KR102441293B1 - Method for providing information of item group and device therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for providing information about an item group in an electronic device for a product sales service, according to the present invention, may comprise the steps of: obtaining information about 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 about the main item and detailed information about the at least one sub-item from a second database based on the group information; and providing, to the terminal, a page including at least a part of the detailed information about the at least one sub-item and the detailed information about the main item.

Description

A method for providing information on an item group and an apparatus for the same

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

With the development of electronic technology, as the proportion of e-commerce to purchase goods online increases, customers can purchase goods by accessing an online store without directly going to a shopping mall or market. In addition, the online store may use various methods for inducing the customer to purchase the item on the page for providing information on the sale item. In particular, various methods for inducing purchase of an item may include methods for providing benefits according to purchase of the item.

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

There is a need for an online store that sells various items to efficiently manage benefit information applicable to the sale of such a plurality of items, and to provide users with accurate benefit information applied to purchase. In this regard, reference may be made to prior documents such as KR10-1020628B1 gun.

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

In order to solve the above problems, there is provided a method of providing information on an item group in an electronic device for a product sales service, the method comprising: acquiring information about 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 from a first database based on the information on the main item; receiving detailed information on the main item and the detailed information on at least one sub-item from a second database based on the group information; and providing, to the terminal, a page including at least some of the detailed information on at least one sub-item and detailed information on the main item.

In addition, the electronic device for providing information on an item group in relation to a product sales service for solving the above problems selects the 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 for storing detailed information on the main item and detailed information on at least one sub-item; and receiving group information from the first database, receiving detailed information about the main item and detailed information about at least one sub-item from the second database, and receiving detailed information about at least one sub-item based on the received information The controller may include a control unit that provides a page including at least some 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 may include: a communication device; input device; output device; and a processor operatively coupled with the communication device, the input device, and the output device, the processor configured to receive, through the input device, information about the main item from a user using the service, and access the main item through the communication device. information about the service is transmitted to the electronic device related to the service, and detailed information about the main item and the detailed information about at least one sub-item to be grouped with the main item are received from the electronic device through the communication device, and through the output device, At least some 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, wherein the detailed information on the at least one sub-item and the detailed information on the main item are electronic It may be identified 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 device.

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

According to the present disclosure, since sub-items related to the main item and applicable benefit information can be checked in bundle units based on the information on the main item, efficient data management is easy.

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

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 an item group according to an embodiment.
2 is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating an electronic device for providing information on an item group according to an embodiment.
3 is a diagram schematically 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 extended product group information according to an embodiment.
7 is a diagram illustrating a page providing information on a plurality of sub-items included in a sub-item set according to an exemplary embodiment.
8 is a view showing a detailed page based on the inventory check result according to an embodiment.
9 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing item group information according to an embodiment.
10 is a schematic block diagram of a user terminal for providing item group information according to an embodiment.

Terms used in the embodiments are selected as currently widely used general terms as possible while considering functions in the present disclosure, but may vary depending on intentions or precedents of those of ordinary skill in the art, emergence of new technologies, and the like. In addition, in certain cases, 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, the terms used in the present disclosure should be defined based on the meaning of the term and the contents of the present disclosure, rather than the simple name of the term.

In the entire specification, when a part "includes" a certain component, it means that other components may be further included, rather than 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. can be

The expression "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'.

The "terminal" referred to below may be implemented as a computer or mobile terminal that can access a server or other terminal through a network. Here, the computer includes, for example, a laptop, a desktop, and a laptop equipped with a web browser (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) and other communication-based terminals, smartphones, tablet PCs, 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 of ordinary skill in the art to which the present disclosure pertains can easily implement them. However, the present disclosure may be implemented in several different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. In the present disclosure, an article may mean a single article or a set of articles of the same type. Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

1 illustrates a system for providing information on an item group according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 1 , the 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 the components related to this embodiment are shown. Accordingly, it can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art related to the present embodiment 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 enables each of the network constituent entities shown in FIG. 1 to communicate smoothly with each other, and may include a wired Internet, a wireless Internet, and a mobile wireless communication network. Wireless communication is, for example, wireless LAN (Wi-Fi), Bluetooth, Bluetooth low energy, Zigbee, WFD (Wi-Fi Direct), UWB (ultra wideband), infrared communication (IrDA, infrared Data Association) ), NFC (Near Field Communication), etc. may be there, 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 of item group information. For example, the electronic device 10 may control the server to manage at least one sub-item allocated to each main item. Also, the item group information providing system 1 may be a system operating in relation to a product sales service.

The electronic device 10 may obtain information about the main item from the user terminal 20 . In addition, the electronic device 10 may receive group information including at least one sub-item to be grouped with the main item in the first database 30 based on the information on 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 some of the detailed information on the at least one sub-item and the detailed information on the main item to the user terminal 20 through the network. The detailed information on the 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 the main item in a first area of the page, and information on at least some of the detailed information on at least one sub-item may be displayed in the second area of the page. area can be provided.

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

Meanwhile, at least one sub-item may be identified based on at least one bundle information mapped to identification information of the 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 a portion of detailed information on at least one sub-item based on priority information, and may transmit it to the user terminal 20 . For example, detailed information on at least one sub-item may be provided on a page by determining a display order based on priority information.

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

According to an embodiment, the electronic device 10 transmits detailed information about the main item and detailed information about at least one sub-item to the third database 50, and at least one of the main item and the at least one sub-item. You can receive price discount information that is applied when you purchase together. 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 for the main item and sub-item, application conditions of the price discount information, and the main item and It may include at least one of threshold value information of a price discount applicable in relation to it. Then, 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, it is possible to obtain discounted price information that can be applied. Accordingly, the 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 bundle information including at least one sub-item corresponding to the main item. In addition, 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 item types and different attributes. At least some of the detailed information on the 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 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 sub-item set.

The user terminal 20 may receive an input for the first sub-item set through the page. Then, by transmitting an input to the electronic device 10 , information on a plurality of sub-items included in the first sub-item set may be received in response to the input from the electronic device 10 . The user terminal 20 may provide a detailed page including information on a plurality of received sub-items. According to an embodiment, before providing information on a plurality of sub-items included in the first sub-item set to the user terminal 20 , the electronic device 10 based on detailed information on at least one sub-item The inventory of each of the plurality of sub-items included in the first sub-item set may be checked. And based on the inventory check result, information on each of the plurality of sub-items may be provided to the user terminal 20 . For example, the plurality of sub-items may be provided on the detail page so as to be located at the top in the order of the most stock.

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 about the main item and It is a storage including detailed information on at least one sub-item, and the third database 50 is a storage including price discount information applied when purchasing at least one of the main item and at least one sub-item together. In FIG. 1 , the first database 30 , the second database 40 , and the third database 50 are illustrated as separate components from the electronic device 10 , but these databases are included in the electronic device 10 . can be In this regard, it will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2 .

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

According to an embodiment, the electronic device 10 that provides information on an item group includes a controller 110 , a first database 120 , and a second database 130 . Also, 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 controller 110 , the first database 120 , the second database 130 , the third database 140 , and other external devices. It may further include a network network supporting transmission and reception of information between some.

On the other hand, even when the first database 120, the second database 130, and the third database 140 exist, at least some of these databases exist as a separate device 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, the method of providing a series of item group information performed by data transmission/reception between the controller 110 , the first database 120 , the second database 130 , and the third database 140 may be similarly performed. have. Hereinafter, 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 for convenience of description. 120 ), the second database 130 , and the third database 140 may be applied mutatis mutandis even when at least a portion of the electronic device 10 is 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 for processing at least one function or operation, which is hardware or software, or, It may be implemented by a combination of hardware and software. Meanwhile, throughout the embodiment, the control unit 110 , the first database 120 , the second database 130 , and the third database 140 are referred to as separate servers, but this may be a logically divided structure, and one server It can be implemented by a separate function from

According to an 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 control unit 110 , the first database 120 , the second database 130 , and the third database 140 may 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 request for performing an operation, perform an operation on the request, and provide an execution result. 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 concept in a broad sense 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 may be DOS, Windows, Linux, or UNIX. , or may be implemented using a network server program that is provided variously according to an operating system such as MacOS.

The electronic device 10 is a device that configures and provides various information as a web page. The electronic device 10 may be a device serving to provide item sales information and service provision information to a 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, provision of a service may be referred to as provision of an item or sale of an item, and a 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 the instructions and determine a sequence for data processing. The controller 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 adds the main item and at least one sub-item from the second database 130 to the main item and at least one sub-item. Receive relevant details. The controller 110 provides a page including at least some of the detailed information on at least one sub-item and detailed information on the main item, based on the group information and the detailed information.

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

According to an embodiment, the controller 110 further requests the third database 140 for price discount information applied when purchasing at least one of the main item and at least one sub-item together, and provides response information to the request. It can be provided by composing a page further based on the .

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, etc., and receive data from the controller 110 or the like based on the received request. can be transmitted. 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 controller 110 , and the second database 130 transmits the main item and at least one sub item to the controller 110 . It transmits detailed information about the item to the controller 110 . In addition, the third database 140 may transmit at least one of the benefit information on the main item and the result of applying the benefit information on the main item to the main item and the sub-item set to the controller 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 data processing, processing, and data-based calculation as well as data transmission/reception. 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 controller 110 , and provides benefit information on the main item based on the received detailed information as the main item. 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 in a manner in which a plurality of physical devices are organically coupled. For example, some of the components included in the electronic device 10 providing information on the group of items may be implemented by any one physical device, and the remaining parts may be implemented by another physical device. For example, any one physical device may be implemented as a part of the control unit 110 , and the other physical device may be a part of the first database 120 , a part of the second database 130 , or a part of the third database 140 . It may be implemented as a part or as part of other external devices. In some cases, each of the components included in the electronic device 10 that provides information on a group of items is dispersedly arranged in different physical devices, and the dispersedly arranged components are organically combined to provide information on the item. It may be implemented to perform functions and operations of the provided electronic device 10 .

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

According to an 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 or mounted on the main item when the main item is used. For example, when the main item is a computer monitor, the sub-item may be a keyboard, a cable, and a monitor arm.

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

Detailed information of the sub-item set may be provided on the page based on the representative sub-item, and the representative sub-item is a sub-item 555 in FIG. 2 . 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 provided representatively. According to an embodiment, there may be an input for 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 of the sub-items 566 and 577 may be provided together with the detailed information of the sub-item 555 . For a more detailed description in this regard, refer to FIG. 7 .

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

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 a product corresponding to the main item.

Referring to FIG. 4 , when the main item is 'iPhone', the main item identification information 410 includes 111, which is the main item identifier, as information for identifying an article corresponding to the main item. In addition, 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 purchasing together with the main item, when a promotion discount is applied to a sub-item, when a certain amount of money can be supported for the main item, when a service related to the main item is provided for free, etc. there may be Accordingly, the mapping type information 420 includes information on which benefit information is bundled based on at least one sub-item mapped to the identification information 410 of the main item. Such benefit information may be information set by the seller of the goods or information previously registered by the goods sales service provider for the relevant goods.

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 a sub-item, for example, information for identifying a product corresponding to the sub-item, and information for identifying a seller and a product corresponding to the sub-item. have.

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

On the other hand, as described above with reference to FIG. 3 , a plurality of sub-items having the same item type and different properties may be grouped into one sub-item set, and a plurality of sub-items belonging to one sub-item set may be grouped. Items cannot belong to different bundles. That is, sub-items grouped in a set may be treated as one item.

Referring to FIG. 4 together with FIG. 3, the first bundle is a bundle to which a promotion discount is applied to a sub-item when purchased together with the main item, and the mapping type information 420 indicates BUNDLE_PROMOTION, and the bundle includes a sub-item ( 555) and its sub-item set, a sub-item 566 and a sub-item 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 that can receive services related to the main item free of charge when purchased together with the main item. The mapping type information 420 indicates CE_INSURANCE, and the bundle includes a sub item 222 and a sub item 333. ) is included. The fourth bundle is a bundle to which a promotional discount is applied to a sub-item when purchased together with the main item like the first bundle, and the bundle includes a sub-item 666 . The fifth bundle is also a bundle to which a promotional discount is applied to a sub-item when purchased together with the main item, and the bundle includes a sub-item 888 and a sub-item 999 .

According to an embodiment, grouping refers to grouping at least one sub-items related to one main item and classifying them into one group, and bundling refers to grouping the same benefit information among the grouped sub-items among the benefit information assigned to the main item. It refers to bundling applicable sub-items into one bundle.

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

The electronic device 10 may check group information on the main item in the first database to determine whether there is a bundle to which a benefit is applied when at least one sub-item is purchased together with the main item. In addition, as the bundle to which the benefit is applied is checked, benefit information applicable to the purchase of the main item may be provided on the page 500 . For example, if there is a bundle to which a promotional discount is applied to a sub-item when purchased together with the main item, the page 500 displays a phrase such as "product discounted when purchased as a set" at the top of 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 further, 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 , for a bundle discounted when purchasing a bundle, the detailed information 502 on the sub-item wired keyboard may include a phrase such as “30,000 won set discount is automatically applied”, and the sub-item Detailed information 503 about the monitor cable may include a phrase such as "4,000 won set discount is automatically applied". However, this benefit information does not necessarily have to be displayed together with the sub-item information, and may be displayed as a separate text or image. In addition, it is not necessary that such benefit application be provided in addition to the sub-item, and the benefit may be applied to the main item when a condition for applying a benefit, such as purchasing the sub-item together, is satisfied.

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

According to an 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 "more" button 505, and when the user selects the "more" button 505 through the terminal, it provides detailed information of more sub-items related to the main item. You can turn it into a page. In this regard, it will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 6 .

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

According to an embodiment, the page 600 is a page providing extended product group information in order to provide more sub-items when there is an input to the user interface 505 in the page 500 . For example, if only detailed information 502 and 503 on sub-items are provided on page 500, referring to FIG. 6 , the expanded page 600 includes detailed information 601 and 602 on additional sub-items. can provide more. The detailed information 601 and 602 of these additional sub-items may include image information, name information, and price information of the sub-items like the detailed information 502 and 503, and may be applied when purchased together with the main item. Benefit information may also be included. Meanwhile, the user may purchase more sub-items from the expanded page 600 and may receive more benefits.

5, according to an embodiment, the detailed information 502 and 503 on at least one sub-item includes a user interface 506 for changing the properties of the sub-item according to bundle information to which the sub-item belongs. may include more. For example, when the detailed information of the sub-item provided on the page 500 is the detailed information about the sub-item set, a part of the attribute belongs to the sub-item set through an input to the user interface 506 and is part of the other sub-item. You can turn to a page that provides detailed information about it. In this regard, it will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 7 .

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

The page 710 may correspond to the page 500 including detailed information on the main item and detailed information on at least one sub-item of FIG. 5 . When there is an input to the user interface 506 for changing the attribute of a sub-item with respect to the detailed information 701 about the sub-item set on the page 710, a part of the attribute is included in the sub-item set while belonging to the sub-item set. It may be switched to a page 720 providing detailed information about the . 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 the sub-item sets may be designated as the representative item, and detailed information of the representative item may be displayed as detailed information of the sub-item set.

The page 720 is a detail page including information about a plurality of sub-items included in the sub-item set. The page 720 displays information on a plurality of sub-items that are included in the same sub-item set and have the same item types and different attributes. For example, wired keyboards having different colors may be bundled into one set of sub-items, and a plurality of sub-items may be arranged from top to bottom based on sales volume. The user may input to the user interface 506 for changing the properties of the sub-items on the page 710 and change the properties of the sub-items on the page 720 . Here, changing the attribute of a sub-item does not mean changing a part of the attribute of any one sub-item, but selecting an item having a different attribute from the representative item from 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 about the light-pink wired keyboard on the page 720. have.

According to an embodiment, the user may select the 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 appear on the page 730 . The page 730 differs only in that detailed information on the sub-item set is changed from the page 720 . Accordingly, the user may select the attribute change user interface 506 on the page 730 to change the attribute of the sub-item to be purchased again.

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

8 is a view showing a detailed page based on the inventory check result according to an embodiment.

According to an embodiment, when there is an input to the user interface 506 for changing the attribute of a sub-item belonging to the sub-item set, the electronic device 10 checks detailed information on the sub-item to add the sub-item set to the sub-item set. You can check the stock of each of a plurality of included sub-items. In addition, the electronic device 10 may provide the detail page 800 including information on each of the plurality of sub-items based on the inventory check result. When the inventory of the sub-item is insufficient as a result of the inventory check, detailed information on the corresponding sub-item may be dimmed to make it impossible for the user to select the sub-item.

Referring to FIG. 8 , it may be confirmed that the stock of the sub-item 803 is insufficient as a result of checking the stock for a plurality of sub-items 801 , 802 , and 803 belonging to one sub-item set. In this case, detailed information of the sub-item 803 may be provided on the page 800 after being blurred so that selection is impossible. Also, the detailed information of the sub-item 803 may be located at the bottom of the detailed information on the plurality of sub-items.

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

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

9 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing item group information according to an 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 terminal of the user who uses the product sales service.

In operation 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 on the main item. According to an embodiment, the electronic device may identify identification information of the main item based on the 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 a product corresponding to the main item. In addition, the group information may include at least one bundle information mapped to identification information of the main item and including 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 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 for each of the at least one sub-item may be confirmed 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 sub-item set includes a plurality of sub-items having the same type of item and different attributes from each other. Detailed information on at least one sub-item may be selected based on sales volume among a plurality of sub-items included in the first sub-item set based on bundle information and provided on the page. For example, a sub-item having the highest sales volume among a plurality of sub-items may be provided on the page as detailed information about the first sub-item set.

In operation S903, the electronic device may receive detailed information on the main item and the detailed information on at least one sub-item from the second database based on the group information. The detailed information on the 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 the main item and the detailed information on at least one sub-item to the third database, and collects at least one of the main item and the at least one sub-item from the third database together. You may receive price discounts that apply to your purchases.

In operation S904, the electronic device may provide a page including at least some of the 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 the main item may be provided in a first area of the page, and information about at least some of the detailed information on at least one sub-item may be provided in a second area of the page, Region 2 may be located at a lower end of the first region.

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

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

The user terminal 20 of the present disclosure includes, according to an embodiment, 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 for implementing the terminal, so the description related to the present embodiment that the terminal described in the present disclosure may have more or fewer components than those listed above It can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art.

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

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

The input device 24 includes a camera or an image input unit for inputting an image signal, a microphone or an audio input unit for inputting an audio signal, and a user input unit (eg, 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 in the terminal, information about the surrounding environment 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 recognition sensor, an optical sensor, For example, it may include at least one of a camera), a microphone, and the like. 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 a main item from a user who uses a service. Also, the input device 24 may receive an input for further providing sub-items related to the main item and an input for changing an attribute of a sub-item set.

The output device 26 is for generating an output related to visual, auditory or tactile sense, and may include at least one of a display, a sound output unit, a haptip module, and an optical output unit. The display may implement a touch screen by forming a layer structure with the touch sensor or being integrally formed. Such a touch screen may function as a user input unit providing an input interface between the terminal and the user, and may provide an output interface between the terminal and the user.

According to an embodiment, the output device 26 may output a product related page including at least a portion of detailed information on at least one sub-item and detailed information on a 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 an embodiment, the processor 28 may control the operations of the communication device 22 , the input device 24 , and the output device 26 to provide information on the group of items. In addition, the processor 28 configures a page to be output 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 the sub-item set. You can configure a page for changing properties based on detailed information about an item. In this case, the detailed information on the 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 the at least one sub-item checked in the first database of the electronic device. It may be verified information.

The device according to the above-described embodiments includes a memory for storing and executing program data, a permanent storage such as a disk drive, a communication port for communicating with an external device, a user interface such as a touch panel, a key, a button, etc. 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 a magnetic storage medium (eg, read-only memory (ROM), random-access memory (RAM), floppy disk, hard disk, etc.) and an optically readable medium (eg, CD-ROM). ), DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), and the like. The computer-readable recording medium is distributed among network-connected computer systems, so that the computer-readable code can be stored and executed in a distributed manner. The medium may be readable by a computer, stored in a memory, and executed on a processor.

Meanwhile, throughout the embodiments, the communication device may include a transceiver for transmitting and receiving information.

This embodiment may be represented by functional block configurations and various processing steps. These functional blocks may be implemented in any number of hardware and/or software configurations that perform specific functions. For example, an embodiment may be an integrated circuit configuration, such as memory, processing, logic, look-up table, etc., capable of executing various functions by the control of one or more microprocessors or other control devices. can be hired Similar to how components may be implemented as software programming or software components, this embodiment includes various algorithms implemented in a combination of data structures, processes, routines or other programming constructs, including C, C++, Java ( Java), assembler, etc. may be implemented in a programming or scripting language. Functional aspects may be implemented in an algorithm running on one or more processors. In addition, the present embodiment may employ the prior art for electronic environment setting, signal processing, and/or data processing. Terms such as “mechanism”, “element”, “means” and “configuration” may be used broadly and are not limited to mechanical and physical configurations. The term may include the meaning of a series of routines of software in connection with a processor or the like.

The above-described embodiments are merely examples, and other embodiments may be implemented within the scope of the claims to be described later.

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A method of providing item group information 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 for identifying at least one sub-item to be grouped with the main item in a first database based on the information on 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
providing a page including at least some of the detailed information on the at least one sub-item and detailed information on the main item to the terminal,
The group information includes at least one sub-item to which the same type of item is the same, some of the attributes are different from each other, and to which the same benefit information can be applied among the benefit information allocated in relation to the main item. contains bundle information;
The bundle information further includes priority information of each of the at least one sub-item,
The step of providing the page to the terminal includes:
determining, as at least part of detailed information on the at least one sub-item to be included in the page, detailed information of a sub-item determined to have the highest priority among the at least one sub-item based on the priority information; Further comprising, a method of providing information of a group of items. According to claim 1,
Further comprising the step of confirming the identification information of the main item based on the information about the main item,
The group information includes at least one piece of bundle information mapped to identification information of the main item and including at least one sub-item corresponding to the main item. 3. The method of claim 2,
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 a product corresponding to the main item. delete According to claim 1,
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 stock information on each of the at least one sub-item,
Inventory information for each of the at least one sub-item is confirmed based on detailed information on the at least one sub-item. According to claim 1,
Detailed information about the at least one sub-item,
item name information corresponding to the sub-item;
item price information corresponding to the sub-item; and
The method of providing information of an item group, characterized in that it includes 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;
and 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,
The detailed information on the main item is provided in a 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 a second area of the page. How to provide. delete According to claim 1,
At least part of the detailed information on the at least one sub-item is selected based on the 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. How to provide. According to claim 1,
receiving, from the terminal, an input for the first sub-item set through the page; and
In response to the input, the method further comprising the step of providing a detailed page including information about a plurality of sub-items included in the first sub-item set to the terminal. 12. The method of claim 11,
checking inventory of each of a plurality of sub-items included in the first sub-item set based on detailed information on the at least one sub-item; and
Based on the inventory check result, the method further comprising the step of providing a detail page including information on each of the plurality of sub-items, the method of providing information of the group of items. A computer-readable non-transitory recording medium recording a program for executing the method of claim 1 on a computer. An electronic device for providing information on an item group in relation to a product sales service, the electronic device comprising:
a first database for storing group information for identifying a main item and at least one sub-item to be grouped with the main item based on the main item and information on the main item;
a second database for storing detailed information on the main item and detailed information on the at least one sub-item; and
receiving the group information from the first database, receiving detailed information about the main item and detailed information about the at least one sub-item from the second database, based on the received information, A control unit that provides a page including at least some of the detailed information on the sub-item and the detailed information on the main item,
The group information includes at least one sub-item to which the same type of item is the same, some of the attributes are different from each other, and to which the same benefit information can be applied among the benefit information allocated in relation to the main item. contains bundle information;
The bundle information further includes priority information of each of the at least one sub-item,
The control unit is:
further configured to determine, as at least part of detailed information on the at least one sub-item to be included in the page, detailed information of a sub-item determined to have the highest priority among the at least one sub-item based on the priority information being an electronic device. A terminal for providing information on an item group in relation to a product sales service, the terminal comprising:
communication device;
input device;
output device; and
a processor operatively coupled with the communication device, the input device, and the output device;
The processor is
Through the input device, the information about the main item is received from the user who uses the service,
Transmitting the information on the main item to the electronic device related to the service through the communication device,
receiving detailed information on the main item and at least one sub-item to be grouped with the main item from the electronic device through the communication device;
Through the output device, at least some of the detailed information on the at least one sub-item and the 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 may include, based on group information for identifying the at least one sub-item, checked in the first database of the electronic device, of the electronic device. identified in the second database;
The group information includes at least one sub-item to which the same type of item is the same, some of the attributes are different, and to which the same benefit information can be applied among the benefit information allocated in relation to the main item. contains bundle information;
The bundle information further includes priority information of each of the at least one sub-item,
The processor is:
To determine detailed information of a sub-item determined to have the highest priority among the at least one sub-item based on the priority information as at least a part of the detailed information on the at least one sub-item to be included in the product-related page Further configured, the terminal.

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