WO2019182180A1

WO2019182180A1 - Method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium for providing item information by using messenger

Info

Publication number: WO2019182180A1
Application number: PCT/KR2018/003490
Authority: WO
Inventors: 홍석주
Original assignee: 라인플러스 주식회사
Priority date: 2018-03-23
Filing date: 2018-03-23
Publication date: 2019-09-26
Also published as: KR20200124677A; JP2021524950A; JP7212696B2; KR102623300B1

Abstract

An item trading method comprises the steps of: receiving purchase intention information for an item desired to be purchased from an electronic device of a buyer, through a first communication session established between an official account for item trading and an account of the buyer on a messenger; receiving an image from an electronic device of a seller through a second communication session established between the official account and an account of the seller on the messenger; and providing the electronic device of the seller with a trading target candidate including at least one piece of purchase intention information matching item information recognized in the image from among the received purchase intention information, via the second communication session.

Description

Method and system for providing article information using messenger and non-transitory computer readable recording medium

The description below relates to techniques for supporting commodity trading.

Instant messenger, which is a general communication tool, is software that can send and receive messages or data in real time. The user may register a contact on the messenger and exchange messages in real time with the person in the contact list.

Such a messenger function is widely used in the mobile environment of a mobile communication terminal as well as a PC.

For example, Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2002-0074304 (published September 30, 2002) discloses a mobile messenger service system of a mobile terminal using a wireless communication network to provide a messenger service between mobile messengers installed in a mobile terminal, and A method is disclosed.

In general, a messenger supports a function of sharing various information such as a photo, a video, a file, a contact, a location, and a schedule among users through a chat room, and a function of searching for information shared through the chat room.

It provides a platform that can support more convenient and efficient goods transaction between seller and buyer using messenger.

In the image input from the seller through the messenger, the item information of the transaction target may be acquired through artificial intelligence (AI).

The messenger may provide a list of potential purchasers for the traded goods based on the distance from the seller.

Through the messenger, goods information may be exchanged in a blind form without exposing personal identification information between the seller and the buyer.

Using a messenger, the seller and the buyer may provide location information about a place where goods are traded with each other.

A method of trading a commodity executed in a computer system, the computer system comprising at least one processor configured to execute computer readable instructions contained in a memory, wherein the commodity trading method is executed by the at least one processor. Receiving purchase intention information about the item desired to be purchased from the electronic device of the purchaser through a first communication session established between the official account for the transaction of goods on the purchaser and the account of the purchaser; Receiving, by the at least one processor, an image from the merchant's electronic device via a second communication session established between the official account on the messenger and the merchant's account; And by the at least one processor, a transaction target candidate including at least one purchase intention information matching the item information recognized in the image among the received purchase intention information through the second communication session. It provides a method for trading goods comprising providing to the device.

According to an aspect, the receiving of the image may include receiving a picture uploaded to a chat room corresponding to the second communication session or receiving a camera image executed in the chat room in a streaming manner.

According to another aspect, the providing may include recognizing an article to be traded in the image through an image search using a previously constructed article DB.

According to another aspect, the providing step includes the step of downloading the reference image required for the article recognition to the seller's electronic device based on the position associated with the image, wherein the reference downloaded from the seller's electronic device The image may be used to recognize a product to be traded in the image.

According to another aspect, the purchase intention information includes location information for which the purchaser wishes to trade an item, and the providing includes at least one having location information within a predetermined radius based on a location associated with the image. Providing purchase intention information of the to the seller's electronic device through the second communication session.

According to another aspect, the providing step, if there is no purchase intention information matching the item information among the purchase intention information received, the item information is registered, and after registering the item information, the registered item If the purchase intention information matching the information is received, it may include providing a notification of the purchase intention information to the electronic device of the seller.

According to another aspect, the providing step, if a plurality of item information is recognized in the image, through the second communication session the target candidate for a transaction including purchase intention information for each of the items recognized in the image; And providing the information to an electronic device of a seller, wherein the purchase intention information may include price information presented by at least one purchase applicant together with a product name for each of the items.

According to another aspect, the article trading method, the step of registering, by the at least one processor, the article information recognized in the image; And by the at least one processor, a transaction target candidate including at least one item information matching the purchase intention information of the purchase item among the registered item information according to the request of the purchaser to establish the first communication session. Providing to the electronic device of the purchaser through.

According to another aspect, the article transaction method, by the at least one processor, when the purchase intention information of a specific purchase candidate in the transaction target candidate by the seller is selected, the account of the specific purchase candidate on the messenger and the Providing a conversation function between the seller and the specific purchaser through a third communication session established between the seller's accounts.

According to another aspect, the providing of the conversation function between the seller and the specific purchaser may provide a blind function that does not expose user identifiable information to each other. .

According to another aspect, the providing of the conversation function between the seller and the specific purchaser may include providing a map screen for guiding a location between the seller and the specific purchaser through a chat room corresponding to the third communication session. It may include a step.

A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the article transaction method on a computer is provided.

A computer system, comprising: a memory; And at least one processor coupled with the memory and configured to execute computer readable instructions contained in the memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured between an official account for a transaction of goods on a messenger and an account of a purchaser's account. A purchase intention registrar configured to receive and register purchase intention information about an item desired to be purchased from the electronic device of the purchaser through a first communication session; And at least one purchase matching the item information recognized in the image among the registered purchase intention information when the image is received from the electronic device of the seller through a second communication session established between the official account on the messenger and the account of the seller. A computer system including a transaction subject providing unit for providing a candidate for transaction including pseudo information to an electronic device of the seller through the second communication session.

1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a network environment according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of an electronic device and a server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating an example of components that may be included in a processor of a server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a method that may be performed by a server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 to 6 are exemplary views for explaining a process of registering the purchase intention information of the purchaser in an embodiment of the present invention.

7 to 9 are exemplary diagrams for explaining a process of identifying an article and a purchaser of the corresponding article through an image according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an exemplary diagram for explaining a process of providing a blind conversation between a seller and a purchaser according to an embodiment of the present invention.

11 illustrates an example of a location service screen provided through a blind chat room according to an embodiment of the present invention.

12 to 13 are exemplary diagrams for explaining a process of managing goods transaction details according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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

Embodiments of the present invention relate to a technology for providing article information using a messenger.

Embodiments, including those specifically disclosed herein, can provide a platform that can support more convenient and efficient goods transactions between sellers and buyers using messengers, thereby reducing efficiency, convenience, usability, speed, and cost. Significant advantages can be achieved in terms of such aspects.

1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a network environment according to an embodiment of the present invention. The network environment of FIG. 1 illustrates an example including a plurality of

electronic devices

110, 120, 130, and 140, a plurality of

servers

150 and 160, and a network 170. 1 is an example for describing the present invention, and the number of electronic devices or the number of servers is not limited as shown in FIG. 1.

The plurality of

electronic devices

110, 120, 130, and 140 may be fixed terminals or mobile terminals implemented as computer systems. Examples of the plurality of

electronic devices

110, 120, 130, and 140 include smart phones, mobile phones, navigation systems, computers, notebook computers, digital broadcasting terminals, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and portable multimedia players (PMPs). ), Tablet PCs, game consoles, wearable devices, wearable devices, Internet of things (IoT) devices, virtual reality (VR) devices, augmented reality (AR) devices, and the like. As an example, although FIG. 1 illustrates the shape of a smartphone as an example of the electronic device 110, in the embodiments of the present invention, the electronic device 110 may be substantially different from the network 170 using a wireless or wired communication scheme. It may mean one of various physical computer systems capable of communicating with the

electronic devices

120, 130, 140 and / or the

servers

150, 160.

The communication method is not limited and includes not only a communication method using a communication network (for example, a mobile communication network, a wired internet, a wireless internet, a broadcasting network, a satellite network, etc.) that the network 170 may include, but also a short range wireless communication between devices. Can be. For example, the network 170 may include a personal area network (PAN), a local area network (LAN), a campus area network (CAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), a wide area network (WAN), and a broadband network (BBN). And one or more of networks such as the Internet. The network 170 may also include any one or more of network topologies, including bus networks, star networks, ring networks, mesh networks, star-bus networks, trees, or hierarchical networks, but It is not limited.

Each of the

servers

150 and 160 communicates with the plurality of

electronic devices

110, 120, 130, and 140 through the network 170 to provide a command, code, file, content, service, or the like. It may be implemented in devices. For example, the server 150 may be a system that provides a first service to a plurality of

electronic devices

110, 120, 130, and 140 connected through the network 170, and the server 160 may also have a network ( It may be a system that provides a second service to the plurality of

electronic devices

110, 120, 130, and 140 connected through the 170. As a more specific example, the server 150 uses an application as a computer program installed and driven in the plurality of

electronic devices

110, 120, 130, and 140 to provide a service (for example, a messenger service, etc.) for which the corresponding application is intended. The first service may be provided to the plurality of

electronic devices

110, 120, 130, and 140. As another example, the server 160 may provide a service for distributing the file for installing and driving the above application to the plurality of

electronic devices

110, 120, 130, and 140 as a second service.

2 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of an electronic device and a server according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2 illustrates an internal configuration of the electronic device 110 and the server 150 as an example of the electronic device. In addition, the other

electronic devices

120, 130, 140, or the server 160 may also have the same or similar internal configuration as the above-described electronic device 110 or the server 150.

The electronic device 110 and the server 150 may include

memories

211 and 221,

processors

212 and 222,

communication modules

213 and 223, and input /

output interfaces

214 and 224. The

memories

211 and 221 are non-transitory computer readable recording media. The

memories

211 and 221 may be non-transitory computer readable recording media such as random access memory (RAM), read only memory (ROM), disk drive, solid state drive (SSD), flash memory, or the like. Permanent mass storage devices. In this case, the non-volatile mass storage device such as a ROM, an SSD, a flash memory, a disk drive, or the like may be included in the electronic device 110 or the server 150 as a separate persistent storage device that is distinct from the

memories

211 and 221. In addition, the

memory

211, 221 includes an operating system and at least one program code (for example, a code installed in the electronic device 110, a browser running on the electronic device 110, or an application installed in the electronic device 110 to provide a specific service). Can be stored. These software components may be loaded from a computer readable recording medium separate from the

memories

211 and 221. Such separate computer-readable recording media may include computer-readable recording media such as floppy drives, disks, tapes, DVD / CD-ROM drives, memory cards, and the like. In other embodiments, software components may be loaded into the

memory

211, 221 through a

communication module

213, 223 that is not a computer readable recording medium. For example, at least one program is a computer program that is installed by files provided by a file distribution system (for example, the server 160 described above) through the network 170 to distribute installation files of developers or applications. It may be loaded into the

memories

211 and 221 based on (for example, the above-described application).

Processors

212 and 222 may be configured to process instructions of a computer program by performing basic arithmetic, logic, and input / output operations. Instructions may be provided to the

processors

212, 222 by the

memory

211, 221 or the

communication modules

213, 223. For example, the

processors

212 and 222 may be configured to execute a command received according to a program code stored in a recording device such as the

memory

211 and 221.

The

communication modules

213 and 223 may provide a function for the electronic device 110 and the server 150 to communicate with each other through the network 170, and the electronic device 110 and / or the server 150 may be different from each other. It may provide a function for communicating with an electronic device (for example, the electronic device 120) or another server (for example, the server 160). For example, a request generated by the processor 212 of the electronic device 110 according to a program code stored in a recording device such as the memory 211 may be controlled by the server 150 through the network 170 under the control of the communication module 213. Can be delivered. Conversely, control signals, commands, contents, files, and the like provided according to the control of the processor 222 of the server 150 pass through the communication module 223 and the network 170 to the communication module 213 of the electronic device 110. ) May be received by the electronic device 110. For example, the control signal, command, content, file, etc. of the server 150 received through the communication module 213 may be transmitted to the processor 212 or the memory 211, and the content, file, etc. may be transferred to the electronic device ( 110 may be stored as a storage medium (permanent storage device described above) that may further include.

The input / output interface 214 may be a means for interfacing with the input / output device 215. For example, an input device may include a device such as a keyboard, a mouse, a microphone, a camera, and the like, and an output device may include a device such as a display, a speaker, a haptic feedback device, and the like. As another example, the input / output interface 214 may be a means for interfacing with a device in which functions for input and output are integrated into one, such as a touch screen. The input / output device 215 may be configured as the electronic device 110 and one device. In addition, the input / output interface 224 of the server 150 may be a means for interfacing with an apparatus (not shown) for input or output that may be connected to or included in the server 150. As a more specific example, a service configured using data provided by the server 150 or the electronic device 120 when the processor 212 of the electronic device 110 processes a command of a computer program loaded in the memory 211. The screen or content may be displayed on the display through the input / output interface 214.

In addition, in other embodiments, the electronic device 110 and the server 150 may include more components than those of FIG. 2. However, it is not necessary to clearly show most of the prior art components. For example, the electronic device 110 may be implemented to include at least some of the above-described input and output devices 215 or other components such as a transceiver, a Global Positioning System (GPS) module, a camera, various sensors, a database, and the like. It may also include more. More specifically, when the electronic device 110 is a smartphone, an acceleration sensor or a gyro sensor, a camera module, various physical buttons, a button using a touch panel, an input / output port, a vibrator for vibration generally included in the smartphone Various components such as may be implemented to be further included in the electronic device 110.

Hereinafter, a specific embodiment of a goods transaction method and system for providing goods information using a messenger will be described.

3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of components that a processor of a server according to an embodiment of the present invention may include, and FIG. 4 is an example of a method that a server may perform according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart showing.

Conventionally, in the case of used or direct trading, one of the types of goods trading, the seller must register and register the goods information directly on a dedicated bulletin board on the Internet, and register personal information such as a mobile phone number to contact the purchaser. The present invention can provide a safe, more convenient and efficient goods transaction environment without exposing personally identifiable information between the seller and the buyer using a messenger.

In the present specification, an example of a means for proceeding a product transaction is described as using an official account on a messenger, but the present invention is not limited thereto. Any means of processing through the form can be extended.

The server 150 according to the present embodiment serves as a platform for providing a goods transaction service using a messenger to a plurality of

electronic devices

110, 120, 130, and 140 that are clients. In this case, the server 150 may provide an item transaction service in association with an application (that is, a messenger) installed on the

electronic devices

110, 120, 130, and 140.

To this end, the processor 222 of the server 150 is a component as shown in Figure 3, the purchase intention registration unit 310, the goods registration unit 320, the transaction target provider 330, and the conversation processing unit 340 It may include. In some embodiments, the components of the processor 222 may be optionally included in or excluded from the processor 222. In addition, according to an embodiment, the components of the processor 222 may be separated or merged to represent the functions of the processor 222.

The processor 222 and the components of the processor 222 may control the server 150 to perform steps S410 to S450 included in the goods transaction method of FIG. 4. For example, the processor 222 and the components of the processor 222 may be implemented to execute instructions according to code of an operating system included in the memory 221 and code of at least one program.

Here, the components of the processor 222 may be representations of different functions of the processor 222 performed by the processor 222 according to an instruction provided by the program code stored in the server 150. . For example, the image receiver 310 may be used as a functional representation of the processor 222 controlling the server 150 in accordance with the above-described command for the server 150 to receive an image.

In operation S410, the processor 222 may read a command required from the memory 221 loaded with a command related to the control of the server 150. In this case, the read command may include a command for controlling the processor 222 to execute steps S420 to S450 to be described later.

In operation S420, the purchase intention registrar 310 may register purchase intention information about the item desired to be purchased by a user who wishes to purchase the item (hereinafter, referred to as a 'purchaser'). For example, the purchase intention registrar 310 establishes a communication session (hereinafter, referred to as a 'first communication session') established between an official account (hereinafter, referred to as an 'item transaction account') and an account of a purchaser's account for goods transaction on a messenger. Through the purchaser's electronic device (for example, the electronic device 120) through the purchaser's purchase intention information about the item that the purchaser wishes to purchase can be registered. The purchaser may add an item transaction account to the messenger friend list and transmit purchase intention information through a chat room with the item transaction account (i.e., a messenger chat room corresponding to the first communication session). The item name including at least one of a category name and a model name of the item to be purchased, price information to be purchased, location information (e.g., latitude and longitude coordinates, region information, etc.) to be purchased, and identification information for identifying a purchaser ( For example, a MID, a messenger account, etc.) may be included. In this case, the purchase intention registration unit 310 may manage by grouping the purchase intention information of the purchaser wishing to purchase the same product based on the item name (category name and / or model name).

In step S430, the goods registration unit 320 is called another communication session (hereinafter referred to as 'second communication session') established between the goods transaction account on the messenger and the account of the user (hereinafter referred to as the 'seller') who wants to sell the goods When the item transaction request is received from the seller's electronic device (for example, the electronic device 110) through, the product information may be recognized and registered in the image included in the item transaction request. The seller uploads a picture of the item to be sold to a chat room with the goods transaction account (i.e., a messenger chat room corresponding to the second communication session) or executes a camera image in the chat room with the goods transaction account to capture the goods to be sold. Can be. In this case, the goods registration unit 320 may receive a picture uploaded to the chat room from the seller's electronic device or receive a camera image being taken in the chat room by real-time streaming method, the seller using artificial intelligence recognition technology or object recognition technology, etc. It is possible to recognize the article to be traded in the image received from the electronic device. For example, the goods register 320 may recognize the goods information corresponding to the goods on the goods DB from the image received from the electronic device of the seller through the image search using the pre-built goods database (database). Here, the goods DB is a database system that stores and establishes the goods information such as the image and specification of each goods for the goods that can be purchased on the Internet or the goods that the purchaser has registered the purchase intention information, included in the server 150 It may be a component or a component on a separate system interoperable with the server 150. In the above description, the server 150 directly recognizes the goods in the image. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the server 150 downloads the reference image required for the goods recognition to the seller's electronic device and then the seller's electronic device. It is also possible to recognize the article in the image using the downloaded reference image. For example, the server 150 may display an image of the item of a product in which a purchaser wishes to trade within a certain radius based on location information included in a seller's item transaction request among items in which a purchaser has registered purchase intention information. Item information including the can be delivered to the seller's electronic device, and the seller's electronic device can recognize the goods to be traded in the image uploaded to the chat room using the goods information received from the server 150. . The item information registered using the image may include a product name including at least one of a category name and a model name of the item, location information of the seller's electronic device, identification information for identifying the seller (eg, a MID, a messenger account, etc.). Can be.

In operation S440, the transaction target provider 330 includes at least one purchase intention information that matches the item information recognized in the image among the purchase intention information registered by the purchasers with respect to the seller's item transaction request. The target candidate may be provided to the electronic device of the seller through the second communication session. The transaction target provider 330 may provide purchase intention information of a purchaser who wishes to purchase an item recognized in the image included in the seller's transaction request to the seller's electronic device. At this time, the transaction target provider 330 may select the purchase intention information of the purchaser wishing to purchase the item within a predetermined radius based on the location information included in the seller's transaction request to provide to the seller's electronic device. . As another example, the transaction target provider 330 may request a transaction target candidate including at least one article information matching the purchase intention information of the purchase wisher from among the product information registered by the sellers according to the request of the purchaser. It can be provided to the electronic device of the purchaser through a communication session of. At this time, the transaction target providing unit 330 is based on the product information matching the product name of the purchase intention information registered by the purchaser, or the item information having a location information within a predetermined radius based on the location included in the purchase intention information of the purchaser In addition, it is also possible to provide a product information matching the search conditions by entering a keyword or location for the article search.

In operation S450, the conversation processing unit 340 may select between the purchaser's account and the seller's account when the seller selects the purchase intention information of the specific purchaser from the candidate for trading or the purchaser selects the goods information of the specific seller from the candidate for the transaction. The blind communication function may be provided through another communication session (hereinafter, referred to as 'third communication session'). The conversation processing unit 340 may provide a blind conversation that does not expose user identifiable information (eg, name, nickname, profile image, etc.) between the two users when a counterpart for merchandise trading is selected between the seller and the purchaser. In this case, when at least one or more candidates are selected from the candidates for transaction, the conversation processor 340 may provide a group conversation as well as a one-to-one personal conversation with the selected counterpart. In addition, the conversation processor 340 may store and manage a chat room corresponding to the third communication session in association with the chat room corresponding to the first communication session or the second communication session. In other words, the conversation processing unit 340 may store and manage the blind chat room between the users in association with the chat room between the user and the goods transaction account.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the seller can identify the item to be traded and the purchaser of the item through an image such as a photograph or a camera image, and the price through a blind conversation that does not expose information between the seller and the purchaser. Negotiations and trading locations can be specified.

Fig. 5 shows a messenger chat room 500 corresponding to a communication session A established between the purchaser's account and the goods transaction account. In this case, the messenger chat room 500 may be a screen displayed on an electronic device of the purchaser a, for example, a smartphone. When the purchaser a wants to trade the goods, the user executes a messenger on the smartphone and enters a purchase intention message 501 including the name of the goods to be purchased through the chat room 500 with the goods transaction account. The entered purchase intention message 501 may be communicated to the server 150 via communication session A. In addition to inputting a purchase intention in the form of a message in the chat room 500 with the goods transaction account, it is also possible to input using a menu provided in the chat room 500. The server 150 extracts the product name and price information from the purchase intention message 501 received from the electronic device of the purchaser a through the communication session A, and stores the extracted information as the purchase intention information of the purchaser a. Can be built.

6 exemplarily illustrates an article DB including purchase intention information 600. As shown in FIG. 6, the purchase intention information 600 includes a product name 610 including at least one of a category name and a model name of an item to be purchased by the purchaser, price information 620 to be purchased, and an item transaction. Desired location information (eg, latitude and longitude coordinates, area information, etc.) 630, identification information for identifying a purchaser (eg, MID, messenger account, etc.) 640, and the like. In this case, the purchaser may input both the category name and the model name as the article name 610 or may input any one of the category name and the model name. The price information 620 may include a price directly input by a purchaser or a price on the Internet for the same product (eg, lowest price, highest price, average price, recent transaction price, etc.). The location information 630 may be directly designated by the purchaser or include location information obtained by the purchaser's electronic device at the time of transmission of the purchase intention message.

7-9 illustrate a messenger chat room 700 and 900 corresponding to a communication session B established between the seller b's account and the goods transaction account. In this case, the messenger chat rooms 700 and 900 of FIGS. 7 to 9 may be screens displayed on an electronic device of the seller b, for example, a smartphone.

Referring to FIG. 7, when the seller b uploads a picture 701 of the item to be sold through the messenger chat room 700, the server 150 may respond to the item name 710 of the item recognized in the picture 701 and the corresponding item. Providing purchase intention information 720 of purchasers wishing to purchase the information may be provided. At this time, the server 150 purchases the goods in the photo 701 within a predetermined radius based on the position acquired by the electronic device of the seller b at the time of uploading the photo 701 or the position included in the photo 701. The purchase intention information 720 of the desired purchaser may be selected and provided. The purchase intention information 720 may include a price proposed by each purchaser, a distance between a purchaser's location and a seller's location, which he / she wants to trade. The purchase doctor information 720 may provide the price suggested by the purchaser, as well as the price on the Internet (eg, the lowest price, the highest price, the average price, the latest transaction price, etc.), and in the case of the used goods transaction, together with the used transaction price. Price information can be provided, including the price of the new product. In addition, it is also possible to provide the purchase intention information 720 with purchase intention information of the nation's purchase candidates who wish to purchase the goods in the photo 701 without limitation of distance.

When there is no purchase intention information matching the item recognized in the picture 701, that is, when there is no purchaser who wants to purchase the goods in the picture 701, the server 150 recognizes the picture in the picture 701. Along with the article name 710 of the article, the article registration menu 830 for setting a waiting for sale of the article may be provided. When the seller b enters the item registration menu 830 in the messenger chat room 700, the server 150 may include a product name including at least one of a category name and a model name of the item recognized in the picture 701, and the name of the electronic device of the seller b. Product information including location information, identification information for identifying the seller b (e.g., MID, messenger account, etc.) can be registered and waited. The notification about the purchase intention information may be delivered to the electronic device of the seller b.

As another example, referring to FIG. 9, when the seller b runs the camera in the messenger chat room 900, real-time streaming of the camera image 901 is performed. In this case, the server 150 recognizes the article recognized in the camera image 901. For each item, the item name 911 of the corresponding item and the purchase intention information 920 of the purchasers who want to purchase the item may be provided. Similarly, at the time when the camera image 901 is received, it is desired to purchase the goods in the camera image 901 within a predetermined radius based on the position acquired by the electronic device of the seller b or the position included in the camera image 901. The purchase intention information 920 of the purchaser may be selected and provided. The purchase intention information 920 may include a price suggested by each purchaser, a distance between a purchaser's location and a seller's location, which he / she wishes to trade. The purchase intention information 920 may provide not only the price suggested by the purchaser, but also a price on the Internet (for example, the lowest price, the highest price, the average price, and the latest transaction price). Price information can be provided, including the price of the new product. In addition, the purchase intention information 920 may also provide purchase intention information of a nationwide purchaser wishing to purchase the goods in the camera image 901 without limitation of distance. In addition, in the case of an item without a desired purchaser among the items recognized in the camera image 901, the server 150 together with the item name 912 of the corresponding item, the item registration menu 930 for setting a waiting for sale of the corresponding item. Can provide. When the seller b enters the item registration menu 930, the server 150 may include a product name including at least one of a category name and a model name of the item recognized in the camera image 901, location information of the seller b's electronic device, and seller b. The item information including identification information (e.g., MID, messenger account, etc.) may be registered and waited for identifying the item. The notification can be delivered to the electronic device of seller b.

10 illustrates a messenger chat room 1000 corresponding to a communication session C established between an account of a purchaser a and an account of a seller b. In this case, the messenger chat room 1000 of FIG. 10 may be a screen displayed on an electronic device of the seller b, for example, a smartphone.

If the seller 150 selects the purchase intention information of the specific purchase wisher a from the

purchase intention information

720 and 920 provided through the messenger chat room 700 and 900, the server 150 identifies information with the purchaser a. It is possible to provide a blind chat room 1000 that does not expose the. In this case, the server 150 may automatically set the name 1110 of the blind chat room 1000 as an item name of an item that the seller b intends to sell, that is, an item recognized in the picture 701 or the camera image 901. In other words, the blind chat room 1000 may be managed by a product name of an item to be traded between the seller and the purchaser. Prospective buyer a and seller b communicate with each other through blind conversations that do not expose personally identifiable information such as name, nickname, profile image, item status, price, transaction method (direct deal, courier delivery, etc.), transaction location, time date, etc. You can check it.

The blind chat room 1000 may include a location providing menu 1005 for guiding a location between the seller b and the purchaser a, and the server 150 selects the location providing menu 1005 from the blind chat room 1000 by the seller b. In this case, as illustrated in FIG. 11, the purchaser a may provide a map screen 1100 including a location 1101 designated for goods transaction. In addition to providing location services through the blind chat room 1000, the server 150 may also provide a remittance service for a transaction price agreed between the seller and the purchaser.

As shown in FIG. 12, a messenger chat room 1200 corresponding to a communication session established between an account of a user (including both a purchaser and a seller) and an item transaction account includes 'My', which has access to a personal history related to an item transaction. Deal 'menu 1210 may be included. The server 150 may manage a conversation history including a list of blind chat rooms generated for the goods transaction for each user, a purchase history including the goods information purchased by the user, and a sales history including the goods information sold by the user. When the 'My Deal' menu 1210 is selected in the messenger chat room 1200, as shown in FIG. 12, the 'conversation history' menu 1211 for providing a blind conversation history, and ' A purchase history 'menu 1212, a' sale history 'menu 1213, etc. for providing a sales history may be provided. In this case, when the user selects the 'conversation history' menu 1211, as shown in FIG. 13, a blind chat room list 1301 used by the user for a product transaction with another user may be provided. The blind chat room list 1301 may be arranged in the order of creation of the chat rooms or the order of the names of the chat rooms, and the like (eg, the messenger of FIG. 10). Chat room). The user may include a chat history including a blind chat room list as well as a purchase history including purchased goods information, a sales history including sales goods information, and the like on a messenger chat room corresponding to a communication session established between the user's account and the goods transaction account. You can check it.

Similarly, in the position of the purchaser, when the purchaser inputs a purchase intention for a specific item through a messenger chat room with the goods transaction account, the server 150 includes information on the seller's goods corresponding to the purchase intention of the purchaser. The candidate for the transaction may be provided, and when the purchaser selects the item information of the specific seller from the candidate for the transaction, the blind conversation with the selected specific seller may be provided. At this time, if the item information corresponding to the purchase intention of the purchaser does not exist, the purchase intention of the purchaser is registered and waiting, and when the item information corresponding to the purchase intention of the purchaser is registered, the notification of the information of the purchaser is notified. Can be forwarded to

Thus, according to embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to provide a platform that can support more convenient and efficient goods transactions between the seller and the buyer using a messenger.

The apparatus described above may be implemented as a hardware component, a software component, and / or a combination of hardware components and software components. For example, the devices and components described in the embodiments may include a processor, a controller, an arithmetic logic unit (ALU), a digital signal processor, a microcomputer, a field programmable gate array (FPGA), a programmable PLU (programmable). It can be implemented using one or more general purpose or special purpose computers, such as logic units, microprocessors, or any other device capable of executing and responding to instructions. The processing device may execute an operating system (OS) and one or more software applications running on the operating system. The processing device may also access, store, manipulate, process, and generate data in response to the execution of the software. For convenience of explanation, one processing device may be described as being used, but one of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that the processing device includes a plurality of processing elements and / or a plurality of types of processing elements. It can be seen that it may include. For example, the processing device may include a plurality of processors or one processor and one controller. In addition, other processing configurations are possible, such as parallel processors.

The software may include a computer program, code, instructions, or a combination of one or more of the above, and configure the processing device to operate as desired, or process it independently or collectively. You can command the device. The software and / or data may be embodied in any type of machine, component, physical device, computer storage medium or device in order to be interpreted by or provided to the processing device or to provide instructions or data. have. The software may be distributed over networked computer systems so that they may be stored or executed in a distributed manner. Software and data may be stored on one or more computer readable recording media.

The method according to the embodiment may be embodied in the form of program instructions that can be executed by various computer means and recorded in a computer readable medium. In this case, the medium may be to continuously store a program executable by the computer, or to temporarily store for execution or download. In addition, the medium may be a variety of recording means or storage means in the form of a single or several hardware combined, not limited to a medium directly connected to any computer system, it may be distributed on the network. Examples of the medium include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape, optical recording media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, magneto-optical media such as floptical disks, And ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like, configured to store program instructions. In addition, examples of another medium may include a recording medium or a storage medium managed by an app store that distributes an application, a site that supplies or distributes various software, a server, or the like.

Although the embodiments have been described by the limited embodiments and the drawings as described above, various modifications and variations are possible to those skilled in the art from the above description. For example, the described techniques may be performed in a different order than the described method, and / or components of the described systems, structures, devices, circuits, etc. may be combined or combined in a different form than the described method, or other components. Or even if replaced or substituted by equivalents, an appropriate result can be achieved.

Therefore, other implementations, other embodiments, and equivalents to the claims are within the scope of the claims that follow.

Claims

In a method of trading goods executed on a computer system,

The computer system includes at least one processor configured to execute computer readable instructions contained in a memory,

The article trading method,

Receiving, by the at least one processor, purchase intention information about an item desired to be purchased from the electronic device of the purchaser through a first communication session established between an official account for transaction of goods on a messenger and an account of the purchaser; ;

Receiving, by the at least one processor, an image from the merchant's electronic device via a second communication session established between the official account on the messenger and the merchant's account; And

The at least one processor, through the second communication session, a transaction target candidate including at least one purchase intention information matching the item information recognized in the image among the received purchase intention information through the second communication session. Step by step

Commodity trading method comprising a.
The method of claim 1,

Receiving the image,

Receiving a picture uploaded to a chat room corresponding to the second communication session or receiving a camera image executed in the chat room in a streaming manner;

Comprising, the goods trading method.
The method of claim 1,

The providing step,

Recognizing a product to be traded in the image through an image search using a pre-built product DB

Comprising, the goods trading method.
The method of claim 1,

The providing step,

Downloading a reference image necessary for goods recognition based on the position associated with the image to the seller's electronic device

Including,

And using the reference image downloaded from the electronic device of the seller to recognize the goods to be traded in the image.
The method of claim 1,

The purchase intention information includes location information for which the purchaser desires to trade an item,

The providing step,

Providing at least one purchase intention information having location information within a predetermined radius based on the location associated with the image to the electronic device of the seller through the second communication session.

Comprising, the goods trading method.
The method of claim 1,

The providing step,

If there is no purchase intention information matching the item information among the received purchase intention information, register the item information, register the item information, and when the purchase intention information matching the registered item information is received, the corresponding purchase is made. Providing a notification of the doctor information to the seller's electronic device.

Comprising, the goods trading method.
The method of claim 1,

The providing step,

If a plurality of item information is recognized in the image, providing a candidate for transaction including purchase intention information for each item recognized in the image to the seller's electronic device through the second communication session;

Including,

And the purchase intention information includes price information presented by at least one purchaser along with a product name for each of the items.
The method of claim 1,

The article trading method,

Registering, by the at least one processor, article information recognized in the image; And

The at least one processor, through the first communication session, a transaction target candidate including at least one item of information matching the purchase intention information of the purchaser among the registered item information according to the request of the purchaser; Providing to the electronic device of the purchaser

Comprising, the goods trading method.
The method of claim 1,

The article trading method,

By the at least one processor, when the purchase intention information of a specific purchase wisher is selected by the seller in the transaction target candidate through the third communication session established between the account of the specific purchase wisher and the account of the seller on the messenger; Providing a dialogue function between a seller and the specific purchaser

Comprising, the goods trading method.
The method of claim 9,

Providing a dialogue function between the seller and the specific purchaser may include:

And providing a dialogue function between the seller and the specific purchaser in a blind form without exposing user identifiable information to each other.
The method of claim 9,

Providing a dialogue function between the seller and the specific purchaser may include:

Providing a map screen for guiding a location between the seller and the specific purchaser through a chat room corresponding to the third communication session;

Comprising, the goods trading method.
12. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for causing a computer to execute the article transaction method of any one of claims 1 to 11.
In a computer system,

Memory; And

At least one processor coupled with the memory and configured to execute computer readable instructions contained in the memory

Including,

The at least one processor,

A purchase intention registrar configured to receive and register purchase intention information about an item desired to be purchased from the electronic device of the purchaser through a first communication session established between an official account for transaction of goods on a messenger and an account of the purchaser; And

At least one purchase intention matching the item information recognized in the image among the registered purchase intention information when the image is received from the electronic device of the seller through a second communication session established between the official account on the messenger and the account of the seller; A transaction target providing unit that provides a transaction target candidate including information to the seller's electronic device through the second communication session.

Computer system comprising a.
The method of claim 13,

The at least one processor,

Receiving a picture uploaded to the chat room corresponding to the second communication session or a camera image executed in the chat room in a streaming manner.
The method of claim 13,

The purchase intention information includes location information for which the purchaser desires to trade an item,

The transaction target provider,

And provide at least one purchase intention information having location information within a certain radius based on the location associated with the image to the seller's electronic device through the second communication session.
The method of claim 13,

The transaction target provider,

When a plurality of items of information is recognized in the image, a candidate for transaction including purchase intention information for each item recognized in the image is provided to the electronic device of the seller through the second communication session,

The purchase intention information includes price information presented by at least one purchase applicant together with a product name for each of the items.
The method of claim 13,

The at least one processor,

An article registration unit for registering article information recognized in the image by the at least one processor

Including,

The transaction target provider,

Providing a transaction target candidate including at least one item of information matching the purchase intention information of the purchaser among the registered item information according to the request of the purchaser to the electronic device of the purchaser through the first communication session. Computer system.
The method of claim 13,

The at least one processor,

When the purchase intention information of a specific purchase wisher is selected in the transaction target candidate by the seller, a dialogue between the seller and the specific purchase wisher through a third communication session established between the account of the specific purchase wisher and the account of the seller on the messenger; Dialog processing unit providing the function

Including, computer system.
The method of claim 18,

The conversation processing unit,

And provide a dialogue function between the seller and the specific purchaser in the form of blinds that do not expose user identifiable information to each other.
The method of claim 18,

The conversation processing unit,

Providing a map screen for guiding a location between the seller and the specific purchaser through a chat room corresponding to the third communication session;

Including, computer system.