TW202424782A - Method and apparatus for providing a page - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for providing a page in an electronic device. Particularly, the method for providing a page may comprise the steps of: confirming a target page; transmitting, to a server, a first request for requesting data about the target page; confirming an identifier of content included on the target page; confirming if there is valid cache data corresponding to the identifier; providing a first page comprising the valid cache data, if there is the valid cache data; receiving, from the server, response data corresponding to the first request; and providing a second page obtained by updating the first page on the basis of the response data.

Description

Method and device for providing page

The embodiment of the present specification is related to a method and apparatus for providing a page. The embodiment of the present specification is related to a method and apparatus for providing a first page including valid cache data and providing a second page obtained by updating the first page based on response data corresponding to a data request of the page.

Recently, in an Internet environment such as online marketing, quickly providing a page corresponding to a customer's request can have a very significant impact on customer service satisfaction and minimizing service loss rate. However, due to communication problems between the customer's terminal and the server or server overload, it takes a fixed time for the customer's terminal to receive the page data from the server. Therefore, it will undermine the customer's service satisfaction. Therefore, a method and device for solving the above-mentioned problems are required.

[The problem the invention is trying to solve]

The present invention is proposed to solve the above-mentioned problem, and provides a method and device for providing a page.

More specifically, the purpose of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus as follows: first providing a first page including valid cache data, and then providing a second page obtained by updating the first page based on response data received from a server, thereby utilizing cache data to quickly provide pages to users.

The technical issues to be realized by this embodiment are not limited to the technical issues described above, and other technical issues can be derived based on the following embodiments. [Technical means to solve the problem]

As a technical means for achieving the above-mentioned subject, the method of providing a page in an electronic device according to the first aspect of the present invention may include the following steps: confirming the target page; transmitting a first request for data of the target page to a server; confirming an identifier of the content included in the target page; confirming whether there is valid cache data corresponding to the identifier; when there is valid cache data, providing a first page including the valid cache data; receiving response data corresponding to the first request from the server; and providing a second page obtained by updating the first page based on the response data.

According to one embodiment, the step of confirming whether there is valid cache data may include the following steps: confirming the existence of the first content of the cache data based on the content information; and confirming the valid cache data based on the expiration information of the cache data of the first content.

According to one embodiment, the expiration information of the cache data of the first content may be information determined based on characteristic information of the first content.

According to one embodiment, the step of confirming whether there is valid cache data may further include the following steps: based on the content information, confirming the second content that is not stored in the cache data; and based on the expiration information of the cache data of the first content, confirming the third content in the first content that has passed the expiration period.

According to one embodiment, the above method may be characterized in that: the first page is a page that omits information of the second content and information of the third content.

According to one embodiment, the above method may be characterized in that: the second page is a page including data corresponding to the second content and the third content in the response data.

According to one embodiment, the step of receiving the response data may further include the following step: based on the cache setting information of the content included in the received response data, storing at least a portion of the response data as cache data.

According to one embodiment, the above method may be characterized in that the content displayed in the target page without an additional scroll bar is included in the valid content corresponding to the valid cache data.

According to one embodiment, the above method may be characterized in that the content displayed in the target page without an additional scroll bar is as follows: the expiration period of the corresponding valid cache data is above a set critical value.

According to one embodiment, the step of confirming whether there is valid cache data includes the step of confirming the valid content corresponding to the valid cache data, and the step of providing the second page includes the following steps: based on the cache setting information of the valid content included in the response data, providing the second page including at least a portion of the response data of the valid content.

According to one embodiment, the step of providing the second page may include the following steps: based on the cache setting information of the valid content, confirming that the cache type in the valid content is the first valid content of the first cache type; and changing the cache data of the first valid content in the valid cache data to the first response data of the first valid content to provide the second page.

According to one embodiment, the step of providing the second page may include the following steps: based on the cache setting information of the valid content, confirming that the cache type in the valid content is the second valid content of the second cache type; and adding the second response data of the second valid content to the first page to provide the second page.

According to one embodiment, the above method may be characterized in that the second valid content is a sub-content of the content included in the target page.

According to one embodiment, the method for providing a page in an electronic device may further include the following steps: based on the cache setting information of the valid content, confirming that the cache type in the valid content is the third valid content of the third cache type; and confirming the third response data of the third valid content as new cache data of the third valid content.

According to one embodiment, the step of providing the first page may include the following steps: confirming that a previous page (Back Page) is provided before the target page; confirming at least a portion of the first response data corresponding to the previous page obtained from the server as valid cache data; and providing the first page including the valid cache data.

According to one embodiment, the above method may be characterized in that: if the target page is included in the first set page group, the first page is a page where valid cache data is displayed at a set position of valid content corresponding to the valid cache data.

According to one embodiment, the above method may be characterized in that: if the target page is included in the second set page group, the first page is a page whose valid cache data is displayed on the top of the first page.

The electronic device for providing a page according to the second aspect of the present invention may include: a transceiver; a memory storing one or more commands; and a processor, which confirms a target page, transmits a first request for data of the target page to a server, confirms an identifier of the content included in the target page, confirms whether there is valid cache data corresponding to the identifier, and provides a first page including the valid cache data when there is valid cache data, receives response data corresponding to the first request from the server, and provides a second page obtained by updating the first page based on the response data.

The recording medium of the third aspect of the present invention may be a non-temporary computer-readable recording medium that records a program useful for execution in a computer. [Effect of the invention]

According to the embodiments of the present specification, the electronic device may first provide the first page including valid cache data, and then provide the second page obtained by updating the first page based on the response data received from the server. The user may first receive the first page including valid cache data, and then receive the second page including the response data. Therefore, the electronic device first provides the user with the first page, and then provides the second page including the data of the page requested by the user, thereby greatly improving the user's satisfaction with the service and minimizing the user's page loss rate.

The effects of the invention are not limited to the effects mentioned above. A person with common sense in the technical field can clearly understand other effects not mentioned according to the description of the invention patent application scope.

The terms used in the embodiments are common terms that are currently widely used as much as possible in consideration of the functions of the present invention, but these terms may vary according to the intentions or cases of technical personnel in this field, the emergence of new technologies, etc. In addition, in specific cases, there are terms that the applicant arbitrarily selects, and in such cases, their meanings can be described in detail in the corresponding description section. Therefore, the terms used in the present invention should be defined based on the meaning of the terms and the entire content of the present invention, and not based on the simple names of the terms.

Throughout the specification, when a certain part is described as "including" a certain component, unless otherwise stated, it means that other components may be further included, and other components are not excluded. In addition, the terms "...part", "...module" and the like described in the specification refer to a unit that processes at least one function or action, which can be implemented by hardware or software, or by a combination of hardware and software.

The expression "at least one of a, b, and c" recorded throughout the specification may include "a alone", "b alone", "c alone", "a and b", "a and c", "b and c" or "a, b, c".

The "terminal" mentioned below can be realized by a computer or a portable terminal that can be connected to a server or other terminal via a network. Here, the computer includes, for example, a notebook computer, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, etc. installed with a web browser, and the portable terminal includes, for example, a wireless communication device that ensures portability and mobility, and may include communication terminals such as IMT (International Mobile Telecommunication), CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access), W-CDMA (W-Code Division Multiple Access), LTE (Long Term Evolution), and all types of handheld wireless communication devices such as smart phones and tablet PCs (Personal Computers).

Hereinafter, the embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily implement the present invention. However, the present invention can be implemented in various forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein.

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

When describing the embodiments, technical contents that are well known in the technical field to which the present invention belongs and are not directly related to the present invention are omitted. The reason is that the main purpose of the present invention can be more clearly conveyed by omitting redundant descriptions to avoid confusion of the main purpose of the present invention.

In the accompanying drawings, some components are exaggerated or schematically shown, or some components are omitted for the same reason. In addition, the size of each component does not completely reflect the actual size. In each figure, the same reference symbol is given to the same or corresponding components.

The advantages, features and methods of achieving the advantages and features of the present invention will become clear by referring to the embodiments described in detail below together with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below and can be implemented in different forms. The embodiments are only provided to fully disclose the present invention and fully inform the scope of the invention to those with common knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention belongs. The present invention is only defined by the scope of the invention application. Throughout the specification, the same reference symbols represent the same constituent elements.

At this point, it is understood that the combination of each block of the process flow chart and the flow chart can be implemented by computer program instructions. Such computer program instructions can be installed in a processor of a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer or other programmable data processing device, so that the instructions implemented by the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing device produce a mechanism that implements the functions described in the flow chart blocks. In order to implement the functions in a specific manner, such computer program instructions can also be stored in a computer-usable or computer-readable memory that can be directed to a computer or other programmable data processing device, so that the instructions stored in the computer-usable or computer-readable memory can also produce a manufactured item including an instruction mechanism that implements the functions described in the flow chart blocks. Computer program instructions can also be installed on a computer or other programmable data processing device, so that a series of action steps can be executed on the computer or other programmable data processing device to generate a process executed by the computer, so that the instructions executed by the computer or other programmable data processing device can also provide steps for executing the functions described in the flowchart blocks.

In addition, each block may represent a module, a segment, or a portion of code that includes one or more executable instructions for performing a specific logical function. In addition, it should be noted that in some alternative implementations, the functions mentioned in the blocks may not be generated in order. For example, two blocks shown in succession may actually be implemented at the same time, or the blocks may be implemented in the opposite order depending on the corresponding functions.

FIG. 1 is a diagram of a system for illustrating a method for an electronic device to provide a page that can implement various embodiments.

Referring to FIG. 1 , the system 10 of various embodiments can be implemented by various devices. For example, the system 10 can include an electronic device 100 and a server 110. The system 10 shown in FIG. 1 only represents the components related to the present embodiment. Therefore, those with common sense in the technical field related to the present embodiment can understand that in addition to the components shown in FIG. 1 , other general components can be further included.

The electronic device 100 and the server 110 may include a transceiver, a storage, and a processor, respectively. Furthermore, the electronic device 100 and the server 110 refer to units that process at least one function or action, which can be implemented by hardware, software, or a combination of hardware and software. On the other hand, throughout the embodiment, the electronic device 100 and the server 110 are described as separate devices or servers, but they can be logically divided structures, at least a portion of which can be implemented in one device or server by separate functions.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 and the server 110 may include a plurality of computer systems or computer software implemented as a network server. For example, the electronic device 100 and at least a portion of the server 110 may refer to the following computer systems and computer software: can be connected to a lower device that communicates with other network servers through a computer network such as an intranet or the Internet to receive a request for operation execution, execute the operation and provide an execution result. In addition, the electronic device 100 and at least a portion of the server 110 can also be understood as a broad concept including a series of applications that can perform actions on the network server, and various databases built in or connected to other nodes. For example, at least a portion of the electronic device 100 and the server 110 may be implemented using various network server programs provided by operating systems such as DOS, Windows, Linux, UNIX, or MacOS.

The electronic device 100 and the server 110 can communicate with each other via a network (not shown). The network includes a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), a value-added network (VAN), a mobile radio communication network, a satellite communication network, and combinations thereof, which is a data communication network with an inclusive meaning that allows the network entities shown in FIG. 1 to flexibly communicate with each other, and may include a wired Internet, a wireless Internet, and a mobile wireless communication network. Wireless communication may include, but is not limited to, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Bluetooth low energy, ZigBee, WFD (Wi-Fi Direct), UWB (ultra wideband), infrared Data Association (IrDA), NFC (Near Field Communication), etc.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 can confirm the target page, transmit the first request for the data of the target page to the server 110, confirm the identifier of the content included in the target page, confirm whether there is valid cache data corresponding to the identifier, and when there is valid cache data, provide the first page including the valid cache data, receive response data corresponding to the first request from the server 110, and provide a second page obtained by updating the first page based on the response data.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 can confirm that the target page to be provided includes valid content with valid cache data. The electronic device 100 can first provide the first page including the valid cache data corresponding to the valid content. That is, the electronic device 100 can first provide the user with the first page including the valid cache data confirmed to be valid in the cache data stored in the electronic device 100 to minimize the loading time. However, the first page does not include data of all content, and the electronic device 100 needs to provide the second page including the response data loaded from the server 110. Therefore, the electronic device 100 receives the response data corresponding to the first request, and provides the second page obtained by updating the first page based on the response data, thereby providing a complete page corresponding to the user's request. The electronic device 100 can minimize the loading time and improve the user experience by continuously providing the first page and updating the second page obtained by the first page, and effectively provide the user with the required information. The specific embodiment of this is described in detail below.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing a method for an electronic device to provide a page.

2 , it can be clearly understood that the various actions of the electronic device providing the page are within the scope that can be clearly understood by those with common sense in the technical field to which the present invention belongs, and part of the actions can be changed, replaced, or part of the order between the actions can be changed.

In step 210 , the electronic device 100 may confirm the target page.

According to an embodiment, the electronic device 100 can confirm the target page corresponding to the user's request. The electronic device 100 needs to quickly provide the target page to the user and minimize the loading time of the page. Here, the target page can be a GW (Gateway), SDP (Software Defined Perimeter), etc. page, but is not limited thereto.

In step 220 , the electronic device 100 may transmit a first request for data of a target page to the server.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 may transmit a first request for data corresponding to the content included in the target page to the server 110. However, due to communication problems between the electronic device 100 and the server 110 or overload of the server 110, the electronic device 100 may take time to receive the response data corresponding to the first request from the server 110. Therefore, the electronic device 100 may first provide the first page including the valid cache data stored in the cache data of the electronic device 100 in steps 230 to 250. FIG. 2 shows an embodiment in which cache data is stored in the electronic device 100, but it is not limited thereto. The cache data may also be stored in another proxy server (not shown) for caching.

In step 230 , the electronic device 100 may confirm an identifier of the content included in the target page.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 can identify an identifier for distinguishing the content included in the target page. In this case, content can be used to represent a broad meaning of information displayed on the page, such as components, objects, images, icons, texts, and videos. In more detail, the objects included in the components in the content can be referred to as sub-content included in the components.

In step 240 , the electronic device 100 may determine whether there is valid cache data corresponding to the identifier.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 can confirm the valid content and the corresponding valid cache data by corresponding to the identifier of the content. In more detail, the electronic device 100 can confirm the first content of the cache data in the content included in the target page based on the information of the content. Here, the information of the content can include information on the presence or absence of cache data. Furthermore, the electronic device 100 can confirm the valid cache data based on the expiration information of the cache data of the first content of the cache data. In this case, the valid cache data can refer to the cache data of the first content whose cache data has not expired. Furthermore, in this case, the valid content can refer to the content of the content in which the valid cache data is stored in the electronic device 100.

The information on the existence or non-existence of cache data can be determined based on the characteristic information of the corresponding content. For example, content that changes frequently or needs to be provided in real time may be content for which no corresponding cache data exists in the electronic device 100. Conversely, content that changes less frequently or does not need to be provided in real time may have corresponding cache data stored in the electronic device 100. Similarly, the expiration information of cache data can be determined based on the characteristic information of the corresponding content. For example, the content of the image of an item does not require frequent changes and may be the content of cache data with a longer set expiration period. Conversely, the content of the price information of an item may change frequently based on discount information and user information, etc. and may be the content of cache data with a shorter set expiration period.

In step 250 , when there is valid cache data, the electronic device 100 may provide a first page including the valid cache data.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 can provide a first page including valid cache data corresponding to valid content in the content included in the target page. Here, the first page is a page including valid content in the content, and its feature can be that it is a page that omits information of the second content that is not cached in the electronic device 100 and information of the third content that has expired. In addition, the electronic device 100 can provide the first page using various methods depending on whether the position of the target page displayed in the content included in the target page is set. In this regard, a specific embodiment of providing the first page is described in detail in FIG. 9.

The electronic device 100 provides the user with the first page, but the first page may be a page that omits information about the second content of the cache data that is not stored in the electronic device 100 and information about the third content of the cache data that has expired. Therefore, the electronic device 100 needs to provide the user with a second page based on the response data, and the second page includes at least a portion of the information about the second content of the cache data that is not stored in the electronic device 100 and information about the third content of the cache data that has expired.

In step 260 , the electronic device 100 may receive response data corresponding to the first request from the server.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 may receive response data as it transmits the first request for data of the target page to the server 110. The first request for data of the target page may include not only valid content but also requests for the second content and the third content. Therefore, the response data received by the electronic device 100 from the server 110 may be loaded data of the valid content, the second content, and the third content received from the server 110. Here, the data type of the response data may be JSON (JavaScript Object Notation).

Furthermore, the response data received by the electronic device 100 from the server 110 may be the latest version of each content. Therefore, it may be necessary to store a portion of the received response data as cache data of the corresponding content. Here, storing as cache data may include: 1) storing the response data of the content that does not store cache data as cache data of the content, or 2) updating the previous version of cache data to the latest version of cache data based on the response data of the content that stores cache data. In this regard, the electronic device 100 of one embodiment may store at least a portion of the response data as cache data based on the information of the cache setting of the content included in the received response data. More specifically, if the cache setting information includes information for storing the corresponding response data as cache data, the electronic device 100 can store the response data as cache data. In addition, if cache data previously existed, the response data received this time can be stored as an updated version of the cache data.

In step 270 , the electronic device 100 may provide a second page obtained by updating the first page based on the response data.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 may provide a second page including a portion of the response data received from the server 110. Here, the second page may be characterized by including information of the second content and the third content as the content included in the target page for which there is no valid cache data. That is, the second page may refer to a page that includes information of the content included in the target page, including the response data received from the server.

However, the valid cache data included in the second page can also be updated based on the response data. Specifically, the electronic device 100 can provide the second page including at least a portion of the response data of the valid content based on the cache setting information of the valid content included in the response data. The specific method related to this is described in detail in Figures 7 and 8.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a method in which an electronic device uses cache data to provide a web page.

The target page 300 may be a page that the user wants to receive through the electronic device 100. For example, referring to FIG. 3 , the target page 300 may be a GW page. Furthermore, the target page 300 may include not only a first component 301 that horizontally provides multiple contents such as discount information, a second component 302 that provides an entry point to move to a page by category, and a third component 303 that provides multiple contents related to advertisements, but also a fourth component 304 that provides a list of products related to the product viewed by the user based on the user's purchase history.

When the cache data is not used, the page 330 may be a page that is loading information of the first component 301, the second component 302, the third component 303, and the fourth component 304. If the duration of loading the image of the page 330 is prolonged due to communication problems between the electronic device 100 and the server 110, the user's loss rate of the page 330 will increase significantly.

Therefore, the electronic device 100 may first provide a page 360 including valid cache data. Specifically, the electronic device 100 may provide a page 360 including cache data corresponding to the first component 301, the second component 302, and the third component 303 in the content included in the target page 300, where valid cache data exists. However, the fourth component 304 may not be included in the content where valid cache data exists. Therefore, the electronic device 100 may provide the user with the second page as a complete page including the response data corresponding to the fourth component 304 based on the response data received from the server 110.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the type of content of an embodiment.

4 , the content 400 included in the target page can be divided into the second content 410 , the first content 420 , the third content 430 , and the valid content 440 based on 1) whether the content is cached data, and 2) whether the expiration period of the cached data has passed.

For example, the second content 410 may be content for which no cache data exists in the content 400. In more detail, the second content 410 may be content for which cache data is not stored in the electronic device 100 in the content 400. Furthermore, the first content 420 may be content for which cache data exists in the content 400. In more detail, the first content 420 may be content for which cache data is stored in the electronic device 100 in the content 400. According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 may distinguish between the first content 420 and the second content 410 based on the information of the content. Here, the information of the content may include information on whether the cache data of each content exists.

For example, the third content 430 may be content that has passed the expiration period of the cached data in the first content 420. The valid content 440 may be content that has not passed the expiration period of the cached data in the first content 420. According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 can distinguish the third content 430 from the valid content 440 based on the expiration information of the cached data. More specifically, the electronic device 100 can confirm the third content 430 as content that has passed the expiration period and the valid content 440 as content that has not passed the expiration period based on the information of the cache-control header. Here, the expiration information of the cache data may be information corresponding to Cache-Control: max-age=<Seconds> that can be used by the client in an HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) request, but is not limited thereto.

Furthermore, information on the existence of cached data and information on the expiration of cached data can be determined based on characteristic information of the corresponding content. For example, in a situation where real-time changes to content are required, cached data of the content may not exist or the expiration period of the cached data may be set to be shorter. Furthermore, characteristic information of the content may include information on the file size of the content. The loading time of image or video content with a relatively large file size may be longer than that of text content. Therefore, content included in pages frequently used by users in image or video content may be stored in the electronic device 100 as cached data and the expiration period of the cached data may be set to be longer. On the contrary, text content with a relatively small file size can be quickly loaded from the server 110 even if no other cache data is stored, and may be content that has no cache data stored.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for illustrating a method for providing page 1 according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 5 , the target page of the present case may be a page in which a portion of the content included in the target page is fixed in position according to the characteristics of the page. For example, the GW page or the SDP page may be a page that defines a frame of a portion of the content included in the target page. In more detail, the content located at the top of the GW page and displayed to the user without an additional scroll bar may be a fixed-position content that displays the content in the GW page. In addition, the SDP page serves as a detailed page for the item, and the image, title, price information, etc. of the item may be a fixed-position content displayed in the SDP page. FIG. 5 illustrates an example in which the target page 500 is a GW page, but the target page is not limited to this.

5, the target page 500 may include a first component 510 that provides a plurality of contents of various discount information in a horizontal view, a second component 520 that provides an entry point that can be moved to the page by various categories, and a third component 530 that provides a plurality of contents of a banner advertisement. Here, the first component 510 may be referred to as a rotating view component, which is not limited to a horizontal view, and can also provide a plurality of contents in a vertical view. The components including the first component 510, the second component 520, and the third component 530 may be displayed in the GW page in a manner without an additional scroll bar for policy reasons. At this time, the content of the area displayed without an additional scroll bar on the target page 500 including the first component 510, the second component 520 and the third component 530 may be characterized by having valid cache data. Therefore, the electronic device 100 can quickly provide the first page based on the valid cache data corresponding to the content located at the top of the target page.

In more detail, the content displayed on the target page without an additional scroll bar may be content that needs to be changed less frequently. Therefore, the content displayed on the target page without an additional scroll bar may be content for which the expiration period of the cache data is above a critical value. In addition, the first component 510, the second component 520, and the third component 530 may include at least one sub-content. For example, the first component 510 may be a component including a plurality of sub-contents of discount information. However, the discount period of each sub-content of the discount information may be different, and different content expiration periods may be set in the cache data corresponding to the sub-content. For example, when the cache data of the sub-content of “Surprise Coupon 20,000 Korean Won” has expired, the electronic device 100 may determine the other sub-content of the second slider 511 as the sub-content to be displayed first on the first component 510 and provide the first page.

Thereafter, the electronic device 100 may also need to provide the target page according to the user's request. In this regard, the response data received according to the first request may be reused as cache data of the latest version of the content included in the target page. As the response data received this time is reused as cache data of the content, the expiration period of the cache data of each content may be re-set. In more detail, the electronic device 100 may determine whether to store the received response data as the latest version of cache data in the electronic device 100 based on the cache setting information of each content stored in the response data according to the content.

In the target page 500, the content displayed without an additional scroll bar is not limited to the first component 510, the second component 520, and the third component 530. For example, a component of product information that does not include price information that changes frequently may be located in an area displayed in the target page 500 without an additional scroll bar.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a method of providing a first page and updating a second page obtained by updating the first page based on response data according to an embodiment.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 can provide a second page including at least a portion of the response data of the valid content based on the cache setting information of the valid content included in the response data. In addition, the second page can be characterized in that, in addition to the valid content, it includes response data corresponding to content that is not stored in the cache data or content that has expired in the cache data.

6 , the target page 600 is a page provided according to a user request, and may be a page including a first content, a second content, a third content, a fourth content, a fifth content, and a sixth content. Here, the first content, the second content, the third content, the fourth content, the fifth content, and the sixth content may be content including a list of items, but are not limited thereto. In addition, the fourth content may be content that displays a plurality of sub-contents horizontally or vertically.

In this case, the content included in the target page 600 can be set with an expiration time. In more detail, the sub-content included in the content can also be set with different expiration times. For example, referring to the cache data 620, the first sub-content of the first content, the second content, the third content, and the fourth content can be content whose expiration time of the corresponding cache data has not passed. On the contrary, the second sub-content of the fourth content, the fifth content, and the sixth content can be content whose expiration time of the corresponding cache data has passed or the cache data has not been stored.

Therefore, the electronic device 100 can provide the first page 610 including the first content, the second content, the third content, and the first sub-content of the fourth content as the content whose expiration time of the cache data has not passed. The fourth content included in the first page 610 may be characterized in that the second sub-content of the fourth content is not included.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 may receive response data 630 corresponding to the first request for data of the target page. Referring to FIG6 , the received response data 630 may be response data corresponding to the first content, the second content, the third content, the fourth content, the fifth content, and the sixth content received from the server. The received response data of the fourth content may include response data of the first sub-content of the fourth content and response data of the second sub-content of the fourth content.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 may add at least a portion of the received response data 630 to the first page 610 to provide the second page 640. For example, the electronic device 100 may add the response data corresponding to the second sub-content, the fifth content, and the sixth content of the fourth content to the first page 610 to provide the second page 640. Therefore, the fourth content may be included in the second page 640 as content that displays the first sub-content and the second sub-content as a rotating view.

Furthermore, the received response data 630 may be the latest data corresponding to the content, and the electronic device 100 may store at least a portion of the received response data 630 as cache data. For example, the electronic device 100 may store the response data corresponding to the second sub-content of the fourth content and the fifth content as cache data based on the cache setting information of the content. Therefore, the expiration period of the cache data corresponding to the second sub-content of the fourth content and the fifth content may be reset. On the contrary, the electronic device 100 may not store the response data corresponding to the sixth content as cache data based on the cache setting information of the content. In more detail, the sixth content may be content for which cache data is not stored.

Furthermore, the electronic device 100 can update cache data using at least a portion of the response data corresponding to the first sub-content of the first content, the second content, the third content, and the fourth content storing valid cache data based on the cache setting information of the content. For example, the electronic device 100 can update the previous cache data of the third content based on the response data corresponding to the third content. At this time, the expiration period of the cache data corresponding to the third content can be reset. However, the electronic device 100 can not update the cache data corresponding to a part of the content such as the first content based on the cache setting information corresponding to the content. At this time, the expiration period of the corresponding cache data of the first content, the second content, and the first sub-content of the fourth content is greater than the set critical value, and the content may be changed for a longer period.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining a method of providing a first page and updating a second page obtained by updating the first page based on response data according to an embodiment.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 can confirm the cache type of the valid content based on the cache setting information of the valid content. In addition, the electronic device 100 can determine the method of processing the cache data based on the received response data 730 differently according to whether the cache type of the valid content is the first cache type, the second cache type, or the third cache type. The target page 700, the first page 710, and the cache data 720 of FIG. 7 are similar to the target page 600, the first page 610, and the cache data 620 of FIG. 6, and detailed descriptions are omitted.

7, the first content, the second content, the third content and the fourth content of the electronic device 100 may be the content in which the valid cache data exists. However, according to the cache type of the first content, the second content, the third content and the fourth content, the process of processing the response data may be different, and the content related thereto is described below.

1) When the cache type is the first cache type (Replace)

According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 can confirm that the cache type is the first valid content of the first cache type, change the cache data of the first valid content to the first response data of the first valid content, and provide the second page. For example, referring to FIG. 7 , the cache type of the second content is the first cache type, and the second content can be included in the first valid content. Therefore, the electronic device 100 can change the cache data (previous version of cache data) corresponding to the second content included in the first page 710 to the response data corresponding to the second content. Furthermore, although not shown in FIG. 7 , the electronic device 100 may update the previous version of cache data corresponding to the second content to the response data corresponding to the second content based on the cache setting information included in the response data corresponding to the second content.

For example, the cache type of a common item can be set as the first cache type, but is not limited thereto. In addition, the electronic device 100 can highlight the difference between the cache data of the previous version and the received response data by animation or the like and provide it on the second page 740 so that the user can confirm it. For example, when the price of a product is discounted from 10,000 Korean won to 9,000 Korean won, the electronic device 100 can provide a pop-up window with the second page 740 stating that the price has been changed to 9,000 Korean won.

2) When the cache type is the second cache type (Append)

According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 may confirm that the cache type is the second valid content of the second cache type, add the second response data of the second valid content, and provide the second page. For example, referring to FIG. 7 , the electronic device 100 may confirm the cache type of the fourth content based on the cache setting information of the fourth content as the valid content. In more detail, the action of confirming the cache type of the fourth content may include the action of confirming the cache types of the plurality of sub-contents based on the cache setting information included in the response data corresponding to the plurality of sub-contents included in the fourth content. For example, the electronic device 100 can determine the cache type of the third sub-content among the sub-contents included in the fourth content as the second cache type based on the cache data included in the response data corresponding to the fourth content as the valid content. Therefore, the electronic device 100 can add the response data corresponding to the third sub-content to the first page 710 and provide the second page 740.

Here, the third sub-content may be a sub-content of the content included in the target page 700. Furthermore, the fourth content including the third sub-content may be characterized in that the third sub-content may be added after the first sub-content and the second sub-content for displaying a plurality of sub-contents in a rotating view. In the case where the type of the sub-content included in the first page 710 is the second cache type like the first sub-content, the electronic device 100 may display the cache data corresponding to the first sub-content and the response data corresponding to the first sub-content in the cache data 720 on the first page 710 for providing. However, the cache data corresponding to the first sub-content may also be replaced by the response data corresponding to the first sub-content or deleted before being exposed by the rotating view component.

Furthermore, although not shown in FIG. 7 , the electronic device 100 may also store the response data corresponding to the third sub-content as cache data of the third sub-content based on the cache setting information included in the response data corresponding to the third sub-content.

The cache types of the first and second sub-contents that exclude the third sub-content among the sub-contents included in the fourth content may be determined differently. For example, the cache types of the first and second sub-contents may be determined as the third cache type as in the example of FIG. 9 . However, this is not limited to this, and in the case where the cache type of the sub-content is not determined, the cache type of the sub-content may also be determined in the same manner as the cache type of the content including the sub-content. For example, if the cache type of the first and second sub-contents is not determined and the cache type of the fourth content is the second cache type, the cache type of the first and second sub-contents may be determined as the second cache type.

3) When the cache type is the third cache type (None)

According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 may confirm that the cache type is the third valid content of the third cache type, and may confirm the third response data of the third valid content as new cache data of the third valid content. In more detail, when the cache type is the third cache type (None), the electronic device 100 may only confirm the third response data of the third valid content as new cache data of the third valid content, and provide the cache data of the previous version of the third valid content on the second page 740. For example, the cache type of the first sub-content and the second sub-content included in the first content, the third content, and the fourth content is the third cache type, and the response data corresponding to the first content, the third content, the first sub-content, and the second sub-content can be stored in the electronic device 100 as new version cache data only, and there is no need to update the previous version cache data included in the first page 710. The characteristics of the content of the third cache type may be that the content change cycle is longer or the size of the content is set to a value greater than the value.

For example, the cache type of content that does not change frequently, such as a category component, may be set to the third cache type, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

4) When the cache type is not set (default cache type).

However, a portion of the valid content may not have a cache type set. At this time, the electronic device 100 can confirm the default cache type of the valid content and process cache data and response data according to the process corresponding to the default cache type. For example, the default cache type can be the first cache type, but is not limited to this.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining a method of providing a first page by using at least a portion of response data corresponding to a previous page provided before a target page in an embodiment as cache data.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 may use at least a portion of the response data corresponding to the previous page provided before the target page as cache data to provide the first page. For example, when the target page is a detailed page provided by an entry point included in the previous page, the electronic device 100 may use at least a portion of the response data corresponding to the previous page as cache data.

Referring to the embodiment of FIG8 , the previous page 800 as a GW page may include a component of a recommended re-purchased product. At this time, the electronic device 100 may provide a detailed page of the target item as the target page in response to the user input of the "set of 8 erasers + 20 pencils" (hereinafter, "set of 8 erasers + 20 pencils" may be referred to as the target item) included in the component. The first page 810 as the first page corresponding to the detailed page of the target item may be an SDP page.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 may confirm at least a portion of the first response data corresponding to the content included in the previous page 800 as valid cache data. For example, the electronic device 100 may confirm the image, title, price information, rating information, etc. of the object item in the first response data included in the previous page 800 as valid cache data, and provide the first page 810 including the confirmed valid cache data.

However, the valid cache data included in the first page 810 does not necessarily have to be displayed on the previous page 800. For example, even if the valid cache data is not the data of the content included in the previous page 800, it can also be included in the response data corresponding to the content included in the previous page 800. For example, the title of the object item included in the response data can include not only the title displayed on the GW page, but also the title displayed on the SDP page. In addition, the image of the object item included in the response data can include multiple images of the object item of various image qualities. For example, in relation to the valid cache data included in the first page 810 of the SDP page, the title of the object item and the image of the object item used as cache data can be a detailed title among multiple titles and a high-quality image among multiple images.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining a method for providing a first page according to the type of a target page in an embodiment.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 may provide the first page according to different methods according to the type of the target page. More specifically, the electronic device 100 may provide the first page according to different methods according to whether the target page is included in the first setting page group or the second setting page group. Referring to FIG. 9 , the target page 900 may include the first content, the second content, the third content, the fourth content, and the fifth content, and the second content and the third content of the first content, the second content, the third content, the fourth content, and the fifth content may be valid content stored in the electronic device 100 as cache data. Furthermore, the positions where the first content, the second content, the third content, the fourth content and the fifth content are displayed on the target page 900 may be the first, second, third, fourth and fifth respectively.

For example, if the target page 900 is included in the first setting page group, the first page 910 may be a page where valid cache data is displayed at a set location of valid content corresponding to the valid cache data. For example, the first setting page group may include a GW page and an SDP page as a page where the framework of the content included in the page is fixed. At this time, the electronic device 100 may display the cache data corresponding to the second content and the third content on the second and third to provide the first page 910. In addition, the electronic device 100 may display the response data corresponding to the first content, the fourth content, and the fifth content received from the server 110 on the first, fourth, and fifth to provide the second page 930.

For example, if the target page 900 is included in the second setting page group, the first page 920 may be a page where valid cache data is displayed on the top of the first page. For example, the second setting page group may include a product list page, a shopping cart page, etc. as a page where the frame of the content included in the page is not fixed. At this time, the electronic device 100 may display the cache data corresponding to the second content and the third content on the first and second to provide the first page 920. In addition, the electronic device 100 displays the response data corresponding to the first content, the fourth content, and the fifth content on the first, fourth, and fifth, and moves the second content and the third content to the second and third, thereby providing the second page 940.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing an electronic device for providing a page according to an embodiment.

The electronic device 1000 in FIG. 10 may correspond to the electronic device 100 in the specification of the present invention.

According to an embodiment, the electronic device 1000 of the present invention may include a transceiver 1010, a processor 1020, and a memory 1030. The components shown in FIG. 10 are not necessary for realizing the electronic device, so those with common sense in the technical field related to the present embodiment can understand that the electronic device 1000 described in this specification may have more or less than the components listed above. On the other hand, in the embodiment, the processor 1020 may include at least one processor. In addition, the electronic device 1000 may provide a target page including the first page and the second page by a display unit (not shown), but is not limited thereto.

The transceiver 1010 can communicate with an external device using wired or wireless communication technology, and may include the transceiver 1010. The external device may be a terminal or a server. In addition, the communication technology used by the transceiver 1010 may include GSM (Global System for Mobile communication), CDMA (Code Division Multi Access), LTE (Long Term Evolution), 5G (5th Generation Mobile Communication Technology), WLAN (Wireless (Local Area Network, LAN), Wi-Fi (Wireless-Fidelity), Bluetooth, RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), Infrared Data Association (IrDA), ZigBee, NFC (Near Field Communication), etc., but is not limited thereto.

According to one embodiment, the transceiver 1010 may transmit a first request for data of a target page to the server 110. Furthermore, the transceiver 1010 may receive response data corresponding to the first request from the server 110.

The processor 1020 can control the overall operation of the electronic device 1000 and process data and signals. The processor 1020 can implement a method described by FIG. 1 to FIG. 9. The processor 1020 can control the embodiments implemented by the electronic device 1000 through the interaction of the transceiver 1010 and the memory 1030 with the components that the electronic device 1000 may further include. According to one embodiment, the processor 1020 can confirm the target page, transmit the first request for the data of the target page to the server, confirm the identifier of the content included in the page, confirm whether there is valid cache data corresponding to the identifier, and when there is valid cache data, provide the first page including the valid cache data, receive response data corresponding to the first request from the server, and provide a second page obtained by updating the first page based on the response data.

The memory 1030 can store information for implementing at least one method described by FIGS. 1 to 9. The memory 1030 can be called a memory, and can be a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory. In addition, the memory 1030 can store one or more commands required to implement the actions of the processor 1020, and can temporarily store data stored on the platform or stored in an external memory. For example, the memory 1030 can store information including the content included in the target page of the valid cache data, and can also store the response data received from the server 110.

On the other hand, in this specification and drawings, the preferred embodiments of the present invention are disclosed. Although specific terms are used, they are only used to easily explain the technical content of the present invention and are used in the general sense to help understand the invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Those with common sense in the technical field to which the present invention belongs should understand that in addition to the embodiments disclosed here, other variations based on the technical ideas of the present invention can be implemented.

The electronic device or terminal of the above embodiment may include a processor, a memory for storing program data and executing, a permanent storage such as a disk drive, a communication port for communicating with external devices, a user interface device such as a touch panel, a key, an icon, etc. The software module or the method implemented by the algorithm may be stored in a computer-readable recording medium as a computer-readable code or program command executed on the above processor. Here, as computer readable recording media, there are magnetic storage media (e.g., read-only memory (ROM), random-access memory (RAM), floppy disk, hard disk, etc.) and optical reading media (e.g., read-only compact disc (CD-ROM), digital versatile disc (DVD)), etc. The computer readable recording media are distributed to computer systems connected by a network, so that computer readable codes can be stored and implemented in a distributed manner. The media can be read by the computer, stored in the memory, and implemented in the processor.

The present embodiment may be expressed as a functional block structure and various processing steps. Such functional blocks can be implemented with various numbers of hardware and/or software structures that perform specific functions. For example, the embodiment may be implemented using integrated circuit structures such as memory, processing, logic, look-up tables, etc. that perform various functions through the control of one or more microprocessors or other control devices. Similar to the components that can be implemented using software programming or software elements, the present embodiment may include various algorithms implemented by a combination of data structures, processes, routines, or other programming structures, thereby implementing them using programming or scripting languages such as C, C++, Java, assemblers, Python, etc. Functionality can be implemented using algorithms implemented in one or more processors. In addition, the present embodiment can use prior art for electronic environment settings, signal processing, and/or data processing. Terms such as "mechanism", "element", "mechanism", and "structure" can be used broadly and are not limited to mechanical and physical structures. The above terms can include the meaning of a series of processes (routines) of software connected to a processor, etc.

The above embodiment is only an example, and other embodiments may be implemented within the scope of the invention application described below.

10: System 100: Electronic device 110: Server 210: Step 220: Step 230: Step 240: Step 250: Step 260: Step 270: Step 300: Target page 301: Component 1 302: Component 2 303: Component 3 304: Component 4 330: Page 360: Page 400: Content 410: Content 2 420: Content 1 430: Content 3 440: Valid content 500: Target page 510: Component 1 511: Slider 520: Component 2 530: Component 3 600: Target page 610: Page 1 620: Cache data 630: Response data 640: Page 2 700: Target page 710: Page 1 720: Cache data 730: Response data 740: Page 2 800: Previous page 810: Page 1 900: Target page 910: Page 1 920: Page 1 930: Page 2 940: Page 2 1000: Electronic device 1010: Transceiver 1020: Processor 1030: Memory

FIG. 1 is a diagram for illustrating a system for implementing a method for providing a page by an electronic device of various embodiments. FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing a method for providing a page by an electronic device. FIG. 3 is a diagram for illustrating a method for providing a page by an electronic device using cache data. FIG. 4 is a diagram for illustrating a type of content of an embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram for illustrating a method for providing a first page of an embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram for illustrating a method for providing a first page and updating a second page obtained by updating the first page based on response data of an embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram for illustrating a method for providing a first page and updating a second page obtained by updating the first page based on response data of an embodiment. FIG. 8 is a diagram for illustrating a method of providing a first page by using at least a portion of response data corresponding to a previous page provided before a target page as cache data in an embodiment. FIG. 9 is a diagram for illustrating a method of providing a first page according to the type of a target page in an embodiment. FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating an electronic device for providing a page in an embodiment.

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Claims (19)

A method for providing a page, which is performed in an electronic device, and includes the following steps: Confirming a target page; Transmitting a first request for data of the target page to a server; Confirming an identifier of the content included in the target page; Confirming whether there is valid cache data corresponding to the identifier; If the valid cache data exists, providing a first page including the valid cache data; Receiving response data corresponding to the first request from the server; and Providing a second page obtained by updating the first page based on the response data. In the method for providing a page as in claim 1, the step of confirming whether the above-mentioned valid cache data exists includes the following steps: Based on the information of the above-mentioned content, confirming the existence of the first content of the cache data; and Based on the expiration information of the cache data of the above-mentioned first content, confirming the above-mentioned valid cache data. A method for providing a page as in claim 2, wherein the expiration information of the cache data of the first content is information determined based on the characteristic information of the first content. In the method for providing a page as in claim 2, the step of confirming whether the above-mentioned valid cache data exists further includes the following steps: Based on the information of the above-mentioned content, confirm the second content of the above-mentioned content that is not cached; and Based on the expiration information of the cache data of the above-mentioned first content, confirm the third content of the above-mentioned first content that has passed the expiration period. A method for providing a page as in claim 4, wherein the first page is a page that omits information of the second content and information of the third content. A method for providing a page as in claim 4, wherein the second page is a page including data in the response data corresponding to the second content and the third content. In the method for providing a page as in claim 1, the step of receiving the above-mentioned response data further includes the following steps: Based on the cache setting information of the above-mentioned content included in the received above-mentioned response data, at least a portion of the above-mentioned response data is stored as cache data. A method for providing a page as described in claim 1, wherein the content displayed in the above-mentioned target page without an additional scroll bar is included in the valid content corresponding to the above-mentioned valid cache data. A method for providing a page as in claim 8, wherein the content displayed in the above-mentioned target page without an additional scroll bar is as follows: the expiration period of the corresponding valid cache data is above a set critical value. In the method for providing a page as in claim 1, the step of confirming whether there is valid cache data includes the step of confirming the valid content corresponding to the valid cache data, and the step of providing the second page includes the following steps: Based on the cache setting information of the valid content included in the response data, providing the second page including at least a portion of the response data of the valid content. The method for providing a page as in claim 10, wherein the step of providing the second page includes the following steps: Based on the cache setting information of the valid content, confirm that the cache type in the valid content is the first valid content of the first cache type; and Change the cache data of the first valid content in the valid cache data to the first response data of the first valid content to provide the second page. The method for providing a page as in claim 10, wherein the step of providing the second page includes the following steps: Based on the cache setting information of the valid content, confirm that the cache type in the valid content is the second valid content of the second cache type; and Add the second response data of the second valid content to the first page to provide the second page. A method for providing a page as described in claim 12, wherein the second valid content is a sub-content of the content included in the target page. The method for providing a page as in claim 10 further includes the following steps: Based on the cache setting information of the valid content, confirm that the cache type in the valid content is the third valid content of the third cache type; and Confirm the third response data of the third valid content as the new cache data of the third valid content. A method for providing a page as in claim 1, wherein the step of providing the first page includes the following steps: Confirming that a previous page is provided before the target page; Confirming that at least a portion of the first response data corresponding to the previous page obtained from the server is valid cache data; and Providing the first page including the valid cache data. A method for providing a page as in claim 1, wherein if the target page is included in the first set page group, the first page is a page where the valid cache data is displayed at a set location of valid content corresponding to the valid cache data. A method for providing a page as in claim 1, wherein if the target page is included in the second set page group, the first page is a page in which the valid cache data is displayed at the top of the first page. An electronic device for providing a page, comprising: a transceiver; a memory storing one or more commands; and a processor, which confirms a target page, transmits a first request for data of the target page to a server, confirms an identifier of the content included in the target page, confirms whether there is valid cache data corresponding to the identifier, and if there is valid cache data, provides a first page including the valid cache data, receives response data corresponding to the first request from the server, and provides a second page obtained by updating the first page based on the response data. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium records a program for executing the method of claim 1 in a computer.