KR20160028073A - System and method for providing information - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and a method for providing information. The system for providing information comprises: a display part for displaying information related to shopping in a first area, and displaying a commodity purchase plan storage part icon that converts sales information for the commodity corresponding to the information related to shopping into order information and stores the information in a second area; a receiving part for receiving a gesture input of a user for the first menu included in the first area and configured to store the sales information for the commodity in the commodity purchase plan storage part in the method of a pre-storage and post-payment as order information; and a control part for generating a pre-commodity purchase plan storage part icon displaying that the sales information for the commodity will be stored as order information in the commodity purchase plan storage part in response to the receiving of gesture input of a user for the first menu, and for visibly outputting the moving state from the first area to the commodity purchase plan storage part icon of the second area to the display part by the pre-commodity purchase plan striate part icon. The present invention is designed such that a user can intuitively confirm whether the commodity is accurately stored in a commodity purchase plan storage part by displaying a process of storing the commodity ordered by a user in the commodity purchase plan storage part.

Description

[0001] SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION [0002]

The present invention relates to an information providing system and method.

 Nowadays, the number of users purchasing products in the online shopping mall is rapidly increasing, and the market for such online shopping mall business is growing very rapidly. In this situation, competition for attracting more users among a large number of online shopping malls It is becoming increasingly fierce.

Therefore, in order to allow more users to access the online shopping mall site and purchase the products, the online shopping mall operators must provide online shopping mall users with more attention than other online shopping mall sites, There are many angles on the site.

Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2013-0034745

In order to solve the problems and / or limitations described above, it is possible to display a process in which a product ordered by a user is stored as a product purchase reservation storage unit, thereby allowing a user to intuitively confirm whether or not a product is accurately stored in a product purchase reservation storage unit There is a purpose.

The information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention may be configured to display shopping related information in a first area, convert sales information about goods corresponding to the shopping related information into order information in a second area, A display unit for displaying an expected storage unit icon; A receiving unit for receiving a gesture input of a user for a first menu included in the first area and storing sales information of the goods in advance and storing the goods information as order information in a product purchase scheduled storage unit of a payment method; And a preliminary merchandise purchase schedule storage unit icon indicating that sales information on the merchandise is to be stored in the merchandise purchase schedule storage unit in response to receipt of the gesture input by the user for the first menu And a controller for visually outputting a status of the preliminary product purchase expectation storage unit icon moving from the first area to the product purchase expectancy storage unit icon of the second area to the display unit.

The control unit generates a thumbnail image in which the image included in the sales information on the product is reduced and the preliminary product purchase schedule storage unit icon in response to the user's gesture input input to the first menu, To the display unit, a state of moving from the first area to the product purchase prospective storage unit icon of the second area while being displayed on the preliminary product purchase scheduled storage unit icon.

The control unit may adjust the size of the preliminary product purchase forecast storage unit icon moving from the first area to the product purchase forecast storage unit icon of the second area.

When the preliminary product purchase forecast storage unit icon is moved from the first area to the product purchase forecast storage unit icon of the second area, the control unit displays an identifier indicating that sales information on the product is stored as the order information And visually output the identifier on the product purchase forecast storage unit icon.

The control unit may be configured such that when the preliminary product purchase forecast storage unit icon is moved from the first area to the product purchase forecast storage unit icon of the second area, A message indicating that the order information has been stored as the order information, a second menu for confirming the order information stored in the product purchase scheduled storage unit, and the message can be visually output to the first region.

The control unit displays a third menu for transmitting the order information to one or more receivers together with the order information stored in the product purchase scheduled storage unit in response to receipt of a user's gesture input for the second menu, A fourth menu that allows selection of at least one of an e-mail address, a user's terminal number, and a social network service (SNS) address for the recipient in response to the user's gesture input to the third menu, A fifth menu for selecting one or more recipients can be output to the display unit.

The system may further include a transmission unit for transmitting the order information to the recipient selected as the transmission scheme selected in response to the user's gesture input to the fourth menu and the fifth menu.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an information providing method for displaying shopping related information in a first area of a display unit and converting sales information about goods corresponding to the shopping related information into order information in a second area of the display unit Displaying an item to be purchased storage unit icon to be stored; Receiving a gesture input of a user for a first menu that is included in the first area and stores sales information on the goods and stores the information as order information in a product purchase reservation storage unit of a payment method; And a preliminary merchandise purchase schedule storage unit icon indicating that sales information on the merchandise is to be stored in the merchandise purchase schedule storage unit in response to receipt of the gesture input by the user for the first menu And outputting, to the display unit, a state in which the preliminary product purchase expectation storage unit icon moves from the first area to the product purchase expectancy storage unit icon in the second area.

Generating the thumbnail image in which the image included in the sales information on the product is reduced in response to the user's input of the gesture input to the first menu and the preliminary product purchase schedule storage unit icon; And outputting, to the display unit, a state of moving from the first area to the product purchase scheduled storage unit icon of the second area in a state in which the thumbnail image is displayed on the preliminary product purchase schedule storage unit icon; . ≪ / RTI >

The method may further include adjusting a size of the preliminary product purchase forecast storage unit icon moving from the first area to the product purchase forecast storage unit icon of the second area.

The method may further comprise: when the movement of the preliminary product purchase scheduled storage unit icon is completed from the first area to the product purchase scheduled storage unit icon of the second area, an identifier indicating that the sales information on the product is stored as the order information And visually outputting the identifier on the product purchase forecast storage unit icon.

When the preliminary product purchase scheduled storage unit icon is moved from the first area to the product purchase scheduled storage unit icon of the second area, the method further comprises the step of: Generating a message indicating that the order information is stored as the order information, outputting a second menu that can confirm the order information stored in the product purchase scheduled storage unit, and outputting the message visibly to the first region .

The method may further include displaying a third menu for transmitting the order information to one or more receivers together with the order information stored in the product purchase forecast storage unit in response to receipt of a user's gesture input for the second menu, ; And a fourth menu capable of selecting at least one of an email address, a user terminal number, and a social network service (SNS) address for the recipient in response to receiving the user's gesture input to the third menu, And outputting a fifth menu for selecting a recipient to the display unit.

In addition to this, another method for implementing the present invention, another system, and a computer-readable recording medium for recording a computer program for executing the method may be further provided.

Other aspects, features, and advantages will become apparent from the following drawings, claims, and detailed description of the invention.

According to the embodiments, it is possible to intuitively confirm whether or not a product is accurately stored in the product purchase scheduled storage unit by displaying the process of storing the product ordered by the user as the product purchase scheduled storage unit, thereby providing convenience of purchasing the product.

In addition, by displaying the process of storing a product ordered by the user as a product purchase expectation storage unit, the user can intuitively confirm whether or not the product is accurately stored in the product purchase expectation storage unit, The online shopping market can become more active.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram for explaining an information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.
FIG. 2 is a view for schematically explaining an information providing system according to another embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram for explaining a relationship between a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention and the information providing system of FIG.
4 is a diagram for explaining a relationship between a user terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention and the information providing system of FIG.
5 is a diagram for explaining a relationship between a user terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention and the information providing system of FIG.
6 is a schematic view for explaining an information providing system according to another embodiment of the present invention.
7 to 12 are diagrams illustrating information related screens provided by the information providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention to a user terminal.
13 is a flowchart illustrating an information providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Brief Description of the Drawings The advantages and features of the present invention, and the manner of achieving them, will be apparent from and elucidated with reference to the embodiments described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. It should be understood, however, that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments set forth herein, but may be embodied in many different forms and includes all conversions, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the present invention . BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The above and other aspects of the present invention will become more apparent by describing in detail preferred embodiments thereof with reference to the attached drawings. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The terminology used in this application is used only to describe a specific embodiment and is not intended to limit the invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present application, the terms "comprises" or "having" and the like are used to specify that there is a feature, a number, a step, an operation, an element, a component or a combination thereof described in the specification, But do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations thereof. The terms first, second, etc. may be used to describe various elements, but the elements should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another.

The term " product sales information " as used throughout the specification refers to a seller who has actually visited a shopping mall site (or an open market site) managed by the information providing system and / or a seller And may include information related to the sale of a product or service. In addition, the merchandise sales information may include selling information related to the merchandise or the service, for example, sales information of a type including a price such as clothing, shoes, and bags for inducing the user to purchase, intangible merchandise such as a helper, (Service) sales information. The product sales information may include first product sales information and second product sales information.

The first merchandise sales information may be summary merchandise sales information provided by a user or a purchaser so that they can grasp the merchandise sales information at a glance. Such first merchandise sales information may include at least one of an image of the merchandise, a sales title of the merchandise, a price of the merchandise, sales status information of the merchandise, and a merchandise sales period together with the category.

The second product sale information may be detailed sales information provided so that the user or the buyer can grasp detailed sales information on the first product sale information selected by the user. The second merchandise sales information includes, in addition to the first merchandise information, a description of the merchandise, usage conditions for the merchandise, business information including the location of the merchandise selling the merchandise, contact information, Review information, inquiry information about a product inquired by the user or the buyer, and the like. Also, the second merchandise sales information may be provided with merchandise purchase menu information for allowing the purchaser to purchase the merchandise, or may store the merchandise in the merchandise purchase predictor storage section.

The term " product purchase scheduled storage " as used throughout the specification refers to a screen for temporarily storing information on a product to be purchased for convenience of purchase by a purchaser at an online shopping site and displaying product information in a lump A shopping cart can be provided. The storage unit may store the order information for one or more products to be purchased in a storage unit for a product purchased and store one or more orders Information can be collectively settled. Such a product purchase scheduled storage unit may be configured as a separate storage unit and may be included in a control unit described later.

Throughout the specification, the term "category" refers to a hierarchical classification of features common to products from upper to lower order, and can be expressed by the major category, the middle category, and the minor category. Throughout the specification, a category may include first to third categories.

The first category may indicate a major category to be displayed by providing the information providing system on the shopping site home screen of the user terminal. The first category includes, for example, a major category for items of type such as a women's clothing list, a men's clothing list, a fashion miscellaneous list, a maternity baby list, and a major category including an intangible item such as a travel list or a cultural list can do. The information providing system may display one or more pieces of first goods information corresponding to the first category and the first category together on the home screen of the user terminal.

The second category may indicate an intermediate classification category in which the information providing system provides the user terminal with display in response to reception of a list selection signal of the first category. The second category may include, for example, a full list, an over list, a bottom list, a one-piece / set list of women's apparel that the information providing system provides to and displays on the user terminal in response to receiving the female apparel list select signal of the first category, An outer list, an underwear list, and the like. The information providing system may display at least one first product information corresponding to the second category and the second category together with the user terminal. Here, the upper category of the second category may be the first category. Here, the second category list is limited to the selection of the female clothing list in the first category. However, the second category list may be changed according to the list selected in the first category, and the list corresponding to the list selected in the first category You can include all 2 category lists.

The third category may indicate a lower classification category that the information providing system provides to the user terminal to display in response to receiving a list selection signal of the second category. The third category may include, for example, one or more first merchandise sales information for an image of a ladies' garment that the information providing system provides to the user terminal and displays, corresponding to receipt of the list selection signal in the second category. The information providing system may display at least one first product information corresponding to the third category and the third category together with the user terminal. Here, the upper category of the third category may be the second category, and the uppermost category of the third category may be the first category. Here, the third category list is limited to the list selection in the second category. However, the first product sale information included in the third category may be different according to the list selected in the second category, And may include all other first merchandise sales information corresponding to the selected list.

Throughout the specification, the term " gesture " means a hand gesture that the user uses to control the user terminal. For example, the gestures described herein may include tabs. Here, the tap indicates an operation in which the user touches the screen very quickly using a finger or a stylus. That is, the time difference between the touch-in time, which is the time when the finger or the touch tool touches the screen, and the touch-out time, which is the time when the finger or the touch tool falls off the screen, is very short. In this embodiment, the user's selection signal may include what is generated by the gesture.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the like elements throughout. .

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram for explaining an information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.

Referring to FIG. 1, the information providing system 100 may include a display unit 110, a receiving unit 120, and a controller 130.

The display unit 110 is divided into a first area and a second area, and the first area includes first sales information or first sales information included in each of the first category, the third category, 2 commodity sales information, and a second commodity purchase storage unit icon can be displayed.

In an alternative embodiment, in the first area of the display unit 110, on the home screen provided by the information providing system 100, event categories including today's recommended products, plan exhibition, new products, today's finished products, And one or more first goods sale information included in the first category together. Here, the second product sale information for the selected first product sale information is displayed corresponding to the selection and reception of any one product sale information by the gesture among the one or more first product sale information included in the event category or the first category . In an alternative embodiment, the display unit 110 may display the event category or the first category by the gesture in response to a selection of a list included in the first category, The sales information can be displayed. Here, it is possible to display the second product sale information for the selected first product sale information corresponding to the selection and reception of the first product sale information by the gesture among the one or more first product sale information included in the second category have. In an alternative embodiment, the first area of the display 110 may include a user's personal information, a user-requested item, a recently viewed item by the user, a history / delivery inquiry purchased by the user, And can display detailed information on the list in response to receipt of any list selection within the My Page by the gesture.

In an alternative embodiment, the user may input a search term in the second area of the display unit 110 and display the search term icon so that first merchandise sales information including the search term may be output. The display unit 110 displays a search window for inputting a search word corresponding to the search word icon selection and reception by the gesture and displays one or more first goods sale information including a search word when the search word input is completed .

In the present embodiment, when the display unit 110 and the touch pad have a mutual layer structure to constitute a touch screen, the display unit 110 may be used as an input device in addition to the output device. The display unit 110 may be a liquid crystal display, a thin film transistor-liquid crystal display, an organic light-emitting diode, a flexible display, a three-dimensional display 3D display). There may be two or more display units 110 depending on the implementation form of the user terminal. The touch screen can be configured to detect the touch input position as well as the touch input area as well as the touch input pressure. In addition, the touch screen can be configured to detect not only the real-touch but also the proximity touch.

Here, the term "real-touch" refers to a case where a pointer is actually touched on the screen, and "proximity-touch" , And approaches a predetermined distance from the screen. A pointer is a tool for touching or touching a specific portion of a displayed screen. For example, there are stylus fans and fingers.

The receiving unit 120 may receive the gesture input by the user on the display unit 110. [ The receiving unit 120 may receive a user's gesture input to the first menu included in the first area of the display unit 110. [ Here, the first menu may be a menu for storing in the product purchase schedule storage unit, which allows the user to store sales information on the product selected by the user as order information in the product purchase schedule storage unit. In addition, the receiving unit 120 may receive a user's gesture input for a second menu to a fifth menu, which will be described later, and a user's gesture input for operating the information providing system 100, .

The control unit 130 may generate a preliminary purchase item storage icon corresponding to the user's gesture input to the first menu. Here, the preliminary product purchase scheduled storage unit icon is generated in the same form as the product purchase scheduled storage unit icon displayed in the first area of the display unit 110, and the sales information for the product selected by the user It may be an icon indicating that it is to be stored as order information in the storage unit. The preliminary product purchase scheduled storage unit icon can be moved on the display unit 110 under the control of the control unit 130 although the product purchase scheduled storage unit icon displayed in the first area is fixed at an arbitrary position.

The control unit 130 generates a preliminary product purchase scheduled storage unit icon corresponding to the user's gesture input to the first menu and displays the preliminary product purchase scheduled storage unit icon from the first area to the product purchase scheduled storage unit of the second area, The display unit 110 can visually display a state of moving to the icon. Here, the controller 130 may adjust the size of the preliminary merchandise purchase forecast storage unit icon moving from the first area to the product purchase forecast storage unit icon of the second area. To this end, the control unit 130 sets in advance a route to move from the travel route of the preliminary product purchase reservation storage unit icon, that is, from the first area to the product purchase schedule storage unit icon of the second area, You can specify the size of the icon of the item to be purchased. For example, in the first area as the starting point, the largest preliminary product purchase scheduled storage icon is displayed and displayed, and on the product purchase scheduled storage icon of the second area as the arrival point, the smallest preliminary product purchase schedule The sub-icon can be displayed as an output.

In an alternative embodiment, the controller 130 generates a thumbnail image and a reserve item purchase storage icon for the product ordered by the user in response to the user's gesture input to the first menu, and stores the thumbnail image in a reserve product purchase schedule storage It is possible to visually display on the display unit 110 a state of moving from the first area to the product purchase prospective storage unit icon of the second area while being displayed on the sub-icon. Here, the thumbnail image refers to an image smaller than the original size for the purpose of browsing or searching. The thumbnail image generation of the control unit 130 may be performed by reducing the size of the image of the product included in the first product sales information or the second product selling information by, for example, 1/8 or 1/64 . The control unit 130 can adjust the size of the preliminary product purchase schedule storage unit icon displaying the thumbnail image moving from the first area to the product purchase schedule storage unit icon of the second area. To this end, the control unit 130 sets in advance a route to move from the travel route of the preliminary product purchase schedule storage unit icon having the thumbnail image, that is, from the first area to the product purchase schedule storage unit icon of the second area, The size of the preliminary product purchase expected storage icon icon in which a thumbnail image is displayed at each position can be specified. For example, a preliminary product purchase scheduled storage icon icon showing the largest thumbnail image is displayed on the first area, which is the starting point, and a thumbnail image of the smallest size is displayed on the product purchase schedule storage icon of the second area, An image of the preliminary product purchase storage marking icon can be displayed and displayed.

By displaying the process of storing the product ordered by the user in the product purchase expectation storage unit as described above, the user can intuitively confirm whether or not the product is accurately stored in the product purchase expectation storage unit.

When the preliminary purchase item storage schedule icon or the preliminary product purchase schedule storage icon icon showing the thumbnail image is moved from the first area to the product purchase schedule storage unit icon of the second area, An identifier can be visually output on the icon. Here, the identifier is a visual indication that the sales information on the product is stored in the product purchase reservation storage unit as order information. The identifier may include, for example, a number, which is stored in the product purchase reservation storage unit as order information Can be cumulatively displayed according to the number of times.

When the preliminary purchase item storage schedule icon or the preliminary product purchase schedule storage icon icon indicating the thumbnail image is moved from the first area to the product purchase schedule storage unit icon of the second area, the control unit 130 displays sales information And displays the second menu and the message on the first area on the display unit 110 in a visible manner. Here, the second menu means that the sales information about the goods is composed of a separate storage unit (not shown) or can be confirmed that it is stored as order information in the product purchase scheduled storage unit included in the control unit 130 Top> menu. In response to the second menu selection by the gesture of the user, the control unit 130 can display the order information on the goods stored in the product purchase expectation storage unit on the display unit 110. [

The control unit 130 may output an identifier to the product purchase scheduled storage unit icon, output the message and the second menu, and store the order information about the product in the product purchase scheduled storage unit.

The control unit 130 may display the order and the <payment> menu and the third menu on the display unit 110 together with the order information of the goods stored in the product purchase reservation storage unit. Here, the < settlement > menu may be a menu that can be selected by the user's gesture so as to generate order information about the goods stored in the product purchase scheduled storage section. Also, the third menu may be a menu for transmitting the order information, which can be selected by the gesture of the user so that the order information stored in the product purchase scheduled storage unit can be transmitted to one or more recipients.

The control unit 130 generates payment information for order information stored in the product purchase scheduled storage unit in response to the user's gesture input to the &lt; payment &gt; menu, and outputs the payment information generation result to the display unit 110 . The control unit 130 outputs the payment information generation screen to the display unit 110 and receives the payment information input result by the user. The payment information may include orderer information including a name, a mobile phone number, and / or an e-mail address of the orderer who ordered the product. Here, the purchaser may include the user. The payment information may also include payee information including the name of the payee receiving the goods, the mobile phone number, the address, the emergency contact and / or the request for delivery. The payment information may also include order information including the number of orders for the goods, goods prices and / or shipping costs. The payment information may also include payment means information consisting of a total order amount, a discount coupon availability, a total payment amount and / or payment means including one of credit card payment or mobile payment or real-time account transfer, .

The control unit 130 can receive the payment information for paying the goods by the payment means selected by the purchaser. The control unit 130 may receive a payment means selection signal of credit card payment, mobile phone settlement, real-time account transfer, or unallocated deposit included in the payment information from the orderer who has received the order information so that the settlement process can be performed. In response to receiving the credit card payment means selection signal, the control unit 130 may enter a credit card company, a card number, and / or an expiration date to call a credit card payment processing process for performing payment of goods, It is possible to output the result of the payment processing process, that is, the result of the goods settlement process by the credit card, to the display unit 110. [ In response to reception of the mobile payment means selection signal, the control unit 130 calls the mobile phone payment processing process for performing the product payment by inputting the mobile phone carrier and / or the mobile phone number, , And output the goods settlement processing result by the mobile phone to the display unit 110. [ In an alternative embodiment, the control unit 130 invokes a real-time account transfer settlement processing process in response to receipt of a real-time account transfer selection signal, inputs a bank selection, an account number and / or a password, The result of performing the transfer settlement processing process, that is, the result of the goods settlement process by the real-time account transfer, to the display unit 110. In an alternative embodiment, the control unit 130 may provide one or more bank names and account numbers for depositing a commodity price to the purchaser user terminal in response to receipt of the unsettled depositing means selection signal. The control unit 130 periodically confirms whether the goods settlement has been completed and, when the goods settlement process is completed through the arbitrary bank name and the account number, the control unit 130 can output the goods settlement process result by the non-transactional deposit to the display unit 110 .

The control unit 130 may control the order information stored in the product purchase scheduled storage unit to be transmitted to one or more recipients in response to the user's gesture input input to the third menu. Hereinafter, the contents of the order information transmission will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 2 is a view for schematically explaining an information providing system according to another embodiment of the present invention. In the following description, the description of the parts overlapping with those of FIG. 1 will be omitted.

Referring to FIG. 2, the information providing system 100 may include a display unit 110, a receiving unit 120, a controller 130, and a transmitting unit 140.

In response to the user's gesture input to the third menu, the control unit 130 may output an order information transmission screen and an order information transmission screen, which can transmit order information to the display unit 110. [ Here, the order information transmission screen may include one or more pieces of orderer information including a name, a mobile phone number, and / or an e-mail address of the orderer who ordered the goods. Also, the order information transmission screen may include order detail information on the product generated in response to the order reception signal of the purchaser. Also, the order information transmission screen may include a fourth menu and a fifth menu. Here, the fourth menu may include an order information transmission method selection menu for selecting at least one of e-mail, text, SNS (Twitter, Facebook, KakaoTalk, etc.) And may include a list of recipients from which to select recipients to receive order information. Here, in the fifth menu, at least one or more receivers can be set according to the number of objects to receive order information.

The transmitting unit 140 may transmit the order detail information to at least one recipient e-mail address selected from the fifth menu, corresponding to the e-mail transmission method selected from the fourth menu. In an alternative embodiment, the transmitting unit 140 may transmit the order detail information to at least one recipient user terminal selected from the fifth menu, corresponding to the character transmission mode selected from the fourth menu. In an alternative embodiment, the transmission unit 140 transmits at least one recipient SNS address selected from the fifth menu (e. G., An e-mail address, e-mail address, Or mobile phone number). The recipient who receives the order information can accurately know the order status of the purchaser without accessing the online shopping site. Here, the recipient may include a purchaser (user).

3 is a diagram for explaining a relationship between a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention and the information providing system of FIG. 3, the information providing system 100 includes a plurality of user terminals T1, T2, T3, ..., Tn by a network NW including a wired and / or wireless communication network such as the Internet and / or an intranet. Lt; / RTI &gt; That is, the information providing system 100 is separated from the user terminals T1, T2, T3, ..., Tn and connected to the network NW while being separated from the user terminals T1, T2, T3, .

4 is a diagram for explaining a relationship between a user terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention and the information providing system of FIG. Referring to FIG. 4, the information providing system 100 may be included in the user terminal T1. Although not shown, the information providing system 100 may be included in each terminal of the user. There are various methods for including the information providing system 100 of the present embodiment in the user terminal T1. As a concrete example, each of the users can install the information providing system 100 in the terminal through the network NW, for example, the information providing system 100 can be installed in the user terminal T1 in the form of one application . As another specific example, the information providing system 100 may be installed off-line to the user terminal T1. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the information providing system 100 may be installed in various forms within the user terminal T1.

5 is a diagram for explaining a relationship between a user terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention and the information providing system of FIG. 5, a part 100A of the information providing system 100 may be included in the user terminal T1 and another part 100B may be connected to the user terminal T1 via the network NW.

For example, a part 100A including the display unit 110, the receiving unit 120, and the control unit 130 among the members of the information providing system 100 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 may include a user terminal T1, Lt; / RTI &gt; The method of allowing the part 100A of the information providing system 100 to be included in the user terminal T1 is the same as that described in the embodiment of FIG. 4, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted. The other part 100B including the transmitting unit 140 among the members of the information providing system 100 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 may be connected to the user terminal T1 via the network NW.

The transmission unit 140 of the information providing system 100 is connected to the user terminal T1 via the network NW as a part 100B of the information providing system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Or more. That is, at least one of the plurality of members included in the information providing system 100 may be selectively connected to the user terminal T1 by the network NW.

6 is a schematic view for explaining an information providing system according to another embodiment of the present invention. In the following description, a description overlapping with the description of FIG. 1 to FIG. 5 will be omitted.

6, the information providing system 100 may be implemented as the information providing server 100S and the user terminal T1 may be connected to the information providing server 100S through the network NW. The information providing server 100S also provides the information stored in the database 200D and the database 200D to the user terminal T1 or the information received from the user terminal T1 via the information providing server 100S in the database 200D.

The user terminal T1 may be a mobile terminal such as a handheld device, a smart phone, a tab, a tablet PC, or the like, which can access the information providing server 100S through the network NW. The user terminal T1 can access the information providing server 100S and display the process of storing the product ordered by the user as the expected product purchase storage unit so that the user can intuitively confirm whether the product is accurately stored in the product purchase scheduled storage unit .

The information providing server 100S generates a preliminary product purchase scheduled storage icon in response to the user's gesture input to the first menu, and the preliminary product purchase scheduled storage icon is displayed in the first area, It is possible to visually provide the user terminal T1 with a status of moving to the storage unit icon. In an alternative embodiment, the information providing server 100S may generate a thumbnail image and a preliminary product purchase reservation storage icon for the product ordered by the user in response to receiving the user's gesture input to the first menu, It is possible to visually provide the user terminal T1 with a situation of moving from the first area to the product purchase prospective storage unit icon in the state of being displayed on the storage unit icon. The information providing server 100S may adjust the size of the preliminary commodity purchase schedule storage unit or the preliminary commodity purchase schedule storage unit icon displaying the thumbnail image moving from the first area to the commodity purchase schedule storage icon of the second area.

7 to 12 are diagrams illustrating information related screens provided by the information providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention to a user terminal.

7 is a view illustrating an example of a sales information screen for a product according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 7, FIG. 7A shows second merchandise sales information for an arbitrary merchandise provided by the information providing system 100 to the user terminal T1. And a <Purchase> menu that can be selected and ordered by the user gesture is included in the screen on which the second product sale information is displayed. 7B shows a detailed order information creating menu in which the information providing system 100 can select the type, size, and color of the product corresponding to the <purchase> menu selection by the user gesture, And a < Purchase > menu in which detailed order information can be directly purchased, are output to the user terminal T1.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen in which the movement of the reserve item purchase storage unit icon is visually represented according to an embodiment of the present invention. 8A to 8D, the user terminal T1 includes a first area 810, a second area 820, a preliminary product purchase schedule storage icon 830, and a product purchase schedule storage icon 840 can do. Here, the product purchase expectation storage unit icon 840 is fixed at an arbitrary position in the second area 820. [

Referring to FIGS. 8A to 8C, the information providing system 100 generates a preliminary product purchase scheduled storage icon 830 in response to the first menu selection reception of FIG. 7B by the user gesture, The state in which the icon 830 moves from the first area 810 to the product purchase prospective storage icon 840 of the second area 820 is visually outputted to the user terminal T1. 8A to 8C, the information providing system 100 includes a preliminary purchase item storage unit 830 for moving from the first area 810 to the product purchase expectation storage unit icon 840 of the second area 820, Can be adjusted.

8D shows that when the preliminary product purchase expectancy storage icon 830 is moved from the first area 810 to the product purchase expectancy storage icon 840 of the second area 820, The user terminal T1 displays an identifier on the product purchase forecast storage unit icon 840 and a message indicating that sales information on the product is stored in the product purchase scheduled storage unit and stored in the product purchase scheduled storage unit And a second menu (menu for go-to-buy) for confirming order information.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a screen of a preliminary purchase item storage icon icon according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9A to 9D, the user terminal T1 includes a first area 910, a second area 920, a thumbnail image 930 for a product ordered by the user, a reserved goods purchase storage icon 940, A preliminary product purchase schedule storage unit icon 950 displaying a thumbnail image, and a product purchase schedule storage unit icon 960. Here, the product purchase scheduled storage unit icon 950 is fixed at an arbitrary position in the second area 920. [

9A to 9C, in response to the first menu selection reception of FIG. 7B by the user gesture, the information providing system 100 displays a thumbnail image 930 and a preliminary purchase item storage icon And a thumbnail image 930 is displayed on the preliminary product purchase schedule storage unit icon 940 to generate a preliminary product purchase schedule storage unit icon 950 and displayed on the user terminal T1 Output. Then, the information providing system 100 moves the preliminary product purchase scheduled storage unit icon 950 displayed with the thumbnail image from the first area 910 to the product purchase expected storage unit icon 960 of the second area 920 And the situation is visually output to the user terminal T1. 9A to 9C, the information providing system 100 displays a preliminary product purchase schedule storage icon 920 displaying a thumbnail image from the first area 910 to the product purchase expectancy storage icon 960 of the second area 920, It is possible to adjust the size of the display unit 950.

9D is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the information providing system 900 when the preliminary product purchase scheduled storage icon 950 displaying the thumbnail image is moved from the first area 910 to the product purchase scheduled storage icon 960 of the second area 920. [ (100) displays an identifier on the product purchase scheduled storage unit icon (960), and a message indicating that the sales information on the product is stored in the product purchase scheduled storage unit in the user terminal (T1) And a second menu (menu for purchasing go back) that can confirm the order information stored in the storage unit.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an order information generation screen stored in a product purchase forecast storage unit according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 10, the order information creation screen stored in the product purchase scheduled storage section includes a settlement menu that can settle order information, including order information on a product selected by the user, 3 Menu (Send order information menu) is included.

11 is a view illustrating an example of a billing information generation screen according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 11, the information providing system 100 generates payment information including orderer information, recipient information, order information, and payment means information in response to receiving a payment menu selection in FIG. 10 by a gesture of a user And outputs it to the user terminal T1. Here, the recipient information and the payment means information can be changed and inputted by the user.

12 is a diagram illustrating an order information transmission screen according to an embodiment of the present invention. 11, in response to the third menu selection reception by the user's gesture in FIG. 10, the information providing system 100 transmits, together with the order information, one of an email address, a user terminal number, or an SNS (social network service) (The payment information transmission method selection menu) and the fifth menu (recipient list) in which one or more receivers to receive the order information can be selected are outputted to the user terminal T1 . The information providing system 100 may transmit the order information to the recipient selected by the transmission method selected corresponding to the receipt of the gesture input by the user for the fourth menu and the fifth menu.

13 is a flowchart illustrating an information providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention. 13, the information providing system 100 displays shopping related information in a first area of a display unit of a user terminal (T1), stores sales information on goods corresponding to shopping related information in a second area of the display unit And displays the goods purchase forecast storage unit icon which is converted into information and stored (S10).

The information providing system 100 receives the user's gesture input for the first menu that is included in the first area and stores the sales information on the product as the order information in the product purchase expectation storage unit (S20).

In response to the user's gesture input to the first menu, the information providing system 100 displays a preliminary product purchase schedule storage icon indicating that the sales information about the product is to be stored as order information in the product purchase schedule storage unit (Step S30), and the state of the preliminary product purchase scheduled storage icon moving from the first area to the product purchase scheduled storage icon of the second area is visually displayed to the user terminal T1.

In an alternative embodiment, the information providing system 100 generates a thumbnail image and a preliminary product purchase schedule storage icon in which the image included in the sales information about the product is reduced in response to the user's gesture input to the first menu , It is possible to visually output to the user terminal T1 a situation of moving from the first area to the product purchase prospective storage area icon in a state of displaying the thumbnail image on the preliminary product purchase expectation storage icon. Here, it is possible to adjust the size of the preliminary product purchase schedule storage icon that moves from the first area to the product purchase schedule storage icon of the second area or the preliminary product purchase schedule storage icon that displays the thumbnail image.

Meanwhile, the present invention can be embodied in computer readable code on a computer readable recording medium. A computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording apparatuses in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored.

Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include a ROM, a RAM, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device and the like, and also a carrier wave (for example, transmission via the Internet) . In addition, the computer-readable recording medium may be distributed over network-connected computer systems so that computer readable codes can be stored and executed in a distributed manner. In addition, functional programs, codes, and code segments for implementing the present invention can be easily deduced by programmers skilled in the art to which the present invention belongs.

The use of the terms "above" and similar indication words in the specification of the present invention (particularly in the claims) may refer to both singular and plural. In addition, in the present invention, when a range is described, it includes the invention to which the individual values belonging to the above range are applied (unless there is contradiction thereto), and each individual value constituting the above range is described in the detailed description of the invention The same.

Unless there is explicitly stated or contrary to the description of the steps constituting the method according to the invention, the steps may be carried out in any suitable order. The present invention is not necessarily limited to the order of description of the above steps. The use of all examples or exemplary language (e.g., etc.) in this invention is for the purpose of describing the present invention only in detail and is not to be limited by the scope of the claims, It is not. It will also be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various modifications, combinations, and alterations may be made depending on design criteria and factors within the scope of the appended claims or equivalents thereof.

Accordingly, the spirit of the present invention should not be construed as being limited to the above-described embodiments, and all ranges that are equivalent to or equivalent to the claims of the present invention as well as the claims .

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Claims (15)

A display unit for displaying an item to be purchased storage unit icon for displaying shopping related information in a first area and converting sales information for goods corresponding to the shopping related information into order information in a second area and storing the converted order information;
A receiving unit for receiving a gesture input of a user for a first menu included in the first area and storing sales information of the goods in advance and storing the goods information as order information in a product purchase scheduled storage unit of a payment method; And
A reserve item purchase schedule storage unit icon indicating that sales information on the product is to be stored in the product purchase schedule storage unit in response to receipt of a user's gesture input for the first menu, And a control unit for visually outputting to the display unit a situation in which the preliminary product purchase scheduled storage unit icon moves from the first area to the product purchase scheduled storage unit icon of the second area. . The apparatus of claim 1,
A thumbnail image in which an image included in the sales information on the product is reduced in response to a user's input of a gesture input to the first menu and the preliminary product purchase forecast storage unit icon are generated and the thumbnail image is stored in the preliminary product To the display unit, a state of moving from the first area to the product purchase prospective storage unit icon of the second area while being displayed on the prospective storage unit icon. The apparatus of claim 1,
And the size of the preliminary merchandise purchase forecast storage unit icon moving from the first area to the product purchase forecast storage unit icon of the second area is adjusted. The apparatus of claim 1,
An identifier indicating that the sales information on the product is stored as the order information when the preliminary product purchase scheduled storage unit icon is moved from the first area to the product purchase scheduled storage unit icon of the second area, And visually outputs the identifier on the product purchase reservation storage icon. The apparatus of claim 1,
When the preliminary product purchase forecast storage unit icon is moved from the first area to the product purchase forecast storage unit icon of the second area, the sales information on the product is stored in the product purchase forecast storage unit as the order information And a second menu for confirming the order information stored in the product purchase scheduled storage unit and the message are visually output to the first area. 6. The apparatus of claim 5,
A third menu for transmitting the order information to one or more receivers together with the order information stored in the product purchase forecast storage unit in response to receipt of a user's gesture input for the second menu,
A fourth menu capable of selecting at least one of an e-mail address, a user terminal number, and a social network service (SNS) address for the recipient in response to receipt of a user's gesture input to the third menu, To the display unit, a fifth menu that allows the user to select the second menu. The method according to claim 6,
And a transmission unit for transmitting the order information to the recipient selected as the transmission scheme selected in response to the user's gesture input reception for the fourth menu and the fifth menu. A step of displaying a product purchase forecast storage unit icon displaying shop related information in a first area of the display unit and converting sales information on the goods corresponding to the shopping related information into order information in a second area of the display unit, ;
Receiving a gesture input of a user for a first menu that is included in the first area and stores sales information on the goods and stores the information as order information in a product purchase reservation storage unit of a payment method; And
A reserve item purchase schedule storage unit icon indicating that sales information on the product is to be stored in the product purchase schedule storage unit in response to receipt of a user's gesture input for the first menu, And outputting, to the display unit, a situation in which the preliminary product purchase expectancy storage unit icon moves from the first area to the product purchase expectancy storage unit icon in the second area . 9. The method according to claim 8,
Generating a thumbnail image in which the image included in the sales information for the product is reduced and the preliminary product purchase scheduled storage unit icon in response to receiving the user's gesture input to the first menu; And
Displaying the thumbnail image on the preliminary merchandise purchase forecast storage unit icon from the first area to the merchandise purchase forecast storage unit icon of the second area on the display unit; The information providing method comprising the steps of: 9. The method of claim 8,
Further comprising: adjusting a size of the preliminary product purchase schedule storage unit icon moving from the first area to the product purchase forecast storage unit icon of the second area. 9. The method of claim 8,
An identifier indicating that the sales information on the product is stored as the order information when the preliminary product purchase scheduled storage unit icon is moved from the first area to the product purchase scheduled storage unit icon of the second area, Further comprising the step of visually outputting the identifier on the product purchase forecast storage unit icon. 9. The method of claim 8,
When the preliminary product purchase forecast storage unit icon is moved from the first area to the product purchase forecast storage unit icon of the second area, the sales information on the product is stored in the product purchase forecast storage unit as the order information And a second menu for confirming the order information stored in the product purchase scheduled storage unit and a step of visually outputting the message to the first area. Way. 13. The method of claim 12,
Outputting a third menu for transmitting the order information to one or more receivers together with the order information stored in the product purchase forecast storage unit in response to receipt of a user's gesture input for the second menu, ; And
A fourth menu capable of selecting at least one of an e-mail address, a user terminal number, and a social network service (SNS) address for the recipient in response to receipt of a user's gesture input to the third menu, And outputting the fifth menu to the display unit. 14. The method of claim 13,
And transmitting the order information to the recipient selected as the transmission method selected in response to receiving the gesture input of the user for the fourth menu and the fifth menu. 15. A computer-readable recording medium for recording a computer program for executing the method according to any one of claims 8 to 14.

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