KR20110120241A - Method and apparatus for providing search service in online shopping, recordable medium which program for executing method is recorded - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A searching service method for an online shopping and record medium for executing an apparatus and a searching method are provided to effectively satisfy various desires of a user by searching a desired product using a combination selection method. CONSTITUTION: A good information database(1127) stores basic specification information and specification information according to characteristic. When a search request message including searching condition information is received from a client, an information search block(1125) outputs product information by searching a product information database. The searching condition information includes the basic specification information of the product and the specification information according to the characteristic. A searching list creation block(1129) creates a searching list including product breakdown based on the outputted product information.

Description

RECORDING METHOD IS RECORDED, RECORDING MEDIUM WHICH PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING METHOD IS RECORDED}

The present invention relates to a search service technique for online shopping, and more particularly, online shopping suitable for realizing a precise search for each product by a method of distinguishing basic and product specifications of a product to be searched. And a recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the search service method.

Recently, with the spread of the Internet, the online purchasing method of purchasing products online is rapidly spreading along with the offline purchasing method. In order to purchase such online products, a search model for searching for a product to be purchased is inevitably involved. have.

To this end, the general search model for online product purchase provides a search service to each client (user) by selecting a single or combination of specifications such as the manufacturer, model name, and price of each product. It also provides information on the prices of each product and the shopping mall sites that sell it.

Accordingly, each client may acquire information on a desired product through a search service on a search site that provides product information, and thus may receive a purchase service for a desired product.

However, the above-described conventional method of providing a product search service by selecting specifications such as a manufacturer, a model name, and a price has a limitation in satisfying various needs of users for shopping search.

For example, when the manufacturer, model name, and price are referred to as the basic specifications of the product, the material, weight, and structural characteristics of the corresponding product may be regarded as specifications for each product. In the case of providing the service, it is possible to effectively meet the various service needs of the search service users, but at present, there is no suggestion for such a specialized search service technique.

The present invention is a method for providing a search service for a plurality of products through a search service server, according to an aspect, comprising at least one of the basic specifications of the search target product and at least one of the characteristics by the specific client Receiving a search request message including search condition information; searching a product information DB based on the received search condition information; and searching for at least one product detail corresponding to the search target product through the search; It provides a search service method for online shopping comprising the step of generating a search list including, and providing the generated search list to the specific client.

According to another aspect, the present invention provides a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the search service method according to any one of claims 1 to 7.

According to yet another aspect, the present invention provides an apparatus for providing a product search service to clients connected to a search service server, comprising: a product information DB storing basic specification information of each product and specification information for each characteristic; When the client receives a search request message including search condition information including at least one of the basic specifications of the search target product and at least one of the specific specifications, the product information DB is searched and the product information corresponding to the search target product is received. An information retrieval block for retrieving data, a retrieval list generation block for generating a retrieval list including at least one product detail based on the retrieved product information, and an interface block for providing the generated retrieval list to the specific client. It provides a search service device for online shopping comprising a.

The present invention can be divided into the basic specifications such as manufacturer, model name, price and the like by the characteristics, such as material, weight, color, size, function, capacity, so that the desired product can be searched by a single or combination selection method, search service It can effectively meet various service needs of users.

1 is a schematic diagram of a search and shopping service system including a search service apparatus for online shopping according to the present invention;
2 is a flow chart illustrating the main process of providing a search service for online shopping in accordance with the present invention.

According to an aspect of the present invention, when a search request message including search condition information including at least one of at least one of a basic specification of a search target product and at least one of a characteristic specification is received from a specific client, By searching the product information DB to generate a search list including at least one product history corresponding to the search target product through such a search, and to provide it to a specific client, the present invention provides a conventional method through such technical means It can effectively improve the problems in

Here, the basic specifications may be general specifications related to the manufacture of the search target product and product classification, and the specifications for each characteristic may be product specifications related to the product characteristics of the search target product. The information and the coupon application may include information. The coupon application information may be provided from a shopping mall site that provides an online sales service for a product corresponding to the product details or may be determined through automatic calculation of a discount rate at a search service server.

In addition, the search service method of the present invention, when any one of the products included in the product list in the search list is selected by the specific client, the specific client connects to the shopping mall site that provides a sale service for the selected product When the shopping mall site provides a coupon application screen to a specific client and the coupon application screen is selected to a specific client, the shopping mall site provides a discount sale service to the client to discount the sale price of the selected product purchased by the coupon application price. It may further include a technical idea. Here, the coupon application screen may be provided in the form of one of a popup, a layer, a layer popup, and a script window.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In addition, in the following description of the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. In addition, terms to be described below are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, which may be changed according to intention or custom of a user, an operator, or the like. Therefore, the definition should be made based on the technical idea described throughout this specification.

1 is a schematic diagram of a search and shopping service system including a search service apparatus for online shopping according to the present invention, which includes a plurality of wired client groups 102 and a plurality of wired clients 102/1-102 / n. Wireless client group 104 of wireless clients 104/1-104 / n, wired network 106, wireless communication network 108, shopping mall site group of multiple shopping mall sites 110/1-110 / n 110, a search service server 112, and the like.

Referring to FIG. 1, the search service server 112 refers to a search service apparatus (or a search site) for online shopping according to the present invention, and includes an interface block 1121, a control block 1123, and an information search block. 1125, a product information DB 1127, a search list generation block 1129, and the like.

First, each wired client 102/1-102 / n in the wired client group 102 uses a search service server 112 through a wired communication network 106 including, for example, the Internet using a dedicated line, an ADSL, a modem, or the like. ), Which is a user terminal (eg, a PC system, a notebook computer, a netbook, a wired communication terminal, etc.), and each of these wired clients 102/1-102 / n is a search service server 112 according to the present invention. May be provided with a product search service provided online or by a product purchase service from each shopping mall site 110/1-110 / n in the shopping mall site group 110.

That is, each wired client selects a basic specification of a product and a specification of a characteristic as shown in the example below when a search menu screen including a basic specification selection item and a specification selection item by characteristics is provided from the search service server 112. A search service for a desired product may be provided through a combination method (a specification combination selection method) or a method of selecting only a specification for each characteristic (a specification selection method for each characteristic). Here, the basic specifications include, for example, specifications of the manufacturer, model name, price, etc., and the specifications for each characteristic may vary depending on the type of the product group (eg, home appliances, office products, clothing products, etc.), for example, materials. , Weight, color, size, function, capacity, etc. As an example, assuming that the product is a bicycle, the characteristics specification may be material, weight, gear, brake, and the like. Here, the basic specifications may refer to general specifications related to the manufacture of goods and product classification, etc., and the specifications by characteristics may refer to product specifications related to product characteristics of the products.

1) Select only 1 or 2 specifications by characteristics

2) Select one or two specifications by manufacturer + characteristics

3) Select one or two specifications by model name + characteristics

4) Price + 1 or 2 specifications by characteristics

In addition, each of the wireless clients 104/1-104 / n in the wireless client group 104 is a wireless mobile terminal (e.g., a mobile phone, a PDA phone, a DMB phone, a PMP) used by a user who wants a product search service, for example. , HSDPA phones, smart phones, smart pads, netbooks, laptops, etc.), by connecting to the search service server 112 through a connection path via the wireless communication network 108 and the wired communication network 106, In the same manner, a product search service according to the present invention may be provided, or a product purchase service may be provided from each shopping mall site 110/1-110 / n in the shopping mall site group 110.

Herein, the wired communication network 106 may mean a communication network including the Internet, and the wireless communication network 108 may mean, for example, a communication network selectively including a plurality of base stations, a plurality of base station controllers, a mobile communication server, and the like. can do.

In addition, each shopping mall site 110/1-110 / n in the shopping mall site group 110 refers to a computer or a server that provides a product purchase service to each wired client or a wireless client. Services such as product information, product update information, and about (approximately) coupon application information (discount information) for each product are provided to the search service server 112.

Here, about coupon discount price (the lowest price-oriented discount price) is a low-cost oriented service provided to a client by a search portal (a search portal operated by a search service server) separately from various discounts and points provided by each shopping mall site. This may mean a discounted price, such an application price may be set as a sales fee (entry fee) that each shopping mall site entered into the search portal to pay to the search portal. In other words, the present invention that provides about the coupon application price can be regarded as a service model that further discounts the product purchase client by the sales fee (or a part of the sales fee) that each shopping mall site should pay to the search portal.

In addition, each shopping mall site corresponds to a coupon application (discount coupon) screen of a corresponding product, for example, any one of a popup, a layer, a layer popup, and a script window when a specific client is connected via the search service server 112. It can be provided to the client, and when the client clicks on the coupon application screen to obtain the coupon application price and then purchases the product, the client provides a service such as discounting the sale price of the product as much as the coupon application price.

Next, the interface block 1121 in the merchandise service server 112 receives a search request message (i.e., a search) transmitted from the wired client or the wireless client through the wired network 106 or the wireless communication network 108 and the wired communication network 106. A search request message including a search condition information of at least one of the basic specifications of the target product and at least one of the specific specifications, a product purchase request message, and the like, are received and transmitted to the control block 1123, and any shopping mall site is received. Receives the product information, product update information, about coupon application information (discount information) and the like delivered to the control block 1123, the search list information delivered from the search list generation block 1129, wired client or wireless client Provides functions such as sending to the side. The search condition information may include a product name, a basic specification + a specification for each characteristic (or a specification for each characteristic), identifier information of a wired or wireless client, and the like.

In addition, the control block 1123 includes, for example, a microprocessor for performing overall operation control in the search service server, and the like. The product information, the product update information, and the application of the coupon information, which are delivered from the interface block 1121, are discounted. Information), etc., in the product information DB 1127, and when a search request message is input together with the search condition information from the interface block 1121, a search command for the corresponding product is generated and transmitted to the information search block 1125. And so on.

In addition, the control block 1123 when the client selects any one of the products included in the product details of the search list provided to the client, the control block 1123 to the corresponding shopping mall site that provides a sale service for the selected product purchased, etc. In response, the application of the coupon provides the screen to the client, and when a specific client selects the screen, the price of the purchased selected product is as much as the application of the coupon. You will provide discounted discounted sales services to specific clients.

The information retrieval block 1125 retrieves the product information DB 1127 by referring to the search condition information in response to the search command provided from the control block 1123, thereby retrieving the product information for the corresponding product, and withdrawing the retrieved information. It provides a function, such as to deliver the product information to the search list generation block 1129. Here, the product information may include, for example, basic specification information related to the product, specification information for each selected characteristic, price (general price) information, about coupon application price (about discount price) information, URL information of the corresponding shopping mall site, and the like. .

That is, in the present invention, the general price information (or the lowest price information) and the about coupon application price information (discount price information) are simultaneously provided to the client, and the general price information is the lowest price information according to the country of origin (producing country) of the corresponding product and the corresponding coupon. The application price may include information or the lowest price information for each sales medium (eg, department store, home shopping, shopping mall, etc.) and the corresponding coupon application value information. Here, the purpose of providing the client with the lowest price information of the origin of the goods and the lowest price information of the sales medium is to allow the client to variously receive the purchase option for the same product by the origin and the sales medium.

To this end, the product information DB 1127 includes basic specification information of each product to be searched, specification information for each characteristic, general price information (lowest price by origin or lowest price by sales medium), about coupon application price information, and URL of a related shopping mall site. Information and the like are stored. Here, the about coupon application price can be determined from the server (eg, a control block in the server) in a manner that is provided by the shopping mall site or the discount rate is automatically calculated (reflected). Can be aimed at.

Next, the search list generation block 1129 generates a search list including at least one product detail by using the product information provided from the information search block 1127, and the search list (search result list) generated as described above is generated. Is transmitted to the corresponding client (wired or wireless client) side via the interface block 1121. Here, each product (product description) included in the search list may be listed up in, for example, an advanced material order, a weight order, a price order, and the like.

Next, a series of processes for providing a specialized search service to a wired or wireless client using the search service apparatus of the present invention having the above-described configuration will be described.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a main process of providing a search service for online shopping according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, when a specific client (wired or wireless client) connects to the search service server 112 via the wired communication network 106 or the wireless communication network 108 and the wired communication network 106 (step 202), the search service. The server 112 generates a search menu screen including the basic specification selection item and the specification specification item for each characteristic and transmits the search menu screen to the corresponding client (step 204). As a result, the search menu screen is displayed on the monitor of the client.

Accordingly, the client user selects at least one of at least one of the basic specifications in the basic specification selection item and at least one or more of the characteristic specifications in the characteristic specification selection item for the service of searching for the desired product (206). Alternatively, any one or more of the characteristics by characteristics in the characteristic specifications selection item may be selected (step 208).

As a result of the check in the step 206, if it is determined that the client user selects a combination of the basic specifications and the characteristics-specific specifications (for example, at least one or more of the basic specifications and the characteristics-specific specifications) (search condition information Generation and reception), the information search block 1125 in the search service server 112 searches for the product information DB 1127 by referring to the basic specifications and the specifications for each characteristic included in the search condition information (step 210). The product information of the searched products is retrieved and transferred to the search list generation block 1129, and in response, the search list generation block 1129 uses the product information to display a search list screen (including at least one or more product details). Search list screen) and transmits to the corresponding client through interface block 1121 (step 214).

As a result, on the monitor of the corresponding client, a search list screen including basic specification information, specification information of selected characteristics, general price information, and information about an applied coupon price is displayed for each product searched (step 216). Through this, the user can recognize detailed information of the product requested for searching. Here, the about coupon application value information may be information provided by a shopping mall site that provides an online sales service for a corresponding product or a discount rate determined by an automatic calculation by a search service server.

If it is determined in the step 208 that the client user selects only the specification for each characteristic (creation and reception of the search condition information), the information search block 1125 in the search service server 112 displays the search condition information. After searching for the product information DB 1127 with reference to the specifications of the included properties (step 212), the product information for the corresponding searched product is retrieved and transferred to the search list generation block 1129, and in response, the search list is generated. Block 1129 generates a search list screen (a search list screen containing at least one product description) using the product information and then transmits it to the corresponding client via interface block 1121 (step 214), and subsequent processing. Proceeds to step 216 to proceed to the same process.

Next, the client user may select one of the products on the search list screen as a purchase target, and when the client user selects a specific product to purchase (step 218), the client moves to the related shopping mall site, that is, The control block 1123 connects the client to the related shopping mall site (step 220), and in response, the shopping mall site displays a coupon application (discount coupon) screen, such as a popup, a layer, a layer popup, The combined screen combined with any one of the script windows is provided to the corresponding client (step 222).

Therefore, the client user clicks the coupon application screen displayed on the monitor to obtain the coupon application price, and then proceeds through a series of product purchase processes (or a discount sales process) to purchase the product, thereby providing a sale price of the product. The product purchase service (or the lowest price purchase service) (the discount sale service at the shopping mall site side) which is discounted by the application price can be provided (step 224).

On the other hand, the service method of the present invention, although the illustration in Figure 2 is omitted, after the discount sale service on the shopping mall site is completed, the process of processing the settlement process by automatically offsetting the coupon price of the About coupon and the sales fee of the shopping mall site It can be executed between the service server and the shopping mall site, and the offsetting settlement can be processed immediately every time the discount sales service is executed, or it can be integrated and processed in a predetermined period unit (for example, 1 week, 2 weeks, month, etc.). have.

On the other hand, the study plan service method of the present invention, which provides an embodiment as described above, may be embodied as computer executable code on a computer (or portable computer) readable recording medium. The recording medium may include any kind of recording device in which data is stored which can be read by a computer system. Examples of such computer-readable recording media include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disks, optical data storage devices and carrier waves (eg, transmission over the Internet).

In the above description has been described by presenting a preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the present invention is not necessarily limited to this, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains within a range without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention It will be readily appreciated that branch substitutions, modifications and variations are possible.

102: wired client group
102/1-102 / n: Wired Client
104: wireless client group
104/1-104 / n: wireless client
106: wired communication network
108: wireless communication network
110: shopping mall site group
110/1-110 / n: shopping mall site
112: search service server
1121: Interface Block
1123: control block
1125: information retrieval block
1127: Product Information DB
1129: search list generation block

Claims (18)

As a method of providing a search service for a plurality of products through a search service server,
Receiving, from a specific client, a search request message including search condition information of at least one of the basic specifications of the search target product and at least one of the specific specifications;
Searching for a product information DB based on the received search condition information;
Generating a search list including at least one product history corresponding to the search target product through the search;
Providing the generated search list to the specific client
Search service method for online shopping comprising a.
The method of claim 1,
The basic specification is a general specification related to the manufacture of the searchable product and product classification, and the specification for each characteristic is a product specification related to the product characteristic of the searchable product.
How to Search for Online Shopping.
The method of claim 1,
The product details,
Pre-set general price information and coupon application information
How to Search for Online Shopping.
The method of claim 3, wherein
The preset general price information,
The lowest price information of each country of origin of the search target product or the lowest price information of the sales medium of the product
How to Search for Online Shopping.
The method of claim 3, wherein
The coupon application price information,
Received from a shopping mall site that provides an online sales service for goods corresponding to the product details
How to Search for Online Shopping.
The method of claim 3, wherein
The coupon application price information,
Determined through automatic calculation of discount rate at the search service server
How to Search for Online Shopping.
The method of claim 1,
The search service method,
Accessing the specific client to a shopping mall site that provides a sales service for the purchased selected product when any one of the products included in the product details is selected by the specific client;
Providing, by the shopping mall site, a coupon application screen to the specific client;
When the coupon application screen is selected by the specific client, providing a discount sales service to the client by discounting the sale price of the purchased selected product by the coupon application price.
Search service method for online shopping comprising more.
The method of claim 7, wherein
The coupon application screen is,
The pop-up, layer, layer pop-up, or script window
How to Search for Online Shopping.
The method of claim 7, wherein
The method comprises:
After providing the discount sales service, the process of automatically offsetting the coupon application price and the sales fee of the shopping mall site settlement process
Search service method for online shopping comprising more.
A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the search service method according to any one of claims 1 to 9.
An apparatus for providing a product search service to clients connected to a search service server,
A product information DB for storing basic specification information and specification information of each product;
A product corresponding to the search target product by searching the product information DB when a search request message including search condition information including at least one of the basic specifications of the search target product and at least one of the specific specifications is received from a specific client An information search block for retrieving information,
A search list generation block for generating a search list including at least one product detail based on the extracted product information;
Interface block for providing the generated search list to the specific client
Search service device for an online shopping comprising a.
The method of claim 11,
The basic specification is a general specification related to the manufacture of the searchable product and product classification, and the specification for each characteristic is a product specification related to the product characteristic of the searchable product.
Search service device for online shopping.
The method of claim 11,
The product information DB stores preset general price information and coupon application information of each product,
The product details in the search list include preset general price information and coupon application information.
Search service device for online shopping.
The method of claim 13,
The coupon application price information,
Stored in the product information DB is provided from a shopping mall site that provides an online sales service for products corresponding to the product details
Search service device for online shopping.
The method of claim 13,
The coupon application price information,
Determined through automatic calculation of discount rate at the search service server
Search service device for online shopping.
The method of claim 11,
The search service device,
A control block for connecting the specific client to a shopping mall site that provides a sales service for the purchased selected product when one of the products included in the product details is selected for purchase by the specific client.
Search service device for an online shopping further comprising.
17. The method of claim 16,
The shopping mall site,
A coupon application provides a screen to the specific client, and when the coupon application is selected by the specific client, a discount sale service is provided to the specific client that discounts the sale price of the purchased selected product by the coupon application price.
Search service device for online shopping.
The method of claim 17,
The shopping mall site,
Applying the coupon via any one of the pop-up, layer, layer pop-up and script window to provide a screen
Search service device for online shopping.

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