TW202319994A - Operating method for providing item information and electronic apparatus supporting thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a method of providing item information in an electronic apparatus, the method including identifying a first item sold in a first store through a delivery mediating service provided by the electronic apparatus, verifying whether the first item corresponds to a stock checking available item based on a type of the first item, acquiring information on a stock quantity of the first item when the first item corresponds to the stock checking available item, and providing, when the stock quantity is less than or equal to a predetermined quantity, a user terminal with information on the first item including the information on the stock quantity and first information notifying that the first item is close to out-of-stock.

Description

Operation method for providing item information and electronic equipment supporting the operation method

The present invention relates to a method and a device for providing information on an item, and more particularly to a method of providing information on a stock quantity of an item and an electronic device for the method.

With the development of electronic technology, e-commerce has become a shopping field. Customers can buy items online without going to a mall or market in person. Items purchased online are delivered to the delivery destination requested by the customer.

In the case of electronic commerce, providing detailed and accurate information about items has a significant impact on customer service satisfaction in a service. Accordingly, various methods for providing more detailed and accurate information to customers are discussed.

In this regard, relevant documents such as KR101756594B1, KR101500849B1 and the like may be incorporated by reference.

[Technical target]

According to an aspect, an electronic device for providing item information provides information about an inventory quantity of an item.

The technical goals to be achieved in the present invention are not limited to the technical goals described above, and those skilled in the art will clearly understand other technical goals not mentioned herein from the following description. [Technical solution]

Exemplary embodiments may provide a method of operating an electronic device for providing item information and an electronic device supporting the method.

According to various exemplary embodiments, there is provided a method of providing item information in an electronic device, the method comprising: identifying a first item sold in a first store through a delivery intermediary service provided by the electronic device; Determine whether the first item corresponds to an inventory-counting available item based on a type of the first item; when the first item corresponds to the inventory-counting available item, obtain information about a stock quantity of the first item ; and when the inventory quantity is less than or equal to a predetermined quantity, providing information about the first item to a user terminal, including the information about the inventory quantity and first information notifying that the first item is close to being out of stock .

The type may correspond to a type of inventory count to be performed based on predetermined inventory management information of the first store, and the information about the inventory quantity may be obtained based on the predetermined inventory management information.

The method may further include, when the first item does not correspond to the inventory available item, transmitting an inventory input request for the first item to a manager terminal of the first store, and receiving an inventory input request from the first store. The information about the inventory quantity from the manager terminal as a response to the inventory input request. The transmission of the inventory input request and the reception of the information about the inventory quantity may be performed by an application for managing inventory information of a plurality of items sold in the first store.

The information about the inventory quantity can be updated at intervals of a preset cycle.

The method may further comprise: obtaining information about an updated inventory quantity of the first item; and providing information about an updated inventory quantity updated to include the information about the updated inventory quantity when the updated inventory quantity is less than or equal to the predetermined quantity. information about the first item; and when the updated inventory quantity is greater than the predetermined quantity, providing information about the first item excluding the first information and the information about the inventory quantity.

The first information may include an icon related to near out of stock.

The predetermined quantity may be determined based on a daily sales volume of the first item.

When the inventory quantity is zero, the information about the first item may include second information notifying that the first item is out of stock.

The method may further include: providing a store detail page associated with the first store; obtaining a first input from a user selecting the first item on the store detail page; providing the first An order page for items; obtaining a second input of the user selecting an order quantity of the first item on the order page and adding the first item to an order of the user according to the order quantity by the user a third input of a selection list; and adding the first item to the order selection list according to the order quantity in response to the second input and the third input. When the inventory quantity is less than or equal to the predetermined quantity, the order page may include the information about the inventory quantity and the first information.

The method may further include: determining whether the inventory quantity is updated in response to the third input; when updating the inventory quantity, determining whether the ordered quantity exceeds the updated inventory quantity; and when the ordered quantity exceeds the updated inventory quantity , to change the ordered quantity to the updated inventory quantity.

The method may further include, when the ordered quantity exceeds the updated inventory quantity, providing notification information about the modified ordered quantity.

The method may further include, when the updated inventory quantity is zero, providing out-of-stock notification information for the first item.

The order page can include a first icon for adjusting the order quantity, which can be decreased in response to an input corresponding to the first icon, and a second icon, the order quantity can be decreased in response to Increments corresponding to an input of the second graphic, and the second graphic can be deactivated when the quantity ordered is equal to the quantity in stock.

The method may further include: providing a payment page including the order selection list; obtaining a fourth input of the user paying for one or more items included in the order selection list on the payment page; confirming whether to respond to updating the inventory quantity of the first item according to the fourth input; and providing payment information corresponding to the order selection list based on whether to update the inventory quantity.

The method may further include, when updating the inventory quantity, confirming whether the ordered quantity exceeds the updated inventory quantity, and changing the ordered quantity to the updated inventory quantity when the ordered quantity exceeds the updated inventory quantity. The payment information may include information about the modified order quantity of the first item.

The method may further include, when the ordered quantity exceeds the updated inventory quantity, providing notification information about the modified ordered quantity.

The method may further include, when the updated inventory quantity is zero, providing out-of-stock notification information for the first item.

According to various exemplary embodiments, there is provided an electronic device for providing item information, the electronic device comprising: a processor and one or more memories storing one or more instructions, wherein when executed, the One or more instructions control the processor to perform: identifying a first item for sale in a first store through a delivery intermediary service provided by the electronic device; identifying the first item based on a type of the first item whether it corresponds to an inventory available item; when the first item corresponds to the inventory available item, obtaining information about an inventory quantity of the first item; and when the inventory quantity is less than or equal to a predetermined quantity , providing information about the first item to a user terminal, including the information about the inventory quantity and the first information notifying that the first item is close to being out of stock.

The exemplary embodiments of the present invention described above are only some of the exemplary embodiments of the present invention. Those skilled in the art will understand that various exemplary embodiments in which technical features of various exemplary embodiments of the present invention are reflected can be derived based on the following detailed description. [effect]

The present invention has the technical effect that a user can be allowed to order an item with increased convenience by proposing a method of providing information on the stock quantity of an item through an electronic device for providing item information.

Effects to be obtained in the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned effects, and those skilled in the art will clearly understand other effects not mentioned herein from the following description.

The following exemplary embodiments are obtained by combining constituent elements and features of each exemplary embodiment in a predetermined form. Each constituent element or feature may be regarded as optional unless explicitly stated otherwise. Each constituent element or feature may be defined in a form that is not coupled with another constituent element or feature. In addition, some constituent elements and features may be combined with each other to implement various exemplary embodiments. The order of operations to be described in various exemplary embodiments may be changed. Some constituent elements or features of any one of the exemplary embodiments may be included in other exemplary embodiments, or may be replaced with corresponding constituent elements or features of other exemplary embodiments.

In the description of the drawings, procedures or steps that may obscure the gist of the exemplary embodiments and the like have not been described, nor have procedures or steps that can be understood by those skilled in the art have been described.

Throughout the specification, when a part "includes or includes" a constituent element, unless stated otherwise, it means that the part may further include other constituent elements rather than excluding other constituent elements. In addition, terms such as "portion", "a-device", "module" and the like used herein may refer to a unit that performs at least one function or operation, and the unit may be implemented as hardware or software, or may be implemented as a combination of hardware and software. In addition, the words "a or an", "an", "the" and Similar words may be used to include singular or plural forms.

Various exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The following detailed description, which will be disclosed in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, is intended to describe examples of various example embodiments and is not limited thereto.

In addition, specific terms used in each exemplary embodiment are provided to facilitate overall understanding of each exemplary embodiment, and these specific terms may be used without departing from the technical concept of each exemplary embodiment. The use of terms changes to other terms.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an item information providing system for implementing an operation method of an electronic device providing item information description according to various exemplary embodiments.

Referring to FIG. 1 , according to various exemplary embodiments, the item information providing system can be implemented with various types of electronic devices. For example, the item information providing system can be implemented in a server device 100, a user device 200 corresponding to a user, and a manager device 300 corresponding to a store. In other words, each of the server device 100, the user device 200, and the manager device 300 may perform operations according to various exemplary embodiments of the present invention based on an item information providing system implemented in each device. However, according to various exemplary embodiments, the item information providing system is not limited to the item information providing system shown in FIG. 1 , but can be implemented by other various types of electronic devices and servers.

According to various exemplary embodiments, the server device 100 may be a device that performs wired and wireless communications with a plurality of user devices 200 or a plurality of administrator devices 300 and includes a large-capacity storage. For example, the server device 100 can be a cloud device interlocked with a plurality of user devices 200 or a plurality of administrator devices 300 .

According to various exemplary embodiments, the user device 200 and the manager device 300 may be a device usable by an individual user or a manager of a store, such as a desktop personal computer (PC), a tablet PC , a mobile terminal or the like. In addition, other electronic devices performing similar functions can be used as the user device 200 and the manager device 300 .

According to various exemplary embodiments, the item information providing system may include various operation modules. The modules included in the item information providing system may be implemented so that the item information providing system (or included in the physical device) is implemented as a physical device (for example, the server device 100, the user device 200 and the manager device 300 ) computer code or one or more instructions that carry out one of the operations assigned to it. In other words, in the physical equipment implementing the item information providing system, a plurality of modules can be stored in a memory in the form of computer program codes. The plurality of modules stored in the memory, when executed by a computer, can be configured to cause the physical device to perform assigned operations corresponding to the plurality of modules.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a server device, a user device, and an administrator device according to various exemplary embodiments.

Referring to FIG. 2 , the server device 100 , the user device 200 and the administrator device 300 may each include an input/output part 210 , a communication part 220 , a storage 230 and a processor 240 .

The input/output portion 210 may be various interfaces for receiving a user input or outputting information to the user, various connection ports, or the like. The input/output part 210 may include an input module and an output module. The input module receives a user input from a user. User input may be in various forms of input including key input, touch input, and voice input. Examples of input modules that receive user input may include a conventional form of keypad or keyboard, a mouse, and touch sensors to sense a user touch, a microphone to receive an audio signal, through A camera for image recognition to recognize a gesture or the like, a proximity sensor for sensing the user's approach including at least one of an illumination sensor or an infrared sensor, through an acceleration sensor or A gyro sensor to recognize a user's motion, a motion sensor, and various forms of input sections that sense or input various forms of user input, and according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the input module A set may include at least one of the devices listed above. Here, the touch sensor may be a piezoelectric or capacitive touch sensor that senses a touch via a touch panel attached to a display panel or a touch film, sensed by an optical method An optical touch sensor or the like to detect a touch is implemented. In addition, the input module can be implemented in the form of an input interface (USB port, PS/2 port or the like) connected to an external input device that receives user input, instead of a device that senses user input by itself. In addition, the output module can output various pieces of information. The output module may include at least one of a display for outputting an image, a speaker for outputting a sound, a haptic device for generating a vibration, and other various forms of output parts. In addition, the output module can also be implemented in the form of an output interface connected to the port types of the above-mentioned individual output parts.

As an example, an output module in the form of a display can display a text, a static image and a moving image. The display may include a liquid crystal display (LCD), a light emitting diode (LED) display, an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display, a flat panel display (FPD), a transparent display, a curved display, a flexible At least one of a display, a three-dimensional display, a holographic display, a projector, and other types of equipment capable of performing image output functions. Such a display may be in the form of a touch display configured integrally with the touch sensors of the input module.

The communication section 220 can communicate with another device. Accordingly, each of the server device 100, the user device 200, and the administrator device 300 can transmit information to or receive information from another device through the communication part 220. For example, the server device 100, the user device 200, and the manager device 300 may communicate with each other or with another device using the communication part 220.

Here, communication (ie, transmission and reception of data) can be performed in a wired or wireless manner. For this purpose, the communication section may include a wired communication module connected to the Internet or the like via a local area network (LAN), connected to a mobile communication network via a mobile communication base station to transmit and receive data A mobile communication module using a wireless area network (WLAN) series communication scheme (such as wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi)) or a wireless personal area network (WPAN) series communication scheme (such as Bluetooth or Zigbee) A near field communication module, a satellite communication module using a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) such as a global positioning system, or a combination thereof.

The storage 230 can store various pieces of information. The storage 230 can store data temporarily or semi-permanently. For example, the operating system (OS) used to drive the server device 100, data used to host a website, data about a program or application used to generate Braille (for example, a web application) Or the like can be stored in the memory of the server device 100 . In addition, the memory may store modules in the form of computer program code as described above.

Examples of storage 230 may include a hard disk drive (HDD), a solid state drive (SSD), a flash memory, a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), and the like . This storage can be provided as a built-in type or as a detachable type.

The processor 240 controls the overall operations of the server device 100 , the user device 200 and the administrator device 300 . For this purpose, the processor 240 may perform calculation and processing of various information and control operations of constituent elements of the server device 100 . For example, the processor 240 can execute programs or application programs for providing item information. The processor 240 may be implemented by a computer or a device similar to the computer depending on hardware, software or a combination thereof. The processor 240 can be implemented in hardware in the form of an electronic circuit that processes electrical signals to perform control functions, and in software can be implemented in the form of a program that drives the hardware processor 240 . Meanwhile, unless otherwise stated in the following description, it can be interpreted that the operations of the server device 100 , the user device 200 and the administrator device 300 are performed under the control of the processor 240 . That is, the modules implemented in the item information providing system described above can be interpreted as the processor 240 controls the server device 100, the user device 200 and the manager device 300 to perform the following operations when executed.

In summary, example embodiments can be implemented in various ways. For example, the example embodiments may be implemented by hardware, firmware, software, any combination thereof, or the like.

In the case of hardware implementation, according to various example embodiments, a method may be implemented by one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs) ), Programmable Logic Device (PLD), Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), processor, controller, microcontroller, microprocessor, or the like.

In the case of being implemented by firmware or software, according to various exemplary embodiments, a method may be implemented in the form of a module, program or function for performing functions or operations to be described below. For example, software code can be stored in a memory and driven by a processor. The memory can be located inside or outside the processor and can transmit data to and receive data from the processor by various known means.

Exemplary embodiments will be described in more detail below based on the technical concept as described above. The content described above can be applied to various exemplary embodiments to be described below. For example, operations, functions, terms, or the like that are not defined in various exemplary embodiments to be described below may be performed and described based on the contents described above.

In the following description, an exemplary embodiment in which the server device 100 performs an item information providing operation will be described. According to various exemplary embodiments, the user device 200 having received the item information from the server device 100 may output the item information.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation method of the server device 100 for providing item information according to various exemplary embodiments.

Referring to FIG. 3, the server device 100 can provide information about an item. To perform an operation of providing information about items, the server device 100 may identify a first item sold in a first store through a delivery intermediary service provided by the server device 100 in operation 301, and in operation 303 , confirming whether the first item corresponds to an inventory available item based on a type of the first item, in operation 305, when the first item corresponds to the inventory available item, obtain information about the first item Information about a stock quantity, and in operation 307, when the stock quantity of the first item is less than or equal to a predetermined quantity, provide information about the first item to the user device 200, including information about the stock quantity Information and the first message notifying that the first item is close to being out of stock.

Hereinafter, a service related to the server device 100 or a delivery intermediary service provided by the server device 100 may correspond to a service for mediating various stores registered in the service with a plurality of customers using the service. The delivery of an item between users. Additionally, one of the items for which the delivery order is processed may correspond to a food item. A food item may be understood to have the same meaning as various other terms denoting a food-related item, such as a dish, a food menu or a meal. A store associated with a service related to the server device 100 may correspond to a store that sells and delivers food items, and may be understood as having a location (such as a store, a shop, and a restaurant) that indicates a place to sell food items. ) with the same meaning as other terms.

That is, in the delivery intermediary service provided by the server device 100, a plurality of users may input an order request to order an item through a store in the corresponding service. In this example, the store may identify incoming order requests received through the corresponding service and prepare ordered items in response to the received order requests. When the preparation of the ordered item is completed in the store, the delivery request information can be entered through the corresponding service. When the delivery request information is identified, a delivery person can visit the store, pick up the item and deliver the item to the user's address information. At this point, a delivery order by one of the users may be placed on one of the store detail pages of the store. When accepting a delivery order, the real-time location information of the delivery person can be provided and managed in the server device 100 .

According to various exemplary embodiments, in operation 301, the server device 100 may identify a first item sold in a first store through a delivery intermediary service.

For example, a delivery intermediary service may correspond to a service for mediating delivery of an item between various stores registered with the corresponding service and a plurality of users using the service. Additionally, the first store may correspond to a store that sells and delivers a food item in conjunction with the service. The first item may correspond to a food item sold in the first store.

For example, the first item may be an item of which one of the sales quantities is limited, or is continuously identified by the store or the server device 100 due to the need to manage an inventory and provide the user with information about the inventory quantity on a daily basis or within a predetermined period And keep track of one of its inventory quantities and one of its items.

According to various exemplary embodiments, in operation 303 , the server device 100 may confirm based on the type of the first item whether the first item corresponds to an inventory available item.

For example, the type of item used to confirm by the server device 100 in operation 303 whether the first item corresponds to an inventory-counting available item may be a type related to: In the event that inventory management information is set or entered for an item and a scheduled item is included in one of the plurality of items, is an inventory count of the scheduled item available based on that inventory management information, or 2) where due to the absence of current In case inventory management information for reservation item identification requires an inventory entry from the store, whether inventory counting of the reservation item is available through an additional inventory entry provided by the store.

Here, the inventory management information previously set or input for the plurality of items sold in the store may indicate inventory management information set or input by the store for the plurality of items based on a predetermined point in time, such as a point in time when the store is open. In the set inventory management information or the input inventory management information, when the sales information of each item is identified based on the sales status of an item, the quantity of each item is automatically reduced. When the storage information of the corresponding item is identified, the quantity of each item Automatically increment a quantity, or add sold-out information when an item is sold out. Thus, the configured inventory management information or the entered inventory management information can be configured to automatically include and manage information about the current stock quantity of a plurality of items without requiring the store to combine additional one of various information about the inventory of the items. Enter the action.

The server device 100 can identify the type of the first item according to operation 303, determine whether the type of the first item corresponds to an inventory type available based on the configured inventory management information of the first store, and confirm whether the first item is included in Among the plurality of items whose inventory is managed as the set inventory management information in the first store.

When it is confirmed that the first item is included in the plurality of items and corresponds to an inventory-counting available item, that is, when the type of the first item corresponds to a type of inventory-counting available based on the set inventory management information of the first store , the server device 100 may acquire information about the inventory quantity of the first item based on the configured inventory management information. For example, when it is confirmed that the first item corresponds to the inventory available item, the server device 100 may access the configured inventory management information of the first store to extract or identify information about the inventory quantity of the first item.

In contrast, when it is confirmed that the first item is not included in the plurality of items and does not correspond to the inventory available item, that is, when the type of the first item does not correspond to the inventory count based on the first store's set When the inventory management information is available, the server device 100 may transmit an inventory input request for the first item to the manager device 300 corresponding to the first store. In other words, since the inventory quantity of the first item is not obtained from the configured inventory management information of the first store, the server device 100 may transmit a request to the store so that the store inputs the inventory quantity of the first item.

When the store directly inputs and processes the inventory quantity of the first item in response to the inventory input request, the server device 100 may receive an indication from the manager device 300 corresponding to the first store that the first item is available for sale or that the first item is available for sale. Information on inventory quantity. When the first item is out of stock, the store can transmit information indicating that the first item is out of stock or indicating that the first item is not available for sale to the server device 100 through the manager device 300 . In this case, when the corresponding information is received from the manager device 300, the server device 100 may set information associated with a stock-out situation or stop of sale of one of the first items.

In this example, an operation of the server device 100 including identification of inventory management information, transmission of an inventory request and reception of information on inventory quantities may be performed by an application program interlocked with the server device 100 . The application may be installed in a point-of-sale (POS) terminal and configured to perform the functions of identifying inventory management information for each store, transmitting an inventory entry request to the store, or enabling the store to directly enter inventory of items.

In addition, when another application related to another service is installed in the POS terminal of each store, the application can be set to extract or recognize predetermined information from the other application in conjunction with the other application. In this case, the application may be configured to perform functions that access another application, extract or identify inventory management information and request or instruct another application to transmit inventory input requests to the store managed in the other application. a function.

According to various exemplary embodiments, in operation 305, when the first item corresponds to an inventory available item, the server device 100 may acquire information about the inventory quantity of the first item.

For example, whether the first item corresponds to an inventory available item may be determined based on the identification of the type of the first item by the server device 100 according to operation 303 . In addition, the operation of the server device 100 to acquire information on the inventory quantity of the first item according to operation 305 may include an operation of acquiring information on the inventory quantity of the first item from the configured inventory management information of the store, or transmitting the information to the store. An operation of requesting inventory input of the first item and receiving information about the inventory quantity of the first item from the store.

For example, the information about the inventory quantity of the first item acquired by the server device 100 according to operation 305 may be information updated at intervals of a preset period. That is, the store can update the set inventory management information according to the preset cycle interval. The server device 100 can identify the information updated according to the interval of the preset period, so as to identify the inventory quantity of the first item updated according to the interval of the preset period.

The updated information about the stock quantity identified by the server device 100 for the first item may be used for the out-of-stock notification information and the information about the stock quantity of the first item provided to the user by the server device 100 according to operation 307 described below. . For example, according to operation 307, when the inventory quantity of the first item is less than or equal to the predetermined quantity, the server device 100 may provide information configured to include information notifying that the first item is close to out of stock and information about a remaining inventory quantity of the first item. Information about the first item of information. In this instance, when the stock quantity of the first item is newly updated, and when the server device 100 acquires information about the updated stock quantity, the server device 100 may replace it with a similar or different operation based on the updated stock quantity Operation 307, or an additional information providing operation may be further performed in addition to operation 307.

When the updated inventory quantity for the first item is still less than or equal to the predetermined quantity, the server device 100 may confirm that the first item is almost out of stock based on the updated inventory quantity and provide information about the first item updated to include information about the updated inventory quantity. 1. Information about an item. Thus, the updated information about the first item may include information about the updated stock quantity and also include information notifying that the first item is close to being out of stock.

In contrast, when the updated inventory quantity for the first item is greater than the predetermined quantity, the server device 100 may recognize that the updated inventory quantity is sufficient, so that the first item will not be immediately out of stock and provide the information set to exclude information about the second item. Information about the stock quantity of an item and information about the first item notifying information that the first item is close to being out of stock. In other words, since the quantity of the first item is sufficient, there is no need to inform the user of the remaining stock quantity or an imminent out-of-stock situation. Therefore, the configured information about the first item may not include information about the stock quantity of the first item and information notifying that the first item is close to being out of stock.

According to various exemplary embodiments, in operation 307, when the inventory quantity of the first item is less than or equal to the predetermined quantity, the server device 100 may provide information about the first item, including notifying the second item that the first item is close to being out of stock. 1. Information and information on inventory quantities.

For example, the predetermined number as one of the thresholds for setting the information on the first item by the server device 100 to include the first information notifying that the first item is close to being out of stock and the information on the stock quantity may be set based on various references . As an example, the predetermined quantity may be determined based on a daily sales volume of one of the first items. When the first item is a popular item, so the sales volume within a predetermined period of time is high or the sales speed is fast, the server device 100 can determine the predetermined quantity as relatively large, so that the user can base on a relatively flexible inventory The state buys the first item. As another example, the predetermined quantity may be determined as a fixed value regardless of an attribute of the item. In this instance, the predetermined quantity can be determined by applying the same value to all items sold in the store through the service related to the server device 100 without considering attributes of the items such as sales volume, type, and the like.

For example, the first information included in the information about the first item provided by the server device 100 according to operation 307 may include a text indicating that the first item is near out of stock and an icon related to the near out of stock.

For example, when the stock quantity of the first item does not exist, that is, when the stock quantity of the first item is zero, the information about the first item provided by the server device 100 according to operation 307 may include notifying that the first item is out of stock the second information. Unlike the case where the stock quantity of the first item is less than or equal to the predetermined quantity but still reserved in operation 307, when the stock quantity of the first item does not exist, the server device 100 may provide information notifying that the first item is out of stock.

The server device 100 performing the item information providing operation according to FIG. 3 may further perform a process of adding an item to an order selection list as shown in FIG. operation, or further perform an operation of providing payment information corresponding to the order selection list as shown in FIG. 5 in response to an input of the user's payment item. In this example, the various exemplary embodiments related to the inventory quantity of the first item described with reference to FIG. 3 may be associated with and applied to the operation of the server device 100 as described later with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5 such operations.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a method of adding an item to a user's order selection list by the server device 100 according to various exemplary embodiments.

Referring to FIG. 4 , the server device 100 may provide a store detail page of a first store in operation 401, acquire a first input of a user selecting a first item on the store detail page in operation 403, and obtain a first input in operation 403. In 405, an order page of the first item is provided in response to the first input of the user, and in operation 407, a second input of the user selecting an order quantity of the first item on the order page and the user's second input are acquired. Add the first item to a third input of the user's order selection list according to the order quantity, and in operation 409 respond to the second input and the third input of the user to add the first item according to the order quantity. The item is added to the order selection list. The operation of the server device 100 according to FIG. 4 may include various exemplary embodiments as described below.

For example, when the inventory quantity of the first item is less than or equal to a predetermined quantity, the server device 100 may set the order page of the first item provided according to operation 405 to include information about the inventory quantity of the first item and notify the first item. The first notification that an item is close to being out of stock. That is, when the inventory quantity of the first item is less than or equal to the predetermined quantity, the order page of the first item provided by the server device 100 according to operation 405 may include information about the inventory quantity of the first item and notify that the first item is close to being out of stock. The first information of goods. In this case, the predetermined number may be determined according to various exemplary embodiments described with reference to FIG. 3 .

For example, the server device 100 performs the operation of adding items to the user's order selection list according to FIG. 4 to confirm whether to update the first The inventory quantity of the item. When updating the inventory quantity of the first item, the server device 100 may compare the order quantity of the first item ordered by the user with the updated inventory quantity of the first item.

Through this comparison, the server device 100 can confirm whether the order quantity of the first item ordered by the user exceeds the updated stock quantity of the first item. When the order quantity of the first item ordered by the user exceeds the updated stock quantity of the first item, the server device 100 may change the user's order quantity to the updated stock quantity of the first item. That is, the user's order quantity can be adjusted so that the order is placed based on a remaining stock quantity. In this example, in order to prevent the user from ordering the first item without knowing that the order quantity has been changed, the server device 100 may provide the user with notification information about the changed order quantity.

When the updated inventory quantity of the first item is zero, that is, when the first item is confirmed to be sold out when the user places an order, the server device 100 may provide the user with out-of-stock notification information about the first item.

For example, the order page for the first item provided by the server device 100 according to operation 405 may include a first icon and a second icon for the user to adjust the order quantity of the first item. When a user input corresponding to the first illustration is applied, the ordered quantity of the first item may be decreased. The ordered quantity of the first item may be increased when one of the user's inputs corresponding to the second graphic is applied. For example, the first icon may be the one shown as a "(-)", which indicates a decrease in the quantity ordered, and the second icon may be the one shown as a "(+)", which indicates an order increase in quantity. When an order quantity limit is set due to a reason such as a limit on the stock quantity of the first item, the user may repeatedly apply an input to the second icon until the order quantity of the first item is set equal to the first item The inventory quantity. In this case, the second graphic can be set to deactivate since the order quantity is no longer increasing.

The operation of the server device 100 to set the second icon for increasing the order quantity as deactivated can also be understood as an operation of restricting the user's setting of the order quantity for the first item. This limitation set on the order quantity is not only applicable to a case where the order quantity of the first item is set equal to the stock quantity of the first item. That is, the server device 100 can set an order quantity limit for one of the first items. The set order quantity limit can be less than the inventory quantity of the first item. The user may order the first item up to a set order quantity limit. When the user's order quantity reaches the set order quantity limit, the second icon for increasing the order quantity on the order page of the first item provided by the server device 100 according to operation 405 may be deactivated.

The server device 100 can set an order quantity limit for each user to limit each user to order the first item within a predetermined quantity. Specifically, as in operation 307 , an order quantity limit per user may be set for a situation in which a remaining inventory is insufficient due to the inventory quantity of the first item being less than or equal to the predetermined quantity. The order quantity limit per user may be set as a fixed value or based on an average order quantity per order request for the first item during each business hours of the first store, as described with reference to the following exemplary embodiments.

For example, the server device 100 may identify a plurality of order requests obtained within a predetermined time period for a first item sold in a first store. Based on the identified order request, the server device 100 may obtain information on an average order quantity per order request for the first item in each of the plurality of unit periods into which the business hours of the first store are divided. For example, when a store's business hours are from 10:00 am to 20:00 pm, it is possible to set unit time periods that divide the business hours at two-hour intervals (such as 10:00 to 12:00, 12:00 to 14:00 , ..., 18:00 to 20:00 and similar unit periods). In this example, when the first item corresponds to a food item, as compared to other unit periods, an average order quantity per order request is within a unit period corresponding to a lunch time from 12:00 to 14:00 or corresponding It may be higher during the unit period of dinner time from 18:00 to 20:00.

In one of the first unit periods included in the plurality of unit periods dividing the business hours of the first store, when the inventory quantity of the first item is less than or equal to the predetermined quantity according to operation 307, that is, when in the first unit period When the remaining inventory quantity of the first item is less than or equal to the predetermined quantity and is determined to be insufficient, the server device 100 may identify a first average order quantity of the first item corresponding to the first unit period and set the identified A value of the first average order quantity or a value obtained by rounding up or down the first average order quantity to the order quantity limit per user for the first unit period.

In the first unit time period, when the inventory quantity of the first item is less than or equal to the predetermined quantity according to operation 307, and when the server device 100 sets the order quantity limit per user, extending from operation 307, the server device 100 may The information about the first item is provided to the user device 200, including information about the inventory quantity of the first item, the first information notifying that the first item is close to being out of stock, and information about the order quantity limit per user.

However, if the first average order quantity corresponding to the first unit period is set to an excessively large value, and if the order quantity limit per user is set according to the first average order quantity, the first item may be available when there are one or two Out of stock in case of order request. For example, when the remaining inventory quantity of the first item is ten, and when the first average order quantity corresponding to the first unit period is greater than five, the order quantity limit per user may be set to be relative to the remaining inventory quantity. is larger, so the first item can be out of stock with only two orders. To prevent this, the server device 100 may determine a first average order quantity corresponding to the first unit period based on a ratio of the predetermined quantity according to operation 307 to an average order quantity.

That is, when identifying the first average order quantity, the server device 100 may preferentially identify the first unit period by obtaining a plurality of order requests for the first item sold in the first store within a predetermined time period. Obtain a first value by averaging the ordered quantities of the first item requested in each order, and confirm whether the ratio of the predetermined quantity to the first value according to operation 307 is greater than or equal to a predetermined ratio. When the ratio of the predetermined quantity according to operation 307 to the first value is greater than or equal to the predetermined ratio, and when the first value is set as the average order quantity, the number of receivable orders for the remaining inventory according to the set average order quantity is A number can be relatively large. Therefore, the server device 100 can identify the first value as corresponding to the first average order quantity of the first unit period.

For example, when the predetermined quantity is ten, and when the first value is 1.5, approximately seven orders may be received according to the first value. In this example, the server device 100 may determine that the number of receivable orders for the remaining stock is relatively large according to the first value, identify 1.5 as the first average order quantity, and determine the order quantity limit per user according to the corresponding value .

In contrast, when the ratio of the predetermined quantity to the first value according to operation 307 is less than the predetermined ratio, and when the first value is set as the average order quantity, the acceptable order for the remaining stock according to the set average order quantity The number can be relatively small. In this case, the server device 100 may identify the order by one of the ascending order determination based on the ordered quantity of the first item among the plurality of order requests acquired for the first item sold in the first store within a predetermined period of time. A second value is obtained by averaging the ordered quantities of the first item per order request for some of the order requests. In general, a few order requests with an excessively large order quantity can result in a large average order quantity. Therefore, the server device 100 can obtain the second value by averaging the ordered quantity of the first item per order request within the first unit period based on the remaining order requests except for the few orders and confirm that according to the operation 307 Whether the ratio of the predetermined amount to the second value is greater than or equal to the predetermined ratio. When the ratio of the predetermined quantity according to operation 307 to the second value is greater than or equal to the predetermined ratio, and when the second value is set as the average order quantity, the number of receivable orders for the remaining stock according to the set average order quantity may be relatively bigger. Therefore, the server device 100 may recognize the second value as corresponding to the first average order quantity of the first unit period.

For example, when the predetermined quantity as one of the criteria for determining the shortage of stock is 20, and when the first value is five, approximately four orders may be received according to the corresponding order quantity. Therefore, the server device 100 may determine that the number of receivable orders for the remaining stock according to the first value is relatively small. In this case, the server device 100 may re-average and obtain the order of the first item per order request within the first unit period based on the remaining order requests except for a few order requests with a relatively large order quantity quantity. When the second value obtained by this averaging is 2.5, approximately eight orders can be received according to the corresponding order quantity. Therefore, the server device 100 can determine that the number of receivable orders for the remaining inventory is relatively large according to the second value, identify 2.5 as the first average order quantity, and determine the order quantity limit per user according to the corresponding value.

Therefore, the server device 100 can set the user's order quantity limit based on an average order quantity of each time period in a situation where the stock quantity of the first item is insufficient. In this example, the user's identifying information can be used to prevent the user from attempting to double-order the first item based on the order quantity limit.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a method of providing payment information corresponding to an order selection list of a user by the server device 100 according to various exemplary embodiments.

An operation of the server device 100 according to FIG. 5 may be based on wherein one or more items are included in an order selection list in response to the server device 100 performing an operation of adding items to the user's order selection list according to FIG. 4 and may be understood as performing an operation in response to an input applied by the user to pay for one or more items included in the order selection list.

Referring to FIG. 5 , the server device 100 may provide payment information corresponding to the user's order selection list. In order to perform an operation of providing payment information, the server device 100 may provide a payment page including an order selection list in operation 501, and obtain one or more payment pages included in the order selection list by the user in operation 503 on the payment page. A fourth input of an item, confirming in operation 505 whether to update a stock quantity of a first item in response to the fourth input of the user, and in operation 507 based on whether to update the stock quantity of the first item Provide payment information corresponding to the order selection list. The operation of the server device 100 according to FIG. 5 may include various exemplary embodiments as follows.

For example, the inventory quantity of the first item may be updated in response to the server device 100 confirming to update the inventory quantity of the first item according to operation 505 . In this example, the server device 100 may compare an ordered quantity of the first item paid by the user with an updated inventory quantity of the first item.

Through this comparison, the server device 100 can confirm whether the ordered quantity of the first item paid by the user exceeds the updated stock quantity of the first item. When the ordered quantity of the first item paid by the user exceeds the updated stock quantity of the first item, the server device 100 may change the user's ordered quantity to the updated stock quantity of the first item. In other words, the user's order quantity can be adjusted such that payment is only granted for a remaining inventory quantity. The payment information provided by the server device 100 in operation 507 may include information on the modified order quantity. At this time, in order to prevent the user from paying for the first item without knowing the change in the order quantity, the server device 100 may provide the user with notification information about the changed order quantity.

When the updated inventory quantity of the first item is zero, that is, when it is confirmed that the first item is sold out in one of the payment procedures of the user, the server device 100 may provide the user with out-of-stock notification information about the first item .

Apparently, pieces of information provided by the server device 100 performing the operations of FIGS. 3 to 5 according to the above-described exemplary embodiments in conjunction with an item can be provided in various forms through combinations thereof.

6-10 are diagrams illustrating examples of user interface (UI)/user experience (UX) for providing item information according to various example embodiments. For example, the examples of FIGS. 6 to 10 may be UI/UX related to the user device 200 according to the exemplary embodiment described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5 . The exemplary embodiments described with reference to the accompanying drawings may be implemented based on the operations of the server device 100 described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5 .

Specifically, the following exemplary embodiments of the UI/UX of the user device 200 may be implemented in one of the following ways: the user device 200 receives input from a user and transmits the input to the server device 100 , the server device 100 provides information corresponding to the input information to the user device 200 based on the operations described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5 , and then the user device 200 outputs the received information. However, the example embodiments described below in connection with UI/UX are not limited thereto and may be implemented in any form that can implement example embodiments of UI/UX.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of outputting item information through a store detail page by the user device 200 based on the operation of the server device 100 according to various exemplary embodiments.

A page output by the user device 200 in the example of FIG. 6 may be a store detail page output in response to an input applied by a user in a service to identify a store. The store detail page output in the example of FIG. 6 may include an item listing of one or more items sold in a store, as indicated by element numeral 601 .

For each item included in one or more items sold in a store, when each item corresponds to an inventory-available item or even when each item does not correspond to an inventory-available item, if the item in which the store has Processing a case where an inventory input for a corresponding item is identified that an inventory quantity is less than or equal to a predetermined quantity, then output information about an item (as indicated by element number 603 ) when outputting information about each item may include Text and an icon, as indicated by element number 605 , to inform of a remaining quantity of the item in stock and to notify that the item is close to being out of stock.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of outputting item information through an order page by the user device 200 based on the operation of the server device 100 according to various exemplary embodiments.

A page output by the user device 200 in the example of FIG. 7 may be an order page output in response to an input by a user on the store detail page of FIG. 6 corresponding to a predetermined item. As indicated by reference numeral 701, the order page output in the example of FIG. 7 may be used to perform an ordering process for setting an order quantity for an item based on an input by a user and adding the item to an order selection list based on the order quantity. One page per function.

At this time, for the item corresponding to the user's input, when a stock quantity of the item identified when the user's input is applied is less than or equal to a predetermined quantity, a notification of a remaining stock quantity of the item and a notification of the near shortage of the item may be output. A text and an icon of the goods, as indicated by the component symbol 703. In the example shown in FIG. 7 , since the remaining stock quantity of the item is three, the user can adjust the order quantity to a maximum of three. After setting the order quantity, the user can input a button "add to shopping cart" indicated by the component symbol 705, so as to add items corresponding to the order quantity to the user's order selection list.

FIGS. 8 to 10 are diagrams illustrating examples in which the user device 200 outputs item information through a payment page based on the operation of the server device 100 according to various exemplary embodiments.

In the examples of FIGS. 8-10 a page output by user device 200 may be in response to an input applied by a user to pay for one or more items included in the user's order selection list. And output one of the payment pages.

The payment page of FIG. 8 may display payment information indicating the user's address information, information about the store from which the user ordered an item, and information about one or more items included in the user's order selection list.

As indicated by element number 801, an order quantity of an item "cheese roll" is set to three. In addition, as indicated by element number 803, an order quantity of an item "sandwich" is set as one piece. The user may apply to one of the payment buttons of the element symbol 805 an input for processing payment for one of a plurality of items including the item "cheese roll" and the item "sandwich".

The payment page of FIG. 9 may display notification information when a portion of one or more items to be paid for by the user is changed in stock quantity or is out of stock.

For example, when the user proceeds to make a payment, the inventory quantity of the item "cheese roll" indicated by element number 801 in FIG. 8 may be identified as two copies, and the item "sandwich" indicated by element number 803 may be sold out . In this case, in the example shown in FIG. 9 , the user device 200 may output information that informs that the item "cheese roll" is out of stock, and therefore changes the user's order quantity to the remaining stock quantity and notifies that the item "sandwich" is out of stock. The information of the goods, such as indicated by the component symbol 901. When the user applies an input to identify the output information indicated by element number 901 , payment information including variations of the item "cheese roll" and the item "sandwich" may be output as shown in FIG. 10 .

When a portion of one or more items to be paid for by the user is changed in an inventory quantity or sold out, the payment page of FIG. 10 can display payment information reflecting the corresponding situation.

As indicated by component symbol 1001, the order quantity for the item "Cheese Omelette" is changed to two. Additionally, as indicated by element number 1003, the item "sandwich" is out of stock. Accordingly, information notifying that the item "sandwich" is out of stock can be output, and one of the payment activations for the item can be revoked. The user may apply an input to a pay button of element symbol 1005 to proceed with payment for a plurality of items including the modified quantity of the item "cheese roll" and excluding the item "sandwich" based on a modified quantity.

The UI/UX of the user device 200 described with reference to FIGS. 6 to 10 and the operations of the user device 200 may be performed in association with the operations of the server device 100 described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5 . The examples of UI/UX of FIGS. 6-10 are merely examples for implementing the invention. The example embodiments of the invention are not limited to the examples of UI/UX of FIGS. 3-5 and are applicable to any form in which example embodiments of the invention can be implemented.

The exemplary embodiments of the present invention disclosed in the specification and drawings are only specific examples disclosed to easily explain the technical content of the present invention and further facilitate the overall understanding of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. That is, those skilled in the art will understand that other changes based on the technical idea of the present invention can be made. In addition, the respective exemplary embodiments described above may be implemented in combination with each other as desired. For example, all exemplary embodiments of the present invention may be partially combined and implemented by a system.

Furthermore, the method performed by a system or the like according to the present invention can be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed by various computer devices and recorded on a computer-readable medium.

As described above, from a certain viewpoint, various exemplary embodiments of the present invention can be implemented as computer-readable code in a computer-readable recording medium. A computer readable recording medium is any data storage device that can store data that can be read by a computer system. Examples of the computer readable recording medium may include a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), compact disc read only memory (CD-ROM), magnetic tape, floppy disc, optical data storage device, and carrier wave (such as data transmission via the Internet). In addition, the computer-readable recording medium can be distributed throughout a network-connected computer system. Thus, computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion. In addition, functional programs, codes, and code segments for implementing various exemplary embodiments of the present invention can be easily interpreted by those skilled in the art to which the present invention is applied.

Furthermore, it will be appreciated that the apparatus and methods according to the various exemplary embodiments of the present invention are implemented in the form of hardware, software or a combination of hardware and software. The software may be stored in a volatile or non-volatile storage device (such as a storage device, such as a ROM, or a memory such as a RAM, a memory chip, a device, or an integrated circuit), or (for example ) not related to a removable or rewritable optical or magnetic recordable storage medium or a machine (for example, a computer) readable storage medium (such as a compact disc (CD), a digital versatile disc (DVD) , a disk or a tape). It will be appreciated that methods according to exemplary embodiments of the present invention may be implemented by a computer comprising a controller and a memory, a means comprising such a memory or computer, or the like. The memory system is suitable for storing an instance of a storage medium readable by a machine containing one or more programs containing instructions for implementing exemplary embodiments of the invention or storing the programs.

Therefore, the present invention covers a program including program codes for implementing an apparatus or method defined in the claims of the present specification, and a machine (a computer or similar) readable storage medium storing such a program . In addition, such a program may be transmitted electronically through any medium, such as a communication signal delivered over a wired or wireless connection, and the present invention may suitably cover equivalents thereto.

Although various exemplary embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the exemplary embodiments of the present invention disclosed in this specification and the drawings are only disclosed to easily explain the technical content of the present invention and further promote the understanding of the present invention. Specific examples for general understanding and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. In addition, the above-described exemplary embodiments of the present invention are examples only, and those skilled in the art will understand that other changes can be made and equivalent exemplary embodiments can be made. Therefore, the true technical scope of the present invention should be defined by the scope of the following invention claims.

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FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an item information providing system for implementing an operation method of an electronic device providing item information according to various exemplary embodiments. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a server device, a user device, and an administrator device according to various exemplary embodiments. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation method of the server device 100 for providing item information according to various exemplary embodiments. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a method of adding an item to a user's order selection list by the server device 100 according to various exemplary embodiments. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a method of providing payment information corresponding to an order selection list of a user by the server device 100 according to various exemplary embodiments. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of outputting item information through a store detail page by the user device 200 based on the operation of the server device 100 according to various exemplary embodiments. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of outputting item information through an order page by the user device 200 based on the operation of the server device 100 according to various exemplary embodiments. FIGS. 8 to 10 are diagrams illustrating examples in which the user device 200 outputs item information through a payment page based on the operation of the server device 100 according to various exemplary embodiments.

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A method for providing item information in an electronic device, the method comprising: identifying a first item for sale in a first store via a delivery intermediary service provided by the electronic device; determining whether the first item corresponds to an inventory available item based on a type of the first item; obtaining information about an inventory quantity of the first item when the first item corresponds to the inventory-available item; and When the inventory quantity is less than or equal to a predetermined quantity, providing information about the first item to a user terminal, including the information about the inventory quantity and first information notifying that the first item is close to being out of stock. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the type corresponds to a type of inventory count to be performed based on predetermined inventory management information of the first store, and The information about the inventory quantity is obtained based on the scheduled inventory management information. The method of claim 1, further comprising: When the first item does not correspond to the inventory available item, transmitting an inventory input request for the first item to a manager terminal of the first store; and receiving the information about the inventory quantity from the manager terminal as a response to the inventory input request, Wherein the transmission of the inventory input request and the reception of the information about the inventory quantity are performed through an application program for managing inventory information of a plurality of items sold in the first store. The method of claim 1, wherein the information about the inventory quantity is updated at intervals of a preset cycle. The method of claim 4, further comprising: obtain information about an updated stock quantity of the first item; providing information about the first item that is updated to include the information about the updated inventory quantity when the updated inventory quantity is less than or equal to the predetermined quantity; and When the updated inventory quantity is greater than the predetermined quantity, providing information about the first item excluding the first information and the information about the inventory quantity. The method of claim 1, wherein the first information includes an icon related to near-out of stock. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined quantity is determined based on a daily sales volume of the first item. The method of claim 1, wherein when the inventory quantity is zero, the information about the first item includes second information notifying that the first item is out of stock. The method of claim 1, further comprising: providing a store detail page related to the first store; obtaining a first input from a user selecting the first item on the store detail page; providing an order page for the first item in response to the first input; Acquire a second input of the user selecting an order quantity of the first item on the order page and a third input of the user adding the first item to the user's order selection list according to the order quantity input; and responsive to the second input and the third input to add the first item to the order selection list based on the order quantity, Wherein when the inventory quantity is less than or equal to the predetermined quantity, the order page includes the information about the inventory quantity and the first information. The method as claimed in item 9, further comprising: confirm whether to update the inventory quantity in response to the third input; When updating the inventory quantity, confirm whether the ordered quantity exceeds the updated inventory quantity; and When the ordered quantity exceeds the updated stock quantity, the ordered quantity is changed to the updated stock quantity. The method as claimed in item 10, further comprising: When the order quantity exceeds the updated inventory quantity, provide notification information about the modified order quantity. The method as claimed in item 10, further comprising: When the updated inventory quantity is zero, provide out-of-stock notification information about the first item. The method as claimed in item 9, wherein the order page includes a first icon and a second icon for adjusting the order quantity, the order quantity is decreased in response to an input corresponding to the first graphic, the order quantity is increased in response to an input corresponding to the second graphic, and When the ordered quantity is equal to the stock quantity, the second representation can be deactivated. The method as claimed in item 9, further comprising: Provide a payment page containing one of the order selection lists; obtaining a fourth input of the user paying for one or more items included in the order selection list on the payment page; confirming whether to update the inventory quantity of the first item according to the order quantity in response to the fourth input; and Provide payment information corresponding to the order selection list based on whether to update the inventory quantity. The method of claim 14, further comprising: When updating the inventory quantity, confirm whether the ordered quantity exceeds the updated inventory quantity; and when the ordered quantity exceeds the updated stock quantity, changing the ordered quantity to the updated stock quantity, Wherein the payment information includes information about the modified order quantity of the first item. The method as claimed in item 15, further comprising: When the order quantity exceeds the updated inventory quantity, provide notification information about the modified order quantity. The method as claimed in item 15, further comprising: When the updated inventory quantity is zero, provide out-of-stock notification information about the first item. An electronic device for providing item information, the electronic device includes: a processor; and one or more memories in which one or more instructions are stored, Wherein when executed, the one or more instructions control the processor to perform: identifying a first item for sale in a first store via a delivery intermediary service provided by the electronic device; determining whether the first item corresponds to an inventory available item based on a type of the first item; obtaining information about an inventory quantity of the first item when the first item corresponds to the inventory-available item; and When the inventory quantity is less than or equal to a predetermined quantity, providing information about the first item to a user terminal, including the information about the inventory quantity and first information notifying that the first item is close to being out of stock.

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