KR20130027893A - System for supporting merchandise purchase and control method thereof, and method for providing merchandise purchase service - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a push-based product purchase support system, a control method thereof, and a method for providing a product purchase service. Push-based product purchase support system according to the present invention, the database unit; A desired product management unit for receiving desired product information and buyer information from a desired product registration terminal and matching and storing the desired product information in the database unit; A sales product management unit which receives sales product information from a seller terminal and stores the sales product information in the database unit; Similarity calculation for calculating the degree of similarity of each desired product information with the corresponding sales product information by comparing the sales product information and at least one desired product information stored in the database unit when the sales product information is received from the seller terminal. Wealth; An extraction unit for extracting, from the database unit, buyer information corresponding to desired product information corresponding to a degree of similarity calculated by the similarity calculation unit equal to or greater than a preset reference value; And a transmission unit for transmitting a desired product registration message to a buyer terminal corresponding to the buyer information extracted by the extraction unit in a push method.

Description

Push-based product purchase support system and its control method and product purchase service providing method {SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING MERCHANDISE PURCHASE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MERCHANDISE PURCHASE SERVICE}

The present invention relates to a push-based product purchase support system, a control method thereof, and a method of providing a product purchase service. More particularly, the present invention communicates with a seller and a buyer, and when the product for sale desired by the buyer is registered, the registration information is provided to the buyer. It provides a push-based product purchase support system, a control method and a product purchase service providing method.

The purchase of goods made offline has been made available online, and in recent years, online product purchasing services of various methods such as social commerce are provided.

Looking at the conventional product purchase method, the buyer is connected to the shopping mall site, etc. to search whether there is a desired product, it is made of a method of determining the purchase by selecting the searched product.

However, such a conventional product purchasing method is inconvenient for the buyer to access the shopping mall site each time to check whether the products he wants are registered.

In particular, a plurality of sellers can register and sell products on a shopping mall site such as an open market.There are separate mini shops for each seller on these shopping mall sites, and buyers can register shortcuts to their favorite mini shops. You can easily visit the mini shop.

As such, the buyer can easily access the mini shop that sells the desired product through the shortcut to the mini shop. However, as described above, it is inconvenient to visit the mini shop every time to find the desired product. .

Patent Publication 10-2002-0066709

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, the purpose is to purchase a push-based product that makes it easy to check whether the desired product is registered, even if the buyer does not visit the shopping mall site, etc. each time It is to provide a support system and a control method thereof.

Push-based product purchase support system according to the present invention to achieve the above object, the database unit; A desired product management unit for receiving desired product information and buyer information from a desired product registration terminal and matching and storing the desired product information in the database unit; A sales product management unit which receives sales product information from a seller terminal and stores the sales product information in the database unit; Similarity calculation for calculating the degree of similarity of each desired product information with the corresponding sales product information by comparing the sales product information and at least one desired product information stored in the database unit when the sales product information is received from the seller terminal. Wealth; An extraction unit for extracting, from the database unit, buyer information corresponding to desired product information corresponding to a degree of similarity calculated by the similarity calculation unit equal to or greater than a preset reference value; It comprises a transmission unit for transmitting the desired product registration message to the buyer terminal corresponding to the buyer information extracted by the extraction unit in a push method.

In addition, the control method of the push-based product purchase support system according to the present invention in order to achieve the above object, receiving and storing desired product information and buyer information matching the desired product information from the desired product registration terminal; Receiving sales goods information from a seller terminal; Calculating a degree of similarity of each desired product information with the corresponding sales product information by comparing the sales product information with at least one stored desired product information when the sales product information is received from the seller terminal; Extracting buyer information matching the desired product information corresponding to the calculated degree of similarity from a preset reference value from previously stored information; And transmitting a desired product registration message to a buyer terminal corresponding to the extracted buyer information by a push method.

In addition, the product purchase service providing method according to the present invention to achieve the above object, the desired product registration terminal in accordance with the operation of the buyer desired product information and buyer information transmitting step; A step of matching and storing the desired product information and the buyer information by a push-based product purchase support system that receives desired product information and buyer information from the desired product registration terminal; The push-based product purchase support system receives the sale product information, and compares the sale product information with previously stored at least one desired product information at the time when the sale product information is received and the corresponding sale product information of each desired product information. Calculating a degree of similarity, extracting buyer information matching the desired product information corresponding to the predetermined reference value or more from previously stored information, and registering a desired product message on a buyer terminal corresponding to the extracted buyer information. Transmitting in a push manner; And displaying, by the buyer terminal, a desired product registration message received from the push-based product purchase support system.

As described above, according to the present invention, each purchaser may receive a notification message at the time when the corresponding product is registered from the seller, as long as the buyer registers the product information to be purchased in advance.

Accordingly, the purchaser can greatly reduce the trouble of having to access the shopping mall site each time in order to purchase a desired product.

In addition, the information about the products desired by each buyer is transmitted, thereby increasing the buyer's likelihood of purchasing the product, which in turn contributes to the promotion of product sales.

1 is a schematic structural diagram of an entire system including a push-based product purchase support system according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a functional block diagram of the push-based product purchase support system of FIG.
3 is a signal and control flow diagram of the overall system including the push-based product purchase support system of the present invention in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

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

A schematic configuration of the entire system including the push-based product purchase support system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is illustrated in FIG. 1.

As shown in the figure, the entire system may include a desired product registration terminal 210, a buyer terminal 220, a seller terminal 300, and a push-based product purchase support system 100.

The desired product registration terminal 210 is operated by a buyer who wants to purchase a product, and performs a function of transmitting information on a product that the buyer wants to purchase, that is, desired product information to the push-based product purchase support system 100. do. In FIG. 1, the desired product registration terminal 210 is an example of a personal computer that communicates with the push-based product purchase support system 100 through a wired communication network 400. However, the desired product registration terminal 210 may include a smart phone, It may correspond to various wired / wireless communication devices such as mobile phones and PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants).

Desired product information transmitted by the desired product registration terminal 210 to the push-based product purchase support system 100 means information about a product that a buyer wants to purchase, for example, a product category, a product name, a product purchase desire It may include at least one of a price, a product state, and a usage period. In this case, the product state and the period of use are necessary information in the transaction of used goods.

The desired product registration terminal 210 may transmit the desired product information together with the buyer information matching the desired product information to the push-based product purchase support system 100, and further, information about the buyer, for example, a buyer name and a contact information. The purchaser may specify a buyer, such as a delivery address, and transmit information required for product delivery to the push-based product purchase support system 100.

Here, the buyer information means information about a buyer who is notified whether or not to register the related product when a product related to the desired product information is registered. For example, the information about the buyer terminal 220 held by the buyer (mobile phone Phone number) or user account. Here, the user account means information required for communication based on the purchaser and the ID.

In FIG. 1, the purchaser terminal 220 is a mobile phone that communicates with the push-based product purchase support system 100 through the base station 510 and the mobile communication network 500, but the purchaser terminal 220 may be a PDA (Personal). Digital Assistants) as well as various wired and wireless communication devices such as computers.

Here, the desired product registration terminal 210 and the purchaser terminal 220 are all operated by the purchaser and are distinguished from one another in this embodiment. However, the desired product registration terminal 210 and the purchaser terminal 220 are located in the same terminal. Of course, this may be the case.

Meanwhile, the seller terminal 300 is a terminal operated by a seller who sells a product and transmits the product information to the push-based product purchase support system 100. That is, the seller may register a sale product that transmits information about the product he / she wants to sell to the push-based product purchase support system 100 through the seller terminal 300.

In addition, the seller terminal 300 may transmit seller information for specifying a seller, such as a seller name, a business name, a contact information, to the push-based product purchase support system 100.

The seller terminal 300 may correspond to various wired and wireless communication devices similar to the buyer terminal 220 described above.

The merchandise information transmitted by the seller terminal 300 to the push-based merchandise support support system 100 for product registration may include at least one of a merchandise category, a product name, a merchandise sale price, a merchandise status, and a usage period.

The push-based product purchase support system 100 communicates with the desired product registration terminal 210, the purchaser terminal 220, and the seller terminal 300 and may correspond to a kind of online shopping mall server.

The push-based product purchase support system 100 receives and registers desired product information from a buyer, and when a similar product is newly registered within the same or preset range as the registered product, a desired product registration message (for example, Information about the newly registered product) to the purchaser's terminal.

Specific functions of the push-based product purchase support system 100 will be described with reference to the functional block diagram of FIG. 2.

As shown in the figure, the push-based product purchase support system 100 includes a database unit 110, a desired product management unit 120, a sales product management unit 130, a similarity calculation unit 140, an extraction unit 150, The transmitter 160 and the setting unit 170 are configured.

The database unit 110 is an area in which various pieces of information necessary for the push-based product purchase support system 100 are stored. In particular, the database unit 110 may store desired product information registered by a buyer and sale product information registered by a seller.

The desired product managing unit 120 receives the desired product information and the buyer information matching the desired product information from the desired product registration terminal 210 and stores the information in the database unit 110.

That is, the desired product management unit 120 performs an interface function for receiving various information from the desired product registration terminal 210, and also provides the database unit 110 with information about the desired product of the buyer based on the received information. It performs the function of saving and registering.

In this case, the desired product manager 120 may additionally receive buyer information from the desired product registration terminal 210 in addition to the desired product information, and may store the received desired product information and the buyer information in the database unit 110 by matching each other. .

The buyer information may be received together with the desired product information, but may be received separately from the desired product information. For example, when a buyer registers as a member of the push-based product purchase support system 100 as a member, the buyer may register his / her buyer information, log in later, and transmit the desired product information to the push-based product purchase support system 100. It is.

In this case, the desired product manager 120 may match the desired product information and the buyer information with each other through a login session and store the same in the database 110.

The sales product manager 130 receives the sales product information from the seller terminal 300 and stores the sales product information in the database unit 110.

That is, the sales product manager 130 performs an interface function for receiving various information (for example, seller information, sales product information, etc.) from the seller terminal 300, and also based on the received information, the database unit 110. ) Stores and registers information on the goods sold by the seller.

In this case, the sales product manager 130 may additionally receive information about the seller from the seller terminal 300 in addition to the sales product information, and may match the received sales product information and the seller information with each other and store them in the database unit 110. .

Such seller information may correspond to information for specifying the seller, such as the seller name, business name, contact information, as mentioned above.

Similar to the desired product management unit 120, the sales product management unit 130 may match the sales product information and the seller information with each other through a login session processing of the seller and store the same in the database unit 110.

The above-described desired product information and sales product information may be received through an API (Application Programming Interface) provided to a separate social networking service server, or may be received through an API provided by a separate shopping mall server.

For example, by including the open API code provided by the push-based product purchase support system 100 according to the present invention in a web page provided by various social networking service servers (servers providing services to enable social networking between subscribers) If so, each buyer and seller can request registration of desired product information and sale product information on a web page of the corresponding social networking service server, respectively.

In addition, when a sale product is registered in a separate online shopping mall server or a social commerce server, the push-based product purchase support system 100 may receive the sale product information through an API provided by the online shopping mall server.

The setting unit 170 receives reference value information from the desired product registration terminal 210 and sets a reference value individually for each desired product information. The reference value set by the setting unit 170 serves as a reference for extracting the purchaser terminal 220 informing the registration of the sale product information, which will be described later.

The similarity calculating unit 140 compares the selling product information and at least one desired product information stored in the database unit 110 at the time when the selling product information is received from the seller terminal 300, and then the corresponding selling product of each desired product information. It calculates the degree of similarity with information.

That is, the database unit 110 may store different desired product information registered by each buyer, and the similarity calculating unit 140 receives the registered desired product information from the seller terminal 300 ( Alternatively, the degree of similarity is calculated by comparing with the merchandise information newly registered from the seller terminal 300.

For example, when only the 'trade name' is included in the sale product information and only the 'purchase desired product name' is also included in the desired product information registered by the buyer, the similarity calculation unit 140 may provide information about the desired purchase name that is identical to the sell product name. A similarity degree value of '1' may be calculated, and a similarity degree value of '0.5' may be calculated for a desired brand name that is half the same as a sales name.

Here, the degree of similarity may be calculated by applying a certain weight value according to each item such as a product category, a product name, a price, and the like.

The extraction unit 150 performs a function of extracting the buyer information from the database unit 110 matching the desired product information corresponding to the degree of similarity calculated by the similarity calculating unit 140 or more.

For example, the extraction unit 150 may extract a phone number or user account information of the purchaser terminal 220 matching the desired product information having a degree of similarity of 0.7 or more.

The reference value information set by the setting unit 170 may be used when the extracting unit 150 extracts information from the purchaser terminal 220. For example, suppose that the desired product information of 'A' and the reference value of 0.8 are matched and registered, and the desired product information of 'B' and the reference value of 0.85 are registered and matched. When the degree of similarity between C 'and the desired product' A 'is 0.82 and the degree of similarity between the sale product' C 'and the desired product' B 'is 0.84, the extraction unit 150 exceeds the individual reference value (that is, 0.8 < 0.82) The buyer information matching the desired product 'A' is extracted. Since the desired product 'B' does not exceed an individual reference value (0.85> 0.84), the extraction unit 150 does not extract corresponding buyer information.

The transmission unit 160 performs a function of transmitting a desired product registration message to the buyer terminal 220 corresponding to the buyer information extracted by the extraction unit 150 in a push method. That is, the transmission unit 160 notifies in a push manner that the product desired by the buyer is registered.

The desired product registration message transmitted by the transmission unit 160 may include at least a part of the newly registered sales product information (for example, a brand name), and various necessary information for purchasing the product (for example, purchase of the corresponding product). Hyperlink or an online shopping mall server address for purchasing a corresponding product).

Here, the method of transmitting the desired product registration message to the purchaser terminal 220 by the transmitter 160 may be Android C2DM (Cloud to Device Messaging), an iPhone APNS (Apple Push Notification Service), or HTML5 (HyperText Markup Language 5). The PUSH scheme based on the Server-Sent Events and the socket connection may be used, or various schemes may be used, such as a scheme through the push of a Short Message Service (SMS).

The above-described schemes are just examples, and various other push schemes may be used for message transmission.

Hereinafter, the signal and control flow of the entire system including the push-based product purchase support system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 3.

The desired product registration terminal 210 transmits the desired product information and the buyer information to the push-based product purchase support system 100 according to the operation of the buyer (step S1).

The push-based product purchase support system 100 matches desired product information and buyer information received from the desired product registration terminal 210 to each other, and stores and registers the information in the database unit 110 (step S3).

Meanwhile, the seller terminal 300 transmits the sale product information to the push-based product purchase support system 100 according to the seller's operation (step S5).

Accordingly, the push-based product purchase support system 100 may register the sale product information, and in particular, calculate the degree of similarity between the sale product information and each desired product information (step S7). That is, the push-based product purchase support system 100 determines the similarity between the newly registered sale product and the desired product information previously registered in the database unit 110.

Subsequently, the push-based product purchase support system 100 extracts buyer information that matches the desired product information whose calculated degree of similarity is greater than a predetermined reference value (step S9).

The preset reference value may be an individual reference value matched with each desired product information.

The push-based product purchase support system 100 transmits a desired product registration message (that is, the registered sale product information) to the buyer terminal 220 corresponding to the extracted buyer information in a push manner (step S11). Here, the push method means that specific information or a message is transmitted to the purchaser terminal 220 by the function of the push-based product purchase support system 100 even without a pre-request from the purchaser terminal 220.

Accordingly, the buyer terminal 220 displays the received message so that the buyer can confirm.

Although not shown, the buyer terminal 220 may execute an app for purchase according to a push signal (or message) of the push-based product purchase support system 100, and the buyer may push-based using the app for purchase. After logging in to the product purchase support system 100, a product order and a payment process may be requested.

Accordingly, in the push-based product purchase support system 100, product sale and payment processing may be performed.

In the above-described embodiment, the push-based product purchase support system 100 has been described based on receiving product information directly from a seller terminal. However, the push-based product purchase support system 100 is an online shopping mall server provided on a network. You can also collect sales product information from.

For example, the sales product management unit 130 of the push-based product purchase support system 100 described above may periodically collect sales product information registered in the online shopping mall server using an API provided by the online shopping mall server. .

When there are a plurality of online shopping mall servers, the push-based product purchase support system 100 receives online shopping mall information and sales product information from each online shopping mall server, and includes online shopping mall information for purchasing corresponding products in a desired product registration message. It allows the buyer to easily check which shopping malls the user wants to access.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the invention. It is to be understood that such variations and modifications are intended to be included in the scope of the appended claims.

100: Push based product purchase support system
210: desired product registration terminal 220: buyer terminal
300: seller terminal
110: database unit 120: desired product management unit
130: sales product management unit 140: similarity calculation unit
150: extraction unit 160: transmission unit
170: setting unit

Claims (9)

A database unit;
A desired product management unit for receiving desired product information and buyer information from a desired product registration terminal and matching and storing the desired product information in the database unit;
A sales product management unit which receives the sales product information and stores it in the database unit;
A similarity calculating unit for comparing a corresponding selling product information with at least one desired product information stored in the database unit at the time point of receiving the selling product information, and calculating a degree of similarity with the corresponding selling product information of each desired product information;
An extraction unit for extracting, from the database unit, buyer information corresponding to desired product information corresponding to a degree of similarity calculated by the similarity calculation unit equal to or greater than a preset reference value;
Push-based product purchase support system, characterized in that it comprises a transmission unit for transmitting a desired product registration message to the buyer terminal corresponding to the buyer information extracted by the extraction unit in a push method. The method of claim 1,
And a setting unit configured to receive reference value information from the desired product registration terminal and individually set reference values for each desired product information.
The extracting unit is a push-based product purchase support system, characterized in that for extracting the buyer information that matches the desired product information corresponding to the degree of similarity calculated by the similarity setting unit set by the setting unit. The method of claim 1,
Push-based product purchase support system, characterized in that the desired product information received from the desired product registration terminal and the sale product information received through the network includes at least one of a product category, a product name, a price, a product state, and a period of use. . The method of claim 1,
The desired product information and the sale product information are received through an API (Application Programming Interface) provided to a separate social networking service server or a push-based product purchase, characterized in that received through an API provided by a separate shopping mall server. Support system. (a) receiving and storing desired product information and buyer information matching the desired product information from a desired product registration terminal;
(b) receiving the sale product information;
(c) calculating a degree of similarity between each desired product information and the corresponding sales product information by comparing the sales product information with at least one stored desired product information at the time when the sales product information is received;
(d) extracting, from previously stored information, buyer information matching the desired product information corresponding to the calculated degree of similarity equal to or greater than a predetermined reference value;
and (e) transmitting a desired product registration message to a purchaser terminal corresponding to the extracted buyer information by a push method. The method of claim 5,
(f) receiving reference value information from the desired product registration terminal, and setting reference values individually for each desired product information;
In the step (d), the push-based product purchase support system, characterized in that the degree of similarity calculated in the step (c) is extracted buyer information matching the desired product information corresponding to the reference value or more individually set by the setting unit Control method. The method of claim 5,
Push-based product purchase support system, characterized in that the desired product information received from the desired product registration terminal and the sale product information received through the network includes at least one of a product category, a product name, a price, a product state, and a usage period. Control method. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method of any one of claims 5 to 7. Transmitting desired product information and buyer information by the desired product registration terminal according to the operation of the buyer;
A step of matching and storing the desired product information and the buyer information by a push-based product purchase support system that receives desired product information and buyer information from the desired product registration terminal;
The push-based product purchase support system receives the sale product information, and compares the sale product information with previously stored at least one desired product information at the time when the sale product information is received and the corresponding sale product information of each desired product information. Calculating a degree of similarity, extracting buyer information matching the desired product information corresponding to the predetermined reference value or more from previously stored information, and registering a desired product message on a buyer terminal corresponding to the extracted buyer information. Transmitting in a push manner;
And displaying, by the buyer terminal, a desired product registration message received from the push-based product purchase support system.

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