KR102583643B1 - Method and apparatus for providing customized product information based on pet information - Google Patents

Abstract

One embodiment of the present invention can provide a method and device for providing customized product information based on pet information.

Description

Method and device for providing customized product information based on pet information {METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CUSTOMIZED PRODUCT INFORMATION BASED ON PET INFORMATION}

The present invention relates to a method and device for providing customized product information based on pet information.

Recently, due to the rapid increase in the number of pets, there is a need for integrated pet-related personalized product recommendation services, such as checking the pet's health status and recommending food using various collected data.

In 2018, the annual pet supplies online shopping transaction amount was KRW 822.3 billion, an increase of 4%, a more than four-fold increase compared to the previous year, and the amount of spending on pet-related fashion accessories and durable goods is increasing among the spending related to pets. The supplies market is expected to continue its growth.

In this regard, as concerns about pets' health issues grow, research is actively being conducted to provide customized services in this regard. In particular, pets are closely related to people, so research is needed to provide necessary nutrients and products to pets.

The present invention can provide a method of providing customized products for pets.

A method of providing a customized pet platform performed by a server according to an embodiment, comprising: acquiring first account information and pet information, which is information about a pet, from a user terminal; Deriving customized pet product information based on the pet's age information and the pet's disease information included in the pet information; generating a first interface including the customized pet product information; and providing the first interface to the user terminal.

A method of providing a customized pet platform performed by a server according to an embodiment, comprising: obtaining and storing second account information in advance from the user terminal; and when the second account information and the first account information are the same, providing the first interface to the user terminal.

A method of providing a customized pet platform performed by a server according to an embodiment, further comprising obtaining disease record information about the pet from the user terminal, wherein the pet included in the pet information The step of deriving customized pet product information based on the animal's age information and the pet's disease information includes quantifying the pet's health level based on the age information, the disease information, and the disease record information. May include ;.

In the method of providing a customized pet platform performed by a server according to an embodiment, the step of obtaining first disease information, which is information about diseases that occur at a predetermined frequency or more depending on the type and age of the animal, from a first external server. ; wherein the pet information includes type information of the pet, and the step of deriving the customized pet product information includes information included in the first disease information based on the type information of the pet. Deriving second disease information corresponding to the type of pet; Deriving third disease information, which is information about the type and number of diseases corresponding to the age of the pet included in the second disease information, based on the age information of the pet; Deriving a risk corresponding to a type of disease corresponding to the age of the pet based on the third disease information; Based on the risk, if the risk is greater than a predetermined standard, deriving customized pet product information reflecting a predetermined pet product corresponding to the type of the high-risk disease may be included.

In the method of providing a customized pet platform performed by a server according to an embodiment, the method further includes obtaining preferred food information for each type of animal from the second external server, and deriving the customized pet product information. The step of determining a preferred food corresponding to the pet among the preferred foods for each type of animal; Obtaining preferences corresponding to each type of preferred food corresponding to the pet from the user terminal; determining at least one food whose preference is higher than the predetermined preference among preferred foods of the type corresponding to the pet among predetermined pet supplies corresponding to the type of the high-risk disease; And it may further include deriving the customized pet product information by reflecting at least one food whose preference is greater than or equal to a predetermined preference.

The present invention can improve user satisfaction by providing customized pet products.

The present invention can improve user convenience by providing a product that takes into account the age and health of the pet.

The accompanying drawings, which are included as part of the detailed description to aid understanding of the various embodiments, provide various embodiments and, together with the detailed description, describe technical features of the various embodiments.
1 is a diagram illustrating the operation of a processor according to one embodiment.
Figure 2 is a diagram illustrating the operation of a server according to an embodiment.
Figure 3 is a diagram illustrating an operation of creating a first interface and providing it to a user terminal according to an embodiment.
Figure 4 is a diagram illustrating an operation of providing a first interface to a user terminal according to an embodiment.
Figure 5 is a diagram illustrating an operation to quantify the health level of a pet according to one embodiment.
Figure 6 is a diagram illustrating an operation of deriving customized pet product information based on risk according to an embodiment.
Figure 7 is a diagram illustrating pet information according to an embodiment.
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an operation of displaying a first interface according to an embodiment.

Since the present invention can make various changes and have various embodiments, specific embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the detailed description. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, and should be understood to include all changes, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and technical scope of the present invention. While describing each drawing, similar reference numerals are used for similar components.

Terms such as first, second, A, B, etc. may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The above terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, a first component may be named a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be named a first component without departing from the scope of the present invention. The term “and/or” includes any combination of a plurality of related stated items or any of a plurality of related stated items.

When a component is said to be "connected" or "connected" to another component, it is understood that it may be directly connected to or connected to the other component, but that other components may exist in between. It should be. On the other hand, when it is mentioned that a component is “directly connected” or “directly connected” to another component, it should be understood that there are no other components in between.

The terms used in this application are only used to describe specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In this application, terms such as “comprise” or “have” are intended to designate the presence of features, numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof described in the specification, but are not intended to indicate the presence of one or more other features. It should be understood that this does not exclude in advance the possibility of the existence or addition of elements, numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by a person of ordinary skill in the technical field to which the present invention pertains. Terms defined in commonly used dictionaries should be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning in the context of the related technology, and unless explicitly defined in the present application, should not be interpreted in an ideal or excessively formal sense. No.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the attached drawings. In order to facilitate overall understanding when describing the present invention, the same reference numerals are used for the same components in the drawings, and duplicate descriptions of the same components are omitted.

Figure 1 is a diagram illustrating the operation of a processor belonging to the server 1 according to an embodiment. Looking specifically at FIG. 1, at least one processor 110 may be a central processing unit (CPU), a graphics processing unit (GPU), or a dedicated processor on which methods according to embodiments of the present invention are performed. It may mean a processor. Each of the memory 120 and the storage device 160 may be comprised of at least one of a volatile storage medium and a non-volatile storage medium. For example, the memory 120 may be one of read only memory (ROM) and random access memory (RAM), and the storage device 160 may be flash memory. , a hard disk drive (HDD), a solid state drive (SSD), or various memory cards (eg, micro SD card).

Additionally, the server 1 may be included in the server and may include a transceiver 130 that performs communication through a wireless network. Additionally, the server 1 may further include an input interface device 140, an output interface device 150, a storage device 160, etc. Each component included in the server 1 is connected by a bus 170 and can communicate with each other.

Figure 2 is a diagram illustrating the operation of a server according to an embodiment.

Figure 3 is a diagram illustrating an operation of creating a first interface and providing it to a user terminal according to an embodiment.

Looking at FIGS. 2 and 3 in detail, the server 1 may obtain first account information and pet information, which is information about the pet, from the user terminal. The first account information may mean login information. The pet information may include the pet's age information, the pet's disease information, and, as described later, may include the pet's type information. The server 1 may derive customized pet product information based on the pet's age information and the pet's disease information included in the pet information. The server 1 may create a first interface containing customized pet product information. At this time, the first interface may refer to an interface containing information about customized pet products, and in one embodiment, a screen as shown in FIG. 8 may indicate the first interface. The server 1 may provide the first interface to the user terminal. The server 1 may obtain first disease information, which is information about diseases that occur at a predetermined frequency or more depending on the type and age of the animal, from the first external server 2.

The server may acquire first account information and pet information (301), may derive customized pet product information (302), may create a first interface (303), and may provide a first interface to the user terminal (303). An interface may be provided (304).

Figure 4 is a diagram illustrating an operation of providing a first interface to a user terminal according to an embodiment. Looking at FIG. 4 in detail, the server may obtain and store second account information in advance from the user terminal. The second account information may refer to information obtained when signing up as a member. If the second account information and the first account information are the same, the server may provide the first interface to the user terminal, considering that a login authentication procedure has been performed. That is, the second account information may be stored (401), and if the second account information and the first account information are the same, the first interface may be provided to the user terminal (402).

Figure 5 is a diagram illustrating an operation to quantify the health level of a pet according to one embodiment. Looking specifically at Figure 5, the server can obtain disease record information about the pet from the user terminal, and the server quantifies the health level of the pet based on age information, the disease information, and the disease record information. can do. This will be explained in detail later.

The server may obtain disease record information about the pet (501) and quantify the pet's health level based on age information, disease information, and disease record information (502).

Figure 6 is a diagram illustrating an operation of deriving customized pet product information based on risk according to an embodiment. Looking at FIG. 6 in detail, the server may obtain first disease information, which is information about diseases that occur at a predetermined frequency or more depending on the type and age of the animal, from the first external server. The first disease information may refer to information including information about diseases that frequently occur in animals. In one embodiment, information on frequently occurring diseases corresponding to each type of dog may be included. In this case, information on frequently occurring diseases corresponding to a specific age for a specific type as well as for each type may also be included. You can. The pet information may include type information of the pet. At this time, the server may derive second disease information corresponding to the type of pet included in the first disease information based on the type information of the pet. That is, if the user's pet is a Pomeranian, which is a type of dog, the second disease information may include information about diseases that Pomeranians commonly suffer from among the first disease information. The server may derive third disease information, which is information about the type and number of diseases corresponding to the age of the pet included in the second disease information, based on the age information of the pet. The third disease information may mean information about the type and number of diseases corresponding to age among the information included in the second disease information. In the above example, if the user's pet is a Pomeranian, a type of dog, and the user is 7 years old, the second disease information may include information about diseases that have occurred more than a predetermined number of times in the 7-year-old Pomeranian. In one embodiment, if a 7-year-old Pomeranian often develops biliary tract inflammation or herniated disc, in one embodiment, the server may include information that a 7-year-old Pomeranian has a 40% chance of developing biliary tract disc disease and a 30% chance of developing cholitis in a 7-year-old Pomeranian. You can.

The server may derive a risk corresponding to the type of disease corresponding to the pet's age based on third disease information. In the above example, the risk may be derived for each disease with a value of 40 for disc disease and 30 for bile salts, but is not limited to this and may be derived by calculating various methods set by the user. Based on the risk, if the risk is higher than a predetermined standard, the server can derive customized pet product information reflecting a predetermined pet product corresponding to the type of disease with the high risk. As an example, if the risk level above the predetermined standard is 35, the disc may be determined in the above embodiment, and if the predetermined pet products for the disc are pillow and disc medicine, the corresponding products are customized pet product information. It can be derived as: Additionally, the server can obtain preferred food information for each type of animal from a second external server.

The second external server may refer to a server that contains information on food eaten by animals and information on preferred foods. The server may derive preferences for types of preferred foods corresponding to the pets among preferred foods for each type of a plurality of pets. In one embodiment, if the user's pet is a Pomeranian, information about the preferred foods that the Pomeranian likes can be obtained. In one embodiment, the preferred foods of chicken, beef, and pork may be determined as the foods that Pomeranians generally like. Afterwards, the server can obtain preferences corresponding to each preferred food. In the above embodiment, the server determines that chicken, beef, and pork are the Pomeranian's favorite foods, and inputs preferences corresponding to the preferred foods through a message or alarm on the user terminal or an alarm displayed on the first interface. You can receive it. When a preference is obtained from the user, at least one food whose preference is greater than or equal to a predetermined preference can be determined.

Among the predetermined pet supplies corresponding to the type of the high-risk disease, at least one food with a high preference higher than the predetermined preference may be determined among the preferred foods corresponding to the type of the pet. At this time, in one embodiment, the preference can be received in the form of high, middle, or low, and middle can be set as a predetermined preference. Preferences can be obtained from the user in a desired form based on preferences that can be set by the user or that are predetermined. The customized pet product information may be derived by reflecting at least one preferred food whose preference is greater than or equal to a predetermined preference.

The server may determine the preference index of at least one preferred food. The customized pet product information may be derived by reflecting a final preferred food whose preference index is greater than or equal to a predetermined preference index among at least one preferred food. At this time, the method of deriving the preference index can be based on Equation 1 below.

[Equation 1]

S may represent a preference index. A may represent the preference value of the preferred food. F may mean a preset weight corresponding to the preferred food. T may represent the number of times the pet consumed the preferred food during a first predetermined period based on pet information obtained from the user terminal. U may represent the number of side effects experienced by the pet during a second predetermined period after eating the preferred food, based on pet information obtained from the user terminal. C may mean the number of types of necessary nutritional ingredients required by the pet. G _b may mean the percentage value of the amount contained in the preferred food compared to the necessary amount corresponding to the b-th nutritional ingredient. Through this formula, a customized product can be derived by considering the pet's usual eating habits, side effects, and required nutritional ingredients.

At this time, the pet information may include information on food consumed by the pet and information on side effects experienced by the pet during a second predetermined period after eating a specific food. Side effect information may refer to information including cases where vomiting, diarrhea, lethargy, etc. occur. At this time, the side effect information can be entered directly by the user. Figure 7 is a diagram illustrating pet information according to an embodiment.

At this time, the type and amount of necessary nutrients required for the pet can be obtained in the following manner.

The server can obtain food and beverage information that the pet is taking from the user terminal during a predetermined period of time. Each food and drink information includes nutritional information, so you can derive information about the nutritional components your pet is ingesting. The server may also obtain the animal's nutritional information from a second external server. In one embodiment, the second external server may have information on the amount of vitamins and amount of protein required for a Pomeranian.

Afterwards, through the nutritional information table consumed by the pet and the necessary nutritional information of the animal obtained from the second external server, the type and amount of necessary nutrients required by the pet, which is information about the type and amount of nutrients that the pet is deficient in, and Quantity can be obtained.

The server may acquire first disease information (601), derive second disease information (602), and derive third disease information (603), and determine the risk and customize the pet based on the risk. Animal product information can be derived (604).

Figure 7 is a diagram illustrating pet information according to an embodiment. Looking at Figure 7 in detail, the server can obtain age information or disease information about the pet. In one embodiment, information may be obtained that a pet is currently suffering from a herniated disc at the age of 7.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an operation of displaying the first interface 10 according to an embodiment. Looking at FIG. 8 in detail, the server may derive customized pet product information such as a pet disk pillow, a tea good for pet disks, and a healthy pet snack as customized pet product products, and then display the customized pet product information on the first interface 10.

User terminals capable of communication include desktop computers, laptop computers, laptops, smart phones, tablet PCs, mobile phones, and smart watches. ), smart glass, e-book reader, PMP (portable multimedia player), portable game console, navigation device, digital camera, DMB (digital multimedia broadcasting) player, digital voice recorder (digital) It may be an audio recorder, a digital audio player, a digital video recorder, a digital video player, and a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant).

When using machine learning, deep learning models can be used and can be performed using machine learning models. At this time, the learning data set may include various information acquired from various external servers, and a supervised learning method may be used. At this time, the deep learning model module may use a deep neural network (DNN) algorithm. Without being limited to what has been described, Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), Recurrent Neural Network (RNN), Restricted Boltzmann Machine (RBM), and Deep Belief Network (DBN) algorithms may be used. It can be used, and since each algorithm is a well-known technology, description is omitted.

Methods according to the present invention may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed through various computer means and recorded on a computer-readable medium. Computer-readable media may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc., singly or in combination. Program instructions recorded on a computer-readable medium may be specially designed and constructed for the present invention or may be known and usable by those skilled in the computer software art.

Examples of computer-readable media may include hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, etc. Examples of program instructions may include machine language code such as that created by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter, etc. The above-described hardware device may be configured to operate with at least one software module to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

Additionally, the above-described method or device may be implemented by combining all or part of its components or functions, or may be implemented separately.

Although the present invention has been described above with reference to preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art may make various modifications and changes to the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as set forth in the claims below. You will understand that you can do it.

Methods according to the present invention may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed through various computer means and recorded on a computer-readable medium. Computer-readable media may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc., singly or in combination. Program instructions recorded on a computer-readable medium may be specially designed and constructed for the present invention or may be known and usable by those skilled in the computer software art.

Examples of computer-readable media may include hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, etc. Examples of program instructions may include machine language code such as that created by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter, etc. The above-described hardware device may be configured to operate with at least one software module to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

Additionally, the above-described method or device may be implemented by combining all or part of its components or functions, or may be implemented separately.

Although the present invention has been described above with reference to preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art may make various modifications and changes to the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as set forth in the claims below. You will understand that you can do it.

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Claims (1)

In a method of providing customized product information based on pet information performed by a server,
Obtaining first account information and pet information, which is information about the pet, from the user terminal; and
A step of deriving customized pet product information based on the pet's age information and the pet's disease information included in the pet information,
Further comprising; obtaining disease record information about the pet from the user terminal,
The step of deriving customized pet product information based on the pet's age information and the pet's disease information included in the pet information,
A step of quantifying the health level of the pet based on the age information, the disease information, and the disease record information,
It further includes obtaining first disease information, which is information about diseases that occur at a predetermined frequency or more depending on the type and age of the animal, from a first external server,
The pet information includes type information of the pet,
The step of deriving the customized pet product information is,
Deriving second disease information corresponding to the type of pet included in the first disease information based on the type information of the pet;
Deriving third disease information, which is information about the type and number of diseases corresponding to the age of the pet included in the second disease information, based on the age information of the pet;
Deriving a risk corresponding to a type of disease corresponding to the age of the pet based on the third disease information;
Based on the risk, if the risk is higher than a predetermined standard, deriving customized pet product information reflecting a predetermined pet product corresponding to the type of the high-risk disease,
Further comprising: obtaining preferred food information for each type of animal from a second external server,
The step of deriving the customized pet product information is,
determining a preferred food corresponding to the pet among preferred foods for each type of animal;
Obtaining preferences corresponding to each type of preferred food corresponding to the pet from the user terminal;
determining at least one food whose preference is higher than the predetermined preference among preferred foods of the type corresponding to the pet among predetermined pet supplies corresponding to the type of the high-risk disease; and
It further includes: deriving the customized pet product information by reflecting at least one food whose preference is greater than or equal to a predetermined preference,
The step of deriving the customized pet product information is,
Deriving a preference index based on the preference;
Deriving a preferred food whose preference index is greater than or equal to a predetermined preference index as the customized pet product information; further comprising;
The preference index can be derived by the following equation 1,
[Equation 1]
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The S represents a preference index, the A represents the value of the preference, the F represents a preset weight corresponding to the preferred food, and the T represents a predetermined value based on pet information obtained from the user terminal. It represents the number of times the pet consumed the preferred food during one period, and the U represents the number of times the pet consumed the preferred food for a second predetermined period based on pet information obtained from the user terminal. represents the number of side effects, C represents the number of types of necessary nutritional components required for the pet, and G _b represents the percentage value of the amount contained in the preferred food compared to the required amount corresponding to the b-th nutritional component,
A method of providing customized product information based on pet information.