KR20230040857A - Electronic apparatus for providing information of item and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

According to the present disclosure, disclosed is a method for providing information of an item in a control unit of an electronic device, which includes the steps of: receiving group information including a main item and sub-item sets to be grouped with the main item from a first database; receiving detailed information related to the main item and sub-item sets from a second database; and providing a page including at least some of the sub-item sets and information related to the main item, based on the group information and detailed information.

Description

Electronic device and method for providing item information {ELECTRONIC APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION OF ITEM AND METHOD THEREOF}

The present disclosure relates to an electronic device and method for providing item information. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a method for providing a page including item information by receiving group information related to an item from a first database and receiving detailed information related to an item from a second database, and an electronic device using the same.

With the development of electronic technology, e-commerce has become a part of shopping. A customer can purchase an item online without going directly to a shopping mall or market, and the item purchased online is delivered to a shipping address requested by the customer.

On a page for providing information on sale items online, various methods for inducing a customer to purchase an item may be used. Various methods for inducing purchase of an item may include a method for providing benefits according to item purchase.

If a user purchases multiple items, different benefits exist for the items, and benefits provided when purchasing multiple items together exist, what benefits are provided in relation to the items the user purchases, A benefit to be provided to the user may be determined in consideration of various factors, such as whether corresponding benefits overlap and which benefit provides the greatest benefit to the user. Thus, methods can be proposed for accurately and efficiently determining the benefits to be provided to the user.

In this regard, reference may be made to prior literature such as KR101770935B1 or KR101173180B1.

The problem to be solved by the present embodiment is, in order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the control unit receives group information including a main item and a set of sub items to be grouped with the main item from a first database, and 2An electronic device and method for receiving detailed information related to a main item and sub-item set from a database and providing a page including at least a part of the sub-item set and information related to the main item, based on the group information and the detailed information is to provide

The technical problem to be achieved by the present embodiment is not limited to the technical problems described above, and other technical problems may be inferred from the following embodiments.

According to an embodiment, a method for providing item information by a controller of an electronic device includes receiving group information including a main item and a set of sub items to be grouped with the main item from a first database; receiving detailed information related to the main item and the sub-item set from a second database; and providing a page including at least a part of the sub-item set and information related to the main item, based on the group information and the detailed information.

According to an embodiment, the page may be provided in response to a user input related to the main item received from the user.

According to an embodiment, the user input may include a search input related to the main item, an additional input for adding the main item to a shopping cart, a purchase request input for the main item, and a payment input for an item price of the main item. may include at least one of them.

According to an embodiment, the method of providing the item information may further include requesting the detailed information about the main item and the sub-item set identified based on the group information from the second database. there is.

According to an embodiment, the detailed information includes item name information corresponding to the main item and the sub-item set, item price information corresponding to the main item and the sub-item set, and correspondence to the main item and the sub-item set. It may include at least one of image information to be used and benefit information on the main item.

According to an embodiment, the benefit information includes at least one of price discount information related to the main item and the sub-item set, an application condition of the price discount information, and threshold information of a price discount applicable to the main item. can include

According to an embodiment, when the detailed information includes benefit information on the main item, the page includes information for distinguishing an item to which a benefit is applied and an item to which a benefit is not applied based on the benefit information, and the At least one of an interface for distinguishing between an item to which a benefit is applied and an item to which a benefit is not applied based on benefit information may be included.

According to an embodiment, the method for providing information on the item may include storing at least one of benefit information on the main item and a result of applying the benefit information on the main item to the main item and the sub-item set in a third database. The method may further include requesting the page, and the controller may provide the page further based on response information to the request.

According to an embodiment, the requesting may be performed based on whether the detailed information includes benefit information on the main item.

According to an embodiment, the response information to the request may include benefit information on the main item stored in the third database.

According to an embodiment, the requesting may include transmitting request information including at least one of the group information and the detailed information to the third database.

According to an embodiment, when the request information includes the detailed information and the detailed information includes benefit information on the main item, the response information to the request is the benefit information included in the detailed information. If it matches the benefit information on the main item stored in the third database, includes an approval response for the benefit information included in the detailed information, and the benefit information included in the detailed information and the benefit information stored in the third database may include at least one of a rejection response for benefit information included in the detailed information and benefit information stored in the third database.

According to an embodiment, the response information to the request includes purchase condition information of the main item and the sub-item set corresponding to a result of applying the benefit information, and the purchase condition information includes item price information and point accumulation information. and at least one of item information provided free of charge.

According to one embodiment, the first database and the second database may be scalable NoSQL (Non-SQL) databases.

According to an embodiment, when a user input related to a plurality of items including the main item is received from a user, and a sub-item selected according to the user input does not satisfy a condition for applying a benefit to the main item, the Based on the group information, an additional user input for achieving the application condition of the benefit may be suggested to the user.

According to one embodiment, the method of providing information on the item may include receiving an additional input for adding at least a part of the sub-item set and the main item to a shopping cart from a user in response to the page; and requesting one or more benefit information corresponding to one or more items included in the shopping cart to a third database when a request input for a shopping cart page displaying the shopping cart is received from the user.

According to one embodiment, the method of providing information on the item may include receiving an additional input for adding at least a part of the sub-item set and the main item to a shopping cart from a user in response to the page; and when a request input for a shopping cart page displaying the shopping cart is received from the user, a result of applying one or more benefit information corresponding to one or more items included in the shopping cart to one or more items included in the shopping cart is presented. 3 The step of requesting the database may be further included.

An electronic device providing item information according to an embodiment includes a first database storing group information including a main item and a set of sub items to be grouped with the main item; a second database for storing detailed information related to the main item and the sub-item set; and receiving the group information from the first database and receiving the detailed information from the second database, based on the group information and the detailed information, information related to at least a part of the set of sub-items and the main item. It includes a control unit providing a page containing a.

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

According to the present disclosure, an electronic device and method for providing information on items can provide optimal benefits for items purchased by a user by efficiently managing and applying different benefits for items.

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

1 is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating an electronic device providing information on an item according to an exemplary embodiment.
2 is an operation flowchart of an information processing method of an electronic device in an electronic device providing item information according to an exemplary embodiment.
3 is a diagram for exemplarily explaining how a page including information related to at least a part of a sub-item set and a main item is displayed when detailed information includes benefit information about a main item according to an embodiment. .
4 is an operation flowchart of a method of providing item information based on data transmission/reception with a third database in an electronic device providing item information according to an embodiment.
5 is a diagram for illustratively explaining a result of applying benefit information according to an embodiment.
6 is an operational flowchart of a method of proposing additional user input to a user to achieve a benefit application condition according to an embodiment.
7 is an operation flowchart of a method of obtaining a result of applying benefit information to an item included in a shopping cart based on data transmission/reception with a third database when a user enters a shopping cart page according to an embodiment.
8 is a diagram for illustratively explaining a method of operating databases according to an embodiment.
9 is an operation flowchart of an information processing method of a control unit according to an embodiment.
10 is an exemplary view of a configuration of a control unit of an electronic device that provides item information according to an embodiment.

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

In the entire specification, when a part is said to "include" a certain component, it means that it may further include other components, not excluding other components unless otherwise stated. In addition, terms such as "...unit" and "...module" described in the specification mean a unit that processes at least one function or operation, which is implemented as hardware or software, or a combination of hardware and software. It can be.

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

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

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present disclosure. However, the present disclosure may be implemented in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein.

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

In describing the embodiments, descriptions of technical contents that are well known in the technical field to which the present invention pertains and are not directly related to the present invention will be omitted. This is to more clearly convey the gist of the present invention without obscuring it by omitting unnecessary description.

For the same reason, in the accompanying drawings, some components are exaggerated, omitted, or schematically illustrated. Also, the size of each component does not entirely reflect the actual size. In each figure, the same reference number is assigned to the same or corresponding component.

Advantages and features of the present invention, and methods for achieving them, will become clear with reference to the embodiments described below in detail in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but may be implemented in various different forms, and only the present embodiments make the disclosure of the present invention complete, and common knowledge in the art to which the present invention belongs It is provided to fully inform the holder of the scope of the invention, and the present invention is only defined by the scope of the claims. Like reference numbers designate like elements throughout the specification.

At this time, it will be understood that each block of the process flow chart diagrams and combinations of the flow chart diagrams can be performed by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be embodied in a processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing equipment, so that the instructions executed by the processor of the computer or other programmable data processing equipment are described in the flowchart block(s). It creates means to perform functions. These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer usable or computer readable memory that can be directed to a computer or other programmable data processing equipment to implement functionality in a particular way, such that the computer usable or computer readable memory The instructions stored in are also capable of producing an article of manufacture containing instruction means that perform the functions described in the flowchart block(s). The computer program instructions can also be loaded on a computer or other programmable data processing equipment, so that a series of operational steps are performed on the computer or other programmable data processing equipment to create a computer-executed process to generate computer or other programmable data processing equipment. Instructions for performing processing equipment may also provide steps for performing the functions described in the flowchart block(s).

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

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

According to various embodiments, the electronic device 100 providing item information includes a controller 110, a first database 120, and a second database 130. In addition, the electronic device 100 may further include a third database 140 . According to an embodiment, the electronic device 100 providing information on an item includes at least some of the control unit 110, the first database 120, the second database 130, the third database 140, and other external devices. It may further include a network supporting information transmission and reception between the terminals.

Meanwhile, even when the first database 120, the second database 130, and the third database 140 exist, at least some of these databases exist as separate devices distinct from the electronic device 100, By being included in a separate device distinct from the electronic device 100, it may exist in a form not included in the electronic device 100. However, even in this case, a method of providing a series of item information performed by data transmission and reception between the control unit 110, the first database 120, the second database 130, and the third database 140 may be similarly performed. . Hereinafter, for convenience of description, embodiments in which the first database 120, the second database 130, and the third database 140 are included in the electronic device 100 will be described. 120), the second database 130, and the third database 140 may be applied mutatis mutandis even when at least a part exists in a form not included in the electronic device 100.

The control unit 110 of the electronic device 100 may include a transceiver, a memory, and a processor. The first database 120, the second database 130, and the third database 140 may include at least some of a transceiver, a memory, and a processor. In addition, each of the control unit 110, the first database 120, the second database 130, and the third database 140 means a unit that processes at least one function or operation, which is hardware or software, or It can be implemented as a combination of hardware and software. Meanwhile, throughout the embodiment, the control unit 110, the first database 120, the second database 130, and the third database 140 are referred to as separate servers, but they may have a logically divided structure, and may be a single server. It can be implemented by a function separated from

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

The electronic device 100 is a device that configures and provides various information as a web page. The electronic device 10 may be a device that serves to provide item sales information and service provision information to the user, but the role of the electronic device 100 is not limited thereto. Meanwhile, in all embodiments, a service may be referred to as an item, the provision of a service may be referred to as the provision of an item or the sale of an item, and the user may purchase an item through a service provided by the electronic device 100 .

The controller 110 is a functional unit for controlling the electronic device 100 . The controller 110 may read and interpret commands and determine a sequence for data processing. The control unit 110 receives group information including a main item and a sub-item set to be grouped with the main item from a first database, and receives detailed information related to the main item and sub-item set from a second database. receive Based on the group information and detailed information, the controller 110 provides a page including at least a part of the sub item set and information related to the main item.

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

Depending on the embodiment, the controller 110 further requests at least one of benefit information on the main item and a result of applying the benefit information on the main item to the main item and sub-item sets to the third database, and responding to the request The page may be presented further based on the response information.

More details related to the operation of the controller 110 will be described later with reference to FIGS. 2 and 4 .

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

Depending on the embodiment, at least some of the first database 120, the second database 130, and the third database 140 may further perform not only data transmission and reception, but also data processing, processing, and data-based calculations. there is. For example, the third database 140 receives main item and sub-item set information from the control unit 110, and provides information on the main item based on the received main item and sub-item set information and pre-stored benefit information on the main item. A result of applying the benefit information to the main item and sub-item sets may be calculated. In addition, the first database 120 and the second database 130 may be a NoSQL (Non-SQL) database that receives data from a relational database (RDB), processes and reorganizes the data, and stores the data.

The first database 120 and the second database 130 may be NoSQL databases. In this case, the first database 120 and the second database 130 can easily change capacity using a distributed hardware cluster, and thus can have relatively high scalability compared to relational databases. Furthermore, since the first database 120 and the second database 130 operate without a schema, there is no need to define a data structure in advance, and since the data structure can be flexibly changed, informal data can be stored, , enabling rapid development, etc., can have the characteristics of a NoSQL database.

Operations related to a series of information processing methods according to various embodiments may be implemented by a single physical device or may be implemented by organically combining a plurality of physical devices. For example, some of the components included in the electronic device 100 providing item information may be implemented by one physical device, and the remaining components may be implemented by another physical device. For example, one physical device may be implemented as part of the control unit 110, and another physical device may be part of the first database 120, part of the second database 130, or part of the third database 140. It may be implemented as part of some or other external device. In some cases, each component included in the electronic device 100 that provides item information is distributed and arranged in different physical devices, and the distributed components are organically combined to provide item information. It may also be implemented to perform the functions and operations of the electronic device 100. For example, the controller 110 of this specification includes at least one sub device, some operations described as being performed by the controller 110 are performed by a first sub device, and some other operations are performed by a second sub device. may be performed by

2 is an operation flowchart of an information processing method of an electronic device in an electronic device providing item information according to an exemplary embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 2 , the control unit 110 according to an exemplary embodiment receives group information including a main item and a set of sub items to be grouped with the main item from the first database 120 (201). In this case, the sub-item set may include one or more sub-items. Also, the main item may be an item corresponding to a user input. For example, the main item may be an item corresponding to a user's search input, an item corresponding to a user's input to add to a shopping cart, an item corresponding to a user's purchase request input, or an item corresponding to a payment input for an item price. . Sub-items may include additional items and services related to the purchase of the main item, but are not limited thereto. For example, a main item and a sub-item may be items that are related to each other without a superior/subordinate relationship or a master/servant relationship. For example, if the main item is chocolate milk, sub items may include strawberry milk, banana milk, coffee milk, and the like.

Depending on the embodiment, the group information may be information stored by dividing the components into main item and sub-item sets, or simply stored information without separately classifying a plurality of items included in the component. That is, group information according to one example includes information related to the main item PC and sub items mouse, keyboard, and monitor, and group information according to another example includes information related to chocolate milk, strawberry milk, banana milk, and coffee milk. can include In the latter case, a main item and a sub-item set may be determined according to which item the user input corresponds to.

The controller 110 receives detailed information related to the main item and sub-item sets from the second database 130 (203). According to an embodiment, the controller 110 may request detailed information from the second database (202) and receive detailed information as a result. In this case, the controller 110 may request detailed information on the identified main item and sub-item set based on the group information from the second database.

Detailed information received from the second database 130 by the control unit 110 includes item name information corresponding to the main item and sub-item set, item price information corresponding to the main item and sub-item set, and main item and sub-item set information. It may include at least one of corresponding image information and benefit information about the main item. For example, the detailed information includes information indicating that the item name of the main item is "Company A PC", information indicating that the item price is 900,000 won, and information indicating that the main item is purchased together with a sub-item. information indicating that a 2% discount is applied to

Depending on the embodiment, the detailed information may include ID information of an item commonly used on the service of the electronic device 100, item manufacturer information, date of manufacture information, unique serial number information, etc. (serial number information is commonly used by manufacturers, etc.) identification information).

The benefit information on the main item included in the detailed information includes at least one of price discount information related to the main item and sub-item set, application conditions for the price discount information, and information on a threshold value of price discount that can be applied in relation to the main item. can do. For example, the benefit information is i) a 10% discount on the amount of the main item and a 5% discount on the amount of the sub-item, ii) the condition for applying the discount is met when a set of main items and sub-items is purchased in bulk, iii) ) may include that the upper limit of the discounted price is 100,000 won.

Based on the group information and detailed information, the controller 110 provides a page including at least a part of the sub-item set and information related to the main item (204). The page may be provided in a form accessible to the user. A page may be provided based on a result of synthesizing group information and detailed information. For example, group information includes that item A, item B, item C, and item D are related to each other, and detailed information includes item A named chocolate milk, item B named banana milk, item C named strawberry milk and If the name of item D includes coffee milk, the page may be provided based on the fact that chocolate milk, banana milk, strawberry milk, and coffee milk are included in one group. Depending on the embodiment, the group information and detailed information each include ID information of an item commonly used on the service, and corresponding group information and detailed information may be determined by determining whether the item IDs match.

3 is a diagram for exemplarily explaining how a page including information related to at least a part of a sub-item set and a main item is displayed when detailed information includes benefit information about a main item according to an embodiment. .

Referring to FIG. 3 , an example of a page according to an embodiment is shown (300). The illustrated page receives a search input for the keyword “banana milk” from the user and includes search results corresponding thereto. In this case, the main item is determined as banana milk, and the page may include information related to the main item, banana milk. However, in this case, the main item may not be specified as a specific banana milk product of a specific company.

The page may further include information on at least some of the sub-item sets. Since the main item is not specified as a product of a specific company, various sub-items may be determined as the main item may include banana milk of various companies. For example, if the main item is company A's banana milk product, the sub-items may include company A's strawberry milk, company A's chocolate milk, company A's coffee milk, and company A's white milk. The page may include information related to at least a part of the sub-item set, such as displaying information related to the sub-item in a search result or displaying information indicating that a benefit is applied when the sub-item is purchased together with the main item.

If the detailed information includes benefit information for the main item, the page distinguishes between items to which benefits are applied and items to which benefits are not applied based on the benefit information, and items and benefits to which benefits are applied based on the benefit information. At least one of interfaces for distinguishing items to which this is not applied may be included. Reference numeral 310 may be an example of an interface for distinguishing between an item to which a benefit is applied and an item to which a benefit is not applied. Specifically, when there is a user input for "Company A flavored milk (bundle discount)" at reference numeral 310, the search results are rearranged so that Company A flavored milks to which bundle discount benefits are applied are preferentially displayed, or Company A flavored milk. Search results can be filtered to show only those. Alternatively, if there is a user input for "company B banana milk (immediate discount)" of reference numeral 310, the search results are rearranged so that the company B banana milk to which the immediate discount is applied is preferentially displayed, or only the company B banana milk is displayed. The search results can be filtered as much as possible.

Alternatively, according to an embodiment, an example of an interface for distinguishing an item to which a benefit is applied and an item to which a benefit is not applied may include a type of benefit applied to the item, but may not include a specific item name. For example, an interface representing discount types such as "bundle discount" and "instant discount" may be displayed at a location corresponding to reference numeral 310, and when there is a user input to the corresponding interface, products to which bundle discount benefits are applied may be displayed. Search results may be rearranged to display preferentially, or search results may be rearranged to display products to which immediate discount benefits are applied with priority. In this case, the rearrangement of search results may correspond to at least part of an operation of changing the display order of search results related to a keyword entered into the search window and a filtering operation of not displaying at least some of the search results.

4 is an operation flowchart of a method of providing item information based on data transmission/reception with a third database in an electronic device providing item information according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 4 , the controller 110 according to an exemplary embodiment stores at least one of benefit information on a main item and a result of applying the benefit information on a main item to a main item and a set of sub items in a third database 140 . can be requested (401). The request information transmitted from the control unit 110 to the third database 140 may include at least one of group information and detailed information. Depending on embodiments, the request information may include at least a portion of information included in group information or at least a portion of information included in detailed information. For example, the request information may include item name information included in detailed information, item price information, and benefit information for the item.

An operation in which the controller 110 transmits a request to the third database 140 may be performed based on whether the detailed information includes benefit information on the main item. Specifically, the call parameter for the information of the third database 140 may vary depending on whether the detailed information includes benefit information on the main item. For example, when the detailed information includes benefit information on the main item, the controller 110 may transmit a request for parameter A to the third database 140, and when the detailed information does not include benefit information on the main item. The controller 110 may transmit a request for parameter B to the third database 140 .

The controller 110 may receive response information for the request (402). Regarding the above example in which the calling parameter for the information of the third database 140 is changed depending on whether the detailed information includes benefit information on the main item, the third database 140 receiving the request for parameter A transmits The response information to include the result of applying the benefit information, while the response information transmitted by the third database 140 receiving the request of parameter B includes both the result of transmitting the benefit information to the control unit 110 and the benefit information. can do.

When the requested information of the control unit 110 includes detailed information and the detailed information includes benefit information on the main item, the response information to the request is stored in the third database 140 as the benefit information included in the detailed information. It may be determined based on whether it matches the benefit information on the main item. Specifically, when the benefit information included in the detailed information matches the benefit information stored in the third database 140, the response information to the request may include an approval response for the benefit information included in the detailed information. That is, since there is no problem with the benefit information included in the detailed information already received by the control unit 110, resources can be saved by allowing the third database 140 to transmit only the approval response without separately transmitting the benefit information. On the other hand, if the benefit information included in the detailed information and the benefit information stored in the third database do not match, the response information to the request includes a rejection response to the benefit information included in the detailed information and benefits stored in the third database 140. At least one of the information may be included.

The control unit 110 may provide a page further based on received response information in addition to the aforementioned group information and detailed information (204). The response information may include at least one of benefit information on the main item and a result of applying the benefit information on the main item to the main item and sub-item sets. The benefit information included in the response information may be benefit information on the main item stored in the third database 140 (however, as described above, the control unit 110 includes the benefit information on the main item so that the control unit 110 can use the parameter When A's request is transmitted to the third database 140, response information transmitted by the third database 140 may not include benefit information). That is, even when the detailed information includes benefit information, the controller 110 may update the benefit information based on the benefit information included in the response information transmitted from the third database 140 .

The benefit information included in the response information may include, for example, at least one of price discount information for item A and a sub-item set of item A, application conditions for price discount information, and threshold information for price discount. The result of applying the benefit information is the discount amount for item A and the subitem set for item A and the item amount after discount based on at least one of price discount information, a result of determining whether the application condition of price discount information is satisfied, and threshold information. may correspond to the result of calculating

In addition, the response information may include purchase condition information of main item and sub-item sets corresponding to the result of applying the benefit information. The purchase condition information may include at least one of item price information to which a discount or the like is applied, point accumulation information according to purchase, and information on items provided free of charge according to purchase. For example, the purchase condition information may include cases such as a 10,000 won discount on a purchase price for a main item and a sub-item set together, 10,000 points accumulated, or a specific sub-item being additionally presented.

5 is a diagram for illustratively explaining a result of applying benefit information according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 5 , response information according to an embodiment includes purchase condition information of a main item and sub item set corresponding to a result of applying benefit information, and based on this, the controller 110 may provide a page. (500). As described above, the purchase condition information may include at least one of item price information to which a discount or the like is applied, point accumulation information according to purchase, and information on items provided free of charge according to purchase. The page may include the purchase condition information and information notifying that the corresponding purchase condition information corresponds to a main item and a sub item provided with a benefit when purchased together with the main item. For example, the page may include a phrase such as “products that are discounted when purchased as a set” (501). In addition, the page may include main item information (502), sub-item information (503, 504), and final order price information to which purchase condition information is applied (505). In relation to this, the page may display benefit information together with sub-item information. For example, in reference numeral 503, a phrase such as "automatically applied with a set discount of 30,000 won" may be displayed, and in reference numeral 504, a phrase such as "automatically applied with a set discount of 4,000 won" may be displayed. However, such benefit information does not necessarily have to be displayed together with sub-item information, and may be displayed as a separate text or image. Furthermore, it is not necessary to provide such a discount benefit as an addition to a sub-item, and a discount may be applied to the main item when a benefit application condition such as purchasing a sub-item together is satisfied.

6 is an operational flowchart of a method of proposing additional user input to a user to achieve a benefit application condition according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 6 , when a user input related to a plurality of items including a main item is received from a user according to an embodiment, a sub-item selected according to the user input may not satisfy the application condition for benefits for the main item. can In this regard, a user input for selecting a main item and a user input for selecting a sub-item may be separate user inputs or may be the same user input. When a plurality of items are selected by the same user input, all of the selected plurality of items may be candidates for the main item, and whether to apply a benefit may be determined when each item becomes the main item. For example, when a user input for selecting strawberry milk or chocolate milk is received, benefit information when strawberry milk is the main item and benefit information when chocolate milk is the main item may be considered.

If the sub-item selected according to the user input does not satisfy the application condition of the benefit for the main item, the controller 110 may suggest additional user input for achieving the application condition of the benefit to the user based on the group information. . In this regard, when a plurality of items can be considered as candidates for the main item, whether or not the application conditions for benefits for the main item are satisfied determines whether or not the plurality of items satisfy the application conditions for benefits when each of the main items is the main item. All of these can be taken into consideration. For example, if a user input selecting strawberry milk or chocolate milk is received, the user is dissatisfied with both the conditions for applying benefits when strawberry milk is the main item and the conditions for applying benefits when chocolate milk is the main item. It may be determined that the sub-item selected according to the input does not satisfy the application condition of the benefit to the main item.

The additional user input suggested by the controller 110 may correspond to an input in which a condition for applying a benefit is achieved by the corresponding user input. The controller 110 may determine items grouped together based on the group information, and may suggest a user input based on the determination. Depending on the embodiment, the controller 110 may suggest a user input further based on at least one of detailed information and benefit information transmitted from the third database 140 .

Referring to the example of reference numeral 600, the conditions for application of benefits according to one example correspond to the purchase of company A's strawberry milk, company A's banana milk, and company A's chocolate milk, and the provided benefits are for purchasing two items. The price may correspond to a benefit of receiving delivery of three items (601). In this case, if the input received from the user is an input to add to the shopping cart for company A strawberry milk (602) and an input to add to the shopping cart for company A chocolate milk (603), if the user adds more company A banana milk to the shopping cart, an additional item is added. Since it is possible to receive more company A banana milk without cost, the controller 110 may suggest a user input for adding company A banana milk to the shopping cart (604).

7 is an operation flowchart of a method of obtaining a result of applying benefit information to an item included in a shopping cart based on data transmission/reception with a third database when a user enters a shopping cart page according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 7 , the controller 110 according to an exemplary embodiment may receive an additional input for adding at least a part of a sub item set and a main item to a shopping cart from a user in response to a provided page (701). Thereafter, the controller 110 may receive a request input for a shopping cart page displaying a shopping cart from the user (702). In this case, the controller 110 may request one or more benefit information corresponding to one or more items included in the shopping cart page from the third database 140 to provide the shopping cart page to the user (703). Alternatively, in order to provide a shopping cart page to the user, the controller 110 may request a result of applying one or more benefit information corresponding to one or more items included in the shopping cart to the one or more items included in the shopping cart to the third database ( 704).

For one or more items included in the shopping cart page, the third database 140 may transmit at least one of benefit information provided when each item becomes a main item and a result of applying the benefit information to the item to the control unit 110. there is. In this case, the controller 110 may provide at least some of the benefit information provided for each item to the user through the shopping cart page. Alternatively, the controller 110 may comprehensively compare benefit information provided for each item, calculate an optimal benefit provided for the shopping cart page, and provide it to the user.

When a result of applying one or more benefit information corresponding to one or more items included in the shopping cart to the one or more items included in the shopping cart is requested to the third database, the third database 140 sends a request to the one or more items included in the shopping cart page. , the optimal benefit provided for the shopping cart page is calculated by comprehensively comparing the benefit information provided when each item becomes the main item, and the optimal benefit information obtained as a result of the calculation is provided to the control unit 110. may be In this case, the control unit 110 may provide optimal benefit information received from the third database 140 to the user.

In this way, when a request input for the shopping cart page is received from the user, benefits for one or more items included in the shopping cart page are re-determined, so that the relationship between the item previously added to the shopping cart and the item newly added to the shopping cart by user input is determined again. Optimal benefits can be provided to the user by considering the relationship.

8 is a diagram for illustratively explaining a method of operating databases according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 8 , an example of a method of operating databases including a first database 120 , a second database 130 , and a third database 140 is shown. In the figure, Interstellar 801 is a function that processes data transmission and reception between the front-end and back-end of a service, and is specifically involved in providing services to users at the front-end. As such, it can be understood as a function included in the control unit 110 or a function that directly communicates with the control unit 110.

The PBSCDS 802 is a database corresponding to the first database 120, and receives and stores group information including a main item and a set of sub items to be grouped with the main item from the Product Bundling Service (PBS), and stores the group information in Interstellar. (801). The Product CDS 803 is a database corresponding to the second database 130, and stores detailed information related to a plurality of items, and can transmit the detailed information to the Interstellar 802. In the case of the Product CDS 803, benefit information may be further received and stored from the PBS, and detailed information including the benefit information received from the PBS may be transmitted to the Interstellar 802.

The PBS receives and stores group information and benefit information from the NPS (PMS) 804, or obtains group information and benefit information by synthesizing information received from a plurality of terminals such as the PMS 804, WING, and RCC. can PBS is not an essential component to transmit group information to PBSCDS 802 or benefit information to Product CDS 803. In some embodiments, PBS is omitted and PBSCDS 802 and Product CDS 803 Data may be directly transmitted and received to the PMS 804, WING, RCC, and the like. However, by further configuring the PBS, group information and benefit information may be obtained by synthesizing information transmitted from a plurality of terminals and transmitted to the PBSCDS 802 . In addition, considering that various other operations can be performed in stages such as the PMS 804, WING, and RCC in addition to the generation and management of group information and benefit information, the advantage of reducing the load of the corresponding stages by further configuring the PBS may exist.

Depending on the embodiment, when the Product CDS 803 acquires detailed information or transmits the detailed information to the Interstellar 802, operations may be performed in the Indexing unit and the Galaxy unit. In this regard, the indexing unit performs indexing at the vendor item level to perform filtering to distinguish between items to which benefits are applied and items to which benefits are not applied, or to process information to classify the corresponding item and transmit it to the Interstellar (801). . That is, indexing of data can be performed with a structure suitable for storing or reading information. In addition, the Galaxy unit may provide an intermediate step for serving the indexed data by integrating filters, icons, badges, etc. that appear when searching for an item with respect to the data indexed in the Indexing unit.

The PMS 804 is a database corresponding to the third database 140, and may be a database that stores benefit information on a plurality of items corresponding to services provided by the electronic device 100 and grouping information between items. In addition, the PMS 804 may calculate benefits applied to items selected by the user based on a request transmitted from the Interstellar 801 and provide the calculated benefits to the Interstellar 801 . In this regard, the PMS 804 may receive detailed information of an item from the Interstellar 801 and perform calculations based thereon, or may perform calculations based only on group information and benefit information without separate item detailed information. there is. Alternatively, the PMS 804 may further store detailed information on items, and in this case, there may be no need to receive detailed information on each item from the Interstellar 801.

When the PMS 804 receives detailed information of an item from the Interstellar 801, the detailed information transmitted by the Interstellar 801 may correspond to the detailed information stored in the Product CDS 803.

9 is an operation flowchart of an information processing method of a control unit according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 9 , the control unit 110 according to an exemplary embodiment receives group information including a main item and a set of sub items to be grouped with the main item from the first database 120 (910). Also, the controller 110 receives detailed information related to the main item and sub-item sets from the second database 130 (920).

Based on the received group information and detailed information, the controller 110 provides a page including at least a part of the sub-item set and information related to the main item (930).

According to an embodiment, the control unit 110 requests at least one of benefit information on the main item and a result of applying the benefit information on the main item to the main item and sub-item sets to the third database 140, and the control unit , the page can be provided based on the response information to the request.

10 is an exemplary diagram of a configuration of an electronic device providing advertisement content according to an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 10 , the controller 110 includes a transceiver 1010, a processor 1020, and a memory 1030. The controller 110 may be connected to the first database 120 and other external devices through the transceiver 1010 and exchange data.

The processor 1020 may include at least one device described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 9 or may perform at least one method described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 9 . The memory 1030 may store information for performing at least one method described above through FIGS. 1 to 9 . Memory 1030 may be volatile memory or non-volatile memory.

The processor 1020 may control the controller 110 to execute a program and provide information. Program codes executed by the processor 1020 may be stored in the memory 1030 .

In addition, the controller 110 of one embodiment may further include an interface capable of providing information to a user.

On the other hand, preferred embodiments of the present invention have been disclosed in the present specification and drawings, and although specific terms have been used, they are only used in a general sense to easily explain the technical content of the present invention and help understanding of the present invention. It is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. It is obvious to those skilled in the art that other modified examples based on the technical idea of the present invention can be implemented in addition to the embodiments disclosed herein.

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

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

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

Claims (1)

A method for providing item information in a control unit of an electronic device,
Receiving group information including a main item and a set of sub items to be grouped with the main item from a first database;
receiving detailed information related to the main item and the sub-item set from a second database;
transmitting, to a third database, request information requesting a result of applying the benefit information on the main item to the main item and the set of sub-items;
receiving, from the third database, response information including a result of applying the benefit information on the main item to the main item and the sub-item set in response to the request information; and
providing a page including at least a part of the sub-item set and information related to the main item, based on the group information, the detailed information, and the response information;
The first database and the second database are scalable NoSQL (Non-SQL) databases,
The requested information includes the detailed information,
If the detailed information includes benefit information on the main item, the response information determines whether the benefit information on the main item included in the detailed information matches the benefit information on the main item stored in the third database. Including the result of determining whether or not,
If the detailed information does not include benefit information on the main item, the response information further includes benefit information on the main item stored in the third database.

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