TW202329016A - Operating method for providing store information and electronic apparatus supporting thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a method of providing store information in an electronic apparatus, the method including identifying one or more stores related to a delivery mediating service provided by the electronic apparatus, acquiring representative image information including representative store image information on a first store included in the one or more stores and representative item image information on an item sold in the first store, and providing information on the first store including the representative image information.

Description

Operation method for providing store information and electronic device supporting the operation method

The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for providing store information, and more particularly, to a method of providing store information including an image of a representative menu item of a store and an electronic device for the method. equipment.

With the development of electronic technology, e-commerce has been established as a shopping mall. Customers can buy items online without going to a shopping mall or market in person. Items purchased online are delivered to the delivery destination requested by the customer.

In the case of electronic commerce, providing detailed and accurate information about items has a significant impact on customer service satisfaction in a service. Accordingly, various methods for providing more detailed and accurate information to customers are discussed.

In this regard, related documents such as KR101756594B1, KR101500849B1 and the like may be incorporated by reference.

[Technical target] According to one aspect, an electronic device may provide store information including an image of a representative menu item of a store.

The technical goals to be achieved in this disclosure are not limited to the technical goals described above, and those skilled in this technology will clearly understand other technical goals not mentioned herein according to the following description.

[Technical solution] Various example embodiments may provide a method of operating an electronic device for providing store information and an electronic device for supporting the method.

According to various example embodiments, there is provided a method of providing store information in an electronic device, the method comprising: identifying one or more stores associated with a delivery intermediary service provided by the electronic device, obtaining information including the one or more stores Representative image information of a representative store image information of a first store included in the store and representative image information of an item sold in the first store, and providing the first store image information including the representative image information Store information.

The acquisition of the representative image information may include: acquiring the order count information of the plurality of items sold in the first store and the item rating information of the plurality of items, based on the order count information and the item rating information in the plurality of Determining a representative item of a first item and a second item including the image information of the representative item among the items, and obtaining the representative item including the first image information of the first item and the second image information of the second item Sexual object image information.

The first image information may be identified based on image information of the first item included in a first item detail page of the first item on a store detail page of the first store.

An area representing the first item can be identified in the image information of the first item, and the first image information can be obtained by cropping the image information of the first item to remove an area other than the identified area .

The image information of the first item can be obtained from a terminal of the first store.

When the image information of the first item is not identified in the first item detail page, the first item may be excluded when determining the representative items.

The method may further include transmitting the image request information of the first item to a terminal of the first store.

The determination of the representative items may include: among the plurality of items, identifying the first display information indicating that a first condition corresponding to the order count information is satisfied or the second display information indicating that a first condition corresponding to the item rating information is set. One or more items of the second display information whose conditions are met, and determine the first item and the second item among the one or more items.

The determination of the first item and the second item may include: identifying a part of the one or more items for which the first display information and the second display information are set; and a number of the part of items is two or more, determine the first item and the second item among the part of items.

The determination of the first item and the second item may include: when the part of the items is an item, determining that the one item is the first item; and determining the remainder of the one or more items except the one item One of the items with a maximum order quantity is the second item.

The determining the first item and the second item may include: in response to not identifying the partial item, among the one or more items based on a first priority related to the first condition and related to the second condition The first item and the second item are determined in relation to a second priority, and the first priority may be higher than the second priority.

The method may further comprise obtaining a first input from a user for the first image information included in the representative image information provided in the information of the first store, and in response to the first input, A store detail page for one of the first stores is provided. The information of the first item displayed on the store detail page may include information indicating that the first item is an item corresponding to the first image information from which the first input is obtained.

The representative image information may be set based on a predetermined layout for arranging the representative store image information, the first image information and the second image information.

The layout may include a main image display area and a plurality of additional image display areas, and a main image display area may be larger in size than an additional image display area.

The method may further include: setting the representative store image information in the one main image display area, and setting the first image information and the second image information in the plurality of additional image display areas.

The method may further include: obtaining information on one or more keywords used by a plurality of users to search the first store in the service; When a first search frequency of at least one first keyword corresponding to the name is greater than or equal to a threshold count, the first image information is set to be located in the one main image display area; and the representative store image information And the second image information is set to be located in the plurality of additional image display areas.

The method may further include: when the first search frequency and a second search frequency are greater than or equal to the threshold count, corresponding to the item with a larger order number among the first item and the second item a piece of image information is set to be located in the one main image display area, the second search frequency is based on at least one second keyword among the one or more keywords corresponding to a name of the second item; and the The representative store image information and the rest of the first image information and the second image information except the one image information segment are set to be located in the plurality of additional image display areas.

The information of the first store may further include attribute information of the first store. The attribute information of the first store may include information about the name of the first store, information about the evaluation of the first store by a plurality of users in the service, and the relationship between the first store and a user. Information on a distance, information on a discount coupon of the first store that will be provided to the user in the service, information indicating whether the first store corresponds to a takeaway store, and the first store’s use of One delivery fee and one estimated delivery time information.

According to various example embodiments, there is provided an electronic device for providing store information, the electronic device includes: a processor; and one or more memories, wherein one or more instructions are stored, wherein when executed, the one or A plurality of instructions control the processor to execute: identifying one or more stores related to a delivery intermediary service provided by the electronic device, obtaining a representative store image including a first store included in the one or more stores Information and representative image information of representative item image information of an item sold in the first store, and information of the first store including the representative image information is provided.

The example embodiments of the disclosure set forth above are but some of the example embodiments of the disclosure. Those skilled in the art should understand that various example embodiments in which technical features of various example embodiments of the present disclosure are reflected can be derived based on the following detailed description.

[Effect]

The present disclosure has the following technical effect: it is possible to improve the convenience of a user's store search by presenting a method of store information provided by an electronic device including an image of a representative menu item of a store.

Effects to be obtained in the present disclosure are not limited to the aforementioned effects, and other effects not mentioned herein will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

The following example embodiments are obtained by combining constituent elements and features of various example embodiments in a predetermined form. Each constituent element or feature can be regarded as optional unless clearly stated otherwise. Each constituent element or feature may be defined in a form that is not coupled with another constituent element or feature. In addition, certain constituent elements and features may be combined with each other to implement various example embodiments. The order of operations that will be set forth in various example embodiments may be changed. Certain constituent elements or features of any one of the example embodiments may be included in, or may be replaced with corresponding constituent elements or features of other example embodiments.

In the description of the drawings, procedures or steps that may obscure the gist of various example embodiments and the like are not described, and procedures or steps that can be understood by those skilled in the art are not described.

When throughout the specification, a part "comprises or includes" a constituent element, it means that the part may further include other constituent elements, not exclude other constituent elements, unless otherwise stated. In addition, terms such as "component", "... device (-er)", "... device (-or)", "module" and the like as used herein may refer to a unit that performs at least one function or operation , which can be implemented as hardware or software, or can be implemented as a combination of hardware and software. Additionally, the words "a or an", "an", "the" and similar terms may be used to include the singular or the plural unless referring to various example embodiments (specifically, claims content) clearly stated otherwise.

Various example embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The detailed description, which will be disclosed below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, is intended to illustrate examples of various example embodiments and not to be limiting thereto.

In addition, terms used in various example embodiments are provided to facilitate general understanding of various example embodiments, and usage of such specific terms may be changed to other terms without departing from the technical idea of various example embodiments .

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a shop information providing system for implementing an operation method of an electronic device for providing shop information according to various example embodiments.

Referring to FIG. 1 , a store information providing system according to various example embodiments may be implemented using various types of electronic devices. For example, the store information providing system can be implemented in a server device 100 and a user device 200 . In other words, each of the server device 100 and the user device 200 may perform operations according to various example embodiments of the present disclosure based on a store information providing system implemented in each device. However, the store information providing system according to various example embodiments is not limited to the store information providing system illustrated in FIG. 1 , but may be implemented using other various types of electronic devices and servers.

The server device 100 according to various example embodiments may be a device that performs wired and wireless communication with a plurality of user devices 200 and includes a large-capacity storage device. For example, the server device 100 may be a cloud device interlocked with a plurality of user devices 200 .

The user device 200 according to various example embodiments may be a device usable by an individual user, such as a desktop personal computer (PC), a tablet PC, a mobile terminal, or the like. In addition, other electronic devices performing similar functions can be used as the user device 200 .

The store information providing system according to various example embodiments may include various operation modules. The modules included in the store information providing system may be implemented so that an entity device (for example, the server device 100 and the user device 200) implementing the store information providing system (or included in the physical device) performs the tasks assigned to it. A computer program code or one or more instructions for an operation. In other words, in the physical equipment implementing the store information providing system, a plurality of modules can be stored in a memory in the form of computer program codes. The plurality of modules stored in memory, when executed by a computer, can be configured to cause the physical device to perform assigned operations corresponding to the plurality of modules.

2 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of a server device and a user device according to various example embodiments.

Referring to FIG. 2 , the server device 100 and the user device 200 may each include an input/output unit 210 , a communication unit 220 , a storage device 230 , and a processor 240 .

The input/output unit 210 may be various interfaces, various connection ports, or the like that receive a user input or output information to the user. The input/output unit 210 may include an input module and an output module. The input module receives a user input from a user. User input can be in various forms of input, including key input, touch input, and voice input. Examples of input modules that receive user input may include a conventional form of keypad or keyboard, a mouse, and touch sensors that sense a user's touch, microphones that receive an audio signal, A camera that recognizes a gesture or the like through image recognition, a proximity sensor including at least one of an illumination sensor that senses the user's approach or an infrared sensor, through an acceleration sensor sensor or a gyroscope sensor to identify a motion sensor of a user's motion, and various forms of input components that sense or input various forms of user input, and according to an example embodiment of the present disclosure may An input module comprising at least one of the devices listed above. Here, the touch sensor may utilize an electrostatic or capacitive touch sensor that senses a touch via a touch panel attached to a display panel or a touch film, senses a touch by an optical method An optical touch sensor for detecting a touch or the like is implemented. In addition, the input module can be implemented in the form of an input interface (USB port, PS/2 port or the like) connected to an external input device that receives user input instead of a device that itself senses user input. In addition, the output module can output various types of information fragments. The output module may include at least one of a display for outputting an image, a speaker for outputting a sound, a haptic device for generating a vibration, and other various forms of output components. In addition, the output module can also be implemented in the form of an output interface connected to the ports of the aforementioned individual output components.

As an example, an output module in the form of a display can display a text, a static image, and a moving image. The display may include a liquid crystal display (LCD), a light emitting diode (LED) display, an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display, a flat panel display (FPD), a transparent display, a curved display, a flexible display , a three-dimensional display, a holographic image display, at least one of a projector and other types of equipment capable of performing image output functions. Such a display may be in the form of a touch display in integral configuration with the touch sensors of the input module.

The communication part 220 may communicate with another device. Therefore, each of the server device 100 and the user device 200 can transmit information to or receive information from another device through the communication part 220 . For example, the server device 100 and the user device 200 may communicate with each other or with another device using the communication part 220 .

Here, communication (ie, transmission and reception of data) can be performed in a wired or wireless manner. For this purpose, the communication means may include one of a wired communication module connected to the Internet or the like via a local area network (LAN), connected to a mobile communication network via a mobile communication base station to transmit and receive data. Mobile communication module, using one of a Wireless Area Network (WLAN) series communication scheme (such as Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi)) or a Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) series communication scheme (such as Bluetooth or Zigbee) A near field communication module, a satellite communication module using a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) such as a Global Positioning System, or a combination thereof.

The storage device 230 can store various pieces of information. The storage device 230 can store data temporarily or semi-permanently. For example, the operating system (OS) used to drive the server device 100, the data used to host a website, the program or application used to generate Braille (for example, a web page application) or the like can be stored in the storage device of the server device 100. In addition, the storage device may store modules in the form of computer code, as explained above.

Examples of storage device 230 may include a hard disk drive (HDD), a solid state disk drive (SSD), a flash memory, a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), and and so on. Such a storage device can be provided as a built-in type or as a detachable type.

The processor 240 controls the overall operations of the server device 100 and the user device 200 . For this purpose, the processor 240 may perform calculation and processing of various information and control operations of constituent elements of the server device 100 and the user device 200 . For example, the processor 240 can execute programs or applications for providing store information. The processor 240 may be implemented by a computer or a similar device depending on hardware, software or a combination thereof. The processor 240 can be implemented in the form of an electronic circuit to process electrical signals to perform control functions with hardware, and can also be implemented in the form of a program to drive the hardware processor 240 with software. Meanwhile, it can be interpreted that the operations of the server device 100 and the user device 200 are executed under the control of the processor 240, unless otherwise stated in the following description. That is, the modules implemented in the store information providing system described above can be interpreted as the processor 240 controls the server device 100 and the user device 200 to perform the following operations when executed.

In sum, example embodiments can be implemented in various ways. For example, example embodiments may be implemented in hardware, firmware, software, a combination thereof, or the like.

In the case of implementation by hardware, a method according to various example embodiments may be implemented by one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices ( DSP), programmable logic device (PLD), field programmable gate array (FPGA), processor, controller, microcontroller, microprocessor, or the like.

In the case of being implemented by firmware or software, a method according to various example embodiments may be implemented in the form of a module, program or function for performing the functions or operations described below. For example, software code may be stored in a memory and driven by a processor. The memory may be located inside or outside the processor, and data may be transferred to or received from the processor by various known means.

Hereinafter, example embodiments will be explained in more detail based on the technical idea as set forth above. What has been set forth above can be applied to various example embodiments to be set forth below. For example, operations, functions, terms, or the like that are not defined in various example embodiments to be described below may be performed and explained based on the content described above.

In the following description, an example embodiment in which the server device 100 performs a store information providing operation will be described. According to various example embodiments, the user device 200 that has received the store information from the server device 100 may output the store information.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a method of operation of the server device 100 for providing store information according to various example embodiments.

Referring to FIG. 3 , the server device 100 provides store information. In order to perform an operation of providing store information, the server device 100 may identify one or more stores related to a delivery intermediary service provided by the server device 100 in operation 301, and obtain a store containing the one or more stores in operation 303. representative image information of a representative store image information of a first store included in the store and representative item image information of an item sold in the first store, and providing the representative image information in operation 305 Information about the first store.

Hereinafter, a service related to the server device 100 or a delivery intermediary service provided by the server device 100 according to FIG. This service mediates an item selection order and a delivery order. Additionally, one of the items for which the pick order and delivery order is processed may correspond to a food item. A food item may be understood to have the same meaning as various other terms referring to food-related items, such as a plate of food, a food menu, or a meal. A store associated with a delivery intermediary service may correspond to a store that sells and delivers food items, and may be understood to have the same meaning as other various terms indicating a place where food items will be sold, such as a store, a store, and a restaurant. meaning.

That is, through the service for mediating the item selection order and delivery order provided by the server device 100, a plurality of users can input an order request in the corresponding service to order an item through a store, and the store can use the corresponding service An order request input is recognized and ordered items are prepared according to the order request. If the store supports both pick orders and delivery orders, the store may enter item ready in the corresponding service when the ordered items are ready, as opposed to pick orders where the user visits the store to pick up or pick up items based on a user's choice information, and thereafter, the user may visit a store to select an item. Alternatively, as opposed to a delivery order where a delivery agent delivers an item to an address of the user based on a user's selection, the store may enter delivery request information in the corresponding service when the ordered item is ready. Upon identifying the delivery request information, the delivery agent can visit the store, select the item, and deliver the item to the user's address information.

According to various example embodiments, in operation 301, the server device 100 may identify one or more stores associated with a delivery intermediary service.

For example, the one or more stores identified by the server device 100 in operation 301 may correspond to stores that sell and deliver food items in conjunction with the service, and may be understood as having one of the services and instructions to sell a food item. Various terms of place (such as a store, a store, a restaurant, and the like) have the same meaning.

For example, identifying one or more stores by the server device 100 in operation 301 may include recommending a store for a user on a home page of the service. Stores recommended for a user may include a store recommended in various ways, for example, a store recommended based on a user's search history, a store recommended based on a user's order history, or a store based on a user's location One of the recommended stores. In this instance, the store information provided by the server device 100 according to operation 305 may be the information provided on the homepage of the service.

For example, identifying one or more stores by the server device 100 in operation 301 may include providing a store as a search result corresponding to a keyword entered into the service by a user for a store search And may include a store that will be provided as a search result in various ways, for example, a store with a name corresponding to the keyword entered by the user or a food item that is sold therein corresponding to the keyword entered by the user One of the stores. In this example, the store information provided by the server device 100 according to operation 305 may be information provided through a store search page of the service.

According to various example embodiments, in operation 303, with respect to the first store included in the one or more stores, the server device 100 may obtain representative item image information and the second item image information of an item sold in the first store. Representative image information of representative store image information of a store.

For example, the representative image information acquired by the server device 100 for the first store according to operation 303 may include representative store image information representing the first store. The representative store image information representing the first store may include information of various images, such as a store interior or exterior image representing the first store or an image including one of various menu items representing the first store.

For example, the representative image information acquired by the server device 100 for the first store according to operation 303 may include representative item image information representing an item sold in the first store. The representative item image information representing items sold in the first store may include information of various images, such as an image of an item identified as having a high sales volume in the first store, an image of an item identified as having a high sales volume in the first store, An image of one of the rated items, or an image of one of the items identified as one of the logo items of the first store.

For example, the operation of the server device 100 to acquire representative image information for the first store according to operation 303 may include the server device 100 acquiring order count information and item rating information of a plurality of items sold in the first store, based on An operation of determining the representative item of the image information of the representative item among the plurality of items obtained from the order count information and the item rating information and acquiring the representative image information set to include the image information of the determined representative item. In this example, the representative item may include two items, for example, a first item and a second item sold in a first store. In this case, the representative item image information included in the representative image information of the first store may include first image information of the first item and second image information of the second item.

That is, the server device 100 can determine that the first item and the second item are representative items of the representative item image information included in the representative image information of the first store and obtain the first item included in the representative item and the first image information and the second image information of the second item as representative item image information. Referring to FIG. 4 , an operation of the server device 100 for obtaining image information of a representative object is described.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a method of obtaining representative item image information of an item sold in a store by the server device 100 according to various example embodiments. An operation of the server device 100 performed according to FIG. 4 may be included in and performed in operation 303 in which the server device 100 acquires representative image information.

In operation 401, the server device 100 may acquire order count information of a plurality of items sold in a store and item rating information of the plurality of items. When the order count information and item rating information of a plurality of items sold in the store are acquired, in operation 403, the server device 100 may determine whether to include among the plurality of items based on the acquired order count information and item rating information. A representative item of a first item and a second item of the representative item image information in the representative image information. In operation 405, the server device 100 may acquire representative item image information including first image information of the first item and second image information of the second item.

For example, first image information of a first item included in the representative items determined by the server device 100 may be included on a store detail page based on a first store in a service related to the server device 100 The image information of the first item in the item details page of an item is identified. That is, the first image information of the first item to be included in the representative item image information may be based on one of the first items contained in the item detail page containing information of the first item in the store detail page of the first store image to identify.

In this example, in the image of the first item included in the item detail page including the information of the first item, the server device 100 may identify an area of the entire image area mainly representing the first item and crop the second An area of the entire image area of the image of an item except the area identified as mainly representing the first item, thereby obtaining a clipping result as the first image information of the first item to be included in the representative item image information. In addition to one of the default images of the item, the image of the item included in the item detail page may also contain other images, such as an empty space of the item or decorations and trims. Therefore, the server device 100 can identify a portion of the image representing the item included in the item detail page and perform a cropping operation on a portion other than the identified portion, thereby identifying and acquiring the item included in the item detail page Only a part of the image of the item is included in the image as the image information to be included in the image information of the representative item. In a program step of performing the cropping operation, the server device 100 may employ various techniques to identify an area corresponding to a food item in the image.

For example, the image of the first item included in the item detail page including the information of the first item may be an image acquired from a terminal of the first store selling the first item. That is, the first store can obtain an image by photographing the first item sold in the first store and provide the image to the server device 100 . The server device 100 may confirm that the provided image is an image of the first item and post the corresponding image on the item detail page of the first item included in the store detail page of the first store in the service.

For example, when the image of the first item is not recognized in the item detail page including the information of the first item, that is, when the image of the first item is not posted on the item detail page including the information of the first item In the above, the first item may be excluded when determining the representative item to be included in the image information of the representative item. That is, a representative item to be included in the representative item image information may be determined for an item identified as having an image included in the item detail page among a plurality of items sold in a store. When the server device 100 has identified the first item as one of the representative items to be included in the representative item image information of the first store and when the first item is not identified in the item detail page of the first item When the image is displayed, the server device 100 may execute the operation of transmitting the image request information of the first item to the terminal of the first store and excluding the first item when determining the representative item.

For example, as explained with reference to FIG. 4, server device 100 may obtain an order count for a plurality of items sold in a first store relative to the first store included in one or more stores associated with the service. Information and item rating information of a plurality of items, and based on the obtained order count information and item rating information, among the plurality of items, determine the first item and the second item including the representative item image information to be included in the representative image information representative items.

In this example, the operation of the server device 100 for determining the representative items including the first item and the second item for the first store may include identifying among the plurality of items sold in the first store that the indication is set to correspond to the order The display information in which a condition of the counting information is met or indicates one or more items corresponding to the display information in which a condition of the item rating information is met and the first item and the second item are determined to be among the identified one or more items An operation on a representative item.

The server device 100 may set a condition (such as a condition that the number of orders is greater than or equal to a predetermined count) for a plurality of items sold in the first store to be positioned as a predetermined ranking or higher in an ascending order of the number of orders. Display information of one of the pre-ordered items. For example, this display information may include a label or a chip form setting such as the words "mass order" and is additionally included and displayed in the information of the pre-ordered item provided on the store detail page of the first store.

In addition, the server device 100 may set a condition (such as a condition that an item review score is greater than or equal to a predetermined score) for a plurality of items sold in the first store or that the corresponding item is located in an ascending order of the number of item reviews as Display information of a predetermined item of a predetermined ranking or higher condition). For example, this display information may include a label or chip form setting such as text such as "Best in Review" and additionally be included and displayed in the pre-ordered item information provided on the store detail page of the first store.

With respect to the first store, the server device 100 may determine that one of the plurality of items sold in the first store corresponds to one of the representative item image information to be included in the representative image information. For a representative item, display information indicating that the condition corresponding to the order count information is satisfied or display information indicating that the condition corresponding to the item rating information is satisfied is set for the one or more items.

When the server device 100 determines that the first item and the second item are a plurality of items sold in the first store, the display information indicating that the condition corresponding to the order count information is satisfied or the condition corresponding to the item rating information is set is set. When one or more items of the satisfied display information are representative items, the method of determining the first item and the second item as representative items may vary based on the number of items for which each display information is set.

Among the one or more items on which the display information is set, a part of the items on which the display information indicating that the condition corresponding to the order count information is satisfied and the display information indicating that the condition corresponding to the item rating information is satisfied may be identified. The number of corresponding items may be two or more. In this case, the server device 100 may select the first item and the second item from the identified partial items and determine that the first item and the second item are representative items. The server device 100 may limit the number of items on which all pieces of display information are set to be less than or equal to a predetermined number to prevent an excessive increase in the number of items on which all pieces of display information are set, which may cause a change in the selection of one of the representative items. One of the problems with difficult or excessive information being provided to the user.

Among the items in which each display information is set, a part of the items in which display information indicating that the condition corresponding to the order count information is satisfied and display information indicating that the condition corresponding to the item rating information is satisfied can be identified. The number of corresponding items may be one. In this case, the server device 100 may select an identified item in which all display information segments are set as the first item and determine that the selected item is a representative item. In addition, the server device 100 may select an item with the largest number of orders from the remaining items except the one item among the one or more items as the second item and determine that the selected item is a representative item. That is, when the number of items for which all display information segments are set is one, it can be determined that the corresponding item is a representative item, and it can be determined that the item with the largest number of orders among other items for which only one display information segment is set is Another representative item. That is, among items for which only one display information segment is set, the condition corresponding to the order count information may have a higher priority than the condition corresponding to the item rating information. In this instance, the item identified as having the largest number of orders may have a highest priority and thus be determined to be the representative item.

A portion of the display information that sets the display information indicating that the condition corresponding to the order count information is met and the display information indicating that the condition corresponding to the item rating information is satisfied may not be identified in one or more items for which each display information is set thing. In other words, an item that sets one of both display info fragments may not exist. In this case, from among the identified one or more items for which the display information is set, the server device 100 may base on a priority related to a condition corresponding to the order count information and a priority related to a condition corresponding to the item rating information. A priority selects a first item and a second item and determines that the selected first and second items are representative items. The server device 100 may determine a representative item including the first item and the second item among the identified one or more items for which a display information segment is set based on the priority. In this example, the priority associated with the condition corresponding to the order count information can be set higher than the priority associated with the condition corresponding to the item rating information, so that it can be determined preferentially that the condition corresponding to the order count information is set Items with satisfied display information are representative items.

According to various example embodiments, in operation 305 , the server device 100 may provide information of the first store including the representative image information.

For example, the information of the first store provided by the server device 100 according to operation 305 may include attribute information of the first store and image information of the first store. In this example, the attribute information of the first store provided as the information of the first store may include various information, for example, information of a name of the first store, comments of a plurality of users on one of the first store in the service Information on the distance between the first store and a user, information on a discount coupon of the first store that will be provided to users in the service, information indicating whether the first store corresponds to a takeaway store , and/or the delivery fee and an estimated delivery time information of the first store to the user.

For example, when a user input corresponding to the information of the first store provided by the server device 100 according to operation 305 is acquired, the server device 100 may execute providing the first store in response to the acquired user input. One of the operations on the store details page.

Specifically, when a user input corresponding to image information of a representative item among representative image information included in the information of the first store provided by the server device 100 according to operation 305 is acquired, the server device 100 The device 100 may be configured to acknowledge that the user has applied an input to the information of the one representative item on the provided store detail page in response to the acquired user input while performing an operation of providing the store detail page of the first store.

As an example, when the user input corresponding to the first image information of the first item included in the representative image information included in the information of the first store is obtained and thus a store detail page is provided, the server device 100 may include The information indicating that the first item is an item corresponding to the first image information input by the user becomes the information of the first item displayed on the store detail page. The included information may correspond to information for highlighting the first item on the store detail page, information for flashing the first item on the store detail page, or the like. That is to say, when the user clicks on the first image information of the first item included in the information of the first store as representative image information, the information of the first item can be highlighted on the store details page provided in response thereto. information or make the information of the first item blink.

As another example, when a user input corresponding to the first image information of the first item included in the representative image information included in the information of the first store is acquired and a store detail page is provided, the server device 100 may The information guiding the information of the first item is set to be displayed on a predetermined portion of a screen of the user device 200 on the store detail page. That is, when the user clicks the first image information of the first item included in the information of the first store as the representative image information, the image information set to display the first item in the predetermined portion of the screen of the user device 200 may be provided. A store details page for item information. The predetermined portion of the screen of the user device 200 where the information of the first item is displayed may include a portion similar to an upper portion of the screen, wherein it is determined that the user can immediately check the information of the first item on the screen of the user device.

For example, the representative image information included in the information of the first store provided by the server device 100 according to operation 305 may be determined as the first representative item based on the representative store image information used to configure the first store. The predetermined layout of the first image information of the item and the second image information of the second item determined to be a representative item is set. That is, one of the layouts of the aforementioned three items formed to properly arrange image information can be applied to representative image information. In this example, the layout for the representative image information may include a colored border or inner border between the images so that the individual image information to be included in the representative image information corresponding to the different pieces of image information can be identified fragment.

For example, the layout for representative image information included in the information of the first store provided by the server device 100 according to operation 305 may include representative store image information for disposing the first store, determined as representative Various image display areas of the first image information of the first item of the item and the second image information of the second item determined to be a representative item. As an example, the layout may include a main image display area and a plurality of additional image display areas, and the main image display area may be set to be larger than an additional image display area.

For example, the server device 100 may set representative image information by placing an image to be emphasized in one main image display area and placing an image to be added in a plurality of additional image display areas.

As an example, the server device 100 may set the image information of the representative store of the first store to be located in a main image display area, and determine the first image information of the first item determined to be the representative item and the image information of the first item determined to be representative. The second image information of the second item of the item is set to be located in the plurality of additional image display areas. In this example, the representative store image information can be set as a largest image and emphasized, and the image information of each of the representative items can be set as a relatively small image and added.

As another example, when an item to be emphasized is identified among the representative items, the server device 100 may be configured to place the image information of the item in the main image display area. Therefore, an item determined by the server device 100 to be highlighted among the representative items can be identified based on a search frequency of a keyword corresponding to the one item.

That is, for the first item included in the representative items, when the server device 100 acquires information used by a plurality of users to search for one or more keywords of the first store on the service, it responds based on The search frequency of at least one keyword corresponding to the name of the first item among the acquired one or more keywords is greater than or equal to a threshold count, and the server device 100 can be configured to display the first image of the first item Information is placed in a main image display area. If the name of the first item is famous and multiple users of the service frequently search for the first item to access the store detail page of the first store, then the corresponding item may need to be emphasized. When the search frequency based on at least one keyword corresponding to the name of the first item is greater than or equal to the threshold count, the server device 100 may be configured to place the first image information of the first item in a main image display area And it is set to place the second image information of the second item which is the remaining one of the representative items and the representative store image information of the first store in a plurality of additional image display areas. This operation of the server device will be further explained with reference to FIG. 5 .

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a method of setting representative image information by the server device 100 such that a piece of image information among representative objects is located in a main image display area according to various example embodiments.

In operation 501, the server device 100 may identify a first item and a second item included in representative items determined for representative image information of a first store. In operation 503, the server device 100 may acquire information of one or more keywords used by a plurality of users to search the first store in the service. When a first search frequency based on at least one first keyword corresponding to a name of the first item among the acquired one or more keywords is greater than or equal to a threshold count, the server device 100 may perform operation 505 Set the first image information of the first item to be located in a main image display area. When the first image information of the first item is located in the main image display area, the server device 100 may combine the second image information of the second item corresponding to the remaining one of the representative items and the information of the first store in operation 507. The representative store image information is set to be located in a plurality of additional image display areas.

When the first item and the second item included in the representative item satisfy the conditions set forth above, for example, when at least When a search frequency of a keyword and a search frequency of at least another keyword corresponding to a name of a second item are greater than or equal to a threshold count, the server device 100 may compare the first item and the second item Among them, image information corresponding to an item with a larger order quantity is set to be located in the main image display area.

When the search frequency based on at least one keyword corresponding to the name of the first item and the search frequency based on at least another keyword corresponding to the name of the second item are greater than the threshold count, the server device 100 can identify each The number of orders for an item, setting an image information segment corresponding to the item with a larger order number among the first item and the second item to be located in a main image display area, and setting the representative store image information of the first store And among the image information of the representative object, the remaining image information except the one image information segment is set to be located in a plurality of additional image display areas.

For example, the store information provided by the server device 100 according to operation 305 may be information provided by applying various example embodiments described above.

Obviously, pieces of information associated with store information provided by the server device 100 performing the operations of FIGS. 3 to 5 according to the example embodiments described above can be provided in various forms through combinations thereof.

6 and 7 are diagrams illustrating examples of user interface (UI)/user experience (UX) for providing an item category page, according to various example embodiments. For example, the examples of FIGS. 6 and 7 may be the UI/UX associated with the user device 200 according to the example embodiments described with reference to FIGS. 3-5 . The following example embodiments described with reference to the accompanying drawings can be implemented based on the operation of the server device 100 described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5 .

Specifically, the example embodiments mentioned below for the UI/UX of the user device 200 may be implemented in one of the following ways: the user device 200 receives input information from a user and transmits the input information to the server device 100, which The processor device 100 provides information corresponding to the input information to the user device 200 based on the operations described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5 , and then the user device 200 outputs the received information. However, the example embodiments described below in association with UI/UX are not limited thereto and may be implemented in any form that can implement example embodiments of UI/UX.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of outputting store information by the user device 200 based on an operation of the server device 100 according to various example embodiments.

The store information output by the user device 200 in the example of FIG. 6 may correspond to information output through an initial page of a service. In addition, store information may similarly be output through a store search page corresponding to a predetermined keyword searched by a user in the service.

The output store information in the example of FIG. 6 may include store information 601 of a hamburger restaurant and store information 603 of a Chinese restaurant. The store information 601 of the hamburger restaurant and the store information 603 of the Chinese restaurant may each include representative image information of each store, information of a name of each store, and one of the information obtained from a plurality of users for each store in the service. Information on reviews, information on the distance between each store and a user, information on discount coupons for each store that will be provided to a user in the service, and/or information on each store’s relationship with a user One delivery fee and one estimated delivery time information.

In this example, the store information 601 of the hamburger restaurant may include representative image information of the hamburger restaurant. The representative image information may include representative store image information 605 and representative item image information. The representative item image information includes image information 607 of one of the representative items of the burger restaurant and the other of the representative items of the burger restaurant. Image information 609 of the item.

The representative store image information 605 of a hamburger restaurant may include information including various images that may represent an interior or exterior image of a store of a hamburger restaurant or images that may represent one of various menu items of a hamburger restaurant.

In addition, like the image information 607 or 609, the representative item image information of a hamburger restaurant may include information of various images, such as an image of an item identified as having a high sales volume in a hamburger restaurant, an image of an item identified as having a high sales volume in a hamburger restaurant An image of an item that is one of the ratings, or an image of an item that is identified as one of the logo items of a burger restaurant.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of outputting a store detail page by the user device 200 based on an operation of the server device 100 according to various example embodiments.

The store detail page output by the user device 200 in the example of FIG. 7 may correspond to the store detail page of the burger restaurant provided in response to a user input corresponding to the store information 601 of the burger restaurant of FIG. 6 .

The store detail page output in the example of FIG. 7 may contain information for a plurality of items sold in the burger restaurant of FIG. 6 . In this example, the information of the item "barbecue hamburger set" of the component symbol 701 may include a tag "ordered in large quantities" indicating that a condition corresponding to the order count information is satisfied. The information of the item "cheese bar" of the component symbol 703 may include a tag "ordered in large quantities" indicating that a condition corresponding to the order count information is satisfied and a tag "" indicating that a condition corresponding to the item rating information is satisfied Best of Reviews".

The item "barbecue burger set" of element number 701 and the item "cheese stick" of element number 703 may be items identified as representative items of the burger restaurant of FIG. 6 according to the example embodiment set forth above. Accordingly, an item may be selected as a representative item such that the image information of the corresponding item is included in the representative image information included in FIG. 6 shown by image information 607 and 609 according to the example embodiment set forth above. The store information 601 of the burger restaurant.

The UI/UX of the user device 200 described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7 and the operations of the user device 200 may be performed in association with the operations of the server device 100 described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5 . The examples of UI/UX of FIGS. 6 and 7 are merely examples for implementing the present disclosure. The various example embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited to the examples of UI/UX of FIGS. 6 and 7 , and are applicable to any form in which example embodiments of the present disclosure can be implemented.

The examples and embodiments of the present disclosure disclosed in the description and each figure are only specific examples disclosed for easily explaining the technical content of the present disclosure and further promoting the overall understanding of the present disclosure, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure. That is, those skilled in the art should understand that other variations based on the technical idea disclosed in the present disclosure can be made. In addition, the respective example embodiments set forth above can be implemented in combination with each other as necessary. For example, all example embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented by a system and combinations of components.

In addition, the method executed by the system according to the present disclosure or the like can be implemented in the form of program instructions, which can be executed by various computer devices and recorded on a computer-readable medium.

As stated above, from a certain standpoint, various example embodiments of the present disclosure can be implemented using computer-readable code on a computer-readable recording medium. A computer readable recording medium is any data storage device that can store data that can be read by a computer system. Examples of computer readable recording media may include a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), compact disc read only memory (CD-ROM), magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage device, and Carrier (such as data transmission via the Internet). In addition, the computer-readable recording medium can be distributed in a network-connected computer system. Accordingly, computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion. In addition, the functional programs, codes, and code segments for implementing various example embodiments of the present disclosure can be easily explained by those skilled in the art to which the present disclosure is applicable.

Furthermore, it should be understood that the apparatuses and methods according to various example embodiments of the present disclosure are implemented in the form of hardware, software or a combination of hardware and software. The software may be stored in a volatile or non-volatile storage device, such as a storage device (such as a ROM), or a memory (such as a RAM), a memory chip, a device or an integrated circuit, or For example, an optically or magnetically recordable storage medium, or a machine (for example, a computer) readable storage medium (such as a compact disc (CD), a digital versatile disc (DVD), a magnetic disk or a tape), whether It is a replaceable or rewritable function. It should be appreciated that methods according to various example embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented by a computer including a controller and a memory, a vehicle including such a memory or computer, or the like. A memory system may be an example of a machine-readable storage medium suitable for storing a program or programs comprising instructions for implementing example embodiments of the present disclosure or storing a program.

Accordingly, the present disclosure covers a program including code for implementing an apparatus or method defined in the claims of the present application and a machine (a computer or the like) readable storage medium storing such a program. In addition, such a program may be transmitted electronically through any medium, such as a communication signal delivered over a wired or wireless connection, and the present disclosure may suitably cover equivalents thereto.

Although various example embodiments of the present disclosure have been described above, the example embodiments of the present disclosure disclosed in the description and the drawings are only disclosed for the purpose of easily explaining the technical content of the present disclosure and further promoting the overall understanding of the present disclosure specific examples, and are not intended to limit the scope of this disclosure. In addition, the above-described example embodiments of this disclosure are examples only, and those skilled in the art will appreciate that other variations and example embodiments that are equivalent thereto can be made. Therefore, the true technical scope of the present disclosure should be defined by the scope of the following claims.

100: server device 200: user device 210: input/output unit 220: communication component 230: storage device 240: processor/hardware processor 301: Operation 303: Operation 305: Operation 401: Operation 403: operation 405: operation 501: Operation 503: Operation 505: Operation 507: Operation 601: store information 603: store information 605: Image information of representative stores 607: Image information 609: Image information 701:Item 703:Item

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a shop information providing system for implementing an operation method of an electronic device for providing shop information according to various example embodiments. 2 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of a server device and a user device according to various example embodiments. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an operation method of a server device 100 for providing store information according to various example embodiments. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a method of obtaining representative item image information of an item sold in a store by the server device 100 according to various example embodiments. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a method of setting representative image information by the server device 100 such that a piece of image information among representative objects is located in a main image display area according to various example embodiments. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of outputting store information by the user device 200 based on an operation of the server device 100 according to various example embodiments. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of outputting a store detail page by the user device 200 based on an operation of the server device 100 according to various example embodiments.

301: Operation

303: Operation

305: Operation

Claims (19)

A method for providing store information in an electronic device, the method comprising: identifying one or more stores associated with a delivery intermediary service provided by the electronic device; obtaining representative image information comprising representative store image information of a first store included in the one or more stores and representative item image information of an item sold in the first store; and providing the information of the first store including the representative image information. The method of claim 1, wherein the acquisition of the representative image information includes: Obtaining order count information of a plurality of items sold in the first store and item rating information of the plurality of items; determining, among the plurality of items, a representative item including a first item and a second item including image information of the representative item based on the order count information and the item rating information; and Obtain image information of the representative item including first image information of the first item and second image information of the second item. The method of claim 2, wherein the first image information is identified based on image information of the first item included in a first item detail page of the first item on a store detail page of the first store. The method of claim 3, wherein an area representing the first item is identified in the image information of the first item, and The first image information is obtained by cropping the image information of the first object to remove an area other than the identified area. The method according to claim 3, wherein the image information of the first item is obtained from a terminal of the first store. The method according to claim 3, wherein when the image information of the first item is not identified in the first item detail page, the first item is excluded when determining the representative items. The method of claim 6, further comprising: Transmitting the image request information of the first item to a terminal of the first store. The method of claim 2, wherein the determination of the representative items includes: One of the first display information indicating that a first condition corresponding to the order count information is satisfied or the second display information indicating that a second condition corresponding to the item rating information is satisfied is set among the plurality of items. or items; and The first item and the second item are determined among the one or more items. The method of claim 8, wherein the determining the first item and the second item includes: identifying a portion of the one or more items for which the first display information and the second display information are set; and When the number of one of the partial items is two or more, determine the first item and the second item among the partial items. The method of claim 9, wherein the determining the first item and the second item includes: where the part of articles is an article, the one article is determined to be the first article; and Among the one or more items, it is determined that the item with a maximum order quantity among the remaining items except the one item is the second item. The method according to claim 9, wherein the determining the first item and the second item comprises: in response to not identifying the partial item, among the one or more items based on a first priority associated with the first condition class and a second priority associated with the second condition to determine the first item and the second item, and The first priority is higher than the second priority. The method of claim 2, further comprising: obtaining a first input from a user for the first image information contained in the representative image information provided in the information of the first store; and providing a store detail page of the first store in response to the first input, The information of the first item displayed on the store detail page includes information indicating that the first item is an item corresponding to the first image information obtained from the first input. The method of claim 2, wherein the representative image information is set based on a predetermined layout for arranging the representative store image information, the first image information, and the second image information. The method of claim 13, wherein the layout includes a main image display area and a plurality of additional image display areas, and A main image display area is larger than an additional image display area in size. The method of claim 14, further comprising: setting the representative store image information to be located in the one main image display area; and The first image information and the second image information are set to be located in the plurality of additional image display areas. The method as claimed in item 15, further comprising: Obtain information on one or more keywords used by multiple users to search for the first store in the service; When a first search frequency based on at least one first keyword corresponding to a name of the first item among the one or more keywords is greater than or equal to a threshold value count, the first image information is set as is located in the one primary image display area; and The representative store image information and the second image information are set to be located in the plurality of additional image display areas. The method of claim 16, further comprising: When the first search frequency and a second search frequency are greater than or equal to the threshold count, an image information segment corresponding to an item with a larger order quantity among the first item and the second item is set being located in the one primary image display area, the second search frequency is based on at least one second keyword among the one or more keywords corresponding to a name of the second item; and The representative store image information and the remaining image information except the one image information segment among the first image information and the second image information are set to be located in the plurality of additional image display areas. The method as claimed in item 1, wherein the information of the first store further includes attribute information of the first store, and The attribute information of the first store includes: information on the name of the first store; Information about a plurality of users' evaluations of the first store in the service; information on a distance between the first store and a user; information on a discount coupon of the first store to be provided to the user in the service; information indicating whether the first store corresponds to a takeaway store; and Information about the first store's delivery fee and an estimated delivery time for the user. An electronic device for providing store information, the electronic device includes: a processor; and one or more memories in which one or more instructions are stored, Wherein, when executed, the one or more instructions control the processor to perform: identifying one or more stores associated with a delivery intermediary service provided by the electronic device; obtaining representative image information comprising representative store image information of a first store included in the one or more stores and representative item image information of an item sold in the first store; and providing the information of the first store including the representative image information.