WO2023106484A1

WO2023106484A1 - Electronic device for providing discount information, and method therefor

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Publication number: WO2023106484A1
Application number: PCT/KR2021/018855
Authority: WO
Inventors: 김남희; 최진; 정수경
Original assignee: 쿠팡 주식회사
Priority date: 2021-12-09
Filing date: 2021-12-13
Publication date: 2023-06-15
Also published as: KR20230087353A; KR102604536B1; KR102422638B1; KR20230160766A; TW202324257A

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an electronic device for providing discount information and a method therefor. In the method for providing discount information by the electronic device related to an item sales service, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the discount information providing method comprises the steps of: identifying information about a user; confirming a discount information set corresponding to the information about the user among a plurality of pieces of discount information; and providing, to a user terminal, a first page including a widget displaying at least one discount information icon generated on the basis of the discount information set.

Description

Electronic device and method for providing discount information

The present disclosure relates to an electronic device and method for providing discount information. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to an electronic device and method for providing a widget that identifies a discount information set based on user information in e-commerce and displays a discount information icon generated based on the identified discount information set. it's about

In order to increase the purchase rate of items by consumers in commercial transactions, discount coupons that provide discounts for a certain amount of product purchase price to consumers when purchasing items are used as part of marketing. Discount coupons are useful by providing benefits to consumers when purchasing products, etc., and increase sales at a low cost to the discount coupon issuer (item and service provider) and advertising effect targeting prospective and potential customers within a designated area. can help

Recently, with the development of the Internet and communication technology, electronic commerce, which is a transaction form of buying and selling items using the Internet, has become common, and issuance of electronic coupons to provide discounts has been actively performed. Issuance of electronic coupons has an advantage of reducing time and cost for distributing issued coupons to consumers. However, issuance of discount coupons in electronic commerce currently used has a limitation in that it can provide only a uniform discount amount for the same item to all consumers. In addition, from the consumer's point of view, there is a problem in that unnecessary coupons are passively provided by issuing discount coupons in bulk.

In this regard, reference may be made to prior literature such as KR1020120101222A and KR102279348B1.

In order to solve the above problems, the present disclosure provides an electronic device and method for processing information for providing customized discount information for each user by reflecting user information and providing discount information to the user according to the processed information. aims to

In the method of providing discount information by an electronic device related to an item selling service according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the method of providing discount information includes: checking information about a user; corresponding to information about the user among a plurality of pieces of discount information; and providing a first page including a widget displaying at least one discount information icon generated based on the discount information set to the user's terminal.

For example, the at least one discount information icon corresponds to a first area displaying store information corresponding to the discount information icon, a second area displaying discount amount information corresponding to the discount information icon, and the discount information icon. and a third area displaying a representative image of

For example, first color information is allocated to the first area included in a first discount information icon among the at least one discount information icon, and the first color information included in a second discount information icon adjacent to the first discount information icon. Second color information different from the first color information is allocated to region 1.

For example, when the widget is displayed again, the first color information and the second color information are variably allocated.

For example, the discount information icon further includes a first icon displayed in the second area, and the discount information providing method receives a first input of the user corresponding to the first icon from the user's terminal. and providing a discount coupon corresponding to the discount information icon to the user in response to the first input.

For example, the discount information providing method may include receiving a second input of the user corresponding to any one of the first area and the third area from the user's terminal, and the discount information corresponding to the second input. The method may further include providing a store list corresponding to an icon to the user.

For example, the widget further includes a second icon disposed above the alignment of the at least one discount information icon, and the discount information providing method may include a third icon of the user corresponding to the second icon from the user's terminal. The method may further include receiving an input and providing a store list corresponding to a discount information set to the user in response to the third input.

For example, the checking of the discount information set may include: checking a store set based on a reference location corresponding to the user; and checking the discount information set based on discount information corresponding to the store set among the plurality of discount information. It includes the step of checking.

For example, the checking of the discount information set includes checking the discount information set based on a usable period corresponding to each of the plurality of discount information.

For example, the step of checking the discount information set includes checking the user's purchase history in the item selling service, and when the user's purchase history in the item selling service is confirmed, based on the purchase history and checking the discount information set.

For example, the checking of the discount information set may further include checking the discount information set based on a default value set in the item selling service when the purchase history of the user in the item selling service is not checked. include

For example, the checking of the discount information set may include classifying the plurality of discount information based on store information corresponding to each of the plurality of discount information, and discount information classified into a first category among the plurality of discount information. and checking the discount information set for

For example, in the checking of the discount information set, the discount information set is checked based on budget information allocated to each of the plurality of discount information items.

For example, a sorting order of the at least one discount information icon is determined based on the discount information icon and a corresponding discount amount.

For example, a sorting order of the at least one discount information icon is determined based on a reference position corresponding to the user.

For example, a sorting order of the at least one discount information icon is determined based on a usable period corresponding to each of the at least one discount information icon.

An electronic device for providing discount information related to an item in a service according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, wherein the electronic device includes a transceiver, a memory for storing instructions, and a processor, the transceiver and the processor connected to the memory , Includes a widget that checks information about the user, checks a set of discount information corresponding to the information about the user among a plurality of pieces of discount information, and displays at least one discount information icon generated based on the set of discount information and provides a first page to the user's terminal.

An electronic device and method for providing discount information according to the present disclosure may provide discount information customized for each user by providing discount information based on user information.

In addition, the electronic device and method for providing discount information according to the present disclosure can maximize the efficiency of providing discount information and promote the user's item purchase by effectively providing discount information to the user.

1 is a diagram illustrating a system for providing discount information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing discount information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing discount information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for checking a discount information set according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

5 is a diagram for explaining a discount information icon provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

6 is a diagram for explaining a method of arranging discount information icons according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

7A to 7D are diagrams illustrating a UI provided to a user terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described clearly and in detail to the extent that those skilled in the art can easily practice the present invention.

Terms used in this specification are for describing embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present disclosure. Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used in this specification may be used in a meaning commonly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which this disclosure belongs, but this It may vary depending on the intentions of engineers working in the field, precedents, and the emergence of new technologies.

In addition, terms defined in commonly used dictionaries are not interpreted ideally or excessively unless explicitly specifically defined. In certain cases, there are also terms arbitrarily selected by the applicant, and in this case, their meanings 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 a certain part of this specification "includes" a certain component, this means that it may further include other components, not excluding other components unless otherwise stated. In addition, the singular form used in this specification includes the plural form unless otherwise specified in the phrase. In addition, 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 of a, b, and c'.

Meanwhile, terms such as “first and/or second” used herein may be used to describe various components, but are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another, It is not intended to be limited to the components referred to by the term. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, a first component may be referred to as a second component, and the second component may also be referred to as a first component.

In addition, as described in this specification, "... wealth", "… A term such as “module” refers to a unit that processes at least one function or operation, and may be implemented as hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software. In addition, embodiments of the present disclosure may be represented 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, embodiments of the present disclosure may include memory, processing, logic, look-up tables, etc. that may execute various functions by control of one or more microprocessors or other control devices. Direct circuit configurations may be employed.

Similar to the components disclosed herein may be implemented as software programming or software elements, embodiments of the present disclosure include various algorithms implemented as data structures, processes, routines, or combinations of other programming constructs, It may be implemented in a programming or scripting language such as C, C++, 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 a prior art for at least one of electronic environment setting, signal processing, and data processing. Terms such as “mechanism”, “element”, “means”, and “composition” are broadly It can be used, and is not limited to mechanical and physical configurations. The term may include a meaning of a series of software routines in association with a processor or the like.

Each block of the process flow chart figures and combinations of flow chart figures attached hereto may be performed by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be embodied in a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing equipment, so that the instructions executed by the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing equipment are described in the flowchart block(s). It creates means to perform functions.

These computer program instructions are capable of being stored in computer usable or computer readable memory, which can be directed to a computer or other programmable data processing equipment to implement functionality in a particular way. The instructions stored in are also capable of producing an article of manufacture containing instruction means that perform the functions described in the flowchart block(s).

The computer program instructions can also be loaded on a computer or other programmable data processing equipment, so that a series of operational steps are performed on the computer or other programmable data processing equipment to create a computer-executed process to generate computer or other programmable data processing equipment. Instructions for performing processing equipment may also provide steps for performing the functions described in the flowchart block(s).

Additionally, each block may represent a module, segment, or portion of code that includes one or more executable instructions for executing specified logical function(s). Also, in some alternative implementations, it may be possible for the functions mentioned in the blocks to occur out of order. For example, two blocks shown in succession may in fact be executed substantially concurrently, or the blocks may sometimes be executed in reverse order depending on their function.

An “electronic device” or “terminal” referred to in this specification may be implemented as a computer or portable 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 portable 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. In addition, "electronic device" or "terminal" referred to in this specification means a processor, 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, a touch panel, User interface devices such as keys and buttons may also be included.

In the present disclosure, 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 a processor. Here, computer-readable recording media include magnetic storage media (eg, read-only memory (ROM), random-access memory (RAM), floppy disk, hard disk, etc.) and optical reading media (eg, CD-ROM) ), DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), and the like. A computer-readable recording medium may be distributed and executed on computer systems connected through a network.

Hereinafter, various embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In describing the embodiments, descriptions of technical contents that are well known in the technical field to which the present invention pertains and are not directly related to the present invention will be omitted. This is to more clearly convey the gist of the present invention without obscuring it by omitting unnecessary description. For the same reason, in the accompanying drawings, some components are exaggerated, omitted, or schematically illustrated. Also, the size of each component does not entirely reflect the actual size. In this specification, the same reference numbers throughout may refer to the same or corresponding elements.

1 is a diagram illustrating a discount information providing system 10 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Referring to FIG. 1 , a discount information providing system 10 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a user terminal 110 , a server 120 and an electronic device 130 . In the discount information providing system 10 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the user terminal 110, the server 120, and the electronic device 130 may communicate and exchange information through a mutual network. .

The user terminal 110 may communicate with the server 120 and the electronic device 130 . The communication method of the user terminal 110 is not limited, and may include short-range wireless communication between devices as well as a communication method utilizing a communication network that the network may include. By way of example, the network may include at least one of 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), a Broad Band Network (BBN), and the Internet. may contain one network. In addition, the network may include at least one of a network topology including a bus network, a star network, a ring network, a mesh network, a star-bus network, a tree, or a hierarchical network.

Each of the server 120 and the electronic device 130 included in the discount information providing system 10 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a transceiver, a memory, and a processor. In addition, each of the server 120 and the electronic device 130 means a unit that processes at least one function or operation, and may be implemented as hardware or software, or a combination of hardware and software. Meanwhile, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the server 120 and the electronic device 130 are referred to as separate structures, but they may be logically divided structures and may be implemented by separate functions in one server. .

According to an embodiment, the server 120 and the electronic device 130 may include a plurality of computer systems or computer software implemented as network servers. For example, at least some of the server 120 and the electronic device 130 are connected to sub-devices capable of communicating with other network servers through a computer network such as an intranet or the Internet to receive a job execution request and perform the job therefor. It may refer to computer systems and computer software that perform and provide results of performance. In addition, at least some of the server 120 and the electronic device 130 can be understood as a broad concept including a series of application programs that can operate on a network server and various databases built therein. For example, at least some of the server 120 and the electronic device 130 vary according to an operating system such as DOS, Windows, Linux, Unix, or MacOS. It can be implemented using a network server program provided to the user.

The server 120 may provide a service by composing various information into a web page. For example, the service provided by the server 120 may be a service for selling items. The server 120 may provide information on items sold in the service to the user through the user terminal 110 . In addition, the server 120 may receive user identification information through the user terminal 110 . The server 120 may store user information using the service. For example, user information may include user identification information and user service use related information. Specifically, the user's service use-related information includes the user's service use level, the user's service use category, the user's service use time zone, the user's service subscription history, the user's purchase history of items in the service, and information related to the payment method used by the user. may include at least some of them.

The electronic device 130 may provide discount information related to an item to the user terminal 110 . For example, the discount information related to the item provided by the electronic device 130 may include discount coupon information corresponding to the item, and specifically, the discount coupon information includes information on a discount amount for the item and information on a valid period of use of the discount coupon. and at least some of discount coupon application target information. The electronic device 130 may check discount information provided to the user terminal 110 based on user information provided from the server 120 . A method of providing discount information by the electronic device 130 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 to 7D.

A discount information providing system 10 according to the present disclosure provides an electronic device and method for processing information for providing customized discount information for each user by reflecting user information and providing discount information to the user according to the processed information. It is proposed to do this, and by providing discount information based on user information, it is possible to provide customized discount information for each user. In addition, by effectively providing the discount information to the user, the efficiency of providing the discount information can be maximized and the user's item purchase can be promoted.

In step S210 , the discount information providing method according to the embodiment of the present disclosure may provide identification information for a user accessing a service through the user terminal 110 to the server 120 . Specifically, the identification information for the user may include access information for the user's service or log-in information for the user's service.

In step S220, the server 120 may provide information about the user to the electronic device 130. Information about the user may correspond to information identified based on identification information about the user. For example, the information about the user may include at least some of the user's log-in information, the user's service use-related information, and the user's reference location information. Specifically, the user's reference location information is the user's current location information and the user's reference location information. It may be any one of location information set by

In step S230, the electronic device 130 may check a set of discount information that may be provided to the user among a plurality of discount information based on information about the user. The discount information set may mean a set of a plurality of discount information that may be provided to the user in relation to an item. The electronic device 130 may check a set of discount information based on user information received from the server 120 . A method of checking the discount information set in the electronic device 130 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 4 to be described later.

In step S240, the electronic device 130 may create icons for some discount information from among the discount information set. The discount information icon may include store information corresponding to the discount information icon, discount amount information corresponding to the discount information icon, and representative image information corresponding to the discount information icon. The number of generated discount information icons may be set by an administrator of the server 120 . A detailed configuration of the discount information icon will be described in detail in FIG. 5 to be described later.

In step S250 , the electronic device 130 may provide a discount information icon to the user terminal 110 as a widget. The discount information icons generated in step S240 may be arranged in a row and included in a widget provided to the user terminal 110 . The sorting criterion of the discount information icon may be based on user information and discount information corresponding to the item, and the sorting method of the discount information icon will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 6 to be described later.

In step S260 , the user terminal 110 may provide the user's input for the widget provided to the user terminal 110 to the electronic device 130 . The user's input may be an input to a discount information icon included in the widget and any one of the icons included in the widget, and an area for obtaining user input in the widget will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 7A to be described later.

In step S270, the electronic device 130 may provide discount information related to an item to the user terminal 110 in response to a user's input. The response to the user's input provided from the electronic device 130 may be any one of coupon information corresponding to the discount information icon, discount information set information confirmed in step S230, and store information corresponding to the discount information icon. A detailed description of this will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 7A to 7D to be described later.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing discount information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Hereinafter, detailed descriptions of configurations and operations overlapping those described above in FIG. 2 will be omitted.

In step S310, the electronic device 130 (see FIG. 1) according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may receive information about a user from the server 120 (see FIG. 1). The information about the user may include at least some of the user's log-in information, the user's service use-related information, and the user's reference location information.

In step S320, the electronic device 130 according to the embodiment of the present disclosure selects a discount information set based on the user information received in step S310 from among a plurality of discount information on items related to services provided by the server 120. You can check. The discount information set may include discount information on a plurality of items, and may be identified based on, for example, a user's reference location.

In step S330, the electronic device 130 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may generate a discount information icon for some of the discount information for a plurality of items included in the discount information set. The discount information icon may be generated based on the user information received in step S310. The electronic device 130 may align a plurality of discount information icons and create a widget including the plurality of aligned discount information icons.

In step S340, the electronic device 130 according to the embodiment of the present disclosure may provide a widget including a plurality of discount information icons generated in step S330 to the user terminal 110 (see FIG. 1). Widgets created from the electronic device 130 may be included in a page for providing a service related to item sales through the user terminal 110 and may be disposed within a certain area of a page provided to the user terminal 110 .

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for checking a discount information set according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. More specifically, FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining detailed steps of the step of checking the discount information set disclosed in FIG. 3 (S320, see FIG. 3).

In step S410, the electronic device 130 (see FIG. 1) according to an embodiment of the present disclosure provides information about an item related to a service provided by the server 120 (see FIG. 1) based on information about a user and item information related to a service. A plurality of discount information may be classified into a first category and a second category. The electronic device 130 may classify discount information that can be provided to the user as a first category and other discount information as a second category among a plurality of discount information for items related to services.

For example, the user information considered by the electronic device 130 may be the user's reference location information, and the reference location information may be location information of the current user or location information set by the user. Specifically, the electronic device 130 may classify discount information including store information located within a predetermined radius from the user's reference location among a plurality of discount information as a first category and other discount information as a second category.

In addition, the electronic device 130 may classify discount information based on a usable period allocated to each discount information among a plurality of discount information. Specifically, the electronic device 130 may classify discount information for which the usable period allocated to each discount information remains among the plurality of discount information as a first category, and discount information that does not exist as a second category.

In addition, the electronic device 130 may classify discount information based on store information for each of a plurality of discount information. For example, the electronic device 130 may classify the corresponding discount information as a first category when an item corresponding to the discount information can be classified as a franchise item, and otherwise classify the corresponding discount information as a second category. there is.

In addition, the electronic device 130 may classify discount information based on budget information allocated to each of a plurality of discount information. Specifically, the electronic device 130 may classify discount information for which the budget allocated to the corresponding discount information remains as a first category, and discount information for which the remaining budget is not allocated as a second category.

In step S420, the electronic device 130 may check the user's purchase history based on the user's identification information. If the purchase history of the user is confirmed, the procedure may proceed to step S430, otherwise, the procedure may proceed to step S440.

In step S430, the electronic device 130 may check a discount information set based on the user's purchase history. Specifically, the electronic device 130 may select some of the discount information classified into the first category and check it as a discount information set in step S410, and the user's purchase history may be considered in selecting some of the discount information. there is. For example, when there is discount information classified into the first category represented by A, B, C, D, and E, and the number of purchases related to A, B, and C of the user is remarkably high, the selection is made by the electronic device 130. The discount information to be used may be A, B, and C, and the discount information set generated by the electronic device 130 may include information related to A, B, and C.

Meanwhile, in step S440, the electronic device 130 may check a set of discount information based on data set as basic values for the electronic device 130. Specifically, data information set as a default value by an administrator may be stored in the electronic device 130, and the electronic device 130 includes some discount information corresponding to the default value among discount information classified into the first category in step S410. You can check with the discount information set by selecting . For example, when there is discount information classified into the first category represented by A, B, C, D, and E, and data related to A and B is stored as a default value in the electronic device 130, the electronic device 130 ( The discount information selected by 130) may be A and B, and the discount information set generated by the electronic device 130 may include information related to A and B. When the discount information set is confirmed through steps S430 and S440 , the electronic device 130 may end step S320 of checking the discount information set disclosed in FIG. 3 .

5 is a diagram for explaining a discount information icon provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Specifically, FIG. 5 illustrates one discount information icon generated in step S330 of FIG. 3 for convenience of description, and in the above-described step S330, the electronic device (130 (see FIG. 1) generates a plurality of discount information icons. can do.

Referring to FIG. 5 , discount information icons include a first area A1 displaying store information corresponding to the discount information icon, a second area A2 displaying discount amount information corresponding to the discount information icon, and a discount information icon. A third area A3 displaying a representative image corresponding to may be included.

The first area A1 may display store information about an item corresponding to the discount information icon and may include color information allocated from the electronic device 130 . The color information allocated to the first area A1 may be any one color information determined by the electronic device 130 (see FIG. 1).

The second area A2 may display discount amount information for an item corresponding to the discount information icon, and may include a first icon for issuing a corresponding discount amount coupon. When a user's input for the second area A2 is received through the user terminal 110 (see FIG. 1 ), the electronic device 130 may provide corresponding discount information and a corresponding discount coupon to the user.

The third area A3 may display image information related to a store corresponding to a discount information icon. The image information displayed in the third area A3 may be representative image information related to discount information and stored in the electronic device 130 .

The first area A1 and the third area A3 may include a second icon for providing a store list corresponding to the discount information icon. When a user's input for the first area A1 or the third area A3 is received through the user terminal 110, the electronic device 130 provides the corresponding discount information and corresponding store information to the user. In this case, the UI provided to the user terminal 110 will be illustrated in FIG. 7d to be described later.

6 is a diagram for explaining a method of arranging discount information icons according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Specifically, FIG. 6 illustrates a plurality of discount information icons B1 to B6 for a plurality of discount information selected by the electronic device 130 from among the discount information set confirmed by the electronic device 130 (see FIG. 1). It is a drawing for explaining the sorting method.

Referring to FIG. 6 , each of the plurality of discount information icons B1 to B6 includes a first area A1 (see FIG. 5 ), a second area A2 (see FIG. 5 ) and a third area (see FIG. 5 ). A3, see FIG. 5). Each of the plurality of discount information icons B1 to B6 may be arranged in one row based on user information and item information corresponding to each of the plurality of discount information.

For example, the plurality of discount information icons B1 to B6 may be arranged based on discount amount information corresponding to each of the plurality of discount information icons. Specifically, the discount amount corresponding to the first discount information icon B1 is 7,000 won, the discount amount corresponding to the second and third discount information icons B2 and B3 is 5,000 won, and the fourth discount information icon The discount amount corresponding to (B4) is 4,000 won, the discount amount corresponding to the fifth discount information icon (B5) is 3,000 won, and the discount amount corresponding to the sixth discount information icon (B6) is 1,000 won, so the former The device 130 (see FIG. 1 ) may arrange the discount information icons in the order of the largest discount amount. However, the descending order of discount amounts illustrated in FIG. 6 is merely an example of an embodiment of the present disclosure, and ascending order of discount amounts may be applied as another example.

Also, although not shown, the plurality of discount information icons B1 to B6 may be arranged based on available period information corresponding to each of the plurality of discount information icons. Specifically, the usable period corresponding to the first discount information icon B1 is 1 day, the usable period corresponding to the second discount information icon B2 is 2 days, and the third discount information icon B3 and The corresponding usable period is 3 days, the usable period corresponding to the fourth discount information icon B4 is 4 days, the usable period corresponding to the fifth discount information icon B5 is 5 days, and the sixth When the usable period corresponding to the discount information icon B6 is 7 days, the electronic device 130 may arrange the discount information icons in the order of the usable period short. However, this is only one embodiment, and as another embodiment, the electronic device 130 may arrange the discount information icons in the order of the longest usable period.

Also, although not shown, the plurality of discount information icons B1 to B6 may be arranged based on user location information and location information corresponding to each of the plurality of discount information icons. Specifically, the shortest distance between the user's reference position and the first discount information icon B1 and the corresponding store is 1 km, and the shortest distance between the user's reference position and the second discount information icon B2 and the corresponding store is 2 km, , The shortest distance between the user's reference position and the third discount information icon B3 and the corresponding store is 3 km, the shortest distance between the user's reference position and the fourth discount information icon B4 and the corresponding store is 4 km, and the user When the shortest distance between the reference position of the user and the fifth discount information icon B5 and the corresponding store is 6 km, and the shortest distance between the user's reference position and the sixth discount information icon B6 and the corresponding store is 10 km, the electronic device 130 may arrange the discount information icons in the order of the shortest distance between the user's reference location and the discount information icon and the corresponding store. However, this is also just one embodiment and does not limit the method of arranging discount information icons based on distance.

Also, the plurality of discount information icons B1 to B6 may be arranged based on the user's purchase history. For example, the electronic device 130 may arrange the discount information icons in the order of the user's number of purchases related to the corresponding discount information icon based on the user's purchase history. However, this is also just one embodiment, and the method of arranging discount information icons based on user information is not limited.

Also, color information allocated to the first area A1 included in each of the plurality of discount information icons B1 to B6 may be different from each other. Different color information may be assigned to adjacent icons among a plurality of discount information icons. For example, when the first color information is allocated to the first discount information icon B1 as shown, the second discount information icon B2 adjacent to the first discount information icon B1 is different from the first color information. Second color information may be allocated. Also, third color information different from the second color information may be allocated to a third discount information icon B3 adjacent to the second discount information icon B2. In FIG. 6 , the color information allocated to the first to sixth discount information icons B1 to B6 are all shown to be different, but this is only one embodiment, and in another embodiment, the same color is used between discount information icons adjacent to each other. Unless information is assigned, the same color information may be assigned to discount information icons included in one discount information icon arrangement.

Also, when the user accesses the web page for providing services for selling items again, the color information assigned to the first to sixth discount information icons B1 to B6 may be different from previously assigned color information. . That is, color information allocated to the first to sixth discount information icons B1 to B6 may be random.

7A illustrates a page provided to the user terminal 110 (see FIG. 1) to provide a service for selling an item. Widget C1 including discount information provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may be disposed within a certain area of a page. The widget C1 provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a plurality of discount information icons, and each of the plurality of discount information icons includes a first icon C2 for providing a discount coupon described in FIG. 5 and discount information. A second icon C3 for providing store information corresponding to the icon may be included. In addition, the widget C1 provided according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a third icon C4 for providing information on a set of discount information checked from the electronic device 130 (see FIG. 1), The third icon C4 may be arranged at the top of the alignment composed of a plurality of discount information icons.

FIG. 7B is a diagram illustrating a UI of a page that can be provided to a user when a user's first input is received for a first icon (C2, see FIG. 7A) disclosed in FIG. 7A. When the user's first input for the first icon C2 is received, the electronic device 130 (see FIG. 1) may provide the user with a discount coupon corresponding to the corresponding discount information icon, and the first discount coupon is provided. Area C2 may be displayed as an icon D1 indicating that coupons have been issued.

FIG. 7C is a diagram illustrating a UI of a page that can be provided to a user when a user's second input is received for a second icon (C3, see FIG. 7A) disclosed in FIG. 7A. When the user's second input for the second icon C3 is received, the electronic device 130 (see FIG. 1) may provide a store list corresponding to the corresponding discount information icon to the user. As shown in FIG. 7C , a plurality of store information corresponding to a corresponding discount information icon may be included. For example, the plurality of store information may be arranged based on location information between a user's reference location and the corresponding store. . However, this is only one embodiment and does not limit the sorting method of store information included in the store list.

FIG. 7D is a diagram illustrating a UI of a page that can be provided to a user when a user's third input is received for a third icon (C4, see FIG. 7A) disclosed in FIG. 7A. When the user's third input for the third icon C4 is received, the electronic device 130 (see FIG. 1 ) may provide the user with a list of confirmed discount information sets among a plurality of discount information. Unlike the discount information included in the widget (C1, see FIG. 7A) shown in FIG. 7A, the list of discount information sets provided to the user in correspondence with the third icon C4 is the discount information included in the widget C1. In addition, additional discount information may be further included. The discount information included in the list for the discount information set shown in FIG. 7D corresponds to the discount amount information corresponding to the discount information, the usable period information of the coupon corresponding to the discount information, and the user's reference location and the corresponding discount information. It may be sorted based on at least some of the distance information between store locations. However, this is merely an example of a sorting method of discount information included in the list of discount information sets, and does not limit the sorting method of discount information included in the list of discount information sets.

The foregoing are specific embodiments for carrying out the present disclosure. The present disclosure will include not only the above-described embodiments, but also embodiments that can be simply or easily changed in design. In addition, the present disclosure will also include techniques that can be easily modified and implemented using the above-described embodiments. Therefore, the scope of the present disclosure should not be limited to the above-described embodiments and should be defined by not only the claims to be described later but also those equivalent to the claims of the present disclosure.

Claims

A method of providing discount information by an electronic device related to an item sales service,

checking information about the user;

checking a set of discount information corresponding to information about the user among a plurality of pieces of discount information; and

and providing a first page including a widget displaying at least one discount information icon generated based on the discount information set to the user's terminal.
According to claim 1,

The at least one discount information icon includes a first area displaying store information corresponding to the discount information icon, a second area displaying discount amount information corresponding to the discount information icon, and a representative image corresponding to the discount information icon. A discount information providing method comprising a third area displaying a.
According to claim 2,

First color information is allocated to the first area included in a first discount information icon among the at least one discount information icon;

The method of providing discount information, wherein second color information different from the first color information is allocated to the first area included in a second discount information icon adjacent to the first discount information icon.
According to claim 3,

When the widget is displayed again, the first color information and the second color information are variably allocated.
According to claim 2,

The discount information icon further includes a first icon displayed in the second area,

The method of providing the above discount information is:

receiving the user's first input corresponding to the first icon from the user's terminal; and

The method of providing discount information further comprising providing a discount coupon corresponding to the discount information icon to the user in response to the first input.
According to claim 2,

receiving a second input of the user corresponding to one of the first area and the third area from the user's terminal; and

The method of providing discount information further comprising providing a store list corresponding to the discount information icon to the user in response to the second input.
According to claim 2,

The widget further includes a second icon disposed above the alignment of the at least one discount information icon,

The method of providing the above discount information is:

receiving the user's third input corresponding to the second icon from the user's terminal; and

The method of providing discount information further comprising providing a store list corresponding to a set of discount information to the user in response to the third input.
According to claim 1,

The step of checking the set of discount information is:

identifying a store set based on a reference location corresponding to the user; and

and identifying the discount information set based on discount information corresponding to the store set among the plurality of discount information.
According to claim 1,

The step of checking the discount information set includes checking the discount information set based on a usable period corresponding to each of the plurality of discount information.
According to claim 1,

The step of checking the set of discount information is:

checking a purchase history of the user in the item selling service; and

and checking the discount information set based on the purchase history when the purchase history of the user in the item selling service is confirmed.
According to claim 10,

The checking of the discount information set may further include checking the discount information set based on a default value set in the item selling service when the purchase history of the user in the item selling service is not checked. How to Provide Information.
According to claim 1,

The step of checking the set of discount information is:

classifying the plurality of discount information based on store information corresponding to each of the plurality of discount information; and

and checking the discount information set for discount information classified into a first category among the plurality of discount information.
According to claim 1,

In the step of checking the discount information set, the discount information providing method identifies the discount information set based on budget information allocated to each of the plurality of discount information.
According to claim 1,

The discount information providing method of claim 1 , wherein a sorting order of the at least one discount information icon is determined based on the discount information icon and a corresponding discount amount.
According to claim 1,

The discount information providing method of claim 1, wherein a sorting order of the at least one discount information icon is determined based on a reference position corresponding to the user.
According to claim 1,

The discount information providing method of claim 1 , wherein a sorting order of the at least one discount information icon is determined based on a usable period corresponding to each of the at least one discount information icon.
An electronic device for providing discount information related to an item in a service,

a transceiver, memory for storing instructions and a processor;

The processor connected to the transceiver and the memory,

verify information about the user;

Checking a set of discount information corresponding to information about the user among a plurality of discount information;

An electronic device that provides a first page including a widget displaying at least one discount information icon generated based on the discount information set to the user's terminal.