KR102604536B1 - Electronic apparatus for providing information of discount and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

This disclosure relates to an electronic device and method for providing discount information. In the method for providing discount information by an electronic device related to an item sales service according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the method for providing discount information includes information about the user. A first method including a step of checking, a step of checking a discount information set corresponding to information about the user among a plurality of discount information, and a widget displaying at least one discount information icon created based on the discount information set. It includes providing a page to the user's terminal.

Description

Electronic device and method for providing discount information {ELECTRONIC APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION OF DISCOUNT AND METHOD THEREOF}

This disclosure relates to an electronic device and method for providing discount information. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to an electronic device and method for providing a widget that verifies a discount information set based on user information in e-commerce and displays a discount information icon created based on the confirmed discount information set. It's about.

In order to increase consumers' item purchase rate in commerce, discount coupons that provide consumers with a discount on a certain amount of the product purchase price when purchasing an item are used as part of marketing. Discount coupons are useful by providing benefits to consumers when purchasing products, etc., and for discount coupon issuers (item and service providers), they increase sales at a low cost and provide advertising effects targeting prospects and potential customers within a designated area. It can be promoted.

Recently, with the development of the Internet and communication technology, e-commerce, a form of transaction in which items are bought and sold using the Internet, has become popular, and the issuance of electronic coupons to provide discounts is being actively conducted. Issuance of electronic coupons has the advantage of saving time and cost for distributing issued coupons to consumers. However, the current use of discount coupons in e-commerce has the limitation of providing only a uniform discount amount for the same item to all consumers. Additionally, from the consumer's perspective, there is a problem in that unnecessary coupons are passively provided due to the blanket issuance of discount coupons.

In relation to this, prior literature such as KR1020120101222A and KR102279348B1 may be referred to.

In order to solve the above-described problems, the present disclosure provides an electronic device and method for processing information to provide customized discount information for each user by reflecting user information, and providing discount information to the user according to the processed information. The purpose is to

In a method of providing discount information by an electronic device related to an item sales service according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the method of providing discount information includes the steps of confirming information about a user, and corresponding to information about the user among a plurality of discount information. Confirming a discount information set and providing a first page including a widget displaying at least one discount information icon created based on the discount information set to the user's terminal.

For example, the at least one discount information icon may include a first area displaying store information corresponding to the discount information icon, a second area displaying discount amount information corresponding to the discount information icon, and a second area displaying discount amount information corresponding to the discount information icon. It includes a third area that displays a representative image.

For example, first color information is assigned to the first area included in a first discount information icon among the at least one discount information icon, and the first color information is assigned to the second discount information icon adjacent to the first discount information icon. Second color information different from the first color information is allocated to area 1.

For example, when displaying the widget again, the first color information and the second color information are assigned variably.

For example, the discount information icon further includes a first icon displayed in the second area, and the discount information providing method includes receiving the user's first input corresponding to the first icon from the user's terminal. and providing a discount coupon corresponding to the discount information icon to the user in response to the first input.

As an example, the discount information providing method includes receiving a second input of the user corresponding to one of the first area and the third area from the user's terminal, and the discount information in response to the second input. It further includes providing a store list corresponding to the icon to the user.

As an example, the widget further includes a second icon arranged at the top of the at least one discount information icon, and the method of providing discount information includes a third icon of the user corresponding to the second icon from the terminal of the user. The method further includes receiving an input and providing a store list corresponding to a set of discount information to the user in response to the third input.

For example, the step of checking the discount information set may include checking a store set based on a reference location corresponding to the user and setting the discount information based on discount information corresponding to the store set among the plurality of discount information. Includes the step of checking.

As an example, confirming the discount information set includes confirming the discount information set based on an available period corresponding to each of the plurality of discount information.

For example, the step of checking the discount information set may include checking the user's purchase history in the item sales service, and when the user's purchase history in the item sales service is confirmed, based on the purchase history and confirming the discount information set.

For example, if the user's purchase history in the item sales service is not confirmed, the step of checking the discount information set further includes the step of checking the discount information set based on a default value set in the item sales service. Includes.

For example, the step of checking the discount information set may include classifying the plurality of discount information based on store information corresponding to each of the plurality of discount information, and discount information classified into a first category among the plurality of discount information. and confirming the discount information set.

As an example, the step of confirming the discount information set confirms the discount information set based on budget information allocated to each of the plurality of discount information.

As an example, the sorting order of the at least one discount information icon is determined based on the discount amount corresponding to the discount information icon.

As an example, the sorting order of the at least one discount information icon is determined based on a reference position corresponding to the user.

For example, the sorting order of the at least one discount information icon is determined based on the available period corresponding to each of the at least one discount information icon.

An electronic device for providing discount information related to an item in a service according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, wherein the electronic device includes a transceiver, a memory for storing instructions, and a processor, and the processor connected to the transceiver and the memory , Confirming information about the user, confirming a discount information set corresponding to the information about the user among a plurality of discount information, and including a widget that displays at least one discount information icon created based on the discount information set. A first page is provided to the user's terminal.

The electronic device and method for providing discount information according to the present disclosure can provide discount information customized to each user by providing discount information based on user information.

Additionally, the electronic device and method for providing discount information according to the present disclosure can effectively provide discount information to users, thereby maximizing the efficiency of providing discount information and promoting item purchases by users.

1 is a diagram illustrating a discount information providing system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
Figure 2 is a flowchart for explaining a method of providing discount information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
Figure 3 is a flowchart for explaining a method for providing discount information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for checking a discount information set according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
Figure 5 is a diagram for explaining a discount information icon provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
Figure 6 is a diagram for explaining a method of arranging discount information icons according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
7A to 7D are diagrams showing a UI provided to a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described clearly and in detail so that those skilled in the art can easily practice the present invention.

The terms used in this specification are for describing embodiments and are not intended to limit the present disclosure. Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used in this specification may be used with a meaning that can be commonly understood by those skilled in the art to which this disclosure pertains. It may vary depending on the intentions or precedents of engineers working in the field, the emergence of new technologies, etc.

Additionally, terms defined in commonly used dictionaries are not interpreted ideally or excessively unless clearly specifically defined. In certain cases, there are terms arbitrarily selected by the applicant, and in this case, the meaning will be described in detail in the relevant description section. Therefore, the terms used in this disclosure should be defined based on the meaning of the term and the overall content of this disclosure, rather than simply the name of the term.

Throughout this specification, when a part “includes” a certain component, this does not mean that other components are excluded, but may further include other components, unless specifically stated to the contrary. Additionally, as used herein, the singular form also includes the plural form unless specifically stated otherwise in the phrase. In addition, the expression “at least one of a, b, and c” described throughout the specification means ‘a alone’, ‘b alone’, ‘c alone’, ‘a and b’, ‘a and c’, ‘b and c', or 'all of a, b, and c'.

Meanwhile, terms such as “first and/or second” used in this specification may be used to describe various components, but are only used for the purpose of distinguishing one component from other components. It is not intended to be limited to the components referred to by that term. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, a first component may be named a second component, and the second component may also be named a first component.

In addition, “…” described in this specification. wealth", "… Terms such as “module” refer to a unit that processes at least one function or operation, which may be implemented as hardware or software, or as a combination of hardware and software. Additionally, embodiments of the present disclosure may be represented by functional block configurations and various processing steps. These functional blocks may be implemented in various numbers of hardware or/and software configurations that execute specific functions. For example, embodiments of the present disclosure include memory, processing, logic, look-up tables, etc. that can execute various functions under the control of one or more microprocessors or other control devices. Direct circuit configurations can be employed.

Similar to the fact that the components disclosed herein can be implemented as software programming or software elements, embodiments of the present disclosure include various algorithms implemented as combinations of data structures, processes, routines or other programming constructs, including: It can be implemented in a programming or scripting language such as C, C++, Java, assembler, etc. Functional aspects may be implemented as algorithms running on one or more processors. Additionally, the present embodiment may employ prior art for at least one of electronic environment setting, signal processing, and data processing. Terms such as “mechanism,” “element,” “means,” and “configuration” are broadly used. It can be used and is not limited to mechanical and physical components. The term may include the meaning of a series of software routines in connection with a processor, etc.

Each block of the processing flow diagrams attached to this specification and combinations of the flow diagram diagrams may be performed by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions can be mounted on a processor of a general-purpose computer, special-purpose computer, or other programmable data processing equipment, so that the instructions performed through the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing equipment are described in the flow chart block(s). It creates the means to perform functions.

These computer program instructions may be stored in computer-usable or computer-readable memory that can be directed to a computer or other programmable data processing equipment to implement a function in a particular manner. It is also possible to produce manufactured items containing instruction means that perform the functions described in the flowchart block(s).

Computer program instructions can also be mounted on a computer or other programmable data processing equipment, so that a series of operational steps are performed on the computer or other programmable data processing equipment to create a process that is executed by the computer, thereby generating a process that is executed by the computer or other programmable data processing equipment. Instructions that perform processing equipment may also provide steps for executing the functions described in the flow diagram block(s).

Additionally, each block may represent a module, segment, or portion of code that includes one or more executable instructions for executing specified logical function(s). Additionally, in some alternative execution examples, it may be possible for the functions mentioned in the blocks to occur out of order. For example, it is possible for two blocks shown in succession to be performed substantially at the same time, or it is possible for the blocks to be performed in reverse order depending on the corresponding function.

The “electronic device” or “terminal” referred to in this specification may be implemented as a computer or portable terminal that can connect to a server or other terminal through a network. Here, the computer includes, for example, a laptop, desktop, laptop, etc. equipped with a web browser, and the portable terminal is, for example, a wireless communication device that guarantees portability and mobility. , all types of communication-based terminals such as IMT (International Mobile Telecommunication), CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access), W-CDMA (W-Code Division Multiple Access), and LTE (Long Term Evolution), smartphones, tablet PCs, etc. It may include a handheld-based wireless communication device. In addition, the "electronic device" or "terminal" referred to in this specification includes a processor, memory for storing and executing program data, permanent storage such as a disk drive, a communication port for communicating with an external device, a touch panel, User interface devices such as keys, buttons, etc. may also be included.

In the present disclosure, methods implemented as software modules or algorithms may be stored on a computer-readable recording medium as computer-readable codes or program instructions executable on a processor. Here, computer-readable recording media include magnetic storage media (e.g., ROM (read-only memory), RAM (random-access memory), floppy disk, hard disk, etc.) and optical read media (e.g., CD-ROM). ), DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), etc. Computer-readable recording media can be distributed and executed on networked computer systems.

Hereinafter, various embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the attached drawings. In describing the embodiments, description will be omitted for technical content that is well known in the technical field to which the present invention belongs and that is not directly related to the present invention. This is to convey the gist of the present invention more clearly without obscuring it by omitting unnecessary explanation. For the same reason, some components are exaggerated, omitted, or schematically shown in the accompanying drawings. Additionally, the size of each component does not entirely reflect its actual size. In this specification, the same reference numerals throughout may refer to the same or corresponding elements.

1 is a diagram illustrating a discount information providing system 10 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Referring to FIG. 1, the discount information providing system 10 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a user terminal 110, a server 120, and an electronic device 130. In the discount information providing system 10 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the user terminal 110, the server 120, and the electronic device 130 can communicate with each other through a network and exchange information. .

The user terminal 110 can communicate with the server 120 and the electronic device 130. The communication method of the user terminal 110 is not limited and may include not only a communication method utilizing a communication network that the network may include, but also short-range wireless communication between devices. For example, the network may be at least one of a Personal Area Network (PAN), a Local Area Network (LAN), a Campus Area Network (CAN), a Metropolitan Area Network (MAN), a Wide Area Network (WAN), a Broad Band Network (BBN), and the Internet. Can contain one network. Additionally, the network may include at least one of network topologies including a bus network, star network, ring network, mesh network, star-bus network, tree, or hierarchical network.

Each of the server 120 and the electronic device 130 included in the discount information providing system 10 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a transceiver, memory, and processor. Additionally, the server 120 and the electronic device 130 each refer to a unit that processes at least one function or operation, and may be implemented through hardware, software, or a combination of hardware and software. Meanwhile, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the server 120 and the electronic device 130 are referred to as separate structures, but this may be a logically divided structure and may be implemented by separate functions in one server. .

According to an embodiment, the server 120 and the electronic device 130 may include a plurality of computer systems or computer software implemented as network servers. For example, at least some of the server 120 and the electronic device 130 are connected to lower level devices capable of communicating with other network servers through a computer network such as an intranet or the Internet to receive a request to perform a task and perform the task. It can refer to computer systems and computer software that perform performance and provide performance results. In addition, at least some of the server 120 and the electronic device 130 can be understood as a broad concept that includes a series of application programs that can operate on a network server and various databases built therein. As an example, at least some of the server 120 and the electronic device 130 may vary depending on the operating system, such as DOS, Windows, Linux, Unix, or MacOS. It can be implemented using a network server program provided.

The server 120 can provide services by organizing various information into web pages. For example, the service provided by the server 120 may be a service for selling items. The server 120 may provide information on items sold in the service to the user through the user terminal 110. Additionally, the server 120 may receive the user's identification information through the user terminal 110. The server 120 may store user information using the service. As an example, user information may include the user's identification information and information related to the user's service use. Specifically, information related to the user's service use includes the user's degree of service use, the user's service use category, the user's service use time, the user's service subscription history, the user's purchase history of items in the service, and information related to the payment method used by the user. It may include at least some of them.

The electronic device 130 may provide discount information related to an item to the user terminal 110. As an example, discount information related to an item provided by the electronic device 130 may include discount coupon information corresponding to the item. Specifically, the discount coupon information may include discount amount information for the item and information on the usable period of the discount coupon. And it may include at least some of the discount coupon application target information. The electronic device 130 may check discount information provided to the user terminal 110 based on user information provided from the server 120. The method of providing discount information by the electronic device 130 will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 2 to 7D.

The discount information provision system 10 according to the present disclosure processes information to provide customized discount information for each user by reflecting user information, and provides an electronic device and method for providing discount information to the user according to the processed information. It is proposed to do this, and by providing discount information based on user information, customized discount information for each user can be provided. In addition, by effectively providing discount information to users, the efficiency of providing discount information can be maximized and user purchases of items can be promoted.

Figure 2 is a flowchart for explaining a method of providing discount information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

In step S210, the discount information providing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may provide identification information about a user accessing the service through the user terminal 110 to the server 120. Specifically, the identification information for the user may include access information for the user's service or login information for the user's service.

In step S220, the server 120 may provide information about the user to the electronic device 130. Information about the user may correspond to information confirmed based on identification information about the user. For example, the information about the user may include at least part of the user's login information, information related to the user's service use, and the user's reference location information. Specifically, the user's reference location information may include the user's current location information and the user's reference location information. It may be any one of the location information set by.

In step S230, the electronic device 130 may check a set of discount information that can be provided to the user among a plurality of discount information based on information about the user. A discount information set may refer to a set of a plurality of discount information that can be provided to a user in relation to an item. The electronic device 130 may check the discount information set based on the user information received from the server 120. The method of checking the discount information set in the electronic device 130 will be explained in more detail with reference to FIG. 4, which will be described later.

In step S240, the electronic device 130 may create an icon for some discount information among the discount information set. The discount information icon may include store information corresponding to the discount information icon, discount amount information corresponding to the discount information icon, and representative image information corresponding to the discount information icon. The number of discount information icons created can be set by the server 120 administrator. The detailed configuration of the discount information icon will be explained in detail in FIG. 5, which will be described later.

In step S250, the electronic device 130 may provide a widget with a discount information icon to the user terminal 110. The discount information icons generated in step S240 may be arranged in rows and included in a widget provided to the user terminal 110. The sorting criteria for the discount information icons may be based on user information and discount information corresponding to the item, and the sorting method for the discount information icons will be explained in more detail in FIG. 6 to be described later.

In step S260, the user terminal 110 may provide the user's input for the widget provided on the user terminal 110 to the electronic device 130. The user's input may be an input for a discount information icon included in the widget or an input for any one icon included in the widget, and the area in which the user input is obtained in the widget will be explained in more detail in FIG. 7A, which will be described later.

In step S270, the electronic device 130 may provide discount information related to the item to the user terminal 110 in response to the user's input. The response to the user's input provided from the electronic device 130 may be any one of coupon information corresponding to the discount information icon, discount information set information confirmed in step S230, and store information corresponding to the discount information icon. A detailed description will be given in more detail in FIGS. 7A to 7D to be described later.

Figure 3 is a flowchart for explaining a method for providing discount information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Hereinafter, detailed descriptions of configurations and operations that overlap with those described above in FIG. 2 will be omitted.

In step S310, the electronic device 130 (see FIG. 1) according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may receive information about the user from the server 120 (see FIG. 1). Information about the user may include at least some of the user's login information, information related to the user's service use, and information about the user's reference location.

In step S320, the electronic device 130 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure selects a set of discount information based on the information about the user received in step S310 among a plurality of discount information for items related to the service provided by the server 120. You can check it. The discount information set may include discount information for a plurality of items and, for example, may be confirmed based on the user's reference location.

In step S330, the electronic device 130 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may generate a discount information icon for some of the discount information for a plurality of items included in the discount information set. The discount information icon may be created based on the information about the user received in step S310. The electronic device 130 may align a plurality of discount information icons and create a widget including the plurality of aligned discount information icons.

In step S340, the electronic device 130 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may provide a widget including a plurality of discount information icons generated in step S330 to the user terminal 110 (see FIG. 1). The widget created by the electronic device 130 may be included in a page for providing services related to item sales through the user terminal 110, and may be placed within a certain area of the page provided to the user terminal 110.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for checking a discount information set according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. More specifically, FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the detailed steps of the discount information set confirmation step (S320, see FIG. 3) disclosed in FIG. 3.

In step S410, the electronic device 130 (see FIG. 1) according to an embodiment of the present disclosure provides information on items related to the service provided by the server 120 (see FIG. 1) based on information about the user and item information related to the service. A plurality of discount information may be classified into a first category and a second category. The electronic device 130 may classify discount information that can be provided to the user among a plurality of discount information for items related to the service into a first category, and discount information that cannot be provided to the user into a second category.

For example, information about the user considered by the electronic device 130 may be the user's reference location information, and the reference location information may be the current user's location information or location information set by the user. Specifically, the electronic device 130 may classify discount information that includes store information located within a certain radius from the user's reference location into a first category, and discount information that does not include discount information that includes store information located within a certain radius from the user's reference location into a second category.

Additionally, the electronic device 130 may classify discount information based on the usable period assigned to each discount information among the plurality of discount information. Specifically, the electronic device 130 may classify discount information for which the usable period assigned to each discount information remaining among the plurality of discount information is classified into the first category, and discount information for which the available period remaining for each discount information is not classified into the second category.

Additionally, the electronic device 130 may classify discount information based on store information for each of the plurality of discount information. As an example, the electronic device 130 may classify the discount information into a first category if an item corresponding to the discount information can be classified as a franchise item, and if not, the electronic device 130 may classify the discount information into a second category. there is.

Additionally, the electronic device 130 may classify discount information based on budget information allocated to each of the plurality of discount information. Specifically, the electronic device 130 may classify discount information for which the budget allocated to the discount information remains into the first category, and discount information for which the budget allocated to the relevant discount information does not remain may be classified into the second category.

In step S420, the electronic device 130 may check the user's purchase history based on the user's identification information. If the user's purchase history is confirmed, the procedure can proceed to step S430. If not, the procedure can proceed to step S440.

In step S430, the electronic device 130 may check a set of discount information based on the user's purchase history. Specifically, the electronic device 130 may select some discount information from among the discount information classified into the first category in step S410 and confirm it as a discount information set, and the user's purchase history may be considered when selecting some discount information. there is. For example, if there is discount information classified into a first category represented by A, B, C, D, and E, and the number of purchases related to A, B, and C of the user is significantly high, selection is made by the electronic device 130 The discount information provided may be A, B, and C, and the discount information set generated by the electronic device 130 may include information related to A, B, and C.

Meanwhile, in step S440, the electronic device 130 may check a set of discount information based on data set as default values for the electronic device 130. Specifically, data information set as a default value by the administrator may be stored in the electronic device 130, and the electronic device 130 may store some discount information corresponding to the default value among the discount information classified into the first category in step S410. You can check the discount information set by selecting . For example, if there is discount information classified into a first category represented by A, B, C, D, and E, and data related to A and B are stored as default values in the electronic device 130, the electronic device ( The discount information selected by 130) may be A and B, and the discount information set generated by the electronic device 130 may include information related to A and B. When the discount information set is confirmed through steps S430 and S440, the electronic device 130 may end the step S320 of confirming the discount information set shown in FIG. 3 .

Figure 5 is a diagram for explaining a discount information icon provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Specifically, FIG. 5 shows one discount information icon generated in step S330 of FIG. 3 for convenience of explanation, and in step S330 described above, the electronic device 130 (see FIG. 1) generates a plurality of discount information icons. can do.

Referring to Figure 5, the discount information icon includes a first area (A1) displaying store information corresponding to the discount information icon, a second area (A2) displaying discount amount information corresponding to the discount information icon, and a discount information icon. It may include a third area (A3) that displays a representative image corresponding to .

The first area A1 may display store information about the item corresponding to the discount information icon and may include color information allocated from the electronic device 130. The color information allocated to the first area A1 may be any color information determined by the electronic device 130 (see FIG. 1).

The second area A2 may display discount amount information for the item corresponding to the discount information icon and may include a first icon for issuing a corresponding discount amount coupon. When a user's input for the second area A2 is received through the user terminal 110 (see FIG. 1), the electronic device 130 may provide the user with discount information and a corresponding discount coupon.

The third area A3 may display image information related to the store corresponding to the discount information icon. Image information displayed in the third area A3 may be representative image information stored in the electronic device 130 in relation to discount information.

The first area A1 and the third area A3 may include a second icon for providing a store list corresponding to the discount information icon. When a user's input for the first area (A1) or the third area (A3) is received through the user terminal 110, the electronic device 130 may provide store information corresponding to the corresponding discount information to the user. In this case, the UI provided to the user terminal 110 will be shown in FIG. 7D, which will be described later.

Figure 6 is a diagram for explaining a method of arranging discount information icons according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Specifically, FIG. 6 shows a plurality of discount information icons B1 to B6 for a plurality of discount information selected by the electronic device 130 among the discount information set confirmed by the electronic device 130 (see FIG. 1). This is a drawing to explain the alignment method.

Referring to FIG. 6, each of the plurality of discount information icons (B1 to B6) includes the first area (A1, see FIG. 5), the second area (A2, see FIG. 5), and the third area (A2, see FIG. 5) shown in FIG. A3, see FIG. 5). Each of the plurality of discount information icons B1 to B6 may be arranged in one row based on user information and item information corresponding to each of the plurality of discount information.

As an example, the plurality of discount information icons B1 to B6 may be arranged based on discount amount information corresponding to each of the plurality of discount information icons. Specifically, the discount amount corresponding to the first discount information icon (B1) is 7,000 won, the discount amount corresponding to the second and third discount information icons (B2 and B3) is 5,000 won, and the fourth discount information icon The discount amount corresponding to (B4) is 4,000 won, the discount amount corresponding to the 5th discount information icon (B5) is 3,000 won, and the discount amount corresponding to the 6th discount information icon (B6) is 1,000 won. The device 130 (see FIG. 1) may arrange discount information icons in order of increasing discount amount. However, the descending sorting of the discount amount shown in FIG. 6 merely illustrates one embodiment of the present disclosure, and as another example, an ascending sorting of the discount amount may be applied.

Additionally, although not shown, the plurality of discount information icons B1 to B6 may be arranged based on available period information corresponding to each of the plurality of discount information icons. Specifically, the available period corresponding to the first discount information icon (B1) is 1 day, the available period corresponding to the second discount information icon (B2) is 2 days, and the third discount information icon (B3) The corresponding available period is 3 days, the available available period corresponding to the 4th discount information icon (B4) is 4 days, the available available period corresponding to the 5th discount information icon (B5) is 5 days, and the 6th available period is 5 days. When the available period corresponding to the discount information icon B6 is 7 days, the electronic device 130 may sort the discount information icons in descending order of available period. However, this is only one embodiment, and as another embodiment, the electronic device 130 may sort the discount information icons in order of the longest usable period.

Additionally, although not shown, the plurality of discount information icons B1 to B6 may be aligned based on the user's location information and location information corresponding to each of the plurality of discount information icons. Specifically, the shortest distance between the user's reference location and the first discount information icon (B1) and the corresponding store is 1 km, and the shortest distance between the user's reference location and the second discount information icon (B2) and the corresponding store is 2 km. , the shortest distance between the user's reference location and the third discount information icon (B3) and the corresponding store is 3 km, the shortest distance between the user's reference location and the fourth discount information icon (B4) and the corresponding store is 4 km, and the user If the shortest distance between the reference location of the user and the fifth discount information icon (B5) and the corresponding store is 6 km, and the shortest distance between the user's reference location and the sixth discount information icon (B6) and the corresponding store is 10 km, the electronic device (130) may sort the discount information icons in the order of the user's reference location and the shortest distance between the discount information icon and the corresponding store. However, this is just one embodiment and does not limit the method of sorting discount information icons based on distance.

Additionally, the plurality of discount information icons B1 to B6 may be arranged based on the user's purchase history. As an example, the electronic device 130 may sort discount information icons in descending order of the number of purchases made by the user related to the corresponding discount information icon based on the user's purchase history. However, this is just one embodiment and does not limit the method of arranging discount information icons based on information about the user.

Additionally, color information allocated to the first area A1 included in each of the plurality of discount information icons B1 to B6 may be different from each other. Different color information may be assigned to adjacent icons among the plurality of discount information icons. For example, if the first color information is assigned to the first discount information icon (B1) as shown, the second discount information icon (B2) adjacent to the first discount information icon (B1) is different from the first color information. Second color information may be assigned. Additionally, third color information different from the second color information may be assigned to the third discount information icon B3 adjacent to the second discount information icon B2. In FIG. 6, the color information assigned to the first to sixth discount information icons (B1 to B6) is shown to be all different, but this is only one embodiment. In another embodiment, the same color is used between adjacent discount information icons. Unless information is assigned, the same color information may be assigned to discount information icons included in one discount information icon arrangement.

In addition, when the user reconnects to the web page for providing services for selling items, the color information assigned to the first to sixth discount information icons (B1 to B6) may be different from the previously assigned color information. . That is, the color information assigned to the first to sixth discount information icons B1 to B6 may be random.

7A to 7D are diagrams showing a UI provided to a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 7A shows a page provided to the user terminal 110 (see FIG. 1) to provide services for selling items. A widget C1 containing discount information provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may be placed within a certain area of the page. The widget (C1) provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a plurality of discount information icons, and each of the plurality of discount information icons corresponds to the first icon (C2) for providing a discount coupon and discount information described in FIG. 5. It may include a second icon (C3) to provide store information corresponding to the icon. In addition, the widget C1 provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a third icon C4 for providing information about the discount information set confirmed from the electronic device 130 (see FIG. 1), The third icon C4 may be placed at the top of an arrangement consisting of a plurality of discount information icons.

FIG. 7B is a diagram illustrating the UI of a page that can be provided to the user when the user's first input is received for the first icon (C2, see FIG. 7A) shown in FIG. 7A. When the user's first input for the first icon C2 is received, the electronic device 130 (see FIG. 1) may provide the user with a discount coupon corresponding to the corresponding discount information icon, and may provide the first input to which the discount coupon is provided. Area C2 may be displayed with an icon D1 indicating that a coupon has been issued.

FIG. 7C is a diagram illustrating the UI of a page that can be provided to the user when the user's second input is received for the second icon (C3, see FIG. 7A) shown in FIG. 7A. When the user's second input for the second icon C3 is received, the electronic device 130 (see FIG. 1) may provide the user with a store list corresponding to the corresponding discount information icon. As shown in FIG. 7C, it may include a plurality of store information corresponding to the corresponding discount information icon. For example, the plurality of store information may be arranged based on the location information between the user's reference location and the corresponding store. . However, this is only one embodiment and does not limit the sorting method of store information included in the store list.

FIG. 7D is a diagram illustrating the UI of a page that can be provided to the user when the user's third input is received for the third icon (C4, see FIG. 7A) shown in FIG. 7A. When the user's third input for the third icon C4 is received, the electronic device 130 (see FIG. 1) may provide the user with a list of confirmed discount information sets among a plurality of discount information. Unlike the discount information included in the widget (C1, see FIG. 7A) shown in FIG. 7A, the list of discount information sets provided to the user in response to the third icon (C4) is the discount information included in the widget (C1). Additionally, additional discount information may be included. Discount information included in the list for the discount information set shown in FIG. 7D includes discount amount information corresponding to the discount information, information on the usable period of the coupon corresponding to the discount information, and the user's reference location and correspondence with the discount information. Sorting may be based on at least some of the distance information between store locations. However, this is only a partial example of the sorting method of discount information included in the list of discount information sets, and does not limit the sorting method of discount information included in the list of discount information sets.

The above-described contents are specific embodiments for carrying out the present disclosure. The present disclosure will include not only the above-described embodiments, but also embodiments that are simply designed or can be easily changed. Additionally, the present disclosure will also include technologies that can be easily modified and implemented using the above-described embodiments. Therefore, the scope of the present disclosure should not be limited to the above-described embodiments, but should be determined by the claims and equivalents of the present disclosure as well as the claims described later.

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In a method of providing discount information by an electronic device related to an item sales service including a transceiver, memory, and processor,
The processor confirming information about the user;
The processor confirming a discount information set corresponding to information about the user among a plurality of discount information;
extracting, by the processor, at least one sub-discount information among a plurality of sub-discount information included in the discount information set based on information about the user; and
Discount information providing method comprising the step of the processor providing the at least one sub-discount information to the user's terminal. According to claim 1,
The information about the user includes at least part of the user's login information, information related to the user's service use, and information about the user's reference location. According to claim 1,
The steps to check the above discount information set are:
The processor confirming a store set based on a reference location corresponding to the user; and
A method of providing discount information including the step of the processor confirming the discount information set based on discount information corresponding to the store set among the plurality of discount information. According to claim 1,
The step of confirming the discount information set by the processor includes confirming the discount information set based on a usable period corresponding to each of the plurality of discount information. According to claim 1,
The processor confirming the set of discount information includes:
The processor classifying the plurality of discount information based on store information corresponding to each of the plurality of discount information; and
A method of providing discount information including the step of the processor checking the discount information set for discount information classified into a first category among the plurality of discount information. According to claim 1,
The method of providing discount information wherein the step of the processor checking the discount information set includes checking the discount information set based on budget information allocated to each of the plurality of discount information. According to claim 1,
The step of the processor extracting the at least one sub-discount information is:
The processor confirming the user's purchase history in the item sales service; and
When the processor confirms the user's purchase history in the item sales service, a discount information providing method comprising extracting the at least one sub-discount information from the plurality of sub-discount information based on the purchase history. . According to clause 7,
The step of extracting the at least one sub discount information by the processor includes, when the user's purchase history in the item sales service is not confirmed, the processor extracts the plurality of sub discount information based on a default value set in the item sales service. A method of providing discount information further comprising extracting the at least one sub-discount information from among the discount information. An electronic device for providing discount information related to items in the service,
Includes a transceiver, memory for storing instructions, and a processor;
The processor connected to the transceiver and the memory,
Check information about the user,
Checking the discount information set corresponding to the information about the user among the plurality of discount information,
Extracting at least one sub-discount information from a plurality of sub-discount information included in the discount information set based on the information about the user,
An electronic device that provides the at least one sub-discount information to the user's terminal.

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