KR102817164B1 - Method and apparatus for providing item information - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for providing item information in an electronic device is disclosed. Specifically, the method for providing item information in an electronic device may include: a step of checking an item list including at least one item determined based on a user's purchase history; a step of providing a first page including a widget displaying a set of at least some items among the items in the item list to a user terminal; a step of checking an item to be deleted among the items in the set of items based on a first input on the widget obtained from the user terminal; a step of checking a modified item list by deleting the item to be deleted from the item list; and a step of updating and displaying a widget based on the modified item list in response to the first input.

Description

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ITEM INFORMATION

Embodiments of the present specification relate to a method and device for providing item information. More specifically, embodiments of the present specification relate to a method and device for providing information related to an item to a customer in an item sales service.

As the use of the Internet becomes more widespread, the e-commerce market is expanding. While the proportion of customers visiting offline stores to purchase products is decreasing, the proportion of customers purchasing products through e-commerce using computers or smartphones is rapidly increasing.

In general, users tend to purchase multiple related items together rather than purchasing only one item through e-commerce services. Therefore, in the case of e-commerce, providing appropriate item information based on the customer's purchase history can have a significant impact on increasing customer service satisfaction and sales rates. Accordingly, e-commerce companies can play an important role in increasing the sales rate of items by determining which items customers are likely to be interested in and how they display the determined items on which pages.

The present disclosure is proposed to solve the above-described problems, and provides a method for providing item information and a device therefor. The technical problems to be achieved by the present embodiment are not limited to the technical problems described above, and other technical problems can be inferred from the following embodiments.

As a technical means for achieving the above-described task, a method for providing item information in an electronic device according to the first aspect of the present disclosure may include: a step of checking an item list including at least one item determined based on a user's purchase history; a step of providing a first page including a widget displaying a set of at least some items among the items in the item list to a user terminal; a step of checking an item to be deleted among the items in the set of items based on a first input on the widget obtained from the user terminal; a step of checking a modified item list by deleting the item to be deleted from the item list; and a step of updating and displaying a widget based on the modified item list in response to the first input.

According to one embodiment, a method for providing item information may further include: a step of updating a modified item list by changing at least one of a type and a sorting order of items in a modified item list based on information about a target item for deletion; and a step of providing a second page to a user terminal, including a widget that displays an updated item list, in response to a second input requesting information of a widget acquired from a user terminal.

According to one embodiment, a method for providing item information in an electronic device may further include the steps of: providing a user interface for cancellation of a first input to a user terminal in response to receiving a first input; and, if a second input for cancellation of the first input is received within a set time through the user interface, re-updating and displaying a widget based on an item list.

According to one embodiment, a method for providing item information in an electronic device may be characterized by removing the user interface from a first page if a second input for cancellation of a first input is not received within a time set via the user interface.

According to one embodiment, the step of updating the modified item list may include the step of identifying a group of items in the modified item list that are included in a similar group of items for the item to be deleted, based on information about the item to be deleted; and the step of updating the modified item list by deleting items in the group of items from the modified item list.

According to one embodiment, the step of updating the modified item list may include the steps of: identifying a first item group included in a first-level similar item group for the item to be deleted among items in the modified item list based on information about the item to be deleted; identifying a second item group included in a second-level similar item group for the item to be deleted among items in the modified item list based on information about the item to be deleted; and the steps of changing the sorting order of items included in the first item group of the modified item list to a lower priority and deleting items in the second item group from the modified item list to update the modified item list.

According to one embodiment, the step of updating the modified item list may include the step of identifying an item group included in a replacement item group for the item to be deleted among the items in the modified item list based on information about the item to be deleted; and the step of updating the modified item list by changing the sorting order of the items included in the item group of the modified item list to a priority.

According to one embodiment, a method for providing item information in an electronic device may further include: a step of identifying a second item among items of a set of items based on a second input on a widget obtained from a user terminal; a step of identifying a group of similar items corresponding to the identified second item based on a set mapping table; and a step of providing information on items of the group of similar items to the user terminal.

According to one embodiment, the step of providing information about items of a similar item group to a user terminal may include the step of dividing the similar item group into a first similar item group and a second similar item group; and the step of providing, to the user terminal, a bottom sheet displaying a first item list including items of the first similar item group.

According to one embodiment, a method for providing item information in an electronic device may further include the step of providing, to the user terminal, a full page displaying a second item list including items of a first similar item group and items of a second similar item group in response to reception of a third input on a bottom sheet obtained from the user terminal.

According to one embodiment, the sort order of items in the first similar item group of the first item list and the sort order of items in the first similar item group of the second item list may be the same.

According to one embodiment, the step of distinguishing between items of the first similar item group and items of the second similar item group may include the step of distinguishing the similar item groups into the first similar item group and the second similar item group based on at least one of a similarity between the second item and items of the similar item group and information about items of the similar item group.

According to one embodiment, the third input may be characterized as being an input via an icon displayed at a lower priority than the first item list on the bottom sheet.

According to one embodiment, the step of providing the first page to the user terminal may further include the step of providing the user terminal with a widget displaying an add to cart icon for adding an item of the item set to the user's cart list.

According to one embodiment, the step of providing the first page to the user terminal may further include the step of receiving a second input from the user terminal through an add to cart icon for a second item among items of the item set; and the step of providing the user terminal with an icon for a shopping cart list to which the number of second inputs through the add to cart icon is added in response to the reception of the second input.

An electronic device providing item information according to a second aspect of the present disclosure may include a transceiver; a storage for storing one or more commands; and a processor for providing a first page to a user terminal, the first page including a widget for displaying a set of at least some items among items of the item list, checking an item to be deleted among items of the set of items based on a first input on the widget obtained from the user terminal, checking a modified item list by deleting the item to be deleted from the item list, and updating and displaying the widget based on the modified item list in response to the first input.

The recording medium according to the third aspect of the present disclosure may be a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for execution on a computer.

According to an embodiment of the present specification, an electronic device can increase the profitability of a service provider by providing customized item information corresponding to a customer's history information. In addition, according to an embodiment of the present specification, a widget is provided to a user that displays a list of items that the user may be interested in, and additional information about the items is provided or the list can be edited, thereby improving user convenience, and making it easy to purchase items displayed in the list of items, thereby increasing the purchase conversion rate.

FIG. 1 is a drawing for explaining a system for providing item information in which a method for providing item information by an electronic device according to various embodiments can be implemented.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing item information according to one embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a drawing for explaining an embodiment of updating and displaying a widget based on a modified item list in response to an input for deleting some items included in a widget and an item list included in a page provided to a user terminal.
FIG. 4 is a diagram of an embodiment in which an electronic device provides a user interface to a user terminal for canceling an input for deleting a target item for deletion from an item list.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart for an embodiment of updating a list of modified items based on information about items to be deleted.
FIG. 6 is a drawing regarding an embodiment of updating a modified item list by changing at least one of the types of items included in the modified item list and the sorting order of the items based on information about items to be deleted.
Figure 7 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing item information of a similar item group to a user terminal.
Figure 8 is a diagram showing a method for providing item information of a similar item group to a user terminal.
Following Figure 8, Figure 9 is a drawing for explaining a bottom sheet and a full page, which are one embodiment of a user interface.
FIG. 10 is a drawing of an embodiment of providing a widget displaying an add to cart icon for adding at least one item to a cart list to a user terminal.
FIG. 11 is a block diagram schematically illustrating an electronic device for providing item information according to one embodiment.

The terms used in the embodiments are selected from the most widely used general terms possible while considering the functions of the present disclosure, but this may vary depending on the intention of a technician working in the field, precedents, the emergence of new technologies, etc. In addition, in certain cases, there are terms arbitrarily selected by the applicant, and in this case, the meanings thereof will be described in detail in the corresponding description section. Therefore, the terms used in the present disclosure should be defined based on the meanings of the terms and the overall contents of the present disclosure, rather than simply the names of the terms.

When a part of the specification is said to “include” a component, this does not mean that other components are excluded, unless otherwise specifically stated, but rather that other components may be included. In addition, terms such as “part,” “module,” etc., described in the specification mean a unit that processes at least one function or operation, which may be implemented by hardware or software, or a combination of hardware and software.

The expression “at least one of a, b, and c” as used throughout the specification can encompass “a alone,” “b alone,” “c alone,” “a and b,” “a and c,” “b and c,” or “all of a, b, and c.”

The "terminal" mentioned below may be implemented as a computer or portable terminal capable of connecting to a server or other terminal via a network. Here, the computer includes, for example, a notebook, desktop, laptop, etc. equipped with a WEB Browser, and the portable terminal may include, for example, a wireless communication device that ensures portability and mobility, such as a communication-based terminal such as IMT (International Mobile Telecommunication), CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access), W-CDMA (W-Code Division Multiple Access), LTE (Long Term Evolution), and all kinds of handheld-based wireless communication devices such as a smartphone, tablet PC, etc.

Below, with reference to the attached drawings, embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail so that those skilled in the art can easily implement the present disclosure. However, the present disclosure may be implemented in various 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 attached drawings.

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

For the same reason, some components in the attached drawings are exaggerated, omitted, or schematically illustrated. In addition, the size of each component does not entirely reflect the actual size. The same or corresponding components in each drawing are given the same reference numbers.

The advantages and features of the present invention, and the methods for achieving them, will become clear with reference to the embodiments described in detail below together 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 the present embodiments are provided only to make the disclosure of the present invention complete and to fully inform those skilled in the art of the scope of the invention, and the present invention is defined only by the scope of the claims. Like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout the specification.

At this time, it will be understood that each block of the processing flow diagrams and combinations of the flow diagrams can be performed by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions can be loaded onto a processor of a general-purpose computer, a 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 create a means for performing the functions described in the flow diagram block(s). These computer program instructions can also be stored in a computer-available or computer-readable memory that can be directed to a computer or other programmable data processing equipment to implement the function in a specific manner, so that the instructions stored in the computer-available or computer-readable memory can also produce a manufactured article including an instruction means for performing the functions described in the flow diagram block(s). Since the computer program instructions may be installed on a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus, a series of operational steps may be performed on the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to produce a computer-executable process, so that the instructions executing the computer or other programmable data processing apparatus may also provide steps for executing the functions described in the flowchart block(s).

Additionally, each block may represent a module, segment, or portion of code that contains one or more executable instructions for performing a particular logical function(s). It should also be noted that in some alternative implementation examples, the functions mentioned in the blocks may occur out of order. For example, two blocks shown in succession may in fact be performed substantially concurrently, or the blocks may sometimes be performed in reverse order, depending on the functionality they perform.

FIG. 1 is a drawing for explaining a system for providing item information in which a method for providing item information by an electronic device according to various embodiments can be implemented.

Referring to FIG. 1, the system (10) for providing item information according to various embodiments may be implemented by various types of devices. For example, the system (10) for providing item information may include an electronic device (100) and a user terminal (110). The system (10) for providing item information illustrated in FIG. 1 illustrates only components related to the present embodiment. Therefore, a person having ordinary skill in the art related to the present embodiment may understand that other general components may be further included in addition to the components illustrated in FIG. 1.

Each of the electronic device (100) and the user terminal (110) may include a transceiver, storage, and a processor. In addition, each of the electronic device (100) and the user terminal (110) means a unit that processes at least one function or operation, and this may be implemented by hardware or software, or a combination of hardware and software. Meanwhile, throughout the embodiments, each of the electronic device (100) and the user terminal (110) is referred to as a separate device or server, but this may be a logically divided structure, and at least some of them may be implemented by a separate function in one device or server.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device (100) and the user terminal (110) may include a plurality of computer systems or computer software implemented as network servers. For example, at least some of the electronic device (100) and the user terminal (110) may refer to a computer system and computer software that are connected to a lower device that can communicate with another network server through a computer network such as an intranet or the Internet, receive a task execution request, perform the task for the request, and provide the execution result. In addition, at least some of the electronic device (100) and the user terminal (110) may be understood as a broad concept that includes a series of application programs that can operate on a network server, and various databases built in internal or connected other nodes. For example, at least some of the electronic device (100) and the user terminal (110) may be implemented using a network server program that is provided in various ways according to an operating system such as DOS, Windows, Linux, UNIX, or MacOS.

The electronic device (100) and the user terminal (110) can communicate with each other through a network (not shown). The network includes a Local Area Network (LAN), a Wide Area Network (WAN), a Value Added Network (VAN), a mobile radio communication network, a satellite communication network, and a combination thereof, and is a comprehensive data communication network that allows each network component shown in FIG. 1 to communicate smoothly with each other, and may include wired Internet, wireless Internet, and a mobile radio communication network. Wireless communication may include, but is not limited to, wireless LAN (Wi-Fi), Bluetooth, Bluetooth low energy, Zigbee, WFD (Wi-Fi Direct), UWB (ultra wideband), infrared communication (IrDA, infrared Data Association), NFC (Near Field Communication), etc., for example.

According to one embodiment, an electronic device (100) provides a first page including a widget that displays a set of at least some items among the items of the item list, confirms an item list including at least one item determined based on a purchase history of a user, and provides a user terminal with a first page including a widget that displays a set of at least some items among the items of the item list, and confirms an item to be deleted among the items of the set of items based on a first input on the widget obtained from the user terminal, and confirms a modified item list by deleting the item to be deleted from the item list, and updates and displays a widget based on the modified item list in response to the first input. A detailed description will be given below of a specific embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing item information according to one embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 2, it can be clearly understood that some of the operations for providing item information in an electronic device may be changed or substituted, or some of the orders between the operations may be changed, within a scope clearly understandable to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains.

In step S210, the electronic device (100) can check an item list including at least one item determined based on the user's purchase history. Here, the user's purchase history can include information about items recently purchased by the user, information about items that the user purchases periodically, etc. However, it is not limited thereto, and the user's purchase history can include not only all information about items purchased by the user through an e-commerce service, but also information about items that the user has put in a shopping cart or information about items that the user has marked as wish list. For example, the electronic device (100) can check at least one item that is predicted to be highly likely to be purchased by the user based on the user's purchase history. Meanwhile, items that the user purchases periodically are not limited to items that are purchased at a certain period of time, and can include items that the user has purchased at least twice. In an embodiment, for multiple purchases of the corresponding item, the time at which the user is expected to purchase the corresponding item next can be predicted based on the interval at which the user has purchased the corresponding item and the interval at which another user has purchased the corresponding item. Based on such prediction, a list of items that the user purchases periodically can be provided to the user.

In step S220, the electronic device (100) may provide a first page including a widget displaying a set of at least some items among the items in the item list to the user terminal (110).

In the present invention, a widget may be an interface displayed on a user terminal (110) and interacting with a user. A widget may be composed of an item list including at least one item. More specifically, a widget may be an interface that displays information about at least one item, such as a product name, a product image, price information, discount information, rating information, and number of reviews of at least one item included in an item list. With respect to the type of the widget, the widget may be 1) a widget including at least one item that is confirmed to have been purchased by a user more than a set number of times based on the user's purchase history, or 2) a widget including at least one item that is confirmed to have been purchased periodically by the user based on the user's purchase history and is expected to be purchased within a set period of time, but is not limited thereto. For example, a widget may be a widget including an item purchased together with an item that the user recently purchased. A widget may be an interface such as a window or a text box, and is not limited by the drawings of the present invention. At least one item confirmed in step S210 may be an item corresponding to the type of the widget. For example, if the widget is about frequently purchased items by the user, at least one item included in the item list may correspond to items frequently purchased by the user. Meanwhile, frequently purchased items may include items that the user purchased more than a set number of times during a specific period.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device (100) may provide a first page including a widget that displays at least a partial set of items among the items in the item list to the user terminal (110). More specifically, when the number of items in the item list is large or in order to effectively provide a GUI (Graphical User Interface) to the user, the electronic device (100) may provide some of the items in the item list (corresponding to at least a partial set of items) through the first page. For example, the electronic device (100) may provide some of the items in the item list to the user terminal (110) through the first page (including a widget), and provide the remaining items in the item list (corresponding to an item excluding an item in the item list among at least one item) to the user terminal (110) through a separate user interface other than the widget or a separate page other than the first page. Here, the at least partial set of items may be any one of the items in the item list, or may mean all of the items in the item list, but is not limited thereto.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device (100) may check an item set displayed in a widget among at least one item based on information about at least one item. More specifically, the widget may be configured to display a set number of items, and the electronic device (100) may assign an item determined to have a high priority for display, such as an item with a high possibility of sale, among at least one item, to the item set. However, the present invention is not limited to items with a high possibility of sale, and an item with a high purchase conversion rate or an item with a high review rating from other users may be assigned to the item set. Accordingly, the electronic device (100) may provide a first page including a widget that displays an item set including an item predicted to have a high possibility of sale among at least one item to the user terminal. Here, the first page may be a graphical user interface (GUI) provided to the user terminal (110).

In this application, an item list may mean a list including all items corresponding to a widget. However, not all items of the item list are directly displayed on the user terminal (110). Some items of the item list may be displayed on the first page through the widget, and the remaining items of the item list may be displayed through a separate page. In this application, an item set may be a list including items that are directly displayed on the first page through the widget. Accordingly, an item of an item set may be a concept included in an item of an item list. In addition, items that are not included in the item set but are included in the item list may be referred to as remaining items.

In step S230, the electronic device (100) can identify an item to be deleted among the items of the item set based on the first input on the widget obtained from the user terminal (110).

According to one embodiment, the electronic device (100) may obtain a first input on a widget from a user terminal (110). More specifically, in order to receive a first input for deleting some items of an item set from an item list, the electronic device (100) may display a delete icon for deleting each item of the item set from the item list on the widget and provide the user terminal (110). Accordingly, the user may click a delete icon corresponding to an item to be deleted from the item list, and the electronic device (100) may receive a first input according to the user's action. The received first input may include information that an icon for deleting some items from the item list has been clicked.

In step S240, the electronic device (100) can check the modified item list by deleting the item to be deleted from the item list. When the electronic device (100) receives the first input from the user terminal (110), it is necessary to immediately delete the item to be deleted from the item list. Accordingly, the electronic device (100) can check the modified item list by deleting the item to be deleted from the items of the item list. Here, the modified item list may be a list including at least one item included in the item list, excluding the item to be deleted. In addition, the modified item list may include items excluding the item to be deleted from the items of the item set.

In step S250, the electronic device (100) may update and display a widget based on the modified item list in response to the first input. Specifically, the updated widget may be characterized by including items of the item set excluding items to be deleted. More specifically, the updated widget may be a widget including the remaining items of the item set excluding items to be deleted. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the updated widget may also include some items among the remaining items, which are items excluding items in the item list from at least one item. Some items included in the updated widget may be items that are determined to have a high sales potential or a high purchase conversion rate or review rating of other users and thus have a high priority for exposure, among the items excluding items in the item list from at least one item.

FIG. 3 is a drawing for explaining an embodiment of updating and displaying a widget based on a modified item list in response to an input for deleting some items included in a widget and an item list included in a page provided to a user terminal.

According to one embodiment, the first page (300) displayed on the user terminal (110) may provide information on items predicted to be highly likely to be purchased by the user based on the user's purchase history, ongoing discount information, etc. The first page (300) may include a widget (310) that displays at least a partial set of items from the item list. More specifically, the electronic device (100) may assign at least one item from the item list that is highly likely to be purchased to the set of items displayed on the widget.

Referring to FIG. 3, the widget (310) is a widget for frequently purchased items, but is not limited thereto. For example, the widget may be a widget that includes items that the user purchases periodically. In addition, although the widget (310) is depicted as being displayed at the bottom of the home screen on the user terminal (110), the location where the widget is displayed on the user terminal (110) is not limited to the embodiment according to FIG. 3.

According to one embodiment, the widget (310) may display items of an item list (a set number of items) on a first page (300) and expose the remaining items on an additional page created by clicking a more icon (340). 1) For example, referring to FIG. 3, an item set displayed on the widget (310) may include item 1 (2L of water, 12 pieces) (321), item 2 (10P of socks) (322), and item 3 (15 pieces of potato chips) (323). In addition, other items included in the item set may be displayed by horizontally scrolling the widget (310). 2) When an input for accessing an additional page is received through the more icon (340) located at the upper right of the widget (310), the electronic device (100) may display the remaining items, which are items not included in the item set among at least one item, on a separate page.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device (100) may determine an exposure order or sorting order among at least one item included in an item list based on an algorithm for a set item recommendation. The electronic device (100) may assign an item having a high recommendation order to a user among the items in the item list based on the sorting order of at least one item included in the item list as an item of an item set. More specifically, the electronic device (100) may determine an item of an item set displayed on a widget (310) based on information such as information on a user's purchase frequency for items in the item list, rating information on items, discount information on items, information on an estimated time arrival (ETA) of items, inventory information on items, and the like. In addition, among the items of the item set displayed on the widget (310), an item displayed on the widget (310) without a separate scroll may be an item having the highest recommendation order to the user. For example, item 1 (321), item 2 (322), and item 3 (323) are items displayed in the widget (310), and the sort order of item 1 (321), item 2 (322), and item 3 (323) may be first, second, and third.

However, based on the algorithm for setting item recommendations of the electronic device (100), the exposure order of items that are not suitable for the user may be determined as a priority, or the exposure order of items determined based on the algorithm for setting item recommendations may need to be changed due to changes in the user's purchasing pattern, etc. For example, if the user has purchased a water purifier, item 1 (2L of mineral water, 12 units) (321) needs to be classified as a product that the user is unlikely to purchase. In this regard, as an example of obtaining user feedback, the electronic device (100) may display a delete icon corresponding to an item in the item list displayed on the widget (310) on the widget.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device (100) may provide a widget (310) including an icon for deleting an item of an item set from an item list to the user terminal (110). For example, referring to FIG. 3, the widget (310) displayed on the user terminal (110) may include a delete icon (331) for item 1 (321) and a delete icon (332) for item 2 (322). In addition, although not shown in FIG. 3, the widget (310) may include a delete icon for each item included in the item set as well as item 1 (321) and item 2 (322).

According to one embodiment, the electronic device (100) may receive an input from the user terminal (110) to delete at least one item, a target item for deletion, from the item list. More specifically, the electronic device (100) may receive an input to delete at least one item, a target item for deletion, from the item list based on a user action input through a delete icon. Referring to FIG. 3, the user's action (345) may be an action of clicking an icon (331) for deleting item 1 (321) from the item list, but is not limited thereto. For example, the user's action may be an input of sliding or dragging an icon for deleting an item for deletion from the item list. In FIG. 3, the target item for deletion may correspond to item 1 (321).

According to one embodiment, the electronic device (100) may confirm a modified item list by deleting item 1 (321) from the item list based on a first input for deleting at least one item, item 1 (321), from the item list. Accordingly, the electronic device (100) may update and display a widget based on the modified item list. More specifically, the electronic device (100) may confirm a modified item list displayed on the widget by deleting item 1 (321) from the item list. The modified item set may not include item 1 (321). In addition, the electronic device (100) may add item 4 (361) to the item set displayed through the modified widget (360) according to the exposure order of items determined based on an algorithm for set item recommendation.

Deleting an item to be deleted from the item list in this invention may mean deleting the vendor item ID of the item to be deleted from the item list. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and deleting an item to be deleted may mean deleting the item ID of the item to be deleted from the item list. In addition, if an item to be deleted is deleted from the item list, even if the user re-purchases the item to be deleted, the item to be deleted may not be added to the item list again.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device (100) may provide a user interface (370) for canceling an input for deleting an item 1 (321) to the user terminal (110). The user interface (370) may be included in a widget (360). In addition, the user interface (370) may include an icon for canceling the user's action, "Undo" (371), along with a description of the user's action, such as "Deleted from frequently purchased items." A specific embodiment of changing the user interface displayed on the user terminal (110) depending on whether a user's input for canceling the input is received within a set time through the user interface (370) will be described with reference to FIG. 4 below.

FIG. 4 is a diagram of an embodiment in which an electronic device provides a user interface to a user terminal for canceling an input for deleting a target item for deletion from an item list.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device (100) may need to delete item 1 (321) from the item list after verifying whether the user's input is input in accordance with the user's intention or input incorrectly. Accordingly, the electronic device (100) may provide a user interface for canceling the input to the user terminal (110) in response to receiving an input regarding deleting an item to be deleted from the item list.

For example, a widget (411) displayed on page 1 (410) may include a user interface (412) for canceling an input. The user interface (412) for canceling an input may include an icon for canceling the user's action, "Undo" (413), along with a description of the user's action, such as "Deleted from frequently purchased items."

According to one embodiment, the electronic device (100) may determine whether to change the list of items displayed on the user terminal (110) based on whether a second input (420) from the user regarding cancellation of the first input is received within a set time (e.g., 3 seconds) via the user interface (412) for cancellation of the input.

1) According to one embodiment, if the electronic device (100) receives a second input regarding the cancellation of the first input within a set time period via the user interface (413), it may determine that the input for deleting the target item for deletion from the item list is erroneously input. Accordingly, if the electronic device (100) receives a second input regarding the cancellation of the first input within the set time period, it is necessary to re-update the widget based on the (original) item list, not the modified item list. The item list displayed in the re-updated widget may include the target item for deletion. For example, referring to the widget (431) displayed on page 2 (430), the item list displayed in the widget (431) may be an updated item list based on the item list (including the item (432) which is the target item for deletion) displayed in the widget (310).

According to another embodiment, when the electronic device (100) receives a user's input (420) regarding cancellation of an input within a set time period via the user interface (413), the electronic device (100) may re-modify the modified item list by adding a target item for deletion to the modified item list. Accordingly, the electronic device (100) may provide the user terminal (110) with a widget (431) that displays the re-modified item list. For example, the item list of the widget (431) may be a re-modified item list by adding a first item (432) as a target item for deletion to the modified item list of the widget (411). Accordingly, even if the user's input to delete an item from the item list is erroneous, the electronic device (100) may provide the user terminal (110) with a widget (411) including a user-customized item list by receiving a second user's input regarding cancellation of the first input via the user interface (412).

2) According to one embodiment, if the electronic device (100) does not receive a user input (420) regarding cancellation of input within a set time through the user interface (413), the user interface (413) can be removed from the first page. Specifically, the electronic device (100) can control the user interface (413) not to be displayed on the user terminal (110).

According to one embodiment, if the electronic device (100) does not receive a user's input (420) regarding cancellation of input within a set time period via the user interface (413), the electronic device (100) may determine that the input for deleting a target item from the item list is an input that conforms to the user's intention. Accordingly, the electronic device (100) may remove the user interface (413) on the page (440) from the first page. For example, the electronic device (100) may provide the user terminal (110) with a widget (441) that displays an item list that does not include the first item (432) by removing the first item (432) from page 1 (410). The widget (441) may be characterized in that it does not include a user interface (412) regarding cancellation of the user's input, unlike the widget (411) of page 1 (410).

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for an embodiment of updating a list of modified items based on information about items to be deleted.

According to one embodiment of FIG. 4, if it is determined that deleting a target item from the item list is in accordance with the user's intention, the electronic device (100) may update a modified item list including a set of items displayed on a widget by providing information about the target item as feedback. Accordingly, if a second input requesting information about the widget is received from the user terminal (110), the electronic device (100) may provide a widget that displays a list that is updated in a user-customized manner. FIG. 5 describes an overall method for updating a modified item list, and FIG. 6 describes a specific embodiment for updating a modified item list.

In step S510, the electronic device (100) may change at least one of the types and sorting orders of items in the modified item list based on the information about the target item for deletion, thereby updating the modified item list. For example, the electronic device (100) may identify an item group included in a similar item group for the target item for deletion among the items in the modified item list based on the information about the target item for deletion. The electronic device (100) may change the sorting order of items in the item group to a lower priority or delete items in the item group from the modified item list by using the information about the target item for deletion as negative feedback. Alternatively, the electronic device (100) may identify an item group included in a substitute item group for the target item for deletion among the items in the modified item list based on the information about the target item for deletion. In this case, the electronic device (100) may change the sorting order of items in the item group to a higher priority by using the information about the target item for deletion as positive feedback.

In step S520, in response to a second input requesting information on a widget acquired from a user terminal (110), a second page including a widget displaying an updated list of items may be provided to the user terminal (110). More specifically, upon receiving a second input requesting information on a widget from the user terminal (110), the electronic device (100) may provide a second page including a user-customized widget displaying an updated list to the user terminal (110).

FIG. 6 is a drawing regarding an embodiment of updating a modified item list by changing at least one of the types of items included in the modified item list and the sorting order of the items based on information about items to be deleted.

Referring to FIG. 6, FIG. 6 illustrates an item list (600), a modified item list (630), and an updated item list (660).

In FIG. 6, the item list (600) may be an item list including at least one item corresponding to a widget provided to the user terminal (110). The modified item list (630) may be an item list from which a deletion target item is deleted from the item list (600). The updated item list (660) may be an updated item list corresponding to a widget provided to the user terminal (110) in response to an input requesting information on a widget received from the user terminal (110). Specifically, the updated item list (660) may be an item list that is updated by changing the type of an item included in the modified item list (630) or changing the sorting order of the items included in the modified item list (630).

According to FIG. 6, the item list (600), the modified item list (630), and the updated item list (660) may illustrate a set of items that are displayed through a first page including a widget without going through a separate additional page. Accordingly, the item list (600), the modified item list (630), and the updated item list (660) may include additional items in addition to the items of the item set. In addition, the number of items of the item set exposed on the first page (16 according to the embodiment of FIG. 6) may be determined to be equal to or greater than a set first threshold (e.g., 3) and equal to or less than a set second threshold (e.g., 30). When the number of items of the modified item list (or the number of items of the item list) decreases below the set first threshold by deleting a target item from the item list, the electronic device (100) may not provide a widget that displays the set of items to the user terminal (110).

According to one embodiment, the electronic device (100) may identify an item to be deleted among items of an item set based on a first input on a widget received from a user terminal (110). Referring to FIG. 6, the electronic device (100) may identify item 1 as an item to be deleted and delete item 1 from the item list (600). The electronic device (100) may identify a modified item list (630) in which the first item is deleted from the item list (600). The modified item list (630) may not include item 1, for which an input for deletion has been received, and may include item 17, which is a new item. Here, item 17 may be one of the remaining items as the 17th item in the exposure order in the item list. Specifically, item 17 may be included in the items of the item set exposed on the first access page (300) without accessing a separate additional page, as item 1 is deleted from the item list.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device (100) may update the modified item list (630) to the updated item list (660) by changing at least one of the types of items and the sorting order of items included in the modified item list based on information about items to be deleted.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device (100) may change at least one of the types of items included in the modified item list and the sorting order of the items by using information about the target item for deletion as negative feedback. Items similar to the target item for deletion may be predicted to be items that the user is unlikely to purchase. Accordingly, the electronic device (100) may check items similar to the target item for deletion among the items included in the modified item list, and then change the display order of the checked items to a lower priority or exclude the checked items from the modified item list. In the present invention, an item similar to the target item for deletion may mean an item similar to the target item for deletion in terms of the purpose of the item, the price of the item, etc. In addition, an item similar to the target item for deletion may mean a neighboring item whose distance from the embedding vector of the target item for deletion calculated based on a recommendation algorithm is less than or equal to a set threshold (Nearest Neighbor).

1) According to one embodiment, the electronic device (100) may identify an item group included in a similar item group for item 1 among the items of the modified item list (630) based on information about item 1, which is a target item for deletion. In addition, the electronic device (100) may delete an item of the item group from the modified item list (630) to update the modified item list (630) to an updated item list (660). For example, among at least one item included in the modified item list (630), item 8 and item 9 are similar items to item 1 and may be included in a similar item group for item 1. The electronic device (100) may update the modified item list (630) by deleting item 8 and item 9 from the modified item list (630). Accordingly, in response to a second input requesting information about a widget received from a user terminal (110), the electronic device (100) may provide a second page to the user terminal (110) that includes a widget displaying an updated item list (deleting item 8 and item 9) (560).

2) According to one embodiment, the electronic device (100) may identify a first item group included in a first-level similar item group for item 1 among the items of the modified item list (630) based on information about item 1, which is an item to be deleted. In addition, the electronic device (100) may identify a second item group included in a second-level similar item group for item 1 among the items of the modified item list (630) based on information about item 1.

For example, the electronic device (100) may divide the similar item group of the first level and the similar item group of the second level according to the degree of similarity with the item 1. More specifically, the electronic device (100) may assign an item, among the items of the modified item list, whose distance from the embedding vector of the item 1 is less than or equal to a first threshold, to the similar item group of the second level. In addition, the electronic device (100) may assign an item, among the items of the modified item list, whose distance from the embedding vector of the item 1 is greater than the first threshold and less than or equal to a second threshold, to the similar item group of the first level. Here, an item included in the similar item group of the second level may be an item that is more similar to the item 1 than an item included in the similar item group of the first level.

For example, referring to FIG. 6, at least one item, including item 2, item 3, item 4, and item 5, included in the modified item list (630) may be similar to item 1 and may be one of the items in the first item group included in the first-level similar item group for item 1. In addition, at least one item, including item 8 and item 9, included in the modified item list (630) may be very similar to item 1 and may be one of the items in the second item group included in the second-level similar item group for item 1.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device (100) may update the modified item list (630) by changing the sort order of items of the first item group in the modified item list (630) to a lower order and deleting items of the second item group from the modified item list (630). For example, the electronic device (100) may change the sort order of items 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the first item group in the modified item list (630) to 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th. In addition, for example, the electronic device (100) may delete items 8 and 9 of the second item group from the modified item list (630). Accordingly, in response to a second input requesting information of a widget received from a user terminal (110), the electronic device (100) may provide a second page to the user terminal (110) including a widget displaying an updated item list (changing the sort order of items 2, 3, 4, and 5, and deleting items 8 and 9) (560).

According to one embodiment, the electronic device (100) may change at least one of the types of items and the sorting order of items in the modified item list (630) based more on the history of deletion inputs from other users. For example, among the items included in the modified item list (630), items that have received deletion inputs from other users at a set ratio or more may have their exposure order in the modified item list (630) changed to a lower order or may be deleted from the modified item list (630).

However, information about the target item for deletion is not only used as negative feedback. According to one embodiment, the electronic device (100) can change at least one of the types of items included in the modified item list and the sorting order of the items by using information about the target item for deletion as positive feedback. For example, the deletion of the target item for deletion may have a positive feedback relationship with the sorting order of items that are negatively correlated with the sales of the target item for deletion. More specifically, items that are negatively correlated with the sales of the target item for deletion may include items that are in a substitute good relationship with the target item for deletion. For example, if the target item for deletion is coffee, items that are in a substitute good relationship with the target item for deletion may be black tea, green tea, etc.

3) According to one embodiment, the electronic device (100) may identify an item group included in a substitute item group for item 1 among the items included in the modified item list (630) based on information about item 1, which is a target item for deletion. Here, the substitute item group for item 1 may be a set of items having a negative correlation with the sales of item 1. More specifically, the substitute item group for item 1 may be a set of items that are in a substitute relationship with item 1. The substitute item group for item 1 may also be determined based on a stored mapping table. For example, referring to FIG. 5, at least one item included in the modified item list (630), item 6, item 7, item 10, and item 11 may be items that are in a substitute relationship with item 1 and may be included in an item group.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device (100) can update the modified item list (630) by changing the sorting order of items included in an item group in the modified item list (630) to a priority. In response to a second input requesting widget information received from the user terminal (110), the electronic device (100) can provide the user terminal (110) with a widget that displays the updated item list (660). For example, the electronic device (100) can provide the user terminal (110) with a widget that displays the updated item list (the sorting order of items 6, item 7, item 10, and item 11 is changed to a priority) (560) by changing the exposure order of items 6, item 7, item 10, and item 11 to 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th.

4) According to an embodiment, the electronic device (100) may add a new item to the modified item list (630) in addition to the method according to the embodiments described in 1), 2), and 3). More specifically, the electronic device (100) may identify item 18 and item 19, which are items having a high sorting order among the remaining items (items included in the item list but not included in the item set). Accordingly, the electronic device (100) may add item 18 and item 19 to the modified item list (630). Here, adding item 18 and item 19 to the modified item list (630) may mean adding item 18 and item 19 to the item set included in the modified item list (630). As the electronic device (100) determines the display order of Item 18 and Item 19 on the widget to be 11th and 12th, Item 18 and Item 19 can be added to the modified item list (630).

Figure 7 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing item information of a similar item group to a user terminal.

When the electronic device (100) provides a widget that displays a set of items to a user terminal (110), it can increase the sales rate of the items by additionally displaying items belonging to a similar category to the items in the item list. In this regard, in steps S710, S720, and S730, an embodiment of providing item information of a similar item group corresponding to an item in the set of items to the user terminal (110) will be examined.

In step S710, the electronic device (100) can check a second item among the items of the item set based on a second input on the widget obtained from the user terminal (110).

According to one embodiment, the electronic device (100) may provide a first page by attaching an additional icon for providing information on a group of similar items for each item in the item list to a widget. Accordingly, based on a second input received from the user terminal (110) through an additional icon for a second item, the electronic device (100) may confirm a second item among the items in the item set.

In step S720, the electronic device (100) can identify a group of similar items corresponding to the identified second item based on the established mapping table.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device (100) can identify a similar item group corresponding to the second item based on a set mapping table. The mapping table can include information on a similar item group corresponding to each item in the item list. More specifically, the mapping table can also include information on a sorting order based on the degree of similarity between the items in the similar item group and the second item. The sorting order of the items in the similar item group can be determined based on the degree of similarity between the second item and the items in the similar item group, rating information of the items in the similar item group, sales information of the items in the similar item group, etc.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device (100) may set a mapping table including information about an item and a group of similar items corresponding to the item based on information about the use of the item, information about the price of the item, information about the rating of the item, etc.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device (100) may identify a group of similar items corresponding to the second item by using the embedding vector. More specifically, the electronic device (100) may identify the embedding vector of the second item. The embedding vector of the second item is an N-dimensional vector (N ), may be a vector having elements of real values determined based on price information, rating information, use information, etc. of at least one item. The electronic device (100) may identify a similar item group located within a set distance or less in an N-dimensional space from the embedding vector of the second item, and confirm items of the similar item group. Items of the similar item group determined based on the embedding vector may be items similar to the second item. In addition, the electronic device (100) may determine the sorting order of the second at least one similar item based on the reverse order of the distance between the embedding vector for the second item and the embedding vector for the items of the similar item group.

In step S730, the electronic device (100) may provide information about items in a similar item group to the user terminal (110). According to one embodiment, the electronic device (100) may provide information about items in a similar item group identified based on a mapping table to the user terminal (110).

Figure 8 is a diagram showing a method for providing item information of a similar item group to a user terminal.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device (100) may provide a widget that displays a set of items to the user terminal (110). For example, referring to FIG. 8, a page (800) displayed on the user terminal (110) displays information on a plurality of items through a widget (810) regarding frequently purchased items and a widget regarding repurchase recommended items. Referring to FIG. 8, items of the set of items displayed on the widget (810) may include item 1 (821) related to air rice, item 2 (822) related to detergent refill, and item 3 (823) related to wet tissues.

For each item in the item set, item image information, item price information, item discount information, and item rating information may be displayed in a grouped manner so as to be distinguished from information about other items on the widget (810). Similarly, for each item in the item set, a provision icon of a user interface for a corresponding similar item group may be positioned at a position distinguished from information about other items. For example, for each item in the item set, a corresponding provision icon may be positioned at the bottom of information about each item in the item set. Referring to FIG. 8, a provision icon (831) of a user interface for a similar item group corresponding to item 1 (821) may be positioned at the bottom of the rating information of item 1 (821), and a provision icon (832) of a user interface for a similar item group corresponding to item 2 (822) may be positioned at the bottom of the rating information of item 2 (822). However, the positions of the provision icons of the user interface are not limited to the embodiment according to FIG. 7.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device (100) may receive a second input through a provision icon of a user interface for a similar item group corresponding to a second item among items of an item set. Here, the first icon may correspond to the provision icon (831) and the provision icon (832), and the second item refers to at least one of the items and is not used as a term referring to a specific item. The electronic device (100) may receive an input regarding provision of item information of a similar item group similar to Item 2 (822) through the provision icon (832) of the user interface for Item 2 (822). The provision icon (832) may include information about a user interface for the similar item group that is displayed when the phrase is clicked together with a description phrase such as “See more similar items.” Here, the information about the user interface may include not only information about the item information of the similar item group but also information about the location of the user interface.

Referring to FIG. 8, a similar item group (870) similar to item 2 (822) may include items 1 to 16. Additionally, the sorting order among the items in the similar item group (870) may be such that item 1 is first and item 16 is 16th.

The page (850) of the user terminal (110) shows an example of a user interface (860) that displays a similar item group corresponding to item 2 (822) through a provision icon (832). Here, the user interface may mean both a user interface (e.g., a bottom sheet) that is provided in a pop-up form without creating a separate page and a user interface (e.g., a full page) that creates an additional page. For example, referring to FIG. 8, the user interface (860) of the page (850) may be in the form of a bottom sheet that displays items of a similar item group in the page (800). For example, the user interface (860) may display information about item 1 (861), information about item 2 (862), and information about item 3 (863) in that order on the page (850) according to the exposure order of items of the similar item group (870). However, the user interface (860) does not only display information about item 1 (861), information about item 2 (862), and information about item 3 (863). For example, depending on a user's action (e.g., scrolling horizontally), the user terminal (110) may display information about item 4 and item 5 in sequence.

However, the user interface (860) of the page (850) may only show some of the similar item groups (the first similar item group), and the remaining at least one similar item (the second similar item group) may be provided to the user terminal (110) through a full page. In this regard, this will be examined in detail in FIG. 9.

Following Figure 8, Figure 9 is a drawing for explaining a bottom sheet and a full page, which are one embodiment of a user interface.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device (100) may provide information on a similar item group for a second item among the items of the item set displayed on the widget through a user interface. The user interface may include both a user interface through a pop-up or the like without a separate additional page and a user interface through a separate additional page. In addition, in FIG. 9, the second item may be an item for which an input has been received through a provision icon of a user interface for a similar item group among the items of the item set. For example, the second item may correspond to item 2 (822) in FIG. 8. The electronic device (100) may provide items of a similar item group similar to the second item through various forms of GUI (Graphic User Interface). As an embodiment of various forms of GUI, FIG. 9 illustrates a bottom sheet and a full page.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device (100) may divide a similar item group corresponding to a second item into a first similar item group and a second similar item group. More specifically, the electronic device (100) may divide the similar item group into the first similar item group and the second similar item group based on at least one of the similarity between the second item and the items of the similar item group and the information about the items of the similar item group. Here, the information about the items of the similar item group may include price information, rating information, sales information, etc. of the items of the similar item group. Accordingly, the electronic device (100) may assign an item that is similar to the second item and is determined to have a high possibility of sale as an item of the first similar item group. Conversely, the electronic device (100) may assign an item that is determined to be relatively less similar to the second item or to have a relatively low possibility of sale as an item of the second similar item group. For example, among the similar item groups (870) of FIG. 8, items 1 to 4, which are sorted in the first priority, may be items of the first similar item group, and items 5 to 16, which are sorted in the second priority, may be items of the second similar item group. However, this is not limited to items that are judged to have a high possibility of selling, and items that are similar to the second item and have a high purchase conversion rate or review rating from other users may be assigned as items of the first similar item group.

1) According to one embodiment, the electronic device (100) may provide a bottom sheet displaying a first item list including items of a first similar item group to the user terminal. For example, a page (900) provided from the electronic device (100) to the user terminal (110) may display items 1 to 4 of a first similar item group among a similar item group (870) similar to item 2 (822) on the bottom sheet (910). More specifically, as can be seen in the user interface (860) of FIG. 8, the user terminal (110) may provide information on items of the first similar item group to the user interface (860). However, due to the constraints of the horizontal and vertical sizes of the user interface (860), the user terminal (110) can provide three item information (information on item 1 (861), information on item 2 (862), and information on item 3 (863)) through the initial screen of the user interface (860). In this regard, when the electronic device (100) receives an input for a horizontal scroll, which is a user action, information on item 4 (914), which is not output on the initial screen of the user interface (860), can be provided to the bottom sheet (910).

According to one embodiment, when the electronic device (100) receives an input for a cancel icon (920), the electronic device (100) may provide the user terminal (110) with a page (950) that is identical to the initial page (900). Specifically, a widget (960) regarding frequently purchased items of the page (950) may be identical to a widget (810) of the page (900).

However, the electronic device (100) may only provide the user terminal (110) with a bottom sheet that displays a first item list composed of items of the first similar item group, and items of the second similar item group may not be provided to the user terminal (110) through the bottom sheet. Accordingly, when the user requests a list of additional items similar to the second items, the electronic device (100) needs to provide the user terminal (110) with additional items other than the items of the first similar item group.

2) According to one embodiment, in response to receiving a third input on a bottom sheet obtained from a user terminal (110), the electronic device (100) may provide a full page displaying a second item list including items of a first similar item group and items of a second similar item group to the user terminal (110).

For example, in response to an input for a horizontal scroll, which is a user action, the electronic device (100) may provide the bottom sheet (910) to the user terminal (110) by adding a second icon (915), “See more,” as well as information about item 4 (914). The second icon (915) may be an entry point for accessing a full page that displays a second item list including items of the first similar item group and items of the second similar item group. The second icon (915) may be characterized by being displayed at a lower priority than items of the first similar item group in the first item list. For example, the second icon (915) may be positioned behind item 4 (914) among the items of the first similar item group.

According to one embodiment, when the electronic device (100) receives a third input through the second icon (815), the electronic device (100) may provide a full page (930) displaying a second item list including items of a first similar item group and items of a second similar item group to the user terminal (110). The initial screen of the full page (930) may show information about item 1 (931), information about item 2 (932), information about item 3 (933), and information about item 4 (934), which are items of the first similar item group, due to the specifications of the user terminal (110). More specifically, the sorting order of the items of the first similar item group of the first item list displayed on the bottom sheet (910) and the sorting order of the items of the first item group of the second item list displayed on the full page (930) may be the same from item 1 to item 4. However, when the electronic device (100) receives a vertical scroll input, which is a user action, from the user terminal (110), the electronic device (100) may provide a full page (930) so that information on the fifth to sixteenth items, which are items of the second similar item group, are displayed in sequence.

According to one embodiment, when the electronic device (100) receives an input for a cancel icon (940), the electronic device (100) may provide the user terminal (110) with a page (950) that is identical to the initial page (900). Specifically, the widget (960) regarding frequently purchased items of the page (950) may be identical to the widget (810) of the page (900).

FIG. 10 is a drawing of an embodiment of providing a widget displaying an add to cart icon for adding an item to a cart list to a user terminal (110).

According to one embodiment, the electronic device (100) may provide a widget displaying an add to cart icon for adding an item of an item set to a cart list to the user terminal (110). For example, page (1000) is a page displayed on the user terminal (110) and may include a widget for frequently purchased items. The widget for frequently purchased items may include information on item 1 (1001) related to steamed rice, information on item 2 (1002) related to detergent refill, and information on item 3 (1003) related to wet tissue. More specifically, the electronic device (100) may provide the widget to the user terminal (110) by adding an add to cart icon to information on items of an item set displayed on the widget. For example, referring to FIG. 10, the widget may include an add to cart icon (1011) for adding item 1 (1001) to the user's cart list and an add to cart icon (1012) for adding item 2 (1002) to the user's cart list. The user's cart icon (1010) may include an image of the cart along with the number of items currently added to the cart. According to page (1000), the cart may include two items.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device (100) may receive a second input from the user terminal (110) through an add to cart icon for a second item among items of an item set from the user terminal (110). The second input received by the electronic device (100) may be an input according to multiple clicks of the user input through the user terminal (110). The page (1030) may be a page provided to the user terminal (110) after multiple inputs are received through the add to cart icon (1012) for adding item 2 (1002) to the cart list.

According to one embodiment, in response to receiving the second input, the electronic device (100) may provide the user terminal (110) with an icon (1060) for a shopping cart list with the number of inputs for the shopping cart add icon corresponding to the second item (1002). For example, the electronic device (100) may receive three second inputs through the shopping cart add icon (1012), and the number of items added to the shopping cart displayed on the user's shopping cart icon (1060) may be five. The user interface (1040) according to the shopping cart add included in the page (930) may include an icon (1050) which is an entry point for moving to the shopping cart along with a description phrase "Items have been added to the shopping cart."

According to one embodiment, the electronic device (100) may receive a user's input through an icon (1050), which is an entry point to a shopping cart, and the electronic device (100) may provide a page (1070) regarding the shopping cart to the user terminal (110). The page (1070) may include item 2 (902) added to the shopping cart. More specifically, information regarding item 2 (902) related to detergent refill included in the page (970) regarding the shopping cart may include information regarding quantity (1080).

FIG. 11 is a block diagram schematically illustrating an electronic device for providing item information according to one embodiment.

The electronic device (1100) of Fig. 11 may correspond to the electronic device (100) of the present specification.

The electronic device (1100) of the present disclosure may include, according to an embodiment, a transceiver (1110), a storage (1120), and a processor (1130). The components illustrated in FIG. 11 are not essential for implementing the electronic device, and thus, it will be understood by those skilled in the art related to the present embodiment that the electronic device (1100) described in the present specification may have more or fewer components than the components listed above. Meanwhile, in the embodiment, the processor (1130) may include at least one processor.

The transceiver (1110) may communicate with an external device using wired or wireless communication technology and may include the transceiver (1110). The external device may be a terminal or a server including a user terminal. In addition, the communication technology used by the transceiver (1110) may include, but is not limited to, GSM (Global System for Mobile communication), CDMA (Code Division Multi Access), LTE (Long Term Evolution), 5G, WLAN (Wireless LAN), Wi-Fi (Wireless-Fidelity), Bluetooth, RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), Infrared Data Association (IrDA), ZigBee, NFC (Near Field Communication), etc.

According to one embodiment, the transceiver (1110) may communicate with the user terminal (110) to exchange information. For example, the transceiver (1110) may receive inputs including a first input, a second input, a third input, etc. from the user terminal (110). In addition, for example, the transceiver (1110) may provide item information to the user terminal (110). Specifically, the transceiver (1110) may provide a page including a widget displaying a set of items, a user interface for canceling an input, information about items in a group of similar items, and a user interface (bottom sheet, full page).

Storage (1120) can store information for performing at least one of the methods described above through FIGS. 1 to 11. Storage (1120) can be referred to as memory and can be volatile memory or nonvolatile memory. For example, storage (1120) can store information on a user's purchase history, information on items, a mapping table related to a group of similar items, etc.

The processor (1130) can control the overall operation of the electronic device (1100) and process data and signals. The processor (1130) can perform one of the methods described above through FIGS. 1 to 11. The processor (1130) can control embodiments performed by the electronic device (1100) through interaction with the transceiver (1110) and the storage (1120), and further components that the electronic device (1100) can include. According to one embodiment, the processor (1130) may verify an item list including at least one item determined based on a user's purchase history, provide a first page including a widget displaying a set of at least some items among the items in the item list to a user terminal (110), verify an item to be deleted among the items in the set of items based on a first input on the widget obtained from the user terminal (110), verify a modified item list by deleting the item to be deleted from the item list, and update and display the widget based on the modified item list in response to the first input.

Meanwhile, the present specification and drawings have disclosed preferred embodiments of the present invention, and although specific terms have been used, they have been used only in a general sense to easily explain the technical contents of the present invention and to help understand the invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. It will be apparent 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.

The electronic device or terminal according to the above-described embodiments may include a processor, a memory for storing and executing program data, a permanent storage such as a disk drive, a communication port for communicating with an external device, a user interface device such as a touch panel, a key, an icon, etc. The methods implemented as software modules or algorithms may be stored on a computer-readable recording medium as computer-readable codes or program commands executable on the processor. Here, the computer-readable recording medium includes a magnetic storage medium (e.g., a read-only memory (ROM), a random-access memory (RAM), a floppy disk, a hard disk, etc.) and an optical reading medium (e.g., a CD-ROM, a Digital Versatile Disc (DVD)). The computer-readable recording medium may be distributed to computer systems connected to a network, so that the computer-readable code 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.

The present embodiment may be represented by functional block configurations and various processing steps. These functional blocks may be implemented by various numbers of hardware and/or software configurations that perform specific functions. For example, the embodiment may employ direct circuit configurations such as memory, processing, logic, look-up tables, etc., which may perform various functions under the control of one or more microprocessors or other control devices. Similarly to the fact that the components may be implemented as software programs or software elements, the present embodiment may be implemented in a programming or scripting language such as C, C++, Java, assembler, Python, etc., including various algorithms implemented as a combination of data structures, processes, routines, or other programming configurations. The functional aspects may be implemented as algorithms that are executed on one or more processors. In addition, the present embodiment may employ conventional techniques for electronic environment setting, signal processing, and/or data processing. Terms such as “mechanism,” “element,” “means,” and “configuration” can be used broadly and are not limited to mechanical and physical configurations. The terms can also include the meaning of a series of software processes (routines) in connection with a processor, etc.

The above-described embodiments are only examples, and other embodiments may be implemented within the scope of the claims set forth herein.

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A method for providing item information in an electronic device,
A step of checking a list of items including at least one item determined based on the user's purchase history;
A step of providing a first page to a user terminal including a widget displaying a set of at least some items among the items in the above item list;
A step of confirming an item to be deleted among the items of the item set based on a first input on the widget obtained from the user terminal;
A step of deleting the above-mentioned target item for deletion from the above-mentioned item list and checking the modified item list;
Including a step of updating and displaying the widget based on the modified item list in response to the first input;
The method of providing the above item information is:
A step of updating the modified item list by changing at least one of the types and sorting order of items in the modified item list based on information about the target item for deletion; and
In response to a second input requesting information of the widget obtained from the user terminal, the method further includes providing a second page including a widget displaying the updated item list to the user terminal.
The method of providing the above item information is:
A step of confirming a second item among the items of the item set based on a second input on the widget obtained from the user terminal;
A step of identifying a group of similar items corresponding to the identified second item based on the established mapping table; and
Comprising a step of providing information about an item of the above similar item group to the user terminal,
The step of providing information about items of the above similar item group to the user terminal is:
A step of dividing the above similar item group into a first similar item group and a second similar item group;
A step of providing a bottom sheet displaying a first item list including items of the first similar item group to the user terminal; and
In response to receiving a third input on the bottom sheet obtained from the user terminal, a step of providing the user terminal with a full page displaying a second item list including the first similar item group and the second similar item group,
The step of dividing into the first similar item group and the second similar item group is:
A step of dividing the similar item group into the first similar item group and the second similar item group based on at least one of the similarity between the second item and the items of the similar item group and information about the items of the similar item group,
How to provide item information.
delete In the first paragraph,
In response to receiving the first input, providing a user interface for canceling the first input to the user terminal; and
A method for providing item information, further comprising the step of re-updating and displaying the widget based on the item list when a second input regarding cancellation of the first input is received within a time set through the user interface.
In the third paragraph,
A method for providing item information, characterized in that if a second input for cancellation of the first input is not received within the set time through the user interface, the user interface is removed from the first page.
In the first paragraph,
The steps to update the above modified item list are:
A step of checking an item group that is included in a similar item group for the item to be deleted among the items in the modified item list based on the information about the item to be deleted; and
A method for providing item information, comprising the step of updating the modified item list by deleting an item of the item group from the modified item list.
In the first paragraph,
The steps to update the above modified item list are:
A step of identifying a first group of items included in a first-level similar item group for the item to be deleted among the items in the modified item list based on information about the item to be deleted;
A step of checking a second group of items included in a second level similar item group for the item to be deleted among the items in the modified item list based on information about the item to be deleted; and
A method for providing item information, comprising the step of changing the sorting order of items included in a first item group of the modified item list to a lower priority and deleting items of the second item group from the modified item list to update the modified item list.
In the first paragraph,
The steps to update the above modified item list are:
A step of checking an item group that is included in a replacement item group for the item to be deleted among the items in the modified item list based on information about the item to be deleted; and
A method for providing item information, comprising the step of updating the modified item list by changing the sort order of items included in an item group of the modified item list to a priority.
delete delete delete In the first paragraph,
A method for providing item information, characterized in that the sorting order of items of the first similar item group of the first item list and the sorting order of items of the first similar item group of the second item list are the same.
delete In the first paragraph,
A method for providing item information, characterized in that the third input is an input via an icon displayed at a lower priority than the first item list on the bottom sheet.
In the first paragraph,
The step of providing the above first page to the user terminal is:
A method for providing item information, further comprising the step of providing a widget displaying an add-to-cart icon for adding an item of the item set to the user's cart list to the user's terminal.
In Article 14,
The step of providing the above first page to the user terminal is:
A step of receiving a second input from the user terminal through an add to cart icon for a second item among the items of the above item set; and
A method for providing item information, comprising the step of providing, to the user terminal, an icon for the shopping cart list to which the number of times the second input has been added through the shopping cart add icon, in response to receiving the second input.
In electronic devices,
transceiver;
Storage for storing one or more instructions; and
Check the list of items that contain at least one item determined based on the user's purchase history,
Providing a first page to a user terminal including a widget displaying a set of items at least some of the items in the above item list,
Based on the first input on the widget obtained from the user terminal, an item to be deleted among the items in the item set is identified,
Check the modified item list by deleting the above-mentioned target item from the above-mentioned item list,
Including a processor for updating and displaying the widget based on the modified item list in response to the first input;
The above processor,
Update the modified item list by changing at least one of the types and sorting order of the items in the modified item list based on the information about the items to be deleted,
In response to a second input requesting information of the widget obtained from the user terminal, a second page including a widget displaying the updated item list is provided to the user terminal.
The above processor,
A second item among the items of the item set is confirmed based on a second input on the widget obtained from the user terminal,
Based on the established mapping table, a group of similar items corresponding to the above-mentioned second item is identified,
Providing information about items in the above similar item group to the user terminal,
The above processor,
Divide the above similar item group into a first similar item group and a second similar item group,
Providing a bottom sheet displaying a first item list including items of the first similar item group to the user terminal,
In response to receiving a third input on the bottom sheet obtained from the user terminal, a full page displaying a second item list including the first similar item group and the second similar item group is provided to the user terminal,
The above processor,
Based on at least one of the similarity between the second item and the items of the similar item group and the information about the items of the similar item group, the similar item group is divided into the first similar item group and the second similar item group.
Electronic devices.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method of claim 1 on a computer.

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