control unit 230 receives an input signal from the user terminal 130, and activates one of the first area, the second area, and the third area according to the received input signal and displays it on the user terminal 130. Control process to process the process corresponding to the active and displayed area.

The category movement controller 240 detects a position at which the mouse cursor of the user terminal 130 moves, controls the category movement control window to be displayed while moving along the detected position, and moves the mouse cursor (also referred to as a 'point'). If the speed is higher than the preset speed, the mouse cursor is positioned on the category movement control window.If a click occurs while the mouse cursor is positioned on the category movement control window, the mouse moves to the upper category or the lower category of the current category based on the click. To control movement.

In this case, the predetermined speed at which the mouse cursor is positioned on the category movement control window may be set differently according to the speed of the cursor set in the user terminal 130.

The aforementioned "category movement control window" is displayed near the mouse cursor displayed on the user terminal 130 as the user moves the mouse, and includes a higher category movement control window and a lower category movement control window. Such a category movement control window may be displayed for each category of a plurality of hierarchical categories.

The above-mentioned "first area" is an area surrounding the category name of the current category, and corresponds to a process for controlling to move to a subcategory of the current category, and the "second area" is in addition to the selected one or more product images. An area corresponding to a process of controlling other product images included in the current category to be displayed more, and the "third area" refers to a process of controlling to display all other product images included in the current category in addition to one or more selected product images. Corresponding area. These first, second and third regions may be concentric in shape, for example, with different diameters.

When the above-described main search controller 220 controls the selected one or more product images to be displayed on the user terminal while spirally rotating around the first area, the current category is connected to and displayed as a higher category of the current category. It can also be controlled.

The main search controller 220 may select one or more product images among all the product images included in the current category among the hierarchical categories based on the display priority information for each product. Here, the display priority information for each product includes at least one of sales amount information, evaluation score information, number of used reviews, click count information, seller rating information, and the like.

The sub-search control unit 230 detects the position of the cursor of the user's cursor 130 or detects a click in one of the first area, the second area, and the third area. It can receive a signal. When the position of the mouse cursor of the user terminal 130 is detected in one of the first region, the second region, and the third region, the region where the position of the mouse cursor is detected is displayed on the user terminal 130 in an activated state. Of course, the category movement control window by the category movement control unit 240 is displayed on the user terminal 130 while moving along the position of the mouse cursor.

The above-described sub-search controller 230 indicates that the first area is activated when the position of the mouse cursor of the user terminal 130 is detected in the first area and receives the input signal, and the user is displayed in the activated first area. When a mouse click of the terminal 130 is detected and an input signal is received, a sub-category of the current category is selected according to a process corresponding to the first area, and one or more product images included in the selected sub-category are displayed on the user terminal 130. Handles the process of controlling the display to

The above-described sub-search control unit 230 indicates that the second area is activated when the position of the mouse cursor of the user terminal 130 is detected in the second area and receives an input signal, and the user in the second area thus displayed is activated. Upon receiving an input signal according to the operation of the mouse wheel of the terminal 130, a process of controlling the display so that other product images corresponding to the number of rotations of the mouse wheel are helically returned to the user terminal 130 is displayed. .

The above-described sub-search controller 230 indicates that the third region is activated when the position of the mouse cursor of the user terminal 130 is detected in the third region and receives the input signal, and the user in the third region displayed as activated When a mouse click of the terminal 130 is detected and an input signal is received, all other product images included in the current category are displayed on the user terminal 130 in addition to one or more product images already selected by the main search controller 220. Handle the process to control as much as possible.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of searching for a product by category according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, a method of searching for a product by category according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a product storage management step (S300), a main search control step (S302), a sub-search control step (S304), and a category movement control step. (S306) and the like.

The product storage management step S300 stores and manages a product image for each of a plurality of hierarchical categories in a database.

The main search control step (S302) receives a product search request for the current category of the plurality of hierarchical categories from the user terminal 130, selects one or more product images of all the product images included in the current category, the user terminal At least one product image selected at 130 is controlled to be displayed while spiraling around the category name of the current category.

The category movement control step (S306) detects a position where the mouse cursor of the user terminal 130 moves and controls the category movement control window to be displayed while moving along the detected position, and the speed at which the mouse cursor moves is set to a predetermined speed. When the error is over, the mouse cursor is positioned on the category movement control window. When a click occurs while the mouse cursor is positioned on the category movement control window, the mouse cursor is controlled to move to the upper category or the lower category of the current category based on the click.

In the main search control step (S302) in the method for searching for products by category according to an embodiment of the present invention, when the selected one or more product images are controlled to be displayed while spiraling around the category name of the current category. The first region surrounding the category name, the second region surrounding the first region, and the third region surrounding the second region are allocated to be inactivated.

The above-mentioned first area is an area corresponding to a process for controlling to move to a sub-category of the current category, and the second area is a process for controlling other product images included in the current category in addition to the selected one or more product images. The third area is an area corresponding to a process of controlling to display all other product images included in the current category in addition to the selected one or more product images.

Referring to FIG. 3, the method of searching for a product by category according to an embodiment of the present invention may include: positioning a mouse cursor of the user terminal 130 in one of the first area, the second area, and the third area. A sub-search that detects or detects a click, and controls one of the first area, the second area, and the third area to be activated and displayed on the user terminal 130, and processes a process corresponding to the activated and displayed area. The control step S304 may further include.

In FIG. 3, the category movement control step S306 is illustrated as being performed after the sub retrieval control step S304, but this is for convenience of description and may be performed even before the sub retrieval control step S304.

In the above description, the method for searching for products by category and the shopping mall server 110 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention have been described. Hereinafter, the interface provided and displayed on the user terminal 130 through the product search for each category will be described. An example will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 10.

4 to 10 are interfaces displayed on the user terminal 130 according to the functions of the main search control unit 220 and / or the sub search control unit 230 of the shopping mall server 110. The category movement control window 41 according to the example is displayed. In addition, the category movement control window 41 includes an upper category movement control window and a lower category movement control window, and displays the mouse cursor according to the movement of the mouse cursor (also referred to as 'point') 40 (FIGS. 4 to 10). In the shape of a hand).

The method of searching for goods by category according to an embodiment of the present invention described above is performed by the shopping mall server 110 searching for goods by category according to an embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1.

4 is an exemplary view of an interface displayed on the user terminal 130 by the main search step (S302) in the method for searching for a product by category according to an embodiment of the present invention described above.

4 is an example of an interface screen searched by inputting a search word "laptop" in a corresponding shopping mall site.

First, product information managed in a database by the shopping mall server 110 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 4.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the shopping mall server 110 stores and manages a plurality of hierarchical categories in a database, and manages commodity information by linking commodity information such as a product image to such hierarchical categories. By way of example, it is assumed that "computer / monitor / printer" 410 is a current category, and "notebook" 400 including the same is assumed to be a higher category. On the other hand, in the upper category of "notebook" (400), in addition to the current category of "computer / monitor / printer" (410), the categories of "PC parts / peripherals / consumables" (420) and "other" (430) (that is, Subcategory of "notebook" 400).

Referring to Figure 4, the numbers listed under "notebook", "computer / monitor / printer", "PC parts / peripherals / consumables" and "other" refers to the number of products included in the category. That is, since the "laptop" category includes the "computer / monitor / printer" category, the "PC parts / peripherals / consumables" category, and the "other" category, the number of all products included in the "computer / monitor / printer" category If you add up 15624 people, the number of all products in the category "PC parts / peripherals / consumables" and the number of all items in the category "Notebook", the total The number of products is 21572.

As described above, in the situation where the product information is stored and managed in the database by the shopping mall server 110 according to an embodiment of the present invention, providing the product search result to the connected user terminal 130 is shown in FIG. 4. It demonstrates with reference to.

Referring to FIG. 4, the shopping mall server 110 receives a product search request for a current category among a plurality of hierarchical categories from a user terminal 130 and includes the current category in a computer / monitor / printer 410 that is a current category. Six product images (411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416) of all 15624 product images are selected, and the six product images (411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416) selected on the user terminal 130 are the category names of the current category "Computer / Monitor / Printer" 410. The control returns to the spiral 4000 around the first area (inside of the circle C ₁ ) surrounding ("computer / monitor / printer").

At this time, the shopping mall server 110, the first area a second area surrounding the (one inside the C ₁₎ (the region between the circle C ₂ and the circle C ₁₎ and a third region surrounding the second area (W The area between C ₃ and circle C ₂ ). However, the states of the first region, the second region, and the third region that are initially displayed are inactive states.

FIG. 5 shows a user in an interface (shown in FIG. 4) displayed on the user terminal 130 by the main search step (S302) in the method for searching for a product by category according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the sub-search control step S304 performed by the shopping mall server 110 according to the operation of the terminal 130, the first region (inside of the circle C ₁ ) is activated and displayed.

5, the shopping mall server 110, the first area when the mouse cursor position is detected, is received and the input signal of the user terminal 130 in the (inside of the circle C _1), the first region (source C ₁ (Inside of) will be activated. 5, the pop-up window 510 describing the activated and displayed first area 500 and a description of "subcategory move", which is a process corresponding to the first area, may be identified. Here, the process of moving to a lower category refers to a process of displaying a sub-category of the current category "computer / monitor / printer" 410.

As shown in FIG. 5, when a click of the mouse of the user terminal 130 is detected in the first area 500 that is activated and displayed and receives an input signal, referring to FIG. 6, the shopping mall server 110 may present The five sub-categories 610, 620, 630, 640, 650 of the category "Computer / Monitor / Printer" 410 are selected, and one or more product images included in the selected five sub-categories 610, 620, 630, 640, 650 are displayed on the user terminal 130 in FIG. 6. Control to be displayed as

FIG. 7 illustrates a user terminal (not shown) in the interface (shown in FIG. 4) displayed on the user terminal 130 by the main search step (S302) in the method of searching for a product by category according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the sub-search control step S304 performed by the shopping mall server 110 according to the operation of 130, the second area (the area between the circle C ₂ and the circle C ₁ ) is activated and displayed.

Referring to FIG. 7, when the shopping mall server 110 detects the position of the mouse cursor of the user terminal 130 in the second area (the area between the circle C ₂ and the circle C ₁ ) and receives an input signal, the second shopping mall server 110 receives the second signal. Mark the area (area between circle C ₂ and circle C ₁ ) to be active.

Referring to FIG. 7, when the second area (the area between the circle C ₂ and the circle C ₁ ) is activated, a letter 700 and a mouse-shaped icon 700 displaying "more goods", a process corresponding to the second area, are displayed. Is displayed.

As shown in FIG. 7, when the shopping mall server 110 receives an input signal according to the operation of the mouse wheel of the user terminal 130 in the activated and displayed second area, the number of other products corresponding to the number of rotations of the mouse wheel is increased. The process of controlling the image to be displayed further on the user terminal 130 as the spiral is rotated (view more products).

Before the second area is activated (shown in FIG. 4) or before the mouse wheel is operated (shown in FIG. 7), all 15624 items included in the current category “computer / monitor / printer” 410 Although six product images 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416 are displayed among the images, referring to FIG. 8, according to the operation of the mouse wheel, the shopping mall server 110 detects this and displays four product images 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416. ) Disappears, and instead displays four different merchandise images 817, 818, 819, 820 on the user terminal 130.

FIG. 9 illustrates a user terminal in the interface (shown in FIG. 4) displayed on the user terminal 130 by the main search step (S302) in the method for searching for a product by category according to an embodiment of the present invention. According to the operation of 130, in the sub-search control step S304 performed by the shopping mall server 110, the third region (the region between the circle C ₃ and the circle C ₂ ) is activated and displayed.

Referring to FIG. 9, when the shopping mall server 110 detects the position of the mouse cursor of the user terminal 130 in the third area (the area between the circle C ₃ and the circle C ₂ ) and receives an input signal, the shopping mall server 110 receives the third signal. Mark the area (area between circles C ₃ and C ₂ ) to be active.

Referring to FIG. 9, when the third area (area between circles C ₃ and C ₂ ) is activated, a process corresponding to the third area (area between circles C ₃ and C ₂ ) is “view all products” A letter “” and an icon 900 indicating an overall view of the product are displayed.

When a click of the mouse of the user terminal 130 is detected in the activated and displayed third area of FIG. 9 and receives an input signal, referring to FIG. 10, the shopping mall server 110 selects six product images that have already been selected. In addition to (411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416), a process for controlling the display so that all other product images included in the current category "computer / monitor / printer" 410 is displayed on the user terminal 130.

Referring to FIG. 10, in addition to the six product images 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416 included in the current category "Computer / Monitor / Printer" 410 and preselected and displayed in the direction of the arrow 1000, that is, the current category name "Computer" It can be seen that a plurality of merchandise images are displayed in a spiraling direction toward the "monitor / printer". In FIG. 10, only 30 of all 15624 product images included in the current category "computer / monitor / printer" 410 are displayed, and the rest is controlled to be further displayed by the page turning display 1010. If the number of product images that can be displayed on the page may be displayed without the page turning display 1010.

According to the method for searching for a product by category according to the above-described embodiment of the present invention, by using a combination of a hierarchical category concept and a function of displaying and listing images of goods in a spiral form for each classified category, Even when there are many search results, the product search result information can be displayed on one screen, and the user can solve the inconvenience of having to perform additional actions such as scrolling down or moving the page to see all the product search result information. There is.

In addition, according to the present invention, by listing the product images in the product search results in a spiral form by category to the user visually, the user who was only monotonously provided the product search results in the form of a list has the effect of making a pleasant online shopping. .

In addition, according to the present invention, in providing a product search results, product images classified by hierarchical categories are arranged in a spiral form for each hierarchical category and visually provided to the user, and additional product search results are provided in the provided product search results. There is an effect of providing a convenient interface (first area, second area, third area) that can be provided.

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to visually display the product search results in a spiral form, and at the same time to control the movement to the upper category or lower category through the category movement control window.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. In other words, within the scope of the present invention, all of the components may be selectively operated in combination with one or more. In addition, although all of the components may be implemented as one independent hardware, some or all of the components may be selectively combined to perform a part or all of the functions in one or a plurality of hardware. As shown in FIG. Codes and code segments constituting the computer program may be easily inferred by those skilled in the art. Such a computer program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium and read and executed by a computer, thereby implementing embodiments of the present invention. As the storage medium of the computer program, a magnetic recording medium, an optical recording medium, a carrier wave medium, or the like may be included.

In addition, the terms "comprise", "comprise" or "having" described above mean that the corresponding component may be included, unless otherwise stated, and thus excludes other components. It should be construed that it may further include other components instead. All terms, including technical and scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs, unless otherwise defined. Commonly used terms, such as predefined terms, should be interpreted to be consistent with the contextual meanings of the related art, and are not to be construed as ideal or overly formal, unless expressly defined to the contrary.

The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are intended to illustrate rather than limit the scope of the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The protection scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent scope should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

As described above, the present invention is applied to the technical field of the online shopping mall, and the user who visually arranges the product images in the product search result by category by providing them in a spiral form visually provides the user with only the product search result in the form of a list. It is a very useful invention that produces the effect of making a pleasant online shopping.

1 is a schematic diagram of a shopping mall system for searching for products by category according to one embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a block diagram of a shopping mall server searching for a product by category according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of searching for a product by category according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is an exemplary diagram of an interface indicated by a main search step;

5 is an exemplary diagram of an interface in which a first area is activated and displayed in a sub-search control step;

6 is an exemplary diagram of an interface in which a sub-category is displayed by selecting a first area activated and displayed in the sub-search control step;

7 is an exemplary diagram of an interface in which a second area is activated and displayed in a sub-search control step;

FIG. 8 is an exemplary view of an interface in which another product image included in a current category is displayed in addition to the product image displayed in the main search step by a mouse wheel operation in a second area activated and displayed in the sub-search control step;

9 is an exemplary diagram of an interface in which a third area is activated and displayed in a sub-search control step;

FIG. 10 is an exemplary view of an interface controlled to display a third area activated and displayed in the sub-search control step so that all other product images included in the current category are displayed.

Description of the Related Art

40: mouse cursor

41: Category Movement Control Window

100: shopping mall system

110: shopping mall server

120: wired and wireless network

130: user terminal

210: product storage management unit

220: main search management unit

230: sub-search management unit

240: category movement control unit

Claims (12)

In the shopping mall server for searching for products by category, A product storage manager configured to store and manage a product image for each of a plurality of hierarchical categories in a database; Receiving a product search request for a current category of the plurality of hierarchical categories from a user terminal, selecting one or more product images of all the product images included in the current category, the at least one product image selected by the user terminal A main search control unit for controlling the display to spirally rotate around the category name of the current category; And When the mouse cursor of the user terminal is moved to detect the category movement control window is displayed while moving along the detected position, and if the moving speed of the mouse cursor is more than a predetermined predetermined speed of the category movement control window A category movement control unit which controls the mouse cursor to be positioned above, and controls to move to an upper category or a lower category of the current category based on the click when a click occurs while the mouse cursor is positioned on the category movement control window Shopping mall server for searching for goods by category, comprising a. The method of claim 1, The category movement control window, The shopping mall server for searching for a product by category, the upper category movement control window and the lower category movement control window. The method of claim 1, The main search control unit, The first area surrounding the category name, the second area surrounding the first area, and the second area when the selected one or more product images are controlled to be displayed while spiraling around the category name of the current category. While the third area surrounding the area is inactive and controlled to be displayed on the user terminal in a concentric circle having a different diameter, The first area is an area corresponding to a process of controlling to move to a sub-category of the current category, and the second area is further controlled to display another product image included in the current category in addition to the selected one or more product images. And a third area is an area corresponding to a process of controlling all other product images included in the current category to be displayed in addition to the selected one or more product images. Mall server to search. The method of claim 3, When the position of the mouse cursor of the user terminal is detected in one of the first area, the second area, and the third area in the inactive state and displayed in a concentric circle having a different diameter, the area where the position of the mouse cursor is detected is determined. A sub-search control unit which controls to be displayed on the user terminal in an activated state and processes a process corresponding to the area displayed in the activated state when a mouse click of the user terminal is detected in the region displayed in the activated state; Including, A shopping mall server for searching for a product by category, in which an area where the position of the mouse cursor is detected is displayed in an activated state and a category movement control window is displayed by a category movement control unit according to the position where the position of the mouse cursor is detected. . 5. The method of claim 4, The sub search control unit, When the position of the mouse cursor of the user terminal is detected in the first area and receives an input signal, the first area is displayed on the user terminal in an activated state, When a mouse click occurrence of the user terminal is detected in the first area displayed as the activated state and an input signal is received, a sub category of the current category is selected according to a process corresponding to the first area, and the sub category is included in the sub category. A shopping mall server for searching for products by category, which processes a process of controlling one or more product images to be displayed. 5. The method of claim 4, The sub search control unit, When the position of the mouse cursor of the user terminal is detected in the second area and receives an input signal, the second area is displayed on the user terminal in an activated state, When the input signal according to the operation of the mouse wheel of the user terminal is received in the second area displayed as the activated state, the number of other product images corresponding to the number of rotations of the mouse wheel according to a process corresponding to the second area. The shopping mall server for searching for products by category, characterized in that for processing the process of controlling the display to further return to the spiral. 5. The method of claim 4, The sub search control unit, When the position of the mouse cursor of the user terminal is detected in the third area and receives an input signal, the third area is displayed on the user terminal in an activated state, When a click of the mouse of the user terminal is detected in the third area displayed as the activated state and an input signal is received, in addition to the one or more selected product images according to a process corresponding to the third area, the image is included in the current category. A shopping mall server for searching for products by category, which processes a process of controlling all other product images to be displayed. The method of claim 1, The main search control unit, The shopping mall server for searching for products by category, wherein one or more product images are selected from all of the product images included in the current category among the plurality of hierarchical categories. 9. The method of claim 8, The display priority information for each product is A shopping mall server that searches products by category, including one or more of popularity, bestsellers, latest registrations, lowest prices, best prices, ratings, reviews, accuracy, clicks, and seller ratings. In the shopping mall server to search for products by category, A product storage management step of managing, by the shopping mall server, storing and managing a product image for a plurality of hierarchical categories in a database; The shopping mall server receives a product search request for a current category of the plurality of hierarchical categories from a user terminal, selects one or more product images among all product images included in the current category, and selects the product image in the user terminal. A main search control step of controlling one or more product images to be displayed while spiraling around a category name of the current category; And The shopping mall server detects a position at which the mouse cursor of the user terminal moves and controls the category movement control window to be displayed while moving along the detected position. The mouse cursor is positioned on the category movement control window, and when a click occurs while the mouse cursor is positioned on the category movement control window, the control moves to the upper category or the lower category of the current category based on the click. Category movement control phase Search for a product by category, characterized in that it comprises a. The method of claim 10, The main search control step, The first area surrounding the category name, the second area surrounding the first area, and the second area when the selected one or more product images are controlled to be displayed while spiraling around the category name of the current category. While the third area surrounding the area is inactive and controlled to be displayed on the user terminal in a concentric circle having a different diameter, The first area is an area corresponding to a process of controlling to move to a sub-category of the current category, and the second area is further controlled to display another product image included in the current category in addition to the selected one or more product images. And a third area is an area corresponding to a process of controlling all other product images included in the current category to be displayed in addition to the selected one or more product images. How to search. 12. The method of claim 11, When the shopping mall server detects the position of the mouse cursor of the user terminal in one of the first area, the second area, and the third area, which are in the deactivated state and displayed in concentric circles having different diameters, the location of the mouse cursor is determined. A sub-search for controlling the detected area to be displayed on the user terminal in an activated state, and processing a process corresponding to the area displayed in the activated state when a mouse click of the user terminal is detected in the activated area; Include additional control steps, And a category movement control window is displayed according to the position where the position of the mouse cursor is sensed as well as the area where the position of the mouse cursor is sensed is activated.

Images