TWI798980B - Operating method for electronic apparatus for managing information for item gift and electronic apparatus supporting thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a method of managing item gifting information by an electronic apparatus, the method including checking information on an item in response to first input information of a user who uses an item gifting, checking whether gifting is available and whether gift wrapping is supported for the item according to whether the gifting is available based on characteristic information of the item, in response to second input information of the user to give the item as a gift to a recipient, and providing, when gifting of the item is available and the gift wrapping is supported, a payment information page including a first region for inputting first information on the recipient and a second region for inputting second information for selecting the gift wrapping of the item.

Description

Operation method of electronic device for managing item gift information and electronic device supporting the operation method

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for managing information on gift giving of items, and more particularly to a method of providing information for inputting information for selecting gift wrapping for gift giving of items, and a method for use in the method of electronic equipment.

With the development of electronic technology, e-commerce has become a shopping field. Customers can buy items online without going to a 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 goods 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 technical documents such as KR 101756594B1, KR101500849B1 and the like can be incorporated by reference.

[Technical target]

According to a method of the present invention, an electronic device may provide information for inputting information for selecting gift wrapping for gift giving.

The technical goals to be achieved in the present invention are not limited to the technical goals described above, and those skilled in the art will clearly understand other technical goals not mentioned herein from the following description. [Technical solution]

Exemplary embodiments may provide a method of operating an electronic device for managing information and an electronic device supporting the method.

According to various exemplary embodiments, there is provided a method of managing item gift information by an electronic device, the method including: viewing information about an item in response to first input information of a user using an item gift; responding to The user's second input of giving the item as a gift to a recipient, checks whether the gift is available based on the item's characteristic information and checks whether gift wrapping of the item is supported based on the gift availability; and when the When gifting of an item is available and supports the gift wrapping, providing a payment information page comprising a first field for entering first information about the recipient and for entering the gift for selecting the item One of the second areas of the second information of the package.

In an example embodiment, the second area may contain information about a cost of the gift wrap. When a free promotion for the gift wrap is applied, information about the fee for the gift wrap can be removably displayed in the second area and information about the free promotion can be included in the second area.

In an exemplary embodiment, the second area may include button information for providing guide information about the gift package, and the method may further include providing the guide information according to third input information corresponding to the button information One of the referral pages.

In an exemplary embodiment, in response to inputting the second information, the second region may further include a selection for inputting one or more gift wrapping options for the item that is self-configured to correspond to the gift wrapping A third area of the third information of a gift wrapping option, and the one or more gift wrapping options can be set based on the characteristic information.

In an exemplary embodiment, the method may further include providing a confirmation page related to gift payment information based on fourth input information for paying a gift of the item on the payment information page. In response to entering the second information, the confirmation page may include information indicating selection of the gift wrap for the item and payment amount information including a price for the item and a charge for the gift wrap.

In an exemplary embodiment, the method may further include: when the user completes payment for gifting the item, providing the recipient with a page related to a gift acceptance of the item. In response to entering the second information, the page related to acceptance of the gift may include information indicating selection of the gift wrap for the item and payment amount information including a price for the item and a charge for the gift wrap.

In an exemplary embodiment, the method may further include: after the user completes the payment for gifting the item, obtaining fifth input information of a payment cancellation request for the item gift from the user; and In response to the fifth input information, a payment cancellation page is provided, and the payment cancellation page includes the payment amount information, the gift packaging information indicating selection of the item, and the refund amount information. The refund amount information may include the same amount as the payment amount information when the fifth input information is obtained prior to processing the gift wrap in a fulfillment center that shipped the item upon inspection upon completion of the payment. When the fifth input information is acquired after the item is shipped from the fulfillment center, the refund amount information may include the price of the item in the payment amount information.

In an exemplary embodiment, the method may further include: obtaining sixth input information from the user for a return request for the gifted item after completing a delivery for gifting the item; and responding In the sixth input information, an item return page is provided, and the item return page includes the payment amount information, the gift wrapping information indicating selection of the item, and the refund amount information. The refund amount information may include the price of the item in the payment amount information.

In an exemplary embodiment, the method may further include providing a rewards page, the rewards page including options for the gift wrapping of the item and the recipient accepting the gift on the page related to acceptance of the gift A fourth field for inputting reward information associated with the gift wrapping when presenting an item. The feedback information may include at least one of rating information or comment information about the gift packaging.

In an exemplary embodiment, when the gift wrapping of the item is selected and the recipient elects to receive the item redeemably with points used in a service related to the electronic device, the price of the item may be based on Determine the amount of such points.

In an exemplary embodiment, the method may further include: when the recipient enters delivery destination information on the page related to the gift acceptance, viewing based on one of the delivery destination information and the second information One of the first fulfillment centers available for this gift wrap. The first fulfillment center may be determined based on a distance from the delivery destination information to a fulfillment center among at least one fulfillment center available for the gift wrapping among one or more fulfillment centers corresponding to the delivery destination information .

In an exemplary embodiment, the method may further comprise: providing fulfillment management information for the item including the information indicating selection of the gift wrap for the item and the information about the item to one of the first fulfillment centers Manage servers.

In an exemplary embodiment, the fulfillment management information is configured when the user selects a gift wrap option corresponding to one or more gift wrap options for the item based on the characteristic information for the gift wrap. Information regarding the selected one gift wrapping option can further be included, and the first fulfillment center can be the one in which the selected one gift wrapping option is supported.

In an exemplary embodiment, the method may further include: when the gift wrapping of the item is selected and the recipient accepts the gifted item on the page related to acceptance of the gift, providing information on the Information about a shipment start schedule for the item determined by an amount of time to process the gift wrap in the first fulfillment center.

In an exemplary embodiment, the method may further include: when the gift wrapping of the item is selected and the recipient accepts the gifted item on the page related to acceptance of the gift, notifying the user and the recipient At least one of them provides delivery information for the item. The delivery information may include the information indicating selection of the gift wrap for the item.

In an exemplary embodiment, the method may further include: when identifying the recipient's identification information set in a service related to the electronic device through the first information, viewing the recipient's information based on the identification information delivery destination information; and viewing information about at least one fulfillment center available for the gift wrap among the one or more fulfillment centers corresponding to the delivery destination information.

In an exemplary embodiment, the method may further include obtaining information regarding an average packing period estimated to be used to process the gift wrap from the at least one fulfillment center; and determining based on the information regarding the average packing period in selecting The gift wrapping is estimated to add an additional delivery cycle for delivering the item. The second field may contain information about the additional delivery period.

In an exemplary embodiment, the method may further include: in response to entering the second information, reviewing the at least one fulfillment center that has a shortest distance to the delivery destination information for shipping the item a first fulfillment center of one of the fulfillment centers; determining a packaging cycle estimated for processing the gift wrap in the first fulfillment center and for delivering the gift wrap from the first fulfillment center in accordance with the delivery destination information a delivery cycle for the item; and based on the packing cycle and the delivery cycle, determining a specific date to guarantee a delivery of the item and an order deadline time to guarantee the delivery of the item by that date. The payment information page may contain information about the order deadline time and the specific date.

According to various exemplary embodiments, there is provided an electronic device for managing item gift information, the electronic device includes a processor and one or more memories storing one or more instructions therein, wherein when executed, the One or more instructions control the processor to perform: viewing information about an item in response to a first input from a user using an item gift; in response to the user giving the item as a gift to a receiving The second input information of the person, check whether the gift is available based on the characteristic information of the item and check whether the gift wrapping of the item is supported according to the availability of the gift; and when the gift of the item is available and supports the gift wrapping, provide a payment An information page, the payment information page includes a first area for inputting first information about the recipient and a second area for inputting second information for selecting the gift wrapping of the item.

According to various exemplary embodiments, there is provided an electronic device for outputting item gift information, the electronic device includes a processor and one or more memories storing one or more instructions therein, wherein when executed, the One or more instructions control the processor to: transmit to a server device first input information associated with an item of a user gifted with an item; respond to the first input information from the server device; the device receives information about the item; transmits to the server device a second input from the user for giving the item as a gift to a recipient based on the information about the item; when based on the item's characteristic information receiving a payment information page from the server device in response to the second input information, the payment information page including information for inputting the first information about the recipient upon confirming that the gift of the item is available and supports gift wrapping of the item a first area and a second area for inputting second information of the gift wrap for selecting the item; and outputting the payment information page.

The exemplary embodiments of the present invention described above are only some of the preferred exemplary embodiments of the present invention. Those skilled in the art will understand that various exemplary embodiments in which technical features of various exemplary embodiments of the present invention are reflected can be derived based on the following detailed description. [effect]

The present invention has the technical effect of allowing a user to choose whether to provide an option to a recipient to receive information as points available in a service to exchange for a gift item by proposing the use of an electronic device to allow a user to choose A method to facilitate the convenience of providing a gift to the user while enhancing the recipient's satisfaction associated with receipt of a gift.

The present invention has the following technical effect: it is possible to make a recipient by proposing a method of using an electronic device to provide a recipient receiving a gift item with an interface tool set capable of setting information about a delivery destination in a service. This makes it easier for the recipient to receive a gift and prevents misdelivery from occurring.

In addition, the present invention has the technical effect that the management of a gift item can be facilitated and the user can be enhanced by proposing a method of providing an option to a user through an electronic device for the user to choose the packaging of a gift item. and recipient satisfaction.

Effects obtainable in the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned effects, and those skilled in the art will clearly understand other effects not mentioned herein from the following description.

The following exemplary embodiments are obtained by combining constituent elements and features of each exemplary embodiment in a predetermined form. Each constituent element or feature may 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, some constituent elements and features may be combined with each other to implement various exemplary embodiments. The order of operations to be described in various exemplary embodiments may be changed. Some constituent elements or features of any one of the exemplary embodiments may be included in other exemplary embodiments, or may be replaced with corresponding constituent elements or features of other exemplary embodiments.

In the description of the drawings, procedures or steps that may obscure the gist of the exemplary embodiments and the like have not been described, nor have procedures or steps that can be understood by those skilled in the art have been described.

Throughout the specification, when a part "includes or includes" a constituent element, unless otherwise specified, it means that the part may further include other constituent elements rather than exclude other constituent elements. In addition, terms such as "portion", "a-device", "module" and the like used herein may refer to a unit that performs at least one function or operation, and the unit may be implemented as hardware or software, or may be implemented as a combination of hardware and software. In addition, the words "a or an", "an", "the" and Similar words may be used to include singular or plural forms.

Hereinafter, some exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The following detailed description, which will be disclosed in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, is intended to describe examples of various example embodiments and is not limited thereto.

In addition, specific terms used in each exemplary embodiment are provided to facilitate overall understanding of each exemplary embodiment, and these specific terms may be used without departing from the technical concept of each exemplary embodiment. The use of terms changes to other terms.

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an information management system capable of implementing an operation method of an electronic device for managing information according to various exemplary embodiments.

Referring to FIG. 1 , according to various exemplary embodiments, an information management system may be implemented with different types of electronic devices. For example, the information management system can be implemented by the server device 100 and the user device 200 . In other words, each of the server device 100 and the user device 200 can perform operations according to various exemplary embodiments of the present invention based on an information management system implemented in the respective devices. However, according to various exemplary embodiments, the information management system is not limited to the search information providing system shown in FIG. 1 , but can be implemented by other various types of electronic devices and servers.

According to various exemplary embodiments, the server device 100 may be a device capable of communicating with a plurality of user devices 200 in a wired and wireless manner and including a large-capacity storage. For example, the server device 100 can be a cloud device combined with a plurality of user devices 200 .

According to various exemplary embodiments, the user device 200 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 the same functions as above can also be used as the user device 200 .

According to various exemplary embodiments, the information management system may include various operation modules. The modules included in the information management system may be implemented so that one of the physical devices (for example, the server device 100 and the user device 200) constituting the information management system (or included in the physical device) performs one of its assignments The computer code or one or more instructions for an operation. In other words, in the physical equipment constituting the information management system, a plurality of modules can be stored in a memory in the form of computer code. The plurality of modules stored in the memory, when executed by a computer, can be configured to cause the physical device to perform assigned operations corresponding to the plurality of modules.

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

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

The input/output portion 210 may be various types of interfaces for receiving a user input or outputting information to the user, various types of connection ports, or the like. The input/output part 210 may include an input module and an output module. The input module receives user input. User input may be in various forms of input including key input, touch input, and voice input. Examples of input modules that may receive such user input may include a conventional form of keypad or keyboard, a mouse, and touch sensors to sense a user touch, a microphone to 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 or an infrared sensor that senses the user's proximity, through an acceleration sensor sensor or a gyroscope sensor to identify a motion sensor for user motion, and various forms of input means for sensing or inputting various forms of user input, and according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the input A module may include at least one of the devices listed above. Here, the touch sensor may be sensed by an optical method via a piezoelectric or capacitive touch sensor that senses touch via a touch panel attached to a display panel or a touch film. Touch is implemented with an optical touch sensor or similar. 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 senses user input by itself. In addition, the output module can output various pieces of information. 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 members. In addition, the output module can also be implemented in the form of an output interface connected to the port types of the above-mentioned 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 At least one of a display, a three-dimensional display, a holographic display, 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 configured integrally with the touch sensors of the input module.

The communication section 220 can communicate with another device. Accordingly, 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 can 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 section may include 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 A mobile communication module using 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 230 can store various pieces of information. The storage 230 can store data temporarily or semi-permanently. For example, the operating system (OS) used to drive the server 100, information used to host a website, information about a program or application used to generate Braille (for example, a web application), or The same can be stored in the storage of the server 100 . In addition, the memory may store modules in the form of computer program code as described above.

Examples of storage 230 may include a hard disk drive (HDD), a solid state drive (SSD), a flash memory, a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), and the like . This storage 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 100 . For example, the processor 240 may execute programs or applications for managing information. The processor 240 may be implemented by a computer or a device similar to the computer depending on hardware, software or a combination thereof. The processor 240 can be implemented in hardware in the form of an electronic circuit that processes electrical signals to perform control functions, and in software can be implemented in the form of a program that drives the hardware processor 240 . Meanwhile, unless otherwise specified in the following description, 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 . That is, the modules implemented in the information management 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 general, example embodiments may be implemented by various means. For example, the exemplary embodiments may be implemented by hardware, firmware, software, any combination thereof, or the like.

In the case of hardware implementation, according to various example embodiments, a method may be implemented by one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs) ), 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, according to various exemplary embodiments, a method may be implemented in the form of a module, program or function for performing functions or operations to be described below. For example, software code can be stored in a memory and driven by a processor. The memory can be located inside or outside the processor and can transmit data to or receive data from the processor by various known means.

Various exemplary embodiments will be described in more detail below based on the technical concept as described above. The content described above can be applied to various exemplary embodiments to be described below. For example, operations, functions, terms, or the like that are not defined in various exemplary embodiments to be described below may be performed and described based on the contents described above.

In the following description, various exemplary embodiments in which the server device 100 performs an information management operation will be described. According to various exemplary embodiments, the server device 100 or the user device 200 that has received the item gift information from the server device 100 may output several pieces of related information.

As shown in FIG. 3 , in the management of item gift information, the server device 100 can provide a user with a payment information page for the user to set a receiver to choose to receive information related to the server device 100. An operation in which points available in a joint service are exchanged for information required as an option of an item of a gift item.

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

According to various exemplary embodiments, in operation 301 , the server device 100 may view information about an item in response to a user's first input information.

For example, the item corresponding to the information viewed by the server device 100 in operation 301 may be a gift item that the user wants to give to a recipient as a gift item.

For example, the first input information of a user for viewing information about an item in the server device 100 may include input information for searching an item and information input for viewing an item detail page of an item. That is, in an item donating program, the user can search for the item by a name of the item, a keyword related to the item, or the like, and access the item detail page of the item to obtain information about the item.

For example, an item detail page for an item that is accessed when the user enters the first input information may contain information about the item, purchase icon information to be used when the user purchases the item directly, and when the user gifts the item to receive Icon gift information to be used at any time. That is, in response to the user's first input information, the server device 100 may provide the user with an item detail page including various pieces of information described above. The user can refer to the item detail page to purchase the item directly or give the item as a gift to the recipient.

According to various exemplary embodiments, in operation 303 , in response to the user's second input information of donating the viewed item to the recipient, the server device 100 may check whether gifting of the item is available based on the characteristic information of the item.

For example, the second input information of the user giving the item as a gift to the recipient may be the information obtained from the user by the server device 100 through the item detail page provided in response to the user's first input information. The determination of whether the gift of the item is available based on the characteristic information of the item may be performed according to the second input information.

In particular, the item detail page accessed by the user to view the item may contain gifting icon information to be used when the user gives the item as a gift to a recipient. The second input information may include input information corresponding to the gift icon information. In this case, the server device 100 may check whether the gift of the item is available based on the characteristic information of the item in response to the input information input by the user in the gift icon information. When the user makes an input of sending the item as a gift on the item detail page, the user may receive information related to the gift item from the server device 100 .

Alternatively, specifically, the item detail page accessed by the user to view the item may contain purchase icon information to be used when the user purchases the item directly. The second input information may include one or more input information required to send the item as a gift based on the purchase icon information. In this case, the server device 100 may provide an order information viewing area to be used when purchasing an item in response to the input information input by the user in the purchase icon information. In this case, the order information viewing area may include a gift setting area where the user enters information for sending the item as a gift instead of purchasing the item. The server device 100 may respond to the input information input by the user in the gift setting area to check whether the gift of the item is available based on the characteristic information of the item. That is, in response to the input information input by the user on the purchase icon information included on the item detail page, the server device 100 may first provide an order information viewing area to be used when purchasing the item. Then, in response to the input information input by the user on the gift setting area for the item provided in the order information viewing area, the server device 100 can check whether the gift of the item is available. In this case, when acquiring the input information input by the user in the gift setting area for the item, the purchase icon information for purchasing the item displayed in the order information viewing area may disappear, and instead, may Generate and display gift icon information. The user can first input one of the purchased items on the item details page, receive the order information viewing area to be used when purchasing the item from the server device 100, and further perform one of sending the item as a gift on the order information viewing area Input, and then, receive item gift information from the server device 100 .

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an operation method in which the server device 100 checks whether a gift of an item is available according to various exemplary embodiments.

In FIG. 4, in operation 401, the server device 100 may respond to the user's first input information for viewing information about an item, provide information including a purchase icon for purchasing the item and for sending the item as a gift. The item details page of the gift icon information.

In operation 403, the server device 100 may acquire input information input by the user on the gift icon information included on the item detail page. Then, in operation 405 , the server device 100 may check whether the gift of the item is available based on the characteristic information of the item in response to the acquired input information. When it is determined that gifting of items is available, the server device 100 may provide the user with additional information for continuing an item gifting procedure.

In operation 407, when the input information entered by the user on the purchase icon information included on the item detail page is acquired, the server device 100 may respond to the acquired input information to provide the user with information related to the purchase of the item. The order information viewing area. The order information viewing area may include a gift setting area where the user enters information for sending an item as a gift instead of purchasing the item. Based on this, the server device 100 can acquire the information input by the user in the gift setting area. When acquiring the input information input by the user on the gift setting area, in operation 409, the server device 100 may check whether the gift of the item is available based on the characteristic information of the item. When it is determined that the item gifting is available, the server device 100 may provide the user with additional information for continuing the item gifting procedure.

The input information obtained from the user by the server device 100 in operation 403 or 407 shown in FIG. 4 may be included in the second input information obtained by the server device 100 from the user in operation 303 shown in FIG. 3 middle.

For example, the item detail page provided in response to the user's first input information may include guidance information associated with the user's configuration information, which is used in operation 305 to be described later to configure the recipient to respond The option to receive credits available in a service associated with the server device 100 to redeem the item is selected by the recipient receiving the item as a gift item. Guidance information can be displayed above the gift icon information included on the item detail page.

According to various exemplary embodiments, in operation 305, when it is determined that the gift of the viewed item is available, the server device 100 may provide a payment information page including one of the first information input about the recipient. Area and input of second information such that the recipient may choose to receive credits available in the service for redemption of a second area of the viewed item based on an input made by the recipient.

For example, the first area for inputting the first information about the recipient may be an area for inputting viewing information about the recipient of the item as a gift, a message forwarded to the recipient, or the like. View information about the recipient may be information that can be used to determine the recipient of an item that is a gift item (such as one of the recipient's names, contact information, or the like).

For example, when a price of an item as a gift item is equal to or less than the configured amount, the second area for inputting the second information may be an area included in the payment information page. That is, in the case where the user wants to give the item as a gift to the recipient, when the price of the item is equal to or less than the set amount, the user can set so that the recipient can choose to receive it according to an input made by the recipient. The points available in the service associated with the server device 100 are exchanged for an item as a gift item. A second field can be included on the payment information page. The recipient can choose to receive the item or receive points to redeem for the item. When the price of the item exceeds the set amount, the user may not be able to set the recipient to choose to receive points to exchange for the item as a gift item according to an input made by the recipient. The second field may not be available on the payment information page. Thus, the recipient may only receive the item as a gift item without the option for the recipient to choose to receive points in exchange for the item. As an example, when the price of the item as a gift item exceeds 50,000 won, the server device 100 may not provide settings to the user so that the recipient can choose to receive points for exchange as a gift item according to an input made by the recipient a function of the item.

For example, when the user enters the second information into the second area so that the recipient can choose to receive the item as a gift item or receive points to exchange for the item, the payment option for the user to pay for the item as a gift item can be restricted . Receiving points to exchange for an item that is a gift item may mean awarding the recipient a gift certificate corresponding to an amount of points. Thus, receiving points to redeem for an item as a gift item may mean partially limiting the user's payment options as in the case of gift certificates being issued to the recipient.

As an example, in the case where the user wants to pay for an item without having to enter the second information into the second area so that the recipient receives the item as a gift item, the user can use various payment options such as 1) borrow Paying for the item by making a payment corresponding to an amount of money in a mobile phone payment, 2) paying for the item by making a payment corresponding to an amount of money in a credit card payment, 3) by paying for the item by means of Applying a discount coupon held by the user to subtract a discount amount from the amount corresponding to the item and make a payment for the remaining amount to pay for the item, 4) by first paying the amount corresponding to the item and in the form of a repayment Charge a specified amount to pay for an item with a discounted amount, or the like. However, in the case where the user enters second information into the second field such that the recipient chooses to receive the item as a gift item or to receive points to redeem for the item, the user's payment options may be partially limited. For example, mobile phone payments can be restricted or credit card payments can be restricted according to a policy of the company which credit card the user wants to use for payment. As a specific example, depending on the setting of the server device 100, even if the user inputs the second information into the second area, the user can still make mobile phone payment. In this case, the user can perform the same procedure as the general mobile phone payment procedure for the item. When the payment process cannot be performed due to the failure of the data connection through the mobile phone, the server device 100 may provide the user with guidance information to allow the user to select the payment option again. Alternatively, depending on the setting of the server device 100, when the user inputs the second information into the second area, regardless of the characteristics of the item as a gift item or a price of the item, mobile phone payment may be restricted. In this case, even if the user performs an input to continue the payment, the server device 100 can still provide the user with guidance information to allow the user to select the payment option again.

For example, in the case where the user enters the second information into the second area so that the recipient can choose to receive the item as a gift item or receive points to exchange for the item, the amount of points that the recipient can receive may be determined as The amount actually paid by the user. That is, when the user has paid for the item without any special discount in the payment procedure for the item as a gift item, the amount of points that the recipient can receive to exchange for the item can be determined to be the same as the price of the item. Meanwhile, when the user has paid for the item at a discounted price by applying a discount coupon in the payment procedure for the item as a gift item, the amount of points that the recipient can receive to exchange for the item can be determined to be the same as the discounted price .

For example, when the user has paid for an item as a gift item through the payment information page provided in operation 305, the server device 100 may perform an operation of providing information or a page associated with acceptance of the item gift to the recipient.

In the case where the user enters second information into the second field so that the recipient can choose to receive the item as a gift item or receive points to redeem the item, the recipient can include information associated with the acceptance of the item gift Choose to receive items directly or receive points available in services associated with the server device 100 to exchange for items on the page. That is, in the case where the user inputs the second information into the second area so that the recipient can choose to receive the item as a gift item or receive points to exchange for the item, the server device 100 may provide an input area to the recipient , the recipient can choose to receive the item directly or receive the points available in the service associated with the server device 100 in exchange for the item on the input field. An input field may be included in one of the pages that provides information related to acceptance of the gift item. In addition, the provision of information related to acceptance of the gift item may include a message providing the recipient with link information to a page where information related to acceptance of the gift item may be entered.

For example, in the case where the user enters the second information into the second area so that the recipient can choose to receive the item as a gift item or receive points to exchange for the item, when the recipient selects to receive in response to the input of the second information When an item is selected, delivery information about the item may be provided to at least one of the user or the recipient. That is, when the recipient elects to receive the item, the item is set to be delivered to the recipient. Thus, delivery information can be provided to the user who sent the item as a gift item or to the recipient who will receive the item.

For example, in the case where the user enters the second information into the second area so that the recipient can choose to receive the item as a gift item or receive points to exchange for the item, when the recipient selects to receive in response to the input of the second information When points are exchanged for items, the user may be provided with information indicating that the recipient chooses to receive points for exchange for items. That is, when a recipient elects to receive points in exchange for an item, information indicative of this fact may be provided to the user.

For example, in the case where the user enters the second information into the second area so that the recipient can choose to receive the item as a gift item or receive points to exchange for the item, when the recipient selects to receive in response to the input of the second information When points are exchanged for items, the receiver may further be provided with purchase suggestion information associated with items corresponding to the amount of points. When a product selection list of the recipient (such as a purchase plan list or a list of interested items) contains some items and the product selection list includes at least one item within a price range equivalent to the amount of points, the server The receiver device 100 may provide the recipient with information directing that the points received for redeeming the item may be added to purchase the at least one item. Alternatively, when the recipient's product selection list contains some items and the product selection list contains at least one item within a price range lower than the amount of points, the server device 100 may provide the recipient with a guide. Information that the at least one item can be purchased with the points received to redeem the item.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, in the management of item gift information, the server device 100 can perform the process of providing the user with the information required for selecting a gift wrapping when a gift wrapping option is provided through the payment information page. One operation.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating another example of an operation method of the server device 100 for managing information according to various exemplary embodiments.

According to various exemplary embodiments, in operation 501, the server device 100 may view information about an item in response to the user's first input information.

For example, the item corresponding to the information viewed by the server device 100 at operation 501 may be a gift item that the user wants to give to a recipient.

For example, the user's first input information for viewing information about an item may include an information input for searching an item and an information input for viewing an item detail page of an item. That is, to give an item as a gift, the user may search for the item by a name of the item, a keyword related to the item, or the like, and access the item detail page of the item to obtain information about the item.

According to various exemplary embodiments, in operation 503, in response to the user's second input information of giving the searched item as a gift to the recipient, the server device 100 may check whether the gift of the item is based on the characteristic information of the item. Available and depends on whether the gift of the item is available Check to see if gift wrapping of the item is supported.

For example, the user's second input information for giving an item as a gift to the recipient may be information obtained from the user by the server device 100 through providing an item detail page in response to the user's first input information. Checking whether the gift of the item is available based on the characteristic information of the item may be performed according to the second input information.

In particular, the item detail page accessed by the user to view the item may contain gifting icon information to be used when the user gives the item as a gift to a recipient. The second input information may include input information corresponding to the gift icon information.

Alternatively, specifically, the item detail page that the user accesses to view the item may contain purchase icon information to be used when the user purchases the item directly. The second input information may include one or more input information required to send the item as a gift through the purchase icon information. In this case, the server device 100 may provide an order information viewing area to be used when purchasing an item in response to the input information input by the user on the purchase icon information. In this case, the order information viewing area may include a gift setting area where the user can enter information for giving an item as a gift instead of purchasing the item. The server device 100 may check whether the gift of the item is available based on the characteristic information of the item in response to the input information input by the user on the gift setting area. The user may first input an item to be purchased on the item detail page, receive an order information viewing area for purchasing the item from the server device 100, and further perform an input of sending the item as a gift in the order information viewing area, And then, receive item gift information from the server device 100 .

For example, it may be checked by the server device 100 whether gift wrapping is provided as a service only when gifting of items is available. Depending on the characteristic information of the item, whether the gift wrapping of the item which can be set as a gift is provided as a service and the gift wrapping option can be set differently.

According to various exemplary embodiments, at operation 505, in the case where gift wrapping of the viewed item is available and supports gift wrapping, the server device 100 may provide a payment information page that includes entering information about the recipient's first A first field for information and a second field for entering second information for selecting a gift wrap for the viewed item.

For example, the first area for inputting first information about the recipient may be one of the user inputting viewing information about the recipient the user wants to send the item as a gift, a message to be forwarded to the recipient, or the like area. View information about the recipient may be information (such as name, contact information, or the like) that can be used to designate the recipient of an item as a gift item.

For example, the second field for entering the second information may contain information about the cost of gift wrapping. When the fee for gift wrapping is not generated by applying a free promotion or the like, information about the fee for gift wrapping can be deleted from the second area and information about the free promotion can be included in the second area.

For example, the second area may contain button information for providing guide information about gift wrapping. When obtaining information corresponding to the button information input by the user, the server device 100 may perform an operation of providing a guide page including the above guide information based on the input information.

For example, when entering the second information into the second field, the second field may be provided to include an additional field for entering an option corresponding to one or more gift wrapping options of an item configuration to be packaged as a gift . As an example, when the user inputs the second information into the second area, one or more gift wrapping options that can be set for the item as a gift item can be further provided in the form of a table on the second area. The table listing one or more gift wrapping options may be provided in a portion of the second region. Here, configuring one or more gift wrapping options corresponding to an item to be packaged as a gift may mean selecting various gift wrapping options applicable to the item based on characteristic information of the item as a gift item. In addition, the characteristic information of the item related to the gift wrapping may include the characteristic information for determining the gift wrapping of the article related to storage, distribution, transportation or the like of the article.

Specifically, where characteristics of an item as a gift item include 1) the need to maintain the item's freshness or condition, 2) the item has an expiration date or a shorter expiration date than another item, or 3) the Gift-wrapping options for items may be limited in the event that a period of time for maintaining the state of the item for a specified period of time is satisfied for one of the conditions related to temperature, humidity, light, or the like for storage of the item. As an example, the item may include a food item. When such an item is packaged as a gift item, it may be determined that it is difficult to maintain the condition of the item. In this case, the gift wrapping itself can be limited. Alternatively, some gift wrapping options that ensure maintenance of the item's condition may be set as gift wrapping options.

Alternatively, even in a case where an item as a gift item is sensitive to an external influence and needs to be managed for a separate condition related to impact prevention or the like, gift wrapping of the item may be restricted. As an example, such an item may include an item requiring protection from external influences (such as an electronic product of a size or weight equal to or greater than a certain amount), or an item composed of a material sensitive to external influences ( such as a glass). In one of the cases where gift wrapping is applied to such an item as a gift item, when it is judged that it is difficult to prevent the influence on the item and maintain the state of the item, the gift wrapping itself may be restricted. Alternatively, a gift wrapping option capable of preventing influence on the item and maintaining the state of the item may be set as the gift wrapping option.

When the item being a gift item does not have the packaging restriction feature as described above, the gift wrapping option for the item may be set differently depending on the setting of a service associated with a seller or server device 100 . That is, gift wrapping options can be set in consideration of various conditions, such as wrapping in consideration of the appearance of an item as a gift item, wrapping for minimizing external influence on the item, and the like. In addition, the above-mentioned service can be configured to provide users with gift wrapping options that can serve the item, or one of the sellers of the item can select and set some gift wrapping options that are determined to be able to serve the item in the service and provide them to user. In this case, depending on the gift wrapping option, an additional charge may be incurred in addition to the basic cost of gift wrapping. Information regarding this additional fee may be provided along with information regarding gift wrapping options.

For example, in operation 505, when the user makes payment as one of the items of a gift on the payment information page provided by the server device 100, the server device 100 may perform an action in response to the input provided by the user. The gift payment information is related to an operation of a confirmation page. In this case, since inputting the second information into the second area means that the user has selected a gift wrap, the server device 100 may configure the confirmation page to include information indicating the gift wrap of the selected item and the price of the included item and the payment amount information for the gift wrapping fee. That is, in the process of paying for an item as a gift, information indicating gift wrapping of the selected item may be additionally provided.

For example, when the user has paid for the item as a gift item through the payment information page in operation 505, the server device 100 may perform an operation of providing the recipient with a page related to gift acceptance of the item as a gift. In this case, since the user's input of the second information into the second area means that the user has selected gift wrapping, the server device 100 may set the page related to the acceptance of the item to include information indicating the gift wrapping of the selected item. Information and payment amount information including the price of the item and the cost of gift wrapping. That is, in the process of paying for an item as a gift, information indicating gift wrapping of the selected item may be additionally provided.

For example, when canceling payment for an item as a gift item after the user has paid for the item through the payment information page of operation 505, or when the user has completed payment for an item as a gift item through the payment information page of operation 305 And when the item is returned after the item has been delivered, the server device 100 can provide the user or recipient with information related to payment cancellation or return. In this case, the information related to payment cancellation or return may include information indicating the gift wrapping of the selected item.

As an example, when information about a payment cancellation request for an item is input by the user after the user has completed payment for the item as a gift, the server device 100 may perform an operation of providing a payment cancellation page, which The payment cancellation page includes payment amount information including the price of the item and the fee for gift wrapping, information indicating gift wrapping of the selected item, and refund information in response to the input information input by the user. That is, in the procedure of canceling the gift of the item, information indicating the gift wrapping of the selected item may be additionally provided.

In this case, in the procedure of gifting of items, when obtaining information about a payment cancellation request from a user prior to viewing gift wrapping of items in a fulfillment center to release the items upon completion of payment for the items, including The refund information on the payment cancellation page can be the same as the payment amount information. In this case, both an amount corresponding to the price of the item and the cost of gift wrapping may be refunded to the user.

Meanwhile, when information about a payment cancellation request is obtained from a user after checking the gift wrapping of the item in the fulfillment center to release the item with payment for the item completed, the refund information included in the payment cancellation page may only include Information about an amount corresponding to the price of the item in the payment amount information. In this case, the cost of gift wrapping can be excluded and only the amount corresponding to the price of the item will be refunded to the user.

Meanwhile, information on a payment cancellation request may be acquired from the user after the receiver accepts the gift of the item. As the reason for the payment cancellation request of the gift item, there may be a situation in which the item is out of the warehouse or a defect occurs in the item during processing of the gift item. In this case, the refund information included in the payment cancellation page may be the same as the payment amount information. In this case, both the amount corresponding to the price of the item and the cost of gift wrapping may be refunded to the user. However, when such a payment cancellation request is deemed to be due to a simple change of mind by the user or recipient or a personal problem with the user or recipient, the refund information included on the payment cancellation page may only include payment Information about the amount corresponding to the price of the item in the amount information. In this case, the cost of gift wrapping can be excluded and only the amount corresponding to the price of the item will be refunded to the user. In addition, when obtaining information on a payment cancellation request from the user before the receiver accepts the gift of the item, regardless of whether the gift wrapping of the item has been processed, the refund information included in the payment cancellation page can be set to be the same as the payment amount information same. Both the amount corresponding to the price of the item and the cost of gift wrapping may be refunded to the user.

As another example, after the user has paid for the gift item and the gift item has been delivered, when the user or recipient enters information regarding a return request for the gift item, the server device may perform one of providing an item return page. Operation, the Item Returns page includes payment amount information including the price of the gift item and the cost of gift wrap, information indicating gift wrap for the selected item, and refund information in response to input information entered by the user or recipient. That is, in the return procedure of a gift item, information indicating the gift wrapping of the selected item may also be provided.

During the processing of gift items over time, when a return request for the item has been received, the refund information included in the item return page may only include the payment amount information since the item has already been packaged and delivered to the recipient. The amount corresponding to the price of the item. In this case, the cost of gift wrapping can be excluded and only the amount corresponding to the price of the item will be refunded to the user.

6 is a diagram illustrating a method of operation in which a server device provides information related to a payment cancellation of a gift item or a return of the gift item, according to various example embodiments.

In operation 601 , the server device 100 may receive a payment cancellation request for a gift item or a return request for a gift item from a user or a recipient. After receiving a payment cancellation request for a gift item or a return request for a gift item, in operation 603, the server device 100 can view information indicating the gift packaging of the item that has been selected as a gift item, and include the price of the item and the price of the item. Payment amount information for the gift wrapping fee.

After receiving the payment cancellation request before viewing the gift wrapping of the item in the fulfillment center to release the item as a gift item, at operation 605, the server device 100 may check for a refund including the same amount as in the payment amount information Information. Meanwhile, upon receiving the payment cancellation request after checking the gift wrapping of the item in the fulfillment center to release the item as a gift item, the server device 100 may check an amount including an amount excluding the gift wrapping fee from the amount in the payment amount information refund information.

After receiving the return request, at operation 607, the server device 100 may view refund information including an amount excluding the gift wrapping fee because the gift wrapping of the item as a gift item has been completed and the item has been delivered to the recipient.

After checking the information indicating the gift wrapping of the selected item, the payment amount information and the refund information in operations 603, 605 and 607, in operation 609, the server device 100 may provide a payment cancellation page including the pieces of information described above or item returns page.

For example, when the user pays for the item for which gift wrapping has been selected by the user through the payment information page in operation 505 and accordingly the recipient accepts the item as a gift through a gift receiving related page provided to the recipient, the server device 100 may An operation of providing the recipient with a reward page including an area for inputting reward information indicating the gift wrapping of the selected item is performed. That is, the server device 100 can obtain feedback information for evaluating the satisfaction of the gift packaging of the item from the recipient who receives the item as a gift item. This feedback information may be provided in such a way that the recipient assigns a rating on the item's gift wrapping and writes a review about the item's gift wrapping. The feedback page may basically contain viewing information and feedback information about the user who gave the item as a gift. When the recipient is a person who logs in to a service associated with the server device 100 or a member of the service, the feedback page may further include viewing information about the recipient.

For example, according to various exemplary embodiments described with reference to FIG. 3 , the payment information page provided by the server device 100 at operation 505 may include information that may be entered by a user who wants to send the item as a gift for configuring the recipient. An area where you can choose to receive items directly or receive points to exchange for items.

When the user sets the information so that the recipient can choose to receive the item directly or receive the points to redeem the item, a gift acceptance related page provided to the recipient from the server device 100 may include that the recipient can choose to receive the item directly or receive the points Enter the field with one of the exchange items. In this case, when the user selects the gift wrapping of the item and the recipient chooses to receive the points available in the service to redeem the item, the amount of the point may be determined as including the amount corresponding to the price of the item and the cost of the gift wrapping The amount corresponding to the price of the item in the payment amount information. That is, when the recipient elects to receive points to redeem for an item, an amount corresponding to the cost of gift wrapping may be excluded from the points to be received for exchange for an item.

In addition, when the user sets the information so that the recipient can choose to receive the item directly or receive points to exchange for the item, and selects the gift packaging of the item, the information included in the gift acceptance related page provided to the receiver from the server device 100 The payment amount information can be set to include only the amount corresponding to the price of the item, excluding the cost of gift wrap. That is, in this case, information about the cost of gift wrapping may not be provided to the recipient.

For example, when the user has paid for an item as a gift item through the payment information page provided in operation 505, the gift acceptance-related page provided to the recipient from the server device 100 at that time can be set so that the recipient can accept the gift when the gift is accepted. Enter the delivery destination information on the relevant page. The delivery destination information entered by the recipient on the gift acceptance related page can be used to view the fulfillment center used to release the item as a gift item. That is, the server device 100 may check one or more fulfillment centers for distributing the item based on the input delivery destination information, and may set the item to be dispatched through one of the one or more fulfillment centers. In this case, when the user has selected gift wrapping for the item, the server device 100 may look at at least one fulfillment center among the one or more fulfillment centers capable of handling the selected gift wrapping, and may set the item to be packaged through the at least one fulfillment center. Issued by one fulfillment center by one fulfillment center.

That is, in the case where the user performs an input of selecting gift wrapping to wrap items as a gift, when the recipient inputs delivery destination information on the gift acceptance related page, the server device 100 can The delivery destination information entered and entered by the recipient checks for a specific fulfillment center that can handle gift wrapping. The specific fulfillment center may be a fulfillment center selected from at least one fulfillment center capable of handling gift wrapping among one or more fulfillment centers corresponding to the recipient's delivery destination information. In this case, the particular fulfillment center may be one of at least one fulfillment center capable of handling gift wrapping selected based on the delivery destination information's distance from a fulfillment center. Specifically, a fulfillment center that has a shortest distance to the delivery destination in the delivery destination information may be determined as the specific fulfillment center.

With respect to the particular fulfillment center determined above to release the item for which gift wrapping was selected, the server device 100 may provide information about the item and information indicating the gift wrapping of the selected item. That is, after reviewing a particular fulfillment center for distributing an item for which gift wrap was selected, the server device 100 may provide fulfillment management information about the item to a management server of the fulfillment center (including information about the item and indicating that it has been selected Item gift wrapping information). In the above exemplary embodiments described in conjunction with gift wrapping options, when one or more gift wrapping options are configured for the gift wrapping of the item based on the characteristic information of the item as a gift item and the user selects the one or more gift wrapping options When selecting a gift wrap option, information about the gift wrap option selected by the user may be provided and included in the fulfillment management information about the item.

In this case, when one or more gift wrapping options are set for the gift wrapping of the item and the user selects one of the gift wrapping options among the one or more gift wrapping options, the server device 100 may check the Destination Delivery Information One or more fulfillment centers capable of processing the selected gift wrapping option and providing fulfillment management information for the item to the fulfillment center's management server. Thus, the fact that server device 100 provides information about the selected gift wrap option while that information is included in the item's fulfillment management information may mean that the fulfillment center receiving the respective information corresponds to the fulfillment center capable of servicing the selected gift wrap option.

In addition, the server device 100 may determine an estimated time required to process gift wrap in a particular fulfillment center determined to release items for which gift wrap was selected, or obtain information about the time required to process gift wrap from a particular fulfillment center. Estimated time information. In addition, server device 100 may determine a ship date for an item to be issued from a particular fulfillment center based on the estimated time required to process gift wrap. That is, associated with a particular fulfillment center, the server device 100 may determine a ship date for an item based on the estimated time required to process gift wrap in the particular fulfillment center, and may provide the user or recipient with information about the determined Information on the date of shipment.

For example, when the user has paid for an item as a gift item through the payment information page provided in operation 505 and accordingly the recipient accepts the gift item in the gift acceptance related page provided from the server device 100, the server device 100 An operation of providing delivery information of an item to at least one of a user and a recipient may be performed. Delivery information for items described herein may include information about a delivery status of the item. A delivery status of an item may refer to a status of a situation related to a progress status of a delivery of an item, such as preparation, dispatch, loading and unloading of an item, or the like. In this case, the aforementioned delivery information may include information indicating the gift wrapping of the item(s) selected for delivery.

In addition, as described above, in addition to the method of providing the receiver with the gift acceptance related page of the item to obtain the recipient's delivery destination information through the gift acceptance related page, the server device 100 can serve as a Check the recipient when viewing the gift item for delivery destination information. As an example, when the recipient is a member of the service associated with the server device 100 and can view information about the service only with information about the recipient entered by the user on the payment information page provided in operation 505 When receiving the recipient's identification information, the server device 100 can use the identification information to view the delivery information of the recipient previously configured in the service.

That is, in the case where the identification information about the recipient's previous configuration can be viewed based on the information about the recipient input by the user on the payment information page provided in operation 505, the server device 100 may check the previous configuration based on the previous configuration. identification information to view the recipient's delivery destination information. The delivery destination information viewed here can be used to view the fulfillment center used to issue the item as a gift item. The server device 100 can check the delivery destination information of the recipient, and check one or more fulfillment centers for delivering the item with reference to the delivery destination information. In addition, the server device 100 may also check a fulfillment center for distributing items among the checked one or more fulfillment centers. In the case where the user selects gift wrapping to wrap the item as a gift, the server device 100 may view at least one fulfillment center capable of handling gift wrapping among the one or more fulfillment centers viewed, and may automatically At Least One Fulfillment Center Viewed One fulfillment center used to issue the item is viewed.

When the user pays for the gift item in a state in which he checks the recipient's delivery destination information, the procedure of checking the fulfillment center by the server device 100 as described above is executed. At the same time, the server device 100 can provide additional information to the user.

For example, when a user selects gift wrapping to wrap an item as a gift, the server device 100 may check at least one fulfillment center capable of handling gift wrapping and obtain information about an estimated average time required to process gift wrapping. That is, the server device 100 may obtain information on wrapping a gift in a fulfillment center by receiving information on an estimated time required to process gift wrapping from each of at least one fulfillment center and averaging the received estimated times. One of the required information is the estimated average pack cycle time. When the user selects gift packaging to package the item as a gift, the server device 100 may determine an additional estimated delivery period required for delivery of the item based on the estimated average packaging period. Here, the additional estimated delivery cycle may refer to a period of time additionally required to package the item in the fulfillment center in addition to the typical delivery procedure for the item, and may depend on a gift wrapping readiness status of the fulfillment center, fulfillment center One of the loading/unloading status or similar changes. Information regarding the additional estimated delivery period determined above may be provided to the user while being included in a second area on the payment information page provided at operation 505 into which second information for selecting gift wrapping is input. area to pay for item gifts. Based on the information provided to the user regarding the additionally estimated delivery period, the user can decide whether to keep gift wrapping selected to package the item as a gift, taking into account a delivery schedule of the recipient or the like.

For example, when the user selects gift wrapping to wrap the item as a gift, the server device 100 can check at least one fulfillment center capable of handling gift wrapping, and can check the delivery purpose from the recipient among the at least one fulfillment center Location information checks for a delivery destination that has a shortest distance to a specific fulfillment center. The server device 100 may determine an estimated wrapping time required to process gift wrapping in the particular fulfillment center and obtain information regarding an estimated wrapping time required to process gift wrapping from the particular fulfillment center. In addition, the server device 100 may determine an estimated delivery cycle required to deliver the item from a specific fulfillment center based on the recipient's delivery destination information.

In this case, considering both the expected delivery time and the expected packing time, the server device 100 may estimate or determine a specific date for guaranteed delivery of the item and an order deadline for guaranteed delivery of the item on the specific date. In addition, the server device 100 may provide the user with information about the estimated (or determined) specific date and order deadline time while the information is included in the payment information page (through which the user pays for the item as a gift) . That is, when gift wrapping is selected to wrap the item as a gift, the user can check the guaranteed delivery date of the item (for which gift wrapping has been selected) before paying for the item on the payment information page. In addition, users can also check their order deadline time.

7 is a diagram illustrating an operation method in which the server device provides additional information in a process of paying for a gift item by a user based on delivery destination information about a recipient according to various exemplary embodiments.

In operation 701, the server device 100 may check the identification information about the recipient previously configured in the service based on the information about the recipient input by the user on the payment information page. This review of identifying information about the recipient can be performed based on information such as a name or contact details of the recipient, which can be used to capture identifying information about the recipient previously configured in the service and included in the In the information about the recipient entered on the payment information page. When checking the identification information about the recipient, the server device 100 can obtain the delivery destination information about the recipient previously configured in the service in operation 703, and can check the delivery destination information corresponding to the acquired delivery destination in operation 705. Information about at least one fulfillment center among the one or more fulfillment centers capable of handling gift wrapping of an item that is a gift item.

Subsequently, in operation 707, the server device 100 may obtain information about an estimated average wrapping period required to process gift wrapping from at least one fulfillment center capable of handling gift wrapping, and determine that delivery may otherwise cost within the estimated average wrapping period. An estimated additional delivery cycle is required, and information about the estimated additional delivery cycle is provided to the user through the payment information page.

Alternatively, in operation 709, the server device 100 may check one of the fulfillment centers of the delivery destination information closest to the recipient among at least one fulfillment center capable of processing the gift wrapping, and determine that the gift package is processed in the nearest fulfillment center. An estimated wrapping cycle required for gift wrapping and an estimated delivery time required to deliver the item from the nearest fulfillment center based on the delivery destination information. Based on this, the server device 100 can determine a date to guarantee the delivery of the item (the gift package that has been selected) and an order deadline to ensure that the item will be delivered on this date, and provide the user with information about the determined item through the payment information page Information on dates and deadlines for orders.

At the same time, in the management of item gift information, in addition to the operation method of transmitting and receiving various pieces of information related to the gift of the item for the user who wants to give the item as described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 7 , the server device 100 may transmit and receive pieces of information directed to the recipient receiving the item as a gift item.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating another example of an operation method of the server device 100 for managing information according to various exemplary embodiments.

According to various exemplary embodiments, in operation 801, the server device 100 may acquire information on an item as a gift item and information on a recipient to whom the item is to be provided.

For example, the information on the item as a gift item acquired by the server device 100 in operation 801 may be information on the item selected by the user to give to the recipient. The information about the recipient may be information required to send a gift to the recipient, which is obtained when the user enters identification information about the recipient to send an item to the recipient.

According to various exemplary embodiments, in operation 803, the server device 100 may provide a message including information associated with the item to the recipient based on the obtained information about the recipient.

For example, the message provided by the server device 100 to the recipient at operation 803 may be a message providing an additional page in response to an input by the recipient, or may be configured to capture the input by the recipient. For this purpose, the message may further include link information by means of which the server device 100 is connected to a page including information for providing the item as a gift item to the recipient.

According to various exemplary embodiments, in operation 805, the server device 100 may receive a page request based on the message from the recipient. The page request may correspond to a page request associated with a gift item.

According to various exemplary embodiments, in operation 807, the server device 100 may provide, in response to the received page request, to the recipient a page including information that can be stored based on information about the recipient stored in a service associated with the server device 100. Configures a response page for an interface toolkit for receiving information about an item as a gift item.

For example, the response page provided from the server device 100 to the recipient in operation 807 may correspond to a gift acceptance related page of an item.

For example, depending on whether the recipient receiving the item gift is in a logged-in state of a service associated with the server device 100, or whether to view address information configured by the recipient for the service, the settings included in the The device 100 provides the interface tool set in the response page to the recipient in operation 807 . Address information described in the following exemplary embodiments may be information on an address at which a recipient receives an item as a gift, and may be understood to be the same as the delivery destination information described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 7 or the corresponding meaning.

As an example, when a recipient logs into the service, the interface toolset included in the response page may include address information associated with the service configuration by the recipient and icon information that may be used to modify the address information. That is, the address information configured by the recipient in the service can be provided through the interface toolset, and a function capable of modifying the address information can also be provided.

When one or more address information configured by the recipient exists in the service, that is, when viewing one or more address information associated with the service configuration by the recipient, first provided through the interface toolset on the response page The address information can be configured based on representative address information selected from one or more address information. Here, the selected representative address information may be address information selected by the server device 100 as one of the representative addresses of the recipient because it is frequently used in the purchase and delivery of items in the service, or by the recipient in the service Representative address information directly selected in .

In this case, when an input of a recipient corresponding to selected address information is acquired in the interface tool set, the server device 100 may perform an operation of providing a delivery destination management page through which the recipient can Free receiver configuration one or more address information Select one address information or add new address information. By The address information provided by the interface toolset on the response page can be changed to another address information.

When there is no address information configured by the recipient for the service, ie, when the address information configured by the recipient is not associated with the service, an interface tooltip to display a response page in which the address information of the recipient is omitted.

In this case, the server device 100 may perform an operation of providing a delivery destination management page providing new address information capable of being added while viewing the respective inputs made by the recipients on the interface tool set. One of the functions. When the recipient adds new address information on the delivery destination management page provided by the server device 100 as described above, the added new address information can be displayed on the interface tool set of the response page. The added new address information can be selected as representative address information about the recipient.

As another example, when the recipient is not logged into the service, the interface toolset may include a first input field where the recipient can enter login information to view address information configured by the recipient associated with the service and an area where the recipient can enter address information a second input area. That is, the recipient can choose to retrieve address information through both the first input area for importing address information previously configured by the recipient for the service and the second input area where the recipient can directly enter address information one way. Recipients can log into the service through the first input area to view and enter previously configured address information, or can directly enter address information into the second input area without logging into the service.

When the recipient retrieves the previously configured address information through the first input area, that is, when acquiring an input made by the recipient on the first input area, the server device 100 can perform one of providing services to the recipient. One of the operations on the login page. When obtaining an input made by a recipient on a login page and then the recipient logs into the service, the interface toolset included in the response page may include address information associated with the service configuration by the recipient and used to modify the address information The icon information. That is, the address information previously configured by the recipient for the service is provided through the interface toolset, and a function to modify the address information can also be provided to the recipient.

In the state where the recipient logs into the service through the above input, when one or more address information configured by the recipient exists for the service, that is, when viewing one or more addresses configured by the recipient for the service When submitting information, the address information provided first through the interface tool set of the response page may be the representative address information selected as a representative among one or more address information. Here, the address information configured as representative address information may be address information selected by the server device 100 as one of the representative addresses of recipients because it is frequently used in the purchase and delivery of items for services, Or representative address information selected directly by the recipient for the service.

In this case, the server device 100 may perform an operation of providing a delivery destination management page, which serves freely The receiver configures one or more address information to select an address information or add a new address information function. In one or more address information included on the delivery destination management page provided by the server device 100 as described above, when the recipient makes an input for selecting another address information than the selected address information , the address information provided through the interface toolset on the response page can be changed to another address information.

Interface tool to display the response page when the address information of the recipient does not exist for the service, i.e. when the address information configured by the recipient associated with the service is not viewed in the state in which the recipient is logged into the service through the above-mentioned input set in which the recipient's address information is omitted.

In this case, the server device 100 may perform an operation of providing a delivery destination management page that enables the recipient to add a new address when obtaining an input made by the recipient with respect to the interface tool set. One of the functions of information. When the recipient adds new address information on the delivery destination management page provided by the server device 100 as described above, the newly added address information can be provided on the response page through the interface tool set. The newly added address information can be selected as the representative address information about the receiver.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a method of operation in which the server device 100 sets an interface tool set including information provided based on a state in which the recipient logs into the service, according to various exemplary embodiments.

In operation 901 of FIG. 9 , the server device 100 may check whether the recipient is logged into the service in response to the page request received from the recipient in operation 805 of FIG. 8 .

In operation 903, when the recipient is in the login state of the service, the server device 100 may view one or more address information associated with the service configuration by the recipient. At this time, in operation 905, when viewing one or more address information about the recipient, the server device 100 may configure an interface tool set to include an address from the selected representative address information among the one or more address information information and icon information used to modify from representative address information to another address information. Then, based on an input made by the recipient with respect to the interface tool set configured in operation 905, the selected representative address information or another address information changed through icon information may be confirmed as the address information to be used when the item is gifted .

Meanwhile, in operation 907, when the address information about the recipient is not checked, the server device 100 may configure the interface toolset to include information indicating that the address information is not selected. Displaying address information about the recipient can be omitted. When a user makes an input to a response page comprising an interface toolset configured as described above, the server device 100 can immediately provide information related to the completion of gift acceptance without the need for a separate delivery review or modification program. Information. Subsequently, based on an input made by the user with respect to the interface tool set configured at operation 907, address information about the recipient can be added for the service, and this addition of address information can be used to confirm an address to be used in item gifting Information.

When the recipient is not logged into the service, in operation 909 , the server device 100 may configure an interface tool set to include an input area where the recipient can input login information and an input area where the recipient can directly input address information.

When acquiring an input by the recipient with respect to an input area in which the recipient can directly input address information, the server device 100 may confirm the address information input by the recipient as address information to be used in item gifting. When a recipient makes an input to a response page that includes an interface toolset configured as described above, the server device 100 may provide information associated with separate delivery viewing or modification procedures, as opposed to when the recipient logs into the service.

When acquiring an input by the recipient regarding an input area where the recipient can input login information, the server device 100 may provide the recipient with a login page for accessing the service. When the recipient logs into the service through the login page, the server device 100 may perform operations 903 to 907 in a manner similar to the above.

At the same time, depending on whether the recipient makes an input after logging into the service through the first input area to view previously configured address information or whether the recipient directly enters the address information through the second input area without logging into the service, the server device One of the pages 100 provided to the recipient may be changed after the response page in the program for receiving the gift item.

First, in the case where the recipient logs into the service through the first input area of the response page and previously configured address information about the recipient is entered into the interface toolset, when accessing the response page performed by the recipient on the response page Afterwards, when continuing an item receiving process and accepting input of a gift item, the server device 100 may perform an operation of providing a gift acceptance completion page that guides the recipient to choose to accept the gift item. That is, since the address information input by the recipient through the first input area is the address information previously registered for the service, the procedure for the recipient to accept the gift item can be completed without an additional checking procedure for the address information.

Meanwhile, in the case where the recipient directly inputs the address information into the second input area of the response page through the interface tool set, when obtaining the gift item acceptance input performed by the recipient with respect to the response page to continue the item receiving process after the response page In this case, before performing the operation of providing a gift acceptance completion page that guides the recipient to choose to accept the gift item, the server device 100 may first perform the process of providing a delivery address confirmation page for directing the recipient to view or modify the input address information. One operation. That is, when the gift item acceptance input of the continuation item receiving procedure performed by the recipient on the response page is obtained, the server device 100 can provide a delivery method for instructing the recipient to view or modify the address information directly input and set by the user. Address confirmation page. When acquiring the gift item acceptance input by the recipient on the delivery address confirmation page, the server device 100 may provide a gift acceptance completion page for guiding the recipient to accept the gift item.

For example, when the recipient accepts the gift item on the response page provided to the recipient by the server device 100 in operation 807, the server device 100 may perform providing delivery information about the item to at least one of the user and the recipient one of the operations. Here, the delivery information about the item may include information about a delivery status of the item. A delivery status of an item may refer to a status of a situation related to a progress status of a delivery of an item, such as preparation, dispatch, loading and unloading of an item, or the like.

If the delivery status of the item as a gift item is before an item shipment stage, since delivery of the item to the delivery destination of the address information configured by the receiver has not yet been initiated, the server device 100 may notify the receiver through It is possible to change the previously configured address information in response to the page. Therefore, the receiver can change the previously configured address information to another address information. However, if the delivery status of the item as a gift item is after the item sending stage, since the delivery of the item to the delivery destination of the address information configured by the receiver has been initiated, the server device 100 may notify the receiver through It is not possible to respond to a page changing previously configured address information. Therefore, recipients may not be able to change previously configured address information.

On the other hand, according to various exemplary embodiments described with reference to FIG. 3 , the server device 100 can receive configuration recipients from users who want to gift items, and can choose to directly receive items as a gift item or receive points Information about exchange items. In the case where the user configures the recipient to choose to receive the item directly as a gift item or to receive points to exchange for the item, the response page provided by the server device 100 at operation 807 may have the option in which the recipient can choose to receive directly as An input field for an item of a gift item or for receiving points redeemed for an item. In the case where the input area is included in the response page provided by the server device 100 in FIG. 8, it is obvious that the exemplary embodiments described with reference to FIG. Provided through the response page in Figure 8.

In the foregoing, it is obvious that the exemplary embodiments related to the item gift information management and described according to FIG. 3 to FIG. 9 can be combined and implemented in various forms by the server device 100 .

10 to 23 are diagrams illustrating examples of user interface (UI)/user experience (UX) for providing item information according to various example embodiments. For example, the examples shown in FIGS. 10 to 23 may be the UI/UX of the user device 200 . The exemplary embodiments described with reference to the figures may be implemented in response to the operations of the server device 100 described above with reference to FIGS. 3 to 9 .

In particular, the exemplary embodiments described with reference to the figures in relation to the UI/UX of the user device 200 may be implemented in such a manner that the user device 200 receives information input by the user and transmits the information to a server The device 100 and the server device 100 provide information corresponding to the input information received from the user device 200 to the user device 200 according to the operations described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 9 , and the user device 200 outputs the respective information. However, various exemplary embodiments associated with UI/UX described with reference to the drawings are not limited thereto and may be implemented in any form as long as it can implement UI/UX.

FIGS. 10 and 11 are diagrams illustrating an example of an item detail page in which the user device 200 can acquire information input by the user who gave the item based on the operation output of the server device 100, according to various exemplary embodiments. Mode.

The item detail page shown in FIG. 10 includes a gift icon information area 1001 and a purchase icon information area 1003 . When obtaining an input made by the user on the gift icon information area 1001 in FIG. 10 , the user device 200 may output a payment information page for gift items. In addition, when acquiring an input made by the user on the purchase icon information area 1003 in FIG. 10, as shown in FIG. One of the instructions in the order information viewing area is provided to the item details page. The order information viewing area in FIG. 11 may include a gift setting area as indicated by element number 1103 where a user may enter information to give an item as a gift instead of purchasing the item. When the user inputs into the gift setting area, the currently displayed purchase icon information 1003 can be changed to a gift icon information 1105 . When obtaining an input from the user on the gift icon information 1105, the user device 200 may output a payment information page for gift items.

12 and 13 are diagrams illustrating examples in which the user device 200 outputs item gift information to the user based on the operation of the server device 100 according to various exemplary embodiments. It can be understood that FIG. 12 and FIG. 13 show that the user device 200 corresponding to the user who wants to give an item outputs the item gift information, and the information may correspond to the input based on the user obtained in FIG. 10 and FIG. 11 Examples of output information.

Referring to FIG. 12 , the user device 200 outputs a payment information page for gifting items to the user. The payment information page depicted in Figure 12 may include a first field 1201 where the user may enter information about the recipient and input configuration recipients may choose to receive points available in the service to redeem for an item as a gift item A second area 1203 of information.

When the user enters the information for gift items in FIGS. 10 and 11 , the second field can be included in the payment information page. When the user makes an input to a part of "Exchangeable Service Cash" displayed in the second area 1203, the recipient who will receive the item as a gift can choose to receive the item or receive the service cash to exchange for the item. In addition, when the user makes an input to a part of "convertible service cash" on the payment information page, the user's payment options can be limited, as shown in FIG. 13 .

FIG. 13 illustrates a payment option selection page provided when a user makes an input to a "payment option" area on the payment information page in FIG. 12 . In Fig. 13, since the input is performed on the part of "Exchangeable Service Cash" displayed on the payment information page, the payment information page informs that not only mobile phone payment and service cash but also credit card payment are restricted.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example in which the user device 200 outputs item gift information to a recipient based on the operation of the server device 100 according to various exemplary embodiments. It can be understood that FIG. 14 shows an example in which the user device 200 corresponding to the recipient who will receive the item as a gift outputs item gift information.

Referring to FIG. 14 again, the user device 200 provides the user with a page related to item gift acceptance. The Item Gift Acceptance related page shown in FIG. 14 may include fields 1401 and 1403 for entering information configuring that the recipient may choose to receive points available in the service to redeem the item as a gift item.

When the recipient chooses to directly receive the item as a gift, he/she can input delivery destination information to receive the item as a gift. When the recipient chooses to receive points in exchange for items, he/she can receive points in exchange for items as a gift without entering additional delivery destination information.

15 and 16 are diagrams illustrating other examples in which the user device 200 outputs item gift information to the user based on the operation of the server device 100 according to various exemplary embodiments. It can be understood that FIG. 15 shows that the user device 200 corresponding to the user who wants to give an item outputs the item gift information, and the information may correspond to the information based on the input and output of the user obtained in FIGS. 10 and 11 One instance. Also, the information included in one payment information page shown in FIG. 15 and the information included in the payment information page shown in FIG. 12 can be combined with each other in various forms to provide a single payment information page.

Referring to FIG. 15 , the user device 200 provides the user with a payment information page for gifting items. The payment information page shown in FIG. 15 may include a first area 1501 where the user enters information about the recipient and a second area 1503 where the user enters second information for selecting a gift package for the item.

The second area 1503 may be included in the payment information page when the user inputs the information for gift items in FIGS. 10 and 11 . When the user makes an input to a part of "add gift wrapping" displayed in the second area 1503, the gift wrapping of the item can be applied. The second field may contain information about a gift wrapping fee and information about an ongoing free promotion.

When the user performs an input on a part of “view details” on the second area, as shown in FIG. 16 , the user device 200 may output a page including gift packaging guide information. As can be seen from FIG. 16, in addition to gift wrapping guide information and information about ongoing free promotions, gift wrapping related information can also be provided to users who want to gift items.

17 to 23 are diagrams illustrating other examples in which the user device 200 outputs item gift information to the recipient based on the operation of the server device 100 according to various exemplary embodiments. It can be understood that FIG. 17 to FIG. 23 illustrate examples in which the user device 200 corresponding to the recipient who will receive the item as a gift outputs item gift information. Also, the information contained in one of the item gift acceptance related pages depicted in FIGS. 17 to 23 and the information contained in the item gift acceptance related page illustrated in FIG. 14 may be combined with each other in various forms to provide a single Payment information page.

Referring to FIG. 17, since the recipient has logged into the service, the user device 200 provides an item gift acceptance related page as indicated by element number 1701, which contains representative address information about the recipient and can change the address. An interface toolset for information icon information. When obtaining one of the input by the user corresponding to the graphic information contained in the interface tool set of FIG. 17, as shown in FIG. Or configure one or more address information to select an address information or add new address information.

Referring to FIG. 19 , since the recipient has logged into the service, the user device 200 provides an item gift acceptance related page as indicated by 1901 that includes an interface with information indicating that address information about the recipient is not selected Toolset. In the case where the recipient chooses to accept the gift without the delivery destination information, as shown in FIG. 19 , the interface toolset displays a phrase "Please select" for notification to add the delivery destination information. When obtaining an input by the user on the graphical information contained in the interface toolset, a delivery destination management page as shown in FIG. 20 may be provided to the recipient to add a new delivery destination for the recipient Information. Unlike the delivery destination management page shown in FIG. 18 , in the delivery destination management page shown in FIG. 20 , the recipient cannot select address information about the recipient's previous configuration and can only perform adding a new delivery destination Operation of local information.

Referring to FIG. 21 , since the recipient has not yet logged into the service, the user device 200 provides an item gift acceptance related page as indicated by 2101, the item gift acceptance related page includes an input area with the recipient's input login information and the recipient's direct input An interface toolset for an input area of address information.

When the recipient makes an input to a part of "or direct input" in FIG. 21 to directly input address information, as shown in FIG. Directly enter one of the feasible fields 2201 . In FIG. 22 , when the recipient inputs address information on the item gift acceptance related page and chooses to accept the item, the user device 200 may provide the recipient with a page in which viewing or modification of the input address information is possible.

In FIG. 21, the recipient clicks a part of "Load Registered Delivery Destination" to load the address information previously configured in the service or a part of "Login", the user device 200 can further output one of the recipients to log in page, as shown in Figure 23. When the recipient makes an input through login, the user device 200 may output the pages described with reference to FIGS. 17 to 20 .

The UI/UX for the user device 200 in FIGS. 10 to 23 and the operation of the user device 200 may be performed in association with the operation of the server device 100 described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 9 . The illustrated examples of UI/UX in FIGS. 10 to 23 are merely examples for implementing the present invention and exemplary embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the UI/UX illustrated in FIGS. 10 to 23 instance. Other instances of UI/UX can be applied as long as they can implement the example embodiments of the invention.

The exemplary embodiments of the present invention disclosed in the specification and drawings are only specific examples disclosed to easily explain the technical content of the present invention and further facilitate the overall understanding of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. That is, those skilled in the art will understand that other changes can be made based on the technical idea of the present invention. In addition, the respective exemplary embodiments described above may be implemented in combination with each other as desired. For example, all exemplary embodiments of the present invention may be implemented by a system partially combined with each other.

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

As described above, from a certain point of view, various exemplary embodiments of the present invention can be implemented as computer-readable code in 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 the computer readable recording medium may include a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), compact disc read only memory (CD-ROM), magnetic tape, floppy disc, optical data storage device, and carrier wave (such as data transmission via the Internet). In addition, the computer-readable recording medium can be distributed throughout a network-connected computer system. Thus, computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion. In addition, functional programs, codes, and code segments for implementing various exemplary embodiments of the present invention can be easily interpreted by those skilled in the art to which the present invention is applied.

Furthermore, it will be appreciated that the apparatus and methods according to the various exemplary embodiments of the present invention 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 ) not related to a removable or rewritable optical or magnetic 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 disk or a tape). It will be appreciated that methods according to exemplary embodiments of the present invention may be implemented by a computer comprising a controller and a memory, a means comprising such a memory or computer, or the like. The memory system is suitable for storing an instance of a storage medium readable by a machine containing one or more programs containing instructions for implementing exemplary embodiments of the invention or storing the programs.

Accordingly, the present invention encompasses a program comprising code for implementing an apparatus or method defined in the claims of this specification, and a machine (or a computer or similar) readable storage storing such a program. media. 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 invention may suitably cover equivalents thereto.

Although various exemplary embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the exemplary embodiments of the present invention disclosed in this specification and the drawings are only disclosed to easily explain the technical content of the present invention and further promote the understanding of the present invention. Specific examples for general understanding and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. Furthermore, the above-described exemplary embodiments of the present invention are examples only, and it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that other modifications may be made and equivalents thereof may be made. Therefore, the true technical scope of the present invention should be defined by the scope of the following invention claims.

100: server device/server 200: user device 210: Input/Output Section 220: Communication part 230: Storage 240: Processor 301: Operation 303: Operation 305: Operation 401: Action 403: Action 405: Action 407: Action 409 operation 501: Operation 503: Operation 505: Operation 601: Operation 603: Operation 605: Operation 607: Operation 609 operation 701: Operation 703: Operation 705: Operation 707: Operation 709 operation 801: Operation 803: Operation 805: Operation 807: Operation 901: Operation 903: Operation 905: Operation 907: Operation 909 operation 1001: Free icon information area 1003: Purchase Icon Information Area/Purchase Icon Information 1101: Order information viewing area 1103: Gift setting area 1105: Give icon information 1201: First area 1203: Second area 1401: Area 1403: Area 1501: First Region 1503: Second Region 1701: Item gift acceptance related page 1901: Item gift acceptance page 2101: Item gift acceptance related page 2201: Area

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an information management system capable of implementing an operation method of an electronic device for managing information according to various exemplary embodiments. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating configurations of a server device and a user device according to various exemplary embodiments. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation method of the server device 100 for managing information according to various exemplary embodiments. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an operation method in which the server device 100 checks whether a gift of an item is available, according to various exemplary embodiments. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating another example of an operation method of the server device 100 for managing information according to various exemplary embodiments. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a method of operation in which the server device 100 provides information related to a payment cancellation of a gift item or a return of the gift item, according to various exemplary embodiments. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an operation method in which the server device 100 provides additional information in a process of paying for gift items by a user based on delivery destination information about a recipient according to various exemplary embodiments. Mode. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating another example of an operation method of the server device 100 for managing information according to various exemplary embodiments. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a method of operation in which the server device 100 sets an interface tool set including information provided based on a state in which the recipient logs into the service, according to various exemplary embodiments. FIGS. 10 and 11 illustrate an item detail page where one of the user devices 200 can obtain information about the user who wants to gift an item based on the operation output of the server device 100 according to various exemplary embodiments. A diagram of an example. 12 and 13 are diagrams illustrating an example in which the user device 200 outputs item gift information to the user based on the operation of the server device 100 according to various exemplary embodiments. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example in which the user device 200 outputs item gift information to the recipient based on the operation of the server device 100 according to various exemplary embodiments. 15 and 16 are diagrams illustrating another example in which the user device 200 outputs item gift information to the user based on the operation of the server device 100 according to various exemplary embodiments. 17 to 23 are diagrams illustrating another example in which the user device 200 outputs item gift information to the recipient based on the operation of the server device 100 according to various exemplary embodiments.

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A method for managing item gift information through an electronic device, the method comprising: checking information about an item in response to first input information of a user using an item gift in a service related to the electronic device; responding to The user's second input information for giving the item as a gift to a recipient, checks whether the gift is available based on the item's characteristic information and checks whether gift wrapping of the item is supported according to the gift availability; when the item When gift wrapping is available and the gift wrapping is supported, a payment information page is provided that includes a first field for entering first information about the recipient and the gift wrapping for selecting the item A second area of the second information; and when the price of the item is equal to or less than a set amount, the user is provided with a function for setting a recipient to choose to receive points to redeem the item, wherein the The characteristic information of the article includes the characteristic of the gift wrapping of the article used to determine the storage, distribution or transportation of the article, wherein when the identification information of the recipient is identified on the service based on the first information and the When the recipient corresponds to the first delivery destination information of the identification information, based on the first delivery destination information, the fulfillment center that can be used for the gift packaging is identified, and wherein, when the recipient responds to the user with When the second delivery destination information of the recipient is obtained from the input provided to the recipient on the page about the acceptance of the gift during the payment for gifting the item, the gift packaging can be identified based on the second delivery destination information the fulfillment center. The method of claim 1, wherein the second field contains information about a cost of the gift wrap, and when a free promotion of the gift wrap is applied, the information about the cost of the gift wrap is in the second field Information removably displayed in and about the free promotion is included in the second area. The method as claimed in item 1, wherein the second area includes button information for providing guidance information about the gift packaging, and the method further includes: providing information including the guidance information according to third input information corresponding to the button information A guide page. The method of claim 1, wherein, in response to inputting the second information, the second region further comprises a selection for inputting one or more gift wrapping options for the item that is self-configured to correspond to the gift wrapping A third area of the third information of a gift wrapping option, and the one or more gift wrapping options are set based on the characteristic information. The method of claim 1, further comprising: providing a confirmation page related to gift payment information based on fourth input information used to pay for a gift of the item on the payment information page, wherein, in response to inputting the second Information, the confirmation page includes information indicating the gift wrapping of the item selected and payment amount information including the price of the item and a fee for the gift wrapping. The method of claim 1, further comprising: when the user completes a payment for gifting the item, providing the recipient with a page related to a gift acceptance of the item, wherein, in response to entering the first 2. Information, the page related to the acceptance of the gift includes information indicating the gift wrapping of the item to be selected and the price of the item and payment amount information for a fee of the gift wrapping. The method according to claim 6, further comprising: after the user completes the payment for gifting the item, obtaining fifth input information of a payment cancellation request for the item gift from the user; and responding to the The fifth input information provides a payment cancellation page, the payment cancellation page includes the payment amount information, the information indicating the gift wrapping of the item selected, and the refund amount information, wherein when the check is based on the completion of the payment When the fifth input information is obtained before the gift wrapping is processed in a fulfillment center of item shipment, the refund amount information includes the same amount as the payment amount information, and when the item is shipped from the fulfillment center When obtaining the fifth input information, the refund amount information includes the price of the item in the payment amount information. The method of claim 6, further comprising: obtaining sixth input information for a return request for the gifted item from the user after completing a delivery for gifting the item; and Responding to the sixth input information, provide an item return page, the item return page includes the payment amount information, the gift wrapping information indicating selection of the item, and refund amount information, wherein the refund amount information includes the payment amount information The price of the item in the amount information. The method according to claim 6, further comprising: providing a rewards page, the rewards page being included for when the gift packaging of the item is selected and the recipient accepts the gifted item on the page related to the acceptance of the gift A fourth area for inputting feedback information associated with the gift package, wherein the feedback information includes at least one of rating information or review information about the gift package. The method of claim 6, wherein when the gift wrapping of the item is selected and the recipient elects to exchangeably receive the item with points used in the service, the amount of the points is determined based on the price of the item . The method according to claim 6, further comprising: when the recipient inputs the second delivery destination information on the page related to the gift acceptance, based on one of the second delivery destination information and the second information Enter to view a first fulfillment center available for the gift wrap, wherein the first fulfillment center is at least one fulfillment center available for the gift wrap among one or more fulfillment centers corresponding to the second delivery destination information is determined based on a distance between the second delivery destination information and a fulfillment center. The method of claim 11, further comprising: providing fulfillment management information of the item including the information indicating selection of the gift wrapping of the item and the information about the item to a management server of the first fulfillment center . The method of claim 12, wherein the fulfillment management information is configured when the user selects a gift wrap option corresponding to one or more gift wrap options for the item based on the characteristic information for the gift wrap Information about the selected one of the gift wrapping options is further included, and the first fulfillment center is the one of the fulfillment centers that supports the selected one of the gift wrapping options. The method of claim 11, further comprising: when the gift wrapping of the item is selected and the recipient accepts the gifted item on the page related to acceptance of the gift, providing information based on estimated A shipment start schedule information for the item determined by the amount of time to process the gift wrap in a fulfillment center. The method of claim 11, further comprising: when the gift wrapping of the item is selected and the recipient accepts the gifted item on the page related to acceptance of the gift, at least one of the user and the recipient One provides delivery information of the item, wherein the delivery information includes the information indicating selection of the gift wrapping of the item. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: checking the first delivery destination information of the recipient based on the identification information; and checking information about one or more fulfillment centers corresponding to the first delivery destination information Information for at least one fulfillment center available for this gift wrap. The method of claim 16, further comprising: obtaining information about an estimated average wrapping period for processing the gift wrap from the at least one fulfillment center; and determining when selecting the gift based on the information about the average wrapping period Packaging is estimated to add an additional delivery period for delivering the item, wherein the second field includes information about the additional delivery period. The method of claim 16, further comprising: in response to entering the second information, reviewing the at least one fulfillment center that has a shortest distance to the first delivery destination information as a route for shipping the item a second fulfillment center of a fulfillment center; determining a packing cycle estimated for processing the gift wrap in the second fulfillment center and estimated for delivery from the second fulfillment center based on the first delivery destination information A delivery cycle for the item; and based on the packing cycle and the delivery cycle, determining a specific date to guarantee delivery of the item and an order deadline time for ensuring delivery of the item by that date, wherein the payment The information page contains information about the order deadline time and that specific date. An electronic device for managing item gift 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 more instructions control the Processor to execute: in response to the first input information of a user using an item gift in a service related to the electronic device to view information about an item; in response to the user sending the item as a gift A recipient's second input information, based on the characteristic information of the item, checks whether the gift is available and checks whether the gift wrapping of the item is supported according to the availability of the gift; when the gift of the item is available and supports the gift wrapping, provide a a payment information page comprising a first field for entering first information about the recipient and a second field for entering second information for selecting the gift wrap for the item; and when When the price of the item is equal to or less than a set amount, the user is provided with a function for setting a receiver to choose to receive points to exchange for the item, wherein the characteristic information of the item includes the information used to determine the item. The characteristics of the gift wrapping of the item related to storage, distribution or transportation, wherein, when the recipient's identification information is identified on the service based on the first information and the recipient's first delivery corresponding to the identification information is obtained Destination information, identifying a fulfillment center available for the gift wrap based on the first delivery destination information, and wherein, when provided to the recipient in response to the user's payment for gifting the item When obtaining the second delivery destination information of the recipient based on the input on the page about the acceptance of the gift, based on the second delivery destination information, it is possible to identify the fulfillment center. An electronic device for outputting item gift information, the electronic device includes: a processor; and one or more memories storing one or more instructions, wherein when executed, the one or more instructions control the The processor is to perform: in a service provided by a server device, transmit to the server device first input information associated with an item of a user gifted with an item; in response to the first an input receiving information about the item from the server device; transmitting to the server device a second input of the user giving the item as a gift to a recipient based on the information about the item; When it is confirmed that gift wrapping of the item is available and supports gift wrapping of the item based on the characteristic information of the item, receiving a payment information page from the server device in response to the second input information, the payment information page including information for inputting information about the item A first area of the recipient's first information and a second area for inputting the second information of the gift wrap for selecting the item; outputting the payment information page; and when a price of the item is equal to or less than When setting the amount, receiving is used to set a function that a recipient can choose to receive points to exchange for the item, wherein the characteristic information of the item includes the information used to determine the item related to the storage, distribution or transportation of the item A feature of gift packaging, wherein, when the recipient's identification information is identified on the service based on the first information and the recipient's first delivery destination information corresponding to the identification information is acquired, based on the first delivery destination Information identifying the fulfillment center where the gift wrapping is available, and Wherein, when obtaining the recipient's second delivery destination information according to the recipient's input in the page about the acceptance of the gift provided to the recipient in response to the user's payment for gifting the item, Fulfillment centers available for the gift wrap are identified based on the second delivery destination information.

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