WO2023033220A1

WO2023033220A1 - Method for providing information of item group, and device therefor

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Publication number: WO2023033220A1
Application number: PCT/KR2021/012201
Authority: WO
Inventors: 카델프라카쉬; 박창현; 쟝밍; 박기영; 리우웨일리; 주웬후아; 리데퀴안; 바이칭칭; 조병철; 첸얀얀; 배지현; 이해연; 최윤정; 이다영; 김중곤; 김용건; 김태훈; 쟝카이; 유덕현; 안성욱
Original assignee: 쿠팡 주식회사
Priority date: 2021-09-02
Filing date: 2021-09-08
Publication date: 2023-03-09
Also published as: KR102441293B1; KR20230034184A; TW202319993A

Abstract

A method for providing information of an item group by an electronic device for a product sales service of the present disclosure may comprise the steps of: obtaining information relating to a main item from a terminal of a user using the service; receiving, from a first database, group information comprising at least one sub-item to be grouped with the main item, on the basis of the information relating to the main item; receiving, from a second database, specific information relating to the main item and specific information relating to the at least one sub-item on the basis of the group information; and providing the terminal with a page comprising at least some of the specific information relating to the at least one sub-item and the specific information relating to the main item.

Description

Method for providing information on item group and device therefor

The present disclosure relates to a method for providing information on an item group and an electronic device therefor.

With the development of electronic technology, the proportion of e-commerce that purchases products online increases, and customers can purchase products by accessing online stores without going to shopping malls or markets. Also, the online store may use various methods for inducing a customer to purchase an item on a page for providing information on a sale item. In particular, various methods for inducing purchase of an item may include methods for providing benefits according to item purchase.

As an example of a method for providing benefits according to the purchase of an item, the online store may provide a specific benefit to the buyer when the user purchases a plurality of items together. In this case, a benefit to be provided to the user may be determined by considering various factors, such as which benefit is provided in relation to items purchased by the user, whether the corresponding benefits overlap, and which benefit provides the greatest benefit to the user.

An online store that sells a variety of items needs to efficiently manage benefit information that can be applied when selling a plurality of items and provide users with accurate benefit information applied when purchasing. In this regard, reference may be made to prior literature such as KR10-1020628B1.

An object of the present invention is to provide a method for providing information on an item group and an apparatus therefor. The technical problem to be achieved by the present embodiment is not limited to the technical problems described above, and other technical problems may be inferred from the following embodiments.

A method of providing item group information in an electronic device for a product sales service to solve the above problems includes obtaining information on a main item from a terminal of a user using the service; Receiving group information including at least one sub-item to be grouped with the main item in a first database based on information about the main item; Receiving detailed information on a main item and detailed information on at least one sub-item from a second database based on group information; and providing a page including at least a part of detailed information on at least one sub-item and detailed information on a main item to a terminal.

In addition, an electronic device for providing information on an item group in relation to a product sales service for solving the above problems includes a main item and at least one sub-item to be grouped with the main item based on the information on the main item. A first database for storing group information including; a second database storing detailed information on a main item and detailed information on at least one sub-item; and receiving group information from a first database, receiving detailed information on a main item and detailed information on at least one sub-item from a second database, and receiving detailed information on at least one sub-item based on the received information. It may include a control unit providing a page including at least part of the information and detailed information on the main item.

In addition, a terminal for providing information on an item group in relation to a product sales service for solving the above problems includes a communication device; input device; output device; and a processor operably coupled to the communication device, the input device, and the output device, wherein the processor receives information about the main item from a user using the service through the input device, and receives information about the main item through the communication device. transmits information about the service to an electronic device related to the service, receives detailed information about a main item and detailed information about at least one sub-item to be grouped with the main item from the electronic device through a communication device, and through an output device, At least some of the detailed information on at least one sub-item and detailed information on the main item are provided on the product-related page, and the detailed information on the at least one sub-item and the main item are Based on group information including at least one sub-item identified in the first database of the device, it may be identified in the second database of the electronic device.

Details of other embodiments are included in the detailed description and drawings.

According to the present disclosure, it is possible to check sub-items related to the main item and applicable benefit information in bundle units based on information about the main item, so efficient data management is easy.

In addition, it is possible to provide optimal benefits for items purchased by the user by efficiently managing and applying different benefits for items.

Effects of the invention are not limited to the effects mentioned above, and other effects not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the description of the claims.

1 illustrates a system for providing information on a group of items according to an exemplary embodiment.

2 is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating an electronic device for providing information on an item group according to an exemplary embodiment.

3 is a diagram illustrating a relationship between a main item and a sub-item according to an exemplary embodiment.

4 is a diagram illustrating group information in a first database according to an embodiment.

5 is a diagram illustrating a page providing product group information according to an exemplary embodiment.

6 is a diagram illustrating a page providing expanded product group information according to an exemplary embodiment.

7 is a diagram illustrating a page providing information about a plurality of sub-items included in a sub-item set according to an exemplary embodiment.

8 is a diagram illustrating a detail page based on a stock check result according to an exemplary embodiment.

9 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing item group information according to an exemplary embodiment.

10 is a block diagram illustrating a user terminal for providing item group information according to an exemplary embodiment.

The terms used in the embodiments have been selected as general terms that are currently widely used as much as possible while considering the functions in the present disclosure, but they may vary depending on the intention or precedent of a person skilled in the art, the emergence of new technologies, and the like. In addition, in a specific case, there are also terms arbitrarily selected by the applicant, and in this case, the meaning will be described in detail in the corresponding description. Therefore, terms used in the present disclosure should be defined based on the meaning of the term and the general content of the present disclosure, not simply the name of the term.

When it is said that a certain part "includes" a certain component throughout the specification, it means that it may further include other components without excluding other components unless otherwise stated. In addition, terms such as "...unit" and "...module" described in the specification mean a unit that processes at least one function or operation, which is implemented as hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software. It can be.

The expression of "at least one of a, b, and c" described throughout the specification means 'a alone', 'b alone', 'c alone', 'a and b', 'a and c', 'b and c' ', or 'all a, b, and c'.

A “terminal” referred to below may be implemented as a computer or mobile terminal capable of accessing a server or other terminals through a network. Here, the computer includes, for example, a laptop, desktop, laptop, etc. equipped with a web browser, and the mobile terminal is, for example, a wireless communication device that ensures portability and mobility. , IMT (International Mobile Telecommunication), CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access), W-CDMA (W-Code Division Multiple Access), LTE (Long Term Evolution), etc. It may include a handheld-based wireless communication device.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present disclosure. However, the present disclosure may be implemented in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. In the present disclosure, an item may mean a single item or a set of items of the same type. Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

Referring to FIG. 1 , an item group information providing system 1 may include an electronic device 10, a user terminal 20, a first database 30, a second database 40, and a third database 50. can In the item group information providing system 1 shown in FIG. 1, only components related to the present embodiment are shown. Accordingly, those skilled in the art can understand that other general-purpose components may be further included in addition to the components shown in FIG. 1 .

The electronic device 10 may communicate with the user terminal 20 through a network (not shown). Here, the network includes a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), a value added network (VAN), a mobile radio communication network, a satellite communication network, and combinations thereof. It is a data communication network in a comprehensive sense that allows each network component shown in FIG. 1 to communicate smoothly with each other, and may include wired Internet, wireless Internet, and mobile wireless communication network. Wireless communication includes, for example, wireless LAN (Wi-Fi), Bluetooth, Bluetooth low energy (Bluetooth low energy), Zigbee, WFD (Wi-Fi Direct), UWB (ultra wideband), infrared communication (IrDA, Infrared Data Association) ), Near Field Communication (NFC), etc., but is not limited thereto.

According to an embodiment, the electronic device 10 may be a device included in a server for managing at least one item group information. For example, the electronic device 10 may control a server to manage at least one sub-item assigned to each main item. Also, the item group information providing system 1 may be a system that operates in relation to a product sales service.

The electronic device 10 may obtain information about the main item from the user terminal 20 . Further, the electronic device 10 may receive group information including at least one sub-item to be grouped with the main item from the first database 30 based on information about the main item.

According to an embodiment, the electronic device 10 may receive detailed information on a main item and detailed information on at least one sub item from the second database 40 based on group information. In addition, the electronic device 10 may provide a page including at least a part of detailed information on at least one sub-item and detailed information on a main item to the user terminal 20 through a network. Detailed information on at least one sub-item may include at least one of item name information corresponding to the sub-item, item price information corresponding to the sub-item, and image information corresponding to the sub-item.

According to an embodiment, the user terminal 20 may provide detailed information on a main item in a first area of a page, and information about at least a part of detailed information on at least one sub-item may be provided in a second area of the page. area can be provided.

The electronic device 10 may check identification information of the main item based on information about the main item. The identification information may include at least one of information for identifying a product corresponding to the main item and information for identifying a seller and product corresponding to the main item. Information for identifying a product corresponding to the main item may include an identifier representing the product as an Item ID. Information for identifying the seller and product corresponding to the main item is Vendor Item Id, and the corresponding information may include an identifier representing the product and seller.

Meanwhile, at least one sub-item may be identified based on at least one bundle information mapped to identification information of a main item in the first database 30 . The bundle information may include information on at least one sub-item, and the information on the at least one sub-item may include priority information of each of the at least one sub-item. The electronic device 10 may configure a page by selecting at least some of the detailed information on at least one sub-item based on the priority information and transmit it to the user terminal 20 . For example, the order in which detailed information on at least one sub-item is displayed based on priority information may be determined and provided on a page.

According to an embodiment, at least some of detailed information on at least one sub-item may be selected in consideration of priority information and inventory information on each of at least one sub-item. For example, detailed information on a sub-item to be provided on the page may be selected in consideration of at least one of sales volume of the sub-item, price discount information on the sub-item, and stock amount of the sub-item. Specifically, detailed information on a sub-item with a high sales volume may be preferentially provided or detailed information on a sub-item with a high discount rate may be provided with priority. In this case, based on the stock amount of each sub-item, an out-of-stock item may be pushed to the bottom or may not be provided on the page. Priority information may be checked in the first database 30, and inventory information for each of at least one sub-item may be checked based on detailed information on at least one sub-item.

According to an embodiment, the electronic device 10 transmits detailed information on the main item and detailed information on the at least one sub-item to the third database 50 to transmit at least one of the main item and the at least one sub-item. When purchasing together, you can receive price discount information applied. According to an embodiment, the benefit information on the main item may be stored in the second database 40, and the benefit information includes price discount information on the main item and sub-items, application conditions of the price discount information, and main item and It may include at least one of threshold value information of a price discount that can be applied in relation thereto. In addition, the electronic device 10 requests at least one of the results of applying the benefit information on the main item to the main item and the sub-item to the third database 50 to purchase the main item and at least one sub-item together. In this case, discounted price information that can be applied may be obtained. Accordingly, a page provided to the user terminal 20 may be configured based on response information received from the third database 50 .

According to an embodiment, the group information may include at least one piece of bundle information including at least one sub-item corresponding to the main item. The bundle information may include a first sub-item set, and the first sub-item set may include a plurality of sub-items having the same type of items and different parts of properties. At least some of the detailed information on at least one sub-item may be selected based on the sales volume among a plurality of sub-items included in the first sub-item set based on the bundle information. For example, a sub-item having the highest sales volume among a plurality of sub-items included in the first sub-item set may be selected. Further, detailed information of the selected sub-item may be provided on the page through the user terminal 20 as a representative item for the first set of sub-items.

The user terminal 20 may receive an input for the first sub-item set through a page. In addition, the input may be transmitted to the electronic device 10 and information about a plurality of sub-items included in the first sub-item set may be received as a response to the input from the electronic device 10 . The user terminal 20 may provide a detailed page including information about a plurality of received sub-items. According to an embodiment, the electronic device 10, before providing information on a plurality of sub-items included in the first sub-item set to the user terminal 20, based on detailed information on at least one sub-item, Inventory of each of a plurality of sub-items included in the first sub-item set may be checked. Further, information on each of a plurality of sub-items may be provided to the user terminal 20 based on the inventory check result. For example, a plurality of sub-items may be provided on a detail page so as to be positioned at the top in the order of inventory.

According to an embodiment, the first database 30 is a storage for group information including a main item and at least one sub-item grouped with the main item, and the second database 40 includes detailed information and It is a storage containing detailed information on at least one sub-item, and the third database 50 is a storage containing price discount information applied when at least one of the main item and at least one sub-item is purchased together. 1 shows that the first database 30, the second database 40, and the third database 50 are separate components from the electronic device 10, but these databases are included in the electronic device 10. can be This will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2 .

According to an embodiment, the electronic device 10 providing information on an item group includes a controller 110 , a first database 120 and a second database 130 . In addition, the electronic device 10 may further include a third database 140 . According to an embodiment, the electronic device 10 providing information on the item group may include at least one of the control unit 110, the first database 120, the second database 130, the third database 140, and other external devices. A network supporting information transmission and reception between parts may be further included.

Meanwhile, even when the first database 120, the second database 130, and the third database 140 exist, at least some of these databases exist as separate devices distinct from the electronic device 10, or By being included in a separate device distinct from the electronic device 10, it may exist in a form not included in the electronic device 10. However, even in this case, a method of providing a series of item group information performed by data transmission and reception between the control unit 110, the first database 120, the second database 130, and the third database 140 may be similarly performed. there is. Hereinafter, for convenience of description, embodiments in which the first database 120, the second database 130, and the third database 140 are included in the electronic device 10 will be described. 120), the second database 130, and the third database 140 may be applied mutatis mutandis even when at least some of them exist in a form not included in the electronic device 10.

The control unit 110 of the electronic device 10 may include a transceiver, a memory, and a processor. The first database 120, the second database 130, and the third database 140 may include at least some of a transceiver, a memory, and a processor. In addition, each of the control unit 110, the first database 120, the second database 130, and the third database 140 means a unit that processes at least one function or operation, which is hardware or software, or It can be implemented as a combination of hardware and software. Meanwhile, throughout the embodiment, the controller 110, the first database 120, the second database 130, and the third database 140 are referred to as separate servers, but they may have a logically divided structure, and a single server It can be implemented by a function separated from

According to one embodiment, the control unit 110, the first database 120, the second database 130 and the third database 140 may include a plurality of computer systems or computer software implemented as a network server. For example, at least some of the controller 110, the first database 120, the second database 130 and the third database 140 can communicate with other network servers through a computer network such as an intranet or the Internet. It may refer to a computer system and computer software that is connected to a subordinate device to receive a job execution request, performs a job for the request, and provides a result of execution. In addition, at least some of the control unit 110, the first database 120, the second database 130, and the third database 140 are a series of application programs that can operate on the network server, and It can be understood as a broad concept including various databases. For example, at least some of the control unit 110, the first database 120, the second database 130, and the third database 140 are DOS, Windows, Linux, UNIX , or may be implemented using a network server program provided in various ways according to an operating system such as MacOS.

The electronic device 10 is a device that configures and provides various information as web pages. The electronic device 10 may be a device that serves to provide item sales information and service provision information to the user, but the role of the electronic device 10 is not limited thereto. Meanwhile, throughout the embodiments, a service may be referred to as an item, the provision of a service may be referred to as the provision of an item or the sale of an item, and the user may purchase an item through a service provided by the electronic device 10 .

The controller 110 is a functional unit for controlling the electronic device 10 . The controller 110 may read and interpret commands and determine a sequence for data processing. The control unit 110 receives group information including a main item and at least one sub-item to be grouped with the main item from the first database 120, and the main item and at least one sub-item from the second database 130. Receive relevant details. Based on the group information and the detailed information, the controller 110 provides a page including at least a part of detailed information on at least one sub-item and detailed information on the main item.

The meaning of providing a page by the control unit 110 may be interpreted to encompass various operations enabling a user to receive a page. For example, the operation of providing the page by the controller 110 may include an operation of outputting the page to a screen or the like by the controller 110 directly controlling an output device for providing information to the user, and the electronic device 100 ) may include an operation for the control unit 110 to control the transceiver to transmit data for providing a page to an external device such as the user terminal 20 from the transceiver of ).

According to an embodiment, the controller 110 further requests price discount information applied when at least one of the main item and at least one sub-item is purchased together from the third database 140, and response information to the request. A page may be further configured and provided based on.

The first database 120, the second database 130, and the third database 140 store data, receive a request from the controller 110 or a user, and send the data to the controller 110 based on the received request. can transmit. For example, the first database 120 transmits group information including a main item and at least one sub-item to be grouped with the main item to the control unit 110, and the second database 130 transmits the main item and at least one sub-item. Detailed information about the item is transmitted to the controller 110 . In addition, the third database 140 may transmit at least one of benefit information on the main item and a result of applying the benefit information on the main item to the main item and sub-item sets to the control unit 110 .

According to an embodiment, at least some of the first database 120, the second database 130, and the third database 140 may further perform not only transmission and reception of data, but also data processing, processing, and calculation based on the data. may be For example, the third database 140 receives detailed information on the main item and detailed information on at least one sub-item from the control unit 110, and provides benefit information on the main item based on the received detailed information. And a result applied to the sub-item set may be calculated.

Operations related to a series of information processing methods according to various embodiments may be implemented by a single physical device or may be implemented by organically combining a plurality of physical devices. For example, some of the components included in the electronic device 10 providing information on the item group may be implemented by one physical device, and the other components may be implemented by another physical device. For example, one physical device may be implemented as part of the control unit 110, and another physical device may be part of the first database 120, part of the second database 130, or part of the third database 140. It may be implemented as part of some or other external device. In some cases, each component included in the electronic device 10 that provides information on the item group is distributed and arranged on different physical devices, and the distributed components are organically combined to provide item information. It may be implemented to perform functions and operations of the provided electronic device 10 .

According to one embodiment, there may be at least one sub-item 222 to 999 related to the main item 111 . The sub-item may refer to an auxiliary item that can be used together with the main item or mounted on the main item. For example, if the main item is a computer monitor, the sub items may be a keyboard, cable, monitor arm, and the like.

According to an embodiment, a plurality of sub-items related to each other may be grouped into one sub-item set. For example, a plurality of sub-items having the same item type and different parts of properties may be grouped into one sub-item set. Referring to FIG. 2 , sub-items 555, 566, and 577 may be grouped into one sub-item set. For example, wired keyboards of different colors may be grouped into one sub-item set.

Detailed information of a sub-item set may be provided on a page based on a representative sub-item, and in FIG. 2 , the representative sub-item is a sub-item 555 . Accordingly, the detailed information of the sub-items 566 and 577 will not be provided on the page, but the detailed information of the sub-item 555 will be representatively provided. According to an embodiment, there may be an input on a sub-item set through the user terminal 20, and a detailed page including information about a plurality of sub-items included in the sub-item set is displayed through the user terminal 20. can be provided. In this case, detailed information on the sub-items 566 and 577 may be provided along with detailed information on the sub-item 555 . For more detailed explanation regarding this, refer to FIG. 7 .

According to an embodiment, the group information 400 may include main item identification information 410 , mapping type information 420 , and bundle information 430 . The main item identification information 410 may include information for identifying a product corresponding to the main item and information for identifying a seller and product corresponding to the main item.

Referring to FIG. 4 , when the main item is 'iPhone', the main item identification information 410 includes a main item identifier 111 as information for identifying a product corresponding to the main item. Also, the main item identification information 410 includes VENDOR_ITEM as information for identifying a seller and a product corresponding to the main item.

Meanwhile, sub-items related to the main item may be bundled according to benefit information applicable to the main item. For example, when purchased together with the main item, when a promotional discount is applied to the sub-item, when a certain amount of support is available for the main item, when a service related to the main item is provided free of charge, etc. There may be. Accordingly, the mapping type information 420 includes information on which benefit information is bundled on the basis of at least one sub-item mapped to the identification information 410 of the main item. Such benefit information may be information set by a seller of a product or information registered in advance by a product sales service provider for a corresponding product.

The bundle information 430 includes information on bundled sub-items, and each bundle information 430 may be classified according to the mapping type information 420 . The bundle information 430 may include identification information of the sub-item, and may include, for example, information for identifying a product corresponding to the sub-item and information for identifying a seller and product corresponding to the sub-item. there is.

According to an embodiment, the group information 400 may further include requester_service information indicating whether mapping information or promotion information has been received from which device of the item group information providing system.

Meanwhile, as described above with reference to FIG. 3 , a plurality of sub-items having the same item types and different parts of attributes may be grouped into one sub-item set, and a plurality of sub-items belonging to one sub-item set may be grouped together. Items cannot belong to different bundles. That is, sub-items grouped in a set can be treated as one item.

Referring to FIG. 4 together with FIG. 3, a first bundle is a bundle to which a promotional discount is applied to sub-items when purchased together with a main item, and mapping type information 420 indicates BUNDLE_PROMOTION, and the sub-item ( 555) and its sub-item sets, sub-items 566 and 577 are included. The second bundle is a bundle that can receive a certain amount of support for the main item when purchased together with the main item. The mapping type information 420 indicates SUBSIDY_PROMOTION, and the corresponding bundle includes a sub item 444. The third bundle is a bundle in which services related to the main item can be provided free of charge when purchased together with the main item. ) are included. The fourth bundle, like the first bundle, is a bundle to which a promotion discount is applied to sub-items when purchased together with the main item, and the sub-item 666 is included in the bundle. A fifth bundle is also a bundle to which a promotion discount is applied to sub-items when purchased together with the main item, and the sub-item 888 and sub-item 999 are included in the bundle.

According to an embodiment, grouping refers to grouping at least one sub-item related to one main item and classifying it into one group, and bundling means that among the grouped sub-items, among benefit information allocated to the main item, the same benefit information This means that sub-items that can be applied are bundled into one bundle.

The electronic device 10 checks group information on the main item in the first database, and when at least one sub-item is purchased together with the main item, it may check whether there is a bundle to which a benefit is applied. In addition, as the bundle to which the benefit is applied is identified, benefit information that can be applied when purchasing the main item may be provided on the page 500 . For example, if there is a bundle in which a promotional discount is applied to sub-items when purchased together with a main item, the page 500 displays a phrase such as “products that are discounted when purchased as a set” at the top of the detailed information of products belonging to the bundle. can provide.

According to an embodiment, the page 500 may include detailed information 501 on a main item and

detailed information

502 and 503 on at least one sub item. The detailed information 501 on the main item may include image information, name information, and price information of the main item. The

detailed information

502 and 503 on the sub-item may include image information, name information, and price information of the sub-item, and may further include benefit information applicable when purchased together with the main item. . The benefit information displayed in the detailed information on the sub-item may include item price information when the benefit is applied. For example, referring to FIG. 5 , detailed information 502 on the sub-item wired keyboard may include a phrase such as “a set discount of 30,000 won is automatically applied” for a bundle that is discounted when purchasing a bundle, and the sub-item The detailed information 503 on the monitor cable may include a phrase such as "A set discount of 4,000 won is automatically applied." However, such benefit information does not necessarily have to be displayed together with sub-item information, and may be displayed as a separate text or image. In addition, it is not necessary to provide such a benefit application in addition to a sub-item, and the benefit may be applied to the main item when a condition for applying a benefit such as purchasing a sub-item together is satisfied.

The page 500 may further include final order price information 504 to which all purchase condition information is applied. The purchaser can check how much benefits he or she has received by making a bundle purchase through the final order amount information 504 . Referring to FIG. 5 , since the purchaser wants to purchase a monitor, which is a main item, and a wired keyboard and monitor cable, which are sub-items, together, the electronic device 10 provides a discount that can be applied when three items are purchased at once. The total sum of the amount may be displayed through a phrase such as “automatically applied 34,000 won set discount”.

According to one embodiment, the page 500 may further include a user interface 505 for further providing sub-items related to the main item. For example, the page 500 includes a "see more" button 505 to provide detailed information of more sub-items related to the main item when the user selects the "see more" button 505 through the terminal. You can turn it into a page. In this regard, a detailed examination will be made with reference to FIG. 6 .

According to one embodiment, the page 600 is a page that provides expanded product group information to provide more sub-items when there is an input to the user interface 505 on the page 500 . For example, if only

detailed information

502 and 503 on sub-items is provided in the page 500, referring to FIG. 6, the expanded page 600 includes

detailed information

601 and 602 on additional sub-items. can provide more.

Detailed information

601 and 602 on these additional sub-items may include image information, name information, price information, etc. of the sub-item like

detailed information

502 and 503, and may be applied when purchased together with the main item. You may also include benefit information that you have. Meanwhile, the user may purchase more sub-items on the expanded page 600 and receive more benefits.

Returning to FIG. 5 , according to an embodiment, the

detailed information

502 and 503 of at least one sub-item provides a user interface 506 for changing properties of the sub-item according to bundle information to which the corresponding sub-item belongs. can include more. For example, if the detailed information of the sub-item provided on the page 500 is detailed information on a sub-item set, it belongs to the sub-item set through an input to the user interface 506 and some of the attributes belong to other sub-items. You can switch to a page that provides detailed information about In this regard, a detailed examination will be made with reference to FIG. 7 .

The page 710 may correspond to the page 500 including detailed information on a main item and detailed information on at least one sub-item in FIG. 5 . If there is an input to the user interface 506 for changing the properties of sub-items with respect to the detailed information 701 on the sub-item set on the page 710, part of the properties belongs to the sub-item set and belongs to another sub-item. It can be switched to a page 720 providing detailed information about. According to an embodiment, the detailed information 701 on the sub-item set provided on the page 710 may be information based on a sub-item selected based on sales volume among a plurality of sub-items included in the sub-item set. For example, a sub-item having the highest sales volume among sub-item sets may be designated as a representative item, and detailed information of the representative item may be displayed as detailed information of the sub-item set.

A page 720 is a detailed page including information about a plurality of sub-items included in a sub-item set. The page 720 displays information about a plurality of sub-items included in the same sub-item set, having the same type of items and different parts of attributes. For example, wired keyboards of different colors may be grouped into one sub-item set, and a plurality of sub-items may be listed from top to bottom based on sales volume. A user may input an input to the user interface 506 for changing the properties of sub-items in the page 710 and change the properties of the sub-items in the page 720 . Here, changing the properties of a sub-item does not mean changing some of the properties of one sub-item, but means selecting an item having a different property from the representative item among sub-items having the same type as the representative item. Referring to FIG. 7 , the representative item of the sub-item wired keyboard is a gray-blue wired keyboard, and the user can change the properties of the wired keyboard by selecting detailed information 702 on the light pink wired keyboard on a page 720. there is.

According to an embodiment, a user may select detailed information 702 for any one sub-item listed on the page 720 . Further, the detailed information 703 on the sub-item set may be changed to detailed information on the selected sub-item and displayed on the page 730 . The page 730 differs from the page 720 only in that the detailed information on the sub-item set is changed. Accordingly, the user may select the property change user interface 506 on the page 730 to change the property of the sub-item to be purchased again.

Meanwhile, in order to display the page 720, the electronic device 10 may check inventory of each of a plurality of sub-items included in the sub-item set based on detailed information on the sub-items. In this case, some sub-items may be out of stock, and in this case, the page 720 may display the sub-item information that is out of stock differently. In this regard, a detailed examination will be made with reference to FIG. 8 .

According to an embodiment, when there is an input to the user interface 506 for changing a property of a sub-item belonging to a sub-item set, the electronic device 10 checks detailed information about the sub-item and assigns it to the sub-item set. It is possible to check the inventory of each of the plurality of included sub-items. In addition, the electronic device 10 may provide a detailed page 800 including information on each of a plurality of sub-items based on the stock check result. When the stock of the sub-item is insufficient as a result of checking the stock, detailed information on the sub-item may be dimmed so that the user cannot select it.

Referring to FIG. 8 , as a result of checking the stock of a plurality of

sub-items

801 , 802 , and 803 belonging to one sub-item set, it may be confirmed that the sub-item 803 is out of stock. In this case, the detailed information of the sub-item 803 may be provided on the page 800 after being blurred so that selection is not possible. Also, the detailed information of the sub-item 803 may be located at the bottom among detailed information on a plurality of sub-items.

Meanwhile, since information in the first database, the second database, and the third database may be updated in real time as items are sold, the order in which detailed information about sub-items is displayed when the inventory status changes according to item sales. It can also change in real time.

Hereinafter, a method of providing item group information in an electronic device for a product sales service will be described in detail through a flowchart according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

9 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing item group information according to an exemplary embodiment. The electronic device may be the electronic device 10 of the item group information providing system 1 and the terminal may be the user terminal 20 of the item group information providing system 1 .

In step S901, the electronic device may obtain information on the main item from the user's terminal using the product sales service.

In step S902, the electronic device may receive group information including at least one sub-item to be grouped with the main item from the first database based on the information about the main item. According to an embodiment, the electronic device may check identification information of the main item based on information about the main item. The identification information may include at least one of information for identifying a product corresponding to the main item and information for identifying a seller and product corresponding to the main item. Also, the group information may include at least one piece of bundle information that is mapped to identification information of the main item and includes at least one sub-item corresponding to the main item. The bundle information may include information on at least one sub-item, and the information on the at least one sub-item may include priority information of each of the at least one sub-item. Accordingly, at least some of the detailed information on at least one sub-item to be included in the page of the user terminal may be selected based on the priority information. According to an embodiment, at least some of the detailed information on at least one sub-item to be included in the page may be selected by further considering stock information on each of the at least one sub-item. Inventory information on each of the at least one sub-item may be checked based on detailed information on the at least one sub-item.

According to an embodiment, the group information may include at least one bundle information including at least one sub-item corresponding to the main item, and the bundle information may include a first sub-item set. The first set of sub-items includes a plurality of sub-items of the same type and different parts of properties. Detailed information on at least one sub-item may be selected based on a sales volume among a plurality of sub-items included in the first sub-item set based on the bundle information and provided on the page. For example, a sub-item with the highest sales volume among a plurality of sub-items may be provided on the page as detailed information on the first set of sub-items.

In step S903, the electronic device may receive detailed information on the main item and detailed information on at least one sub-item from the second database based on the group information. Detailed information on at least one sub-item may include at least one of item name information corresponding to the sub-item, item price information corresponding to the sub-item, and image information corresponding to the sub-item. According to an embodiment, the electronic device transmits detailed information on a main item and detailed information on at least one sub-item to a third database, and at least one of the main item and at least one sub-item is stored together from the third database. When making a purchase, you can receive price discount information applied.

In step S904, the electronic device may provide a page including at least a part of detailed information on at least one sub-item and detailed information on the main item to the terminal. According to an embodiment, detailed information on a main item may be provided in a first area of a page, and information about at least a part of detailed information on at least one sub-item may be provided in a second area of a page. Region 2 may be positioned below the first region.

According to an embodiment, an input for the first sub-item set may be received through the page. In this case, the electronic device may provide a detailed page including information about a plurality of sub-items included in the first sub-item set to the terminal in response to the input. Additionally, the electronic device may check the inventory of each of the plurality of sub-items included in the first sub-item set based on the detailed information on at least one sub-item, and based on the stock check result, the inventory of each of the plurality of sub-items may be checked. It is possible to provide a detailed page including information on the terminal to the terminal.

10 is a block diagram illustrating a user terminal for providing item group information according to an exemplary embodiment. The user terminal 20 of FIG. 10 may correspond to the user terminal 20 of FIG. 1 .

According to an embodiment, the user terminal 20 of the present disclosure includes a communication device 22, an input device 24, an output device 26, and a processor ( 28) may be included. The components shown in FIG. 10 are not essential to implement the terminal, so the terminal described in the present disclosure may have more or fewer components than the components listed above. Technology related to this embodiment Anyone with ordinary knowledge in the field can understand.

The communication device 22 may communicate with an external electronic device using a wired/wireless communication technology and may include a transceiver. An external electronic device may be a terminal or a server. In addition, communication technologies used by the communication device 22 include Global System for Mobile communication (GSM), Code Division Multi Access (CDMA), Long Term Evolution (LTE), 5G, Wireless LAN (WLAN), and Wireless-Fi (Wi-Fi). Fidelity), Bluetooth, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Infrared Data Association (IrDA), ZigBee, Near Field Communication (NFC), and the like, but are not limited thereto.

According to an embodiment, the communication device 22 transmits information on the main item to an electronic device related to a product sales service, and from the electronic device to detailed information on the main item and at least one sub-item to be grouped with the main item. You can receive detailed information about

The input device 24 includes a camera or video input unit for inputting a video signal, a microphone or audio input unit for inputting an audio signal, and a user input unit (for example, a touch key) for receiving information from a user. , a push key (mechanical key), etc.). In addition, the input device 24 may include one or more sensors for sensing at least one of information within the terminal, surrounding environment information surrounding the terminal, and user information. For example, the input device may include a proximity sensor, an illumination sensor, a touch sensor, a motion sensor, a fingerprint sensor, an optical sensor, For example, at least one of a camera), a microphone, and the like may be included. Meanwhile, the mobile terminal of the present disclosure may combine and utilize information sensed by at least two or more of these sensors.

According to an embodiment, the input device 24 may receive information about the main item from a user using the service. In addition, the input device 24 may receive an input for further providing sub-items related to the main item and an input for changing properties for a set of sub-items.

The output device 26 is for generating an output related to sight, hearing, or touch, and may include at least one of a display, an audio output unit, a haptic module, and an optical output unit. The display may implement a touch screen by forming a mutual layer structure or integrally with the touch sensor. Such a touch screen may function as a user input unit providing an input interface between a terminal and a user, and may provide an output interface between a terminal and a user.

According to an embodiment, the output device 26 may output a product-related page including at least a part of detailed information on at least one sub-item and detailed information on the main item. Also, the output device 26 may output an extended page for further providing sub-items related to the main item and a page providing detailed information on a plurality of sub-items included in the sub-item set.

The processor 28 may control the overall operation of the user terminal 20 and process data and signals. According to one embodiment, processor 28 may control the operation of communication device 22, input device 24, and output device 26 to provide information of a group of items. Also, the processor 28 configures an output page based on the detailed information on at least one sub-item and the detailed information on the main item received from the electronic device 10, or a plurality of sub-items included in a sub-item set. A page for property change can be configured based on detailed information about an item. At this time, the detailed information on at least one sub-item and the detailed information on the main item are stored in the second database of the electronic device based on group information including at least one sub-item identified in the first database of the electronic device. This may be verified information.

The device according to the above-described embodiments includes a memory for storing and executing program data, a permanent storage unit such as a disk drive, a communication port for communicating with an external device, and a user interface such as a touch panel, a key, and a button. devices and the like. Methods implemented as software modules or algorithms may be stored on a computer-readable recording medium as computer-readable codes or program instructions executable on the processor. Here, the computer-readable recording medium includes magnetic storage media (e.g., read-only memory (ROM), random-access memory (RAM), floppy disk, hard disk, etc.) and optical reading media (e.g., CD-ROM) ), and DVD (Digital Versatile Disc). A computer-readable recording medium may be distributed among computer systems connected through a network, and computer-readable codes may be stored and executed in a distributed manner. The medium may be readable by a computer, stored in a memory, and executed by a processor.

Meanwhile, in all embodiments, a communication device may include a transceiver for transmitting and receiving information.

This embodiment can be presented as functional block structures and various processing steps. These functional blocks may be implemented with any number of hardware or/and software components that perform specific functions. For example, an embodiment is an integrated circuit configuration such as memory, processing, logic, look-up table, etc., which can execute various functions by control of one or more microprocessors or other control devices. can employ them. Similar to components that can be implemented as software programming or software elements, the present embodiments include data structures, processes, routines, or various algorithms implemented as combinations of other programming constructs, such as C, C++, Java ( It can be implemented in a programming or scripting language such as Java), assembler, or the like. Functional aspects may be implemented in an algorithm running on one or more processors. In addition, this embodiment may employ conventional techniques for electronic environment setting, signal processing, and/or data processing. Terms such as "mechanism", "element", "means", and "composition" may be used broadly and are not limited to mechanical and physical components. The term may include a meaning of a series of software routines in association with a processor or the like.

The foregoing embodiments are just examples, and other embodiments may be implemented within the scope of the claims described below.

Claims

A method for providing information on an item group in an electronic device for a product sales service, the method comprising:

obtaining information on a main item from a terminal of a user using the service;

Receiving group information including at least one sub-item to be grouped with the main item in a first database based on the information about the main item;

receiving detailed information on the main item and detailed information on the at least one sub-item from a second database based on the group information; and

and providing, to the terminal, a page including at least a part of detailed information on the at least one sub-item and detailed information on the main item.
According to claim 1,

Further comprising checking identification information of the main item based on the information about the main item;

The method of claim 1 , wherein the group information includes at least one bundle information including at least one sub-item corresponding to the main item by being mapped to the identification information of the main item.
According to claim 2,

Wherein the identification information includes at least one of information for identifying a product corresponding to the main item and information for identifying a seller and product corresponding to the main item.
According to claim 2,

the bundle information includes information on the at least one sub-item, and the information on the at least one sub-item includes priority information of each of the at least one sub-item;

wherein at least some of the detailed information on the at least one sub-item to be included in the page is selected based on the priority information.
According to claim 4,

At least some of the detailed information on the at least one sub-item to be included in the page is selected based on the priority information and inventory information on each of the at least one sub-item;

The method of providing item group information, wherein inventory information for each of the at least one sub-item is checked based on detailed information on the at least one sub-item.
According to claim 1,

Detailed information on the at least one sub-item,

item name information corresponding to the sub-item;

item price information corresponding to the sub-item; and

A method for providing information on an item group comprising at least one of image information corresponding to the sub-item.
According to claim 1,

transmitting detailed information on the main item and detailed information on the at least one sub-item to a third database;

The method of providing item group information further comprising receiving, from the third database, price discount information applied when at least one of the main item and the at least one sub-item is purchased together.
According to claim 1,

Detailed information on the main item is provided in the first area of the page, and information on at least a part of the detailed information on the at least one sub-item is provided in the second area of the page. How to provide.
According to claim 1,

The group information

includes at least one bundle information including at least one sub-item corresponding to the main item;

wherein the bundle information includes a first sub-item set, and the first sub-item set includes a plurality of sub-items having the same type of items and different parts of attributes.
According to claim 9,

At least some of the detailed information on the at least one sub-item is selected based on sales volume among a plurality of sub-items included in the first sub-item set based on the bundle information and is provided on the page. How to provide.
According to claim 9,

receiving an input for the first sub-item set from the terminal through the page; and

In response to the input, the method further comprising providing a detailed page including information on a plurality of sub-items included in the first sub-item set to the terminal.
According to claim 11,

checking inventory of each of a plurality of sub-items included in the first set of sub-items based on the detailed information on the at least one sub-item; and

The method of providing item group information, further comprising providing a detail page including information on each of the plurality of sub-items based on the result of checking the inventory.
A computer-readable non-transitory recording medium on which a program for executing the method of claim 1 is recorded on a computer.
An electronic device for providing information on an item group in relation to a product sales service,

a first database storing group information including a main item and at least one sub item to be grouped with the main item based on information on the main item;

a second database storing detailed information on the main item and detailed information on the at least one sub-item; and

The group information is received from the first database, detailed information on the main item and detailed information on the at least one sub-item are received from the second database, and based on the received information, the at least one An electronic device comprising a control unit providing a page including at least a part of detailed information on sub-items and detailed information on the main item.
In a terminal for providing information on an item group in relation to a product sales service,

communication device;

input device;

output device; and

a processor operably coupled with the communication device, the input device and the output device;

the processor,

Receiving information about a main item from a user using the service through the input device;

Transmitting information on the main item to an electronic device related to the service through the communication device;

Receiving detailed information on the main item and detailed information on at least one sub-item to be grouped with the main item from the electronic device through the communication device;

Characterized in that, through the output device, at least a part of the detailed information on the at least one sub-item and detailed information on the main item are provided on a product-related page,

The detailed information on the at least one sub-item and the detailed information on the main item are based on group information including the at least one sub-item checked in the first database of the electronic device, 2 The terminal, identified in the database.