TWI811808B - Electronic apparatus and information providing method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a method of providing information by an electronic apparatus. The method may include identifying at least one interest item, identifying information associated with a name and an option corresponding to the at least one interest item, identifying first information associated with a price corresponding to an item selected by a user from the at least one interest item, and providing a cart page that displays the identified information associated with the name and the option in a predetermined area and displays the first information in an area adjacent to a purchase icon.

Description

Electronic equipment and information providing method

The present invention relates to an electronic device for efficiently providing relevant information on a shopping cart page and an information providing method thereof.

Using an application, a buyer can search for an item, select an item of interest from multiple items, and purchase the selected item instantly. Alternatively, the buyer may select at least one item of interest and then purchase the item of interest using one of the shopping cart pages for retaining the item of interest. In this example, the shopping cart page may be a page that provides information related to at least one item selected by a user as an item of interest. Buyers can decide whether to purchase items based on the information identified through the shopping cart page. That is, when information about an item is provided concisely and clearly through the manage shopping cart page, ease of use for buyers can be improved, which can result in increased profits attributable to the purchase. Therefore, techniques for efficiently providing relevant information on shopping cart pages are desired.

[Technical Target]

One aspect provides an electronic device and an information providing method thereof. The objects achieved by the exemplary embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the above objects and other objects may be inferred from the following exemplary embodiments. [Technical solutions]

According to one aspect, a method for providing information by an electronic device is provided. The method includes: identifying at least one item of interest; identifying information associated with a name and an option corresponding to the at least one item of interest; identifying and first information associated with a price corresponding to an item selected by a user from the at least one item of interest; and providing for displaying the identification information associated with the name and the option in a predetermined area and displaying the associated A shopping cart page of the first information is displayed in an area adjacent to a purchase icon.

The shopping cart page can distinguish information associated with a name and information associated with an option displayed in the same area of an item detail page and display the differentiated information in different areas.

The shopping cart page may display the information associated with the name and the option based on a number of characters in the name and the option.

When the number of characters of the name and the option is less than a threshold value, the shopping cart page may display the information associated with the name and the option in the same area.

When the number of characters of the name and the option is greater than or equal to a threshold value, the shopping cart page may display the information associated with the name and the option in different areas.

The first information may include an estimated payment amount and discount information corresponding to the item selected by the user.

When the purchase icon is selected, the method may further include providing a bottom page that displays second information including the first information while overlapping a portion of the shopping cart page.

The second information may include the first information and at least one of the following: information about a delivery fee for an item, information about a service provided to a user who subscribes to a predetermined service, information about when making a purchase Information on the benefits provided and information on the amount of a discount that is additionally applied when making a payment using a predetermined payment option.

The predetermined payment option may match one of a plurality of payment options pre-registered by a user by which a discount may be applied to the at least one item.

The method may further include identifying delivery information corresponding to the item selected by the user. The shopping cart page may display delivery information based on one of the categories of the item selected by the user.

When selecting items corresponding to different categories, the shopping cart page can display delivery information by sorting by category.

The shopping cart page can extract and display relevant information to prevent redundant display of the same delivery information corresponding to items of the same category.

The delivery information may include expected delivery completion time information and expected delivery completion date information.

According to another aspect, an electronic device is also provided, which includes a display and a controller configured to: identify at least one object of interest; identify and correspond to a name of the at least one object of interest; and information associated with an option; identifying first information associated with a price corresponding to an item selected by a user from the at least one item of interest; and providing for displaying the name and the option in a predetermined area The identification information is associated and a shopping cart page of the first information is displayed in an area adjacent to a purchase icon.

According to yet another aspect, a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium is also provided, which includes a computer program for executing the above method.

Details of other example embodiments are included in the following detailed description and accompanying drawings. [Effect]

According to the present invention, information associated with a name and an option corresponding to an item of interest can be displayed in different areas on a shopping cart page according to a predetermined condition, so that a buyer can clearly and simply identify the shopping cart. Information provided on the page. Thereby, the convenience of the buyer using the shopping cart page can be increased, and the buyer can purchase an item of interest included in the shopping cart page. In addition, in order to improve the convenience of use in a purchase process, the first information associated with a price corresponding to an item selected by a user from an item of interest can be exposed in an area adjacent to a purchase icon. . This allows buyers to instantly identify price information related to items selected on the shopping cart page. At this time, when the buyer selects the purchase icon, a bottom page that further includes price information in addition to the first information may be displayed, and a part of the area overlaps the shopping cart page. Through the bottom page, buyers can easily and clearly identify the price information of the item to be purchased.

The effects of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned effects and those skilled in the art can understand other effects from the following description.

The terms used in the exemplary embodiments are selected as much as possible from general terms currently widely used, taking into account the functions obtained according to the present invention, but these terms may be based on the intentions of those skilled in the art, habits, the emergence of new technologies, or the like. are replaced by other terms. Furthermore, in a particular case, any terminology chosen by the applicant of the present invention may be used. In this case, the meaning of these terms may be described in the corresponding description part of the present invention. Therefore, it should be noted that the terms used herein should be interpreted based on their actual meanings and the entire content of this specification, rather than solely based on the names of the terms.

Throughout this specification, when an element is referred to as "comprising" or "comprising" another element, the element shall not be construed as excluding the other elements, and an element may include at least one other element, unless specifically contradicted by the description. Additionally, for example, the terms "unit" and "module" may refer to a component that performs at least one function or operation and may be implemented in hardware or software, or may be implemented by a combination of hardware and software.

Throughout the specification, the expression "at least one of a, b and c" may include "a only", "b only", "c only", "a and b", "a and c", "b and c" ” or “all a, b and c”.

In the present invention, a "terminal" may be implemented as a computer or a portable terminal capable of accessing a server or another terminal through a network. Here, computers may include, for example, a laptop equipped with a web browser, a desktop computer, and a notebook computer. The portable terminal can be a wireless communication device that ensures portability and mobility, and can include any type of handheld wireless communication device, such as a tablet PC, a smart phone, a communication-based terminal , such as International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA) and Long Term Evolution (LTE).

In the following description, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily implement the present invention. However, the invention may be embodied in various forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Figure 1 illustrates a system according to an example embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 1 , a system may include an electronic device 10 , a terminal 20 and a network 30 . Figure 1 only illustrates the components of the system related to this embodiment. However, those skilled in the art should understand that in addition to the components illustrated in FIG. 1 , other general components may be further included.

The electronic device 10 and the terminal 20 can communicate with each other in a network. The network 30 may include any one or combination of a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), a value-added network (VAN), a mobile radio communication network, and a satellite communication network. In addition, the network 30 is a comprehensive data communication network that allows the network components of Figure 1 to communicate smoothly with each other, and may include a wired Internet, a wireless Internet, and a mobile wireless communication network. For example, wireless communication may be, but is not limited to, Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) LAN, Bluetooth ^™ , Bluetooth Low Energy, ZigBee, Wi-Fi Direct (WFD), Ultra-Wideband (UWB), Infrared Data Association (IrDA) communication and near field communication (NFC).

Electronic device 10 may provide all information associated with an item in order to sell the item to a buyer and be included in a server that provides information associated with the item. Terminal 20 may correspond to one of the terminals used by a purchaser to purchase items. The electronic device 10 may provide an application program for providing information to the terminal 20 . The terminal 20 is a terminal used by a buyer, so that the buyer uses information provided by the electronic device 10 through the terminal 20 to search for an item and purchase a suitable item.

Specifically, the buyer retains an item of interest among the retrieved items that the buyer will purchase before purchasing (hereinafter referred to as an "item of interest"). The purchaser may identify reserved items of interest using a shopping cart page displayed on terminal 20 and make a purchase by selecting a portion of the reserved items of interest. Here, the shopping cart page may be a page that displays information associated with items of interest to the buyer, and may be a page that performs functions such as "add to cart" and "add", for example.

The electronic device 10 can efficiently display relevant information to increase the visibility of one of the buyers on the shopping cart page. In the following, a program executed by the electronic device 10 will be described in more detail.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a shopping cart page for explaining related information according to an exemplary embodiment.

Referring to Figure 2, a shopping cart page may display information associated with at least one item in a predetermined area of a screen. A buyer can use a terminal to select an item of interest, so that information associated with the item of interest is displayed on the shopping cart page, as shown in Figure 2. The following description will be based on an example in which the buyer selects an item X and an item Y as items of interest.

An area 210 may display information indicating that if an item other than Item X and Item Y is purchased for at least 9,200 won, it can be delivered by a rocket. Here, rocket delivery may correspond to a delivery service that completes delivery faster than normal delivery.

Rocket Delivery may be a delivery service that is applied when an order amount meets a predetermined reference amount. For example, as shown in Figure 2, Rocket Delivery may be one of the delivery services applied when purchasing an additional item of at least 9,200 won in addition to Item X and Item Y.

The shopping cart page may display relevant information associated with items selected as items of interest based on a preset order in a predetermined area of the screen. For example, areas 221 and 231 of the shopping cart page display information associated with a name of an item. Areas 223 and 233 display information associated with an option for items based on a default order. Areas 225 and 235 display information associated with delivery of items based on a default order. Areas 227 and 237 display information associated with a price of an item based on a default order. Areas 229 and 239 display information associated with points earned when ordering the corresponding item based on a preset order. At this time, the order of information displayed in each area can be set in advance. In addition, the size of each area can be set in advance based on the information displayed in each area. In addition, a text size, a text font, a text color, and the like of the displayed information can be set in advance. For example, information associated with prices and displayed in areas 227 and 237 may be represented by a larger text size than information associated with points and displayed in areas 229 and 239. Additionally, areas 227 and 237 may be larger in size than areas 229 and 239.

Specifically, areas 221 and 231 may display information associated with a name corresponding to an item selected as an item of interest by the purchaser. For example, area 221 may display a name of item X selected by the buyer as an item of interest. In addition, the area 231 may display one of the names of the item Y selected by the buyer as the item of interest. Additionally, areas 223 and 233 may display information associated with one of the options corresponding to the item of interest selected by the purchaser. Here, the information associated with the options may include information associated with attributes of the item, such as selecting a size, a color, and a type when purchasing the item. For example, area 223 may display a size corresponding to the item of interest color.

According to an example embodiment, the shopping cart page may distinguish information associated with the name and information associated with the options displayed in the same area on the item detail page, such as a Single Detail Page (SDP), corresponding to the item of interest. , and display differentiated information in different areas. Here, the item details page may be a page that displays detailed information about the item provided in a step before the shopping cart page in a process of searching and purchasing an item. Buyers can decide whether to purchase an item based on the information identified on the item detail page. In this example, even though the information associated with the name and the information associated with the options of the item are displayed in the same area of the item detail page, the electronic device can distinguish the information associated with the name with the information associated with the options and Display information in different areas so that buyers can effectively identify relevant information on the shopping cart page. The name and options of the item are important information in the process of purchasing the item by the buyer. Unlike the item detail page, the shopping cart page can display names and options separately in different areas to improve buyer convenience. For example, even though information about a name and information about an option corresponding to item X are displayed in a program that searches for and purchases item , but the electronic device can classify the information about the name and the information about the options into area 221 and area 223, thereby displaying the relevant information. In this way, the buyer can more efficiently identify the information about item X provided on the shopping cart page.

According to an example embodiment, the electronic device may determine whether to display information related to the name and the option in different areas based on the number of characters of the name and the option. In this example, the areas 221 and 231 corresponding to the names may be areas whose sizes have been determined in advance. Additionally, areas 221 and 231 may be larger in size than other areas 223, 225, 227, 229, 233, 235, 237, and 239. The size, color and font of the text displayed in areas 221 and 231 can be set in advance. A threshold value for the number of characters displayed in areas 221 and 231 may be determined based on the size of the characters (for example, 15 characters may be displayed in area 221). In this example, when the number of characters of the information associated with the name and options identified on the item detail page is greater than the threshold value, the electronic device can separately display the information associated with the name and options in different areas of the shopping cart page. Information associated with the option. When the number of characters is less than the threshold value, the electronic device can display information associated with the name and options in the same area of the shopping cart page without distinction. Even though the information associated with the name and options is displayed indistinguishably in the same area on the shopping cart page, buyers can efficiently identify the relevant information based on the number of words.

As an example, the electronic device can identify the text number representing each piece of information associated with the name and options of item X from the item detail page. When the number of characters is greater than or equal to a threshold value, the electronic device can display information associated with the name and information associated with the options in the differentiated areas 221 and 223 on the shopping cart page, as shown in Figure 2 . As another example, the electronic device may identify a text number representing information associated with the name and options of item Y from the item detail page. When the number of characters is less than or equal to a threshold value, different from FIG. 2 , the electronic device can display the information associated with the name and the information associated with the options together in the area 231 instead of the area 231 on the shopping cart page. and 233 to display information separately. Even if displayed together in area 231, a size of the text corresponding to the information associated with the name may be larger than the text corresponding to the information associated with the options so that the purchaser can separately identify the names and options of the items displayed together.

In this example, information associated with the options displayed in area 233 may be displayed in area 231 based on a comparison between the number of words and a threshold. However, area 233 may be left blank and filled with the information displayed in area 235. Additionally, area 235 may be populated with information displayed in area 237. Additionally, area 237 may be populated with information displayed in area 239. Area 239 can be left blank to manage the layout of the shopping cart page.

Areas 225 and 235 may display information associated with the delivery of an item based on a scheduled order. For example, areas 225 and 235 may display in response to items X and Y being ordered indicating that items X and Y are available for delivery tomorrow (Tuesday), December 1st.

Areas 227 and 237 may display information associated with a price of an item based on a predetermined order. For example, area 227 may display a price of 7,630 won in response to item X being ordered, and area 237 may display a price of 178,990 won in response to item Y being ordered. Additionally, areas 229 and 239 may display information associated with points earned when ordering items based on a predetermined order. For example, area 229 may display 1,040 won of points earned when ordering item X, and area 239 may display 1,040 won of points earned when ordering item Y.

According to example embodiments, the sizes of areas 223, 225, 227, 229, 233, 235, 237, and 239 may be determined in advance. The size, color and font of the text displayed in the corresponding area can be set in advance. For example, the information displayed in areas 229 and 239 may be information associated with profit points and may be displayed in a minimum size. Additionally, the information displayed in areas 227 and 237 may be price-related information and displayed in a size that is twice the size of the profit points. Therefore, in view of the sizes of the areas 223, 225, 227, 229, 233, 235, 237 and 239 and the size of the text, the number of text displayed in the corresponding areas can be set in advance. In this example, areas 227 and 229 and areas 237 and 239 may be areas that display information indicating similar attributes (ie, price and earning points). Like the areas 221 and 223 and the areas 231 and 233, the areas 227 and 229 and the areas 237 and 239 can also display related information together based on the comparison between the number of words and the threshold value. As an example, due to the comparison between the number of words displayed in areas 227 and 229 and the threshold value corresponding to area 227, information regarding profit points may be displayed together in area 227 rather than in area 229 . As another example, due to the comparison between the number of words displayed in areas 237 and 239 and the threshold value corresponding to area 237, information regarding profit points may be displayed separately in area 239 rather than displaying the information together. in area 237. At this time, the price and profit points can be displayed differently based on a special event. For example, when profit points are doubled due to a special event, the size of text displayed in area 229 may be determined to correspond to the size of text displayed in area 227. In this example, instead of displaying the related information together in area 227, the related information can be displayed in area 227 and area 229 separately. Alternatively, the size and color of the text displayed in area 227 can be changed when the price is offered at a 1/2 discount due to a special event. Therefore, rather than displaying related information together in area 227, the related information may be differentiated and displayed in area 227 and area 229.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a shopping cart page for describing another related information according to an exemplary embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 3, a region 310 may display first information associated with a price corresponding to an item selected by a buyer from at least one item included in a shopping cart page. In this example, area 310 may be adjacent to a purchase icon 320. Specifically, area 310 may be located on one side of purchase icon 320 .

The first information may include discount information and an estimated payment amount corresponding to the item selected by the buyer from at least one item included in the shopping cart page. For example, as shown in area 310 of FIG. 3 , the first information may include discount information "2,000 won" and an estimated payment amount "127,450 won" corresponding to the item selected by the buyer.

When multiple items are included in the shopping cart page, buyers can select and purchase part of the items. Each time a buyer selects an item on the shopping cart page, the first information displayed in area 310 may change. For example, when an item is additionally selected, the discount information and estimated payment amount displayed in area 310 may change. Likewise, the discount information and estimated payment amount displayed in area 310 may change when no item is selected.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a bottom page according to an exemplary embodiment.

When the purchase icon 320 of FIG. 3 is selected, a bottom page of FIG. 4 may be displayed. The bottom page can overlap part of the shopping cart page. In this example, one of the remaining areas of the shopping cart page that does not overlap the bottom page can be disabled.

The bottom page is a screen displayed in various ways when the purchase icon 320 is selected. For example, when the purchase icon 320 is selected, the bottom page may be displayed in a sliding manner through the lower portion of the screen. In addition, the bottom page that overlaps the shopping cart page can be displayed in various ways.

The bottom page can display the second information including the first information. Specifically, an area 400 is an area corresponding to the bottom page that overlaps the shopping cart page to be activated. The area 400 can display information related to the second information at a predetermined position through classification. Specifically, the second information displayed on the bottom page is described in more detail below.

In an area 401, information associated with a purchaser ordering an item sales service provided by an electronic device may be displayed. In this example, information about a service provided when the purchaser has subscribed to a scheduled service can be displayed. For example, area 401 may display a name of the purchaser and the following as scheduled services: i) a service for early morning delivery faster than a normal delivery, ii) a service for free delivery, and iii) a service for returns on an item Free return service.

A region 403 may display a total payment amount before a discount amount is applied to items selected by the purchaser from items included in the shopping cart page. For example, area 403 may display 130,260 won as the total payment amount before the discount amount is applied to the item selected by the buyer.

When a buyer orders a premium service, an area 405 may display discount information provided to a premium service subscriber. For example, when the purchaser is a wow member who is one of the advanced service subscription customers, area 405 may display 550 won as discount information specifically provided to wow members.

A region 407 may display information associated with a coupon applicable to items selected by the purchaser. For example, area 407 may display 2,000 won as one of the coupons applied to the item selected by the purchaser.

An area 409 may display information regarding a fee required for delivery of the selected item. At this time, when the buyer has ordered one of the scheduled services shown in area 401, a free delivery may be applied, and area 409 may display 0 Korean Won. Alternatively, to efficiently manage a bottom page layout, area 409 may not display information about a delivery fee when the buyer has ordered one of the scheduled services shown in area 401. In this case, information displayed in an area 411 may be displayed in an area 409, and information displayed in an area 413 may be displayed in an area 411.

Area 411 may display information regarding points earned when purchasing items. For example, area 411 may display 8,000 won that the buyer earns when purchasing the item.

Area 413 may display a total estimated payment amount based on the information displayed in areas 403, 405, 407, and 409. For example, area 413 may display 127,450 won as one of the total estimated payment amounts that the buyer will actually pay when purchasing the item.

Area 415 may display information regarding a discount amount that is additionally applied when making a payment using a predetermined payment option. Here, the predetermined payment option may match one of the plurality of payment options by which a discount may be applied to the item selected by the user that the purchaser has previously registered in the electronic device. For example, when a buyer selects an item 1 from a plurality of items present on the shopping cart page, the electronic device may identify one of the payment options 1 (e.g., card A) through which a discount will be applied to item 1, a payment Option 2 (eg Card B), payment option 3 (eg Card C) and the like. When the buyer has registered information about a relevant payment option in the electronic device to use a fast payment service, the buyer can use the registered payment option to pay for the item through a relatively simple procedure. Of the one or more payment options through which the discount will be applied, the electronic device may identify one of the payment options that matches the payment options previously registered by the purchaser. Additionally, the electronic device may display information through area 415 regarding an additional discount amount (eg, 15,000 won) that is applied when the purchaser performs a payment using the corresponding payment option. When the payment option through which the discount can be applied to Item 1 matches a plurality of payment options previously registered by the purchaser, the electronic device may display through area 415 one of the maximum discount amounts corresponding to another one of the plurality of payment options. Information associated with payment options.

Alternatively, the buyer may register a plurality of payment options including payment options 1 and 2 to N in the electronic device in advance, and the user may select a plurality of items on the shopping cart page. In this example, there may be a plurality of payment options through which an additional discount will be applied to Item 1, and there may be a payment option through which an additional discount will be applied to one of Item 2 selected by the user. There may be a plurality of payment options through which an additional discount will be applied to an item N selected by the user. For example, the electronic device may identify payment option 1 and payment option 2 by which an additional discount will be applied to item 1. The electronic device recognizes that the additional discount will be applied to payment option 2 through payment option 4 of item 2. The electronic device recognizes payment option N by which the additional discount will be applied to item N. Here, among the plurality of payment options through which the additional discount can be applied, the electronic device can display information about one of the payment options through which a maximum discount amount can be applied through area 415. For example, payment option 2 is available for additional discounts on Item 1 and Item 2 but not for additional discounts on other selected items. Payment option 1 is available for additional discounts on item 1 and cannot be used for additional discounts on other selected items. Payment option 4 is available for additional discounts on item 3 and is not available for additional discounts on other selected items. In this example, the electronic device may compare the additional discount amounts and display information through area 415 regarding payment option 2 through which a maximum amount will be discounted.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a shopping cart page displayed based on a category of an item according to an exemplary embodiment.

Referring to Figure 5, an electronic device may identify delivery information corresponding to an item selected by a user. Specifically, the electronic device can verify whether a category corresponding to the item selected by the user is a first category or a second category. Here, the first category may correspond to items requiring faster delivery, such as fresh food (eg, vegetables, fruits, food, etc.). Items corresponding to the first category can be pre-set to be delivered before the next day when the order is placed. For example, when the user selects an item A and an item B displayed in an area 521 and an area 531, the electronic device can verify whether the item A and the item B correspond to the first category.

When all items selected by the user correspond to the first category, the items corresponding to the first category may have the same expected delivery completion information, such as the next day after the order is placed. At this time, in order to improve the efficiency of managing the layout of the shopping cart page through the redundant representation displayed in one area 523 and one area 533 of the relevant delivery information, the electronic device can extract the same expected delivery completion information and one of the boundaries of the area 510 Relevant information is displayed within. In addition, the electronic device can manage the layout of the shopping cart page by removing a blank portion of the area 523 and the area 533 so that the buyer can clearly and concisely identify information about an item to be purchased. Here, the expected delivery completion information may include expected delivery completion time information and expected delivery completion date information.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a shopping cart page displayed based on a category of an item according to another exemplary embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 6, an electronic device may identify delivery information corresponding to an item selected by a user. Specifically, the electronic device can verify whether a category corresponding to the item selected by the user is a first category or a second category. Here, the second category may be a category corresponding to items different from the items corresponding to the first category. For example, when the user selects an item C and an item D displayed in an area 621 and an area 631, the electronic device can identify whether the items C and D correspond to the second category.

When all items selected by the user correspond to the second category, the electronic device may create an area 623 and An area 633 displays expected delivery completion information. At this time, when the delivery information is displayed in different areas such as area 623 and area 633, the efficiency of a buyer identifying the delivery information may be reduced. Therefore, in order to improve the efficiency of identifying delivery information and improving the efficiency of managing the layout of the shopping cart page, the electronic device can extract the expected delivery completion information displayed in the area 623 and the area 633 and display the relevant information within a limit of the area 610 . At this time, when the expected delivery completion information does not completely match (as shown in Figure 6), the electronic device can integrate the expected delivery completion information of each item and display (for example) "Guaranteed delivery tomorrow morning (Tuesday), December 1" "Guaranteed delivery tomorrow afternoon (Tuesday), December 1st."

According to an example embodiment, when the plurality of items selected by the user include items corresponding to the first category and the second category, the electronic device may display expected delivery completion information corresponding to the second category in areas 510 and 610 and corresponding to the expected delivery completion information of the first category. For example, when items A to D are selected, expected delivery completion information corresponding to the first category may be displayed in area 610 and expected delivery completion information corresponding to the second category may also be displayed in area 610 . In this example, the information displayed in the area 610 can be displayed in the area 610 by classifying it into categories to improve the convenience of buyers to identify relevant information.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an information providing method of an electronic device according to an exemplary embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 7, in operation S710, an electronic device may identify at least one item of interest. The purchaser may select an item of interest and retain the selected item of interest. The electronic device may identify at least one item selected as the item of interest through the shopping cart page. For example, when the buyer selects items A to N as items of interest, the electronic device can select the items of interest A to N through the shopping cart page.

In operation S720, the electronic device may provide information associated with names and options corresponding to the items of interest in a predetermined area. For example, the electronic device may identify information associated with the names and options corresponding to items of interest A through N retained in the shopping cart page. Here, information associated with options may include information associated with attributes of an item, such as selecting a size, color, type, and the like when purchasing the item. Regarding this content, please refer to the above description.

In operation S730, the electronic device may identify first information associated with a price corresponding to an item selected by a user from at least one item of interest. Here, the first information may include estimated payment amounts and discount information corresponding to the items selected by the user from the items of interest.

In operation S740, the electronic device may provide a shopping cart page that displays identification information associated with the name and the option in a corresponding area and displays the first information in an area adjacent to a purchase icon.

Here, the shopping cart page can distinguish the information associated with the name and the information associated with the options displayed in the same area of an item detail page and display the differentiated information in different areas. For example, even though the name and options are displayed in the same area of the item detail page, the electronic device can distinguish the name and options and display the name and options in different areas of the shopping cart page.

Alternatively, the electronic device may display information associated with the names and options in the same area or in different areas by comparing the number of characters of the names and options with a threshold. As an example, when the information associated with the name and the information associated with the options are displayed in the same area of the item detail page and when the number of words is greater than a threshold value, the electronic device can display the information in a different area from the item detail page. Relevant information is displayed in different areas of the shopping cart page. As another example, when the information associated with the name and the information associated with the options are displayed in the same area of the item detail page and when the number of words is less than the threshold, the electronic device can display the same area in the shopping cart page. Information associated with the name and information associated with the options are displayed.

In addition, when the purchase icon displayed on the shopping cart page is selected, the electronic device may provide a bottom page that displays the second information including the first information while overlapping a part of the shopping cart page. At this time, the second information may include the first information and at least one of the following: information about a delivery fee for an item, information about a service provided to a user (buyer) who orders a predetermined service, information about Information on benefits provided when making a purchase and information on the amount of a discount that is additionally applied when making a payment using a predetermined payment option. Here, the predetermined payment option may match one of a plurality of payment options with which a discount will be applied to at least one item that a user has registered in advance. When the predetermined payment option matches a plurality of payment options, the electronic device may identify and display one of the plurality of payment options corresponding to one of the maximum additional discount amounts to be applied.

Additionally, the electronic device may identify a category corresponding to an item selected by the user for items of interest and display delivery information based on the category. Specifically, when the user selects items corresponding to a plurality of categories, the electronic device may manage a layout of the shopping cart page so that each of the items is classified by category. For example, the electronic device may manage the layout of the shopping cart page to display an item corresponding to a first category and to display an item corresponding to a second category. At this time, the electronic device may manage the layout of the shopping cart page so that relevant delivery information is displayed together in an area in which a category corresponding to each item is displayed instead of displaying delivery information for each item.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of an electronic device according to an exemplary embodiment.

According to an example embodiment, an electronic device 800 may include a display 810 and a controller 820. FIG. 8 only illustrates components of the electronic device 800 related to this embodiment. Therefore, those of ordinary skill related to this embodiment should understand that in addition to the components shown in FIG. 8 , other general components may be further included. Since the electronic device 800 may include features related to the above-mentioned electronic devices, descriptions of repeated contents will be omitted.

Display 810 may display information associated with an operation of electronic device 800 . Alternatively, display 810 may display information associated with a screen displayed through an application.

Controller 820 may control the overall operation of electronic device 800 and may process data and signals. Controller 820 may be configured with at least one hardware unit. Additionally, the controller 820 may operate by executing one or more software modules generated by executing program code stored in memory. The controller 820 can execute program code stored in the memory to control the overall operation of the electronic device 800 and process data and signals. Additionally, in example embodiments, controller 820 may include at least one processor.

Controller 820 may identify at least one item of interest and identify information associated with an option and a name of an item of interest. Additionally, the controller 820 may identify first information associated with a price corresponding to an item selected by a user from at least one item of interest. The controller 820 may display information associated with a name and an option in a corresponding area and provide a shopping cart page in which the first information is displayed in an area adjacent to a purchase icon, so that a buyer can The terminal recognizes the shopping cart page.

The electronic device or terminal according to the above-described embodiments may include a processor, a memory for storing and executing program data, a permanent storage such as a disk drive, a communication port for communicating with an external device, and a communication port such as A user interface device with a touch panel, a key and a button. Methods implemented by software modules or algorithms may be stored on a computer-readable recording medium as computer-readable codes or program commands executable by a processor. Here, the computer-readable recording medium may be a magnetic storage medium (such as a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a floppy disk or a hard disk) or an optical read medium ( For example, a CD-ROM or a digital versatile disc (DVD)). The computer-readable recording medium can be distributed to computer systems connected by a network so that the computer-readable codes can be stored and executed in a distributed manner. Media can be read by a computer, stored in a memory, and executed by a processor.

Embodiments of the present invention may be represented by functional blocks and various processing steps. These functional blocks may be implemented by various hardware and/or software configurations that perform specific functions. For example, embodiments of the present invention may employ pass-through circuit configurations that can perform various functions by controlling one or more microprocessors or other control devices, such as a memory, a processor, a logic circuit, and a lookup table. Similar to components that may be executed by software programming or software components, embodiments of the present invention may be implemented by programming or scripting languages such as C, C++, Java, and assembly languages, including by data structures, procedures, routines, or other programming components. Various algorithms for the implementation of combinations of states. Functional aspects may be implemented by algorithms executed by one or more processors. In addition, embodiments of the present invention may employ related technologies for, for example, electronic environment setting, signal processing, and/or data processing. The terms "mechanism", "element", "assembly" and "configuration" are used broadly and are not limited to mechanical and physical components. These terms may include, for example, the meaning of a set of software routines associated with a processor.

The above-described embodiments are examples only and other embodiments may be implemented within the scope of the following claims.

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Figure 1 illustrates a system according to an example embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a shopping cart page for explaining related information according to an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a shopping cart page for explaining another related information according to an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 4 illustrates a diagram for explaining a bottom page according to an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a shopping cart page displayed based on a category of an item according to an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a shopping cart page displayed based on a category of an item according to another exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing information by an electronic device according to an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of an electronic device according to an exemplary embodiment.

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Claims (13)

A method for providing information by an electronic device, the method includes: identifying at least one item of interest; identifying information associated with a name and an option corresponding to the at least one item of interest; identifying and corresponding to the information provided by a user first information associated with a price of an item selected from the at least one item of interest; and providing for displaying the identification information associated with the name and the option in a predetermined area adjacent to a purchase icon Displaying a shopping cart page of the first information in an area; the method further includes: identifying delivery information corresponding to the item selected by the user, wherein the shopping cart page is based on one of the items selected by the user categories to display delivery information, and the shopping cart page extracts and displays relevant information to prevent redundant display of the same delivery information corresponding to items of the same category. Such as the method of claim 1, wherein the shopping cart page distinguishes information associated with a name and information associated with an option displayed in the same area of an item detail page and displays the differentiated information in different areas. Such as requesting the method of item 1, wherein the shopping cart page displays the information associated with the name and the option based on the number of characters of the name and the option. Such as the method of request item 3, wherein when the number of characters of the name and the option is less than a threshold value, the shopping cart page displays the information associated with the name and the option in the same area. For example, request the method of item 3, wherein when the number of characters of the name and the option is greater than or equal to a threshold value, the shopping cart page displays the information associated with the name and the option in different areas. The method of claim 1, wherein the first information includes an estimated payment amount and discount information corresponding to the item selected by the user. The method of claim 6 further includes: when the purchase icon is selected, providing a bottom page that displays the second information including the first information and overlaps a part of the shopping cart page. The method of claim 7, wherein the second information includes the first information and at least one of the following: information about a delivery fee for an item, information about a service provided to a user who orders a predetermined service , information about the benefits offered when making a purchase and information about the amount of a discount that is additionally applied when making a payment using a predetermined payment option. The method of claim 8, wherein the predetermined payment option matches a discount by which a discount can be applied to one of a plurality of payment options for the at least one item registered in advance by a user. The method of claim 1, wherein when items corresponding to different categories are selected, the shopping cart page displays delivery information by classifying by category. Such as the method of claim 1, wherein the delivery information includes expected delivery completion time information and expected delivery completion date information. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium including a computer program for executing the method of claim 1. An electronic device comprising: a display; and a controller configured to: identify at least one item of interest; identify information associated with a name and an option corresponding to the at least one item of interest; identify first information associated with a price corresponding to an item selected by a user from the at least one item of interest; and providing for displaying the identification information associated with the name and the option in a predetermined area and in A shopping cart page displaying the first information in an area adjacent to a purchase icon; the controller is configured to further identify delivery information corresponding to the item selected by the user, wherein the shopping cart page is based on The user selects a category of the item to display delivery information, and the shopping cart page extracts and displays relevant information to prevent redundant display of the same delivery information corresponding to items of the same category.