TWI859789B - Operating method for electronic apparatus for providing item information and electronic apparatus supporting thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

According to the present disclosure, a method for providing item information by an electronic apparatus comprises: identifying inventory information of a first item corresponding to a keyword obtained from a user; identifying stocking information of the first item when the first item is determined as being out of stock based on the inventory information; and providing information on the first item including first information indicating that sequential delivery according to scheduled stocking of the first item is possible when the first item is determined to be stocked within a predetermined period of time based on the stocking information.

Description

Method for operating electronic equipment for providing item information and electronic equipment supporting the method

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing item information, and more particularly, to a method and electronic apparatus for providing information indicating that sequential delivery of items that can be matched with keywords obtained from a user is possible.

With the development of electronic technology, e-commerce has become a part of shopping. Customers can purchase products online without going directly to a store or market, and the products purchased online are delivered to the delivery address requested by the customer.

In the case of e-commerce, since providing detailed and accurate information about products has a significant impact on service satisfaction, various methods for providing more detailed and accurate information are being discussed.

In this regard, reference may be made to relevant technical literature, such as KR101756594B1 or KR101500849B1.

According to the method of the present invention, when an item corresponding to a keyword obtained from a user is out of stock, an electronic device can provide information indicating that sequential delivery is possible based on a stocking schedule of the item.

The technical objectives to be achieved in the present invention are not limited to the technical objectives mentioned above, and those familiar with this technology will clearly understand other technical objectives not mentioned from the following description.

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

According to various embodiments of the present invention, a method for providing item information by an electronic device may include: identifying inventory information of a first item corresponding to a keyword obtained from a user; when the first item is determined to be out of stock based on the inventory information, identifying stocking information of the first item; and determining that the first item is stocked within a predetermined time period based on the stocking information, providing information about the first item, including first information indicating that sequential delivery according to the stocking schedule of the first item is possible.

In an exemplary embodiment, the method of providing item information may further include providing information about the first item, including second information indicating that the first item is out of stock, when it is determined based on the stocking information that the first item is not stocked within the predetermined time period.

In an exemplary embodiment, the identification of the stocking information may include: identifying characteristic information of the first item; based on the characteristic information, identifying whether the first item corresponds to an item that can be delivered sequentially; and based on the first item corresponding to the item that can be delivered sequentially, identifying the stocking information when the first item is determined to be out of stock.

In an exemplary embodiment, the method of providing item information further includes providing information about the first item, including second information indicating that the first item is out of stock, when the first item is determined to be out of stock based on the fact that the first item does not correspond to the item that can be delivered sequentially.

In an exemplary embodiment, the method for providing item information may further include, for the first item, when the first item is out of stock, setting flag information for indicating and identifying the stocking information, and the identifying the stocking information may include identifying the stocking information based on the flag information.

In an exemplary embodiment, when the first item is out of stock and the flag information is deactivated, the information about the first item may be set to include second information indicating that the first item is out of stock.

In an exemplary embodiment, when the first item is out of stock and the flag information is activated, the stocking information is identified based on the flag information, and when the first item is determined to be in stock within the predetermined time period, the information about the first item can be set to include the first information.

In an exemplary embodiment, the method of providing item information may further include: obtaining delivery schedule information about the first item from a supplier of the first item; identifying information about a scheduled quantity and a scheduled time for delivering the first item based on the delivery schedule information; and setting the stocking information based on the scheduled quantity and the scheduled time.

In an exemplary embodiment, the method of providing item information may further include: in response to a first input of the user searching for the keyword, providing a search result page including the information about the first item; in response to a second input of the user obtaining the information about the first item in the search result page, providing a detail page of the first item; and in response to a third input of the user purchasing the first item on the detail page, providing information about the first information and an expected delivery schedule of the first item.

In an exemplary embodiment, the method for providing item information may further include: based on the information about the first item including the first information, identifying third information including that the first item corresponds to an item for exclusive delivery; and based on the third information, identifying fourth information including that the first item can be purchased only on a detail page of the first item.

In an exemplary embodiment, the method of providing item information may further include: obtaining a fourth input from the user to add the first item to an item list selected by the user; and based on the first item being included in the item list, providing the fourth information in an item list page including the item list and including fifth information that it is impossible to purchase the first item through the item list page.

In an exemplary embodiment, the method of providing item information may further include obtaining order fulfillment information from the user, including an order requesting sequential delivery of the first item.

In an exemplary embodiment, the method of providing item information may further include: in response to the order completion information, identifying a first distribution center capable of sequentially delivering the first item to the user; and providing delivery management information of the first item, including information indicating that sequential delivery of the first item has been requested, to a server of the first distribution center based on the order completion information and the information of the user.

In an exemplary embodiment, the method of providing item information may further include: obtaining first quantity information of the first item requested to be sequentially delivered to the first distribution center from the server of the first distribution center based on a plurality of order completion information of a plurality of users related to the first item; identifying information about a first delivery schedule quantity of the first item to be delivered from a supplier of the first item to the first distribution center; and determining the delivery management information of the first item in the first distribution center based on the first quantity information and the information about the first delivery schedule quantity.

In an exemplary embodiment, the method of providing item information may further include: identifying a second distribution center capable of sequentially delivering the first item; obtaining second quantity information of the first item requested to be sequentially delivered to the second distribution center from a server of the second distribution center based on the plurality of order completion information; and adjusting the first delivery schedule quantity and the second delivery schedule quantity of the first item determined to be delivered from the supplier to the second distribution center based on the first quantity information and the second quantity information.

In an exemplary embodiment, the operation of adjusting the first delivery schedule quantity and the second delivery schedule quantity may include adjusting the first delivery schedule quantity and the second delivery schedule quantity based on a ratio of the second delivery schedule quantity to the second quantity information being greater than or equal to a predetermined ratio when a ratio of the first delivery schedule quantity to the first quantity information is less than a predetermined ratio, so that at least a portion of the second delivery schedule quantity is delivered to the first distribution center.

In an exemplary embodiment, the method of providing item information may further include: providing the supplier with first instruction information indicating that a quantity obtained by adding at least a portion of the quantity from the first delivery schedule quantity is to be delivered to the first distribution center and second instruction information indicating that a quantity obtained by subtracting at least a portion of the quantity from the second delivery schedule quantity is to be delivered to the second distribution center.

In an exemplary embodiment, the method of providing item information may further include providing the delivery management information to a server of the third distribution center when the first distribution center receives the first item by receiving the first item from the supplier and shipping the first item to a third distribution center of the first distribution center.

In an exemplary embodiment, the method of providing item information may further include providing third instruction information instructing to deliver the first item directly from the third distribution center to an address of the user to the server of the third distribution center.

According to various embodiments of the present invention, an electronic device for providing item information includes: a processor; and one or more memories, which store one or more instructions, wherein the one or more instructions, when executed, can control the processor to execute: identifying inventory information of a first item corresponding to a keyword obtained from a user; when the first item is determined to be out of stock based on the inventory information, identifying the stocking information of the first item; and when the first item is determined to be stocked within a predetermined time period based on the stocking information, providing information about the first item, including first information indicating that sequential delivery is possible according to the stocking schedule of the first item.

The various embodiments of the present invention described above are only some of the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and those skilled in the art can derive and understand various embodiments reflecting the technical features of the various embodiments of the present invention based on the detailed description to be described below.

The present invention provides a method for electronically revealing content to provide information that sequential delivery is possible according to a stocking schedule instruction of an item when an item corresponding to a keyword obtained from a user is out of stock, thereby having a technical effect in promoting the user's item search convenience and improving the user experience of ordering items.

The effects that can be obtained in the present invention are not limited to the effects mentioned above, and those skilled in the art can clearly understand other effects not mentioned from the following description.

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FIG. 1 is a diagram of an item information providing system for illustrating a method of an electronic device for providing item information in which operations according to various embodiments can be implemented.

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

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

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an operation method of setting the stocking information of an item by the server device 100 according to various embodiments.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an operation method for adjusting the delivery schedule quantity of items to a distribution center by the server device 100 according to various embodiments.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example in which the user device 200 outputs a search result page including information indicating that sequential delivery of a scheduled stocking of an item is possible to a user according to various embodiments.

FIGS. 7-8 are diagrams showing examples in which the user device 200 outputs to a user a detail page of an item including information indicating that sequential delivery of a scheduled stocking of the item is possible according to various embodiments.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example in which the user device 200 outputs an item list page including items determined to be available for sequential delivery according to a stocking schedule to a user according to various embodiments.

The following embodiments combine components and features of various embodiments in a predetermined form. Each component or feature may be considered optional unless otherwise expressly specified. Each component or feature may be implemented in a form not combined with other components or features. In addition, various embodiments may be configured by combining some components and features. The order of operations described in various embodiments may be changed. Some components or features of one embodiment may be included in another embodiment, or may be replaced by corresponding components or features of another embodiment.

In the description of the drawings, procedures or operations that may make the gist of various embodiments unclear are not described, and procedures or operations that can be understood by those skilled in the art are not described.

Throughout this specification, when a part is said to "include" or "comprise" a specific component, it means that it may further include other components rather than excluding other elements, unless otherwise specified. In addition, the terms such as "...part", "...unit" and "module" described in this specification mean a unit that processes at least one function or operation, which can be implemented as hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software. In addition, "a (a or an)", "one", "the" and similar terms are used herein to mean that in the context of describing various embodiments (specifically, in the context of the following invention application scope), both the singular and the plural are included, unless the context indicates otherwise or is obviously contradictory.

In the following, preferred embodiments according to various embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The detailed description below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings is intended to describe exemplary embodiments of various embodiments and is not intended to represent a single embodiment.

In addition, specific terms used in various embodiments are provided to help understand the various embodiments, and the use of these specific terms can be changed into other forms without departing from the technical spirit of the various embodiments.

FIG. 1 is a diagram of an item information providing system for illustrating a method of an electronic device for providing item information in which operations according to various embodiments can be implemented.

Referring to FIG. 1 , an item information providing system according to various embodiments can be implemented in various types of electronic devices. For example, the item information providing system can be implemented in a server device 100 providing services, a user device 200, and a server device 300 of a distribution center associated with the service. In other words, the server device 100 providing services, the user device 200, and the server device 300 of a distribution center associated with the service can perform operations according to various embodiments of the present invention based on an item information providing system implemented in each device. At the same time, the item information providing system according to various embodiments is not limited to the system shown in FIG. 1 , and can be implemented in more types of electronic devices and servers.

A server device 100 providing services according to various embodiments may be a device that performs wireless and wired communications with a plurality of user devices 200 or a plurality of server devices 300 of a distribution center and includes a storage device having a large storage capacity. For example, the server device 100 providing services may be a cloud device that works with a plurality of user devices 200 or a plurality of server devices 300 of a distribution center.

The user device 200 according to various embodiments may be a device that can be used by a human user, such as a desktop PC, a tablet PC, or a mobile terminal. In addition, other electronic devices that perform similar functions may be used as the user device 200.

According to various embodiments, the server device 300 of the distribution center may be a device that performs wireless and wired communications with the server device 100 that provides services and includes a storage device with a large storage capacity. For example, the server device 300 of the distribution center may be a cloud device that works together with the server device 100 that provides services.

According to various embodiments, an item information providing system may include various operation modules. The modules included in the item information providing system may be computer program codes or one or more instructions, which are implemented so that a physical device (for example, a server device 100 providing services, a user device 200, and a server device 300 of a distribution center) on which a page server system is implemented (or contained in a physical device) can perform specified operations. In other words, the physical device in which the item information providing system is implemented stores a plurality of modules in a memory in the form of computer program codes, and when executing a plurality of modules stored in the memory, the plurality of modules may cause a physical device to perform specified operations corresponding to the plurality of modules.

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

Referring to FIG. 2 , a server device 100 providing a service, a user device 200 and a server device 300 of a distribution center may include an input/output portion 210, a transceiver 220, a storage 230 and a processor 240.

The input/output portion 210 may be a variety of interfaces or ports for receiving user input or outputting information to the user. The input/output portion 210 may include an input module and an output module, and the input module receives a user input from a user. User input may be performed in various forms, including key input, touch input, and voice input. Examples of input modules capable of receiving this user input may include a traditional keypad, keyboard and mouse, as well as a touch sensor for detecting a user's touch, a microphone for receiving a voice signal, a camera for recognizing gestures through image recognition, a proximity sensor for detecting the approach of a user including at least one of an illumination sensor or an infrared sensor, a motion sensor for recognizing a user's motion through an acceleration sensor or a gyroscope sensor, and various types of input components for detecting or receiving various types of user input, and the input module according to the example implementation example of the present invention may include at least one of the devices listed above. Here, the touch sensor may be implemented as a piezoelectric or capacitive touch sensor that detects a touch through a touch panel or a touch film attached to a display panel, an optical touch sensor that detects a touch by an optical method, and the like. In addition, the input module may be implemented in the form of an input interface (USB port, PS/2 port, etc.) of a device that connects to an external input device that receives a user input instead of detecting a user input by itself. In addition, the output module may output various types of information. The output module may include at least one of a display that outputs an image, a speaker that outputs sound, a tactile device that generates vibration, and other various types of output components. In addition, the output module can be implemented in the form of a port-type output interface that connects to the individual output components described above.

For example, an output module in the form of a display can display text, still images, and moving images. The display can include a liquid crystal display (LCD), a light emitting diode (LED) display, an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display, a flat panel display (FPD), and at least one of transparent displays, curved displays, flexible displays, three-dimensional (3D) displays, holographic displays, projectors, and other various types of devices that can perform image output functions. Such a display can be in the form of a touch display that is integrated with the touch sensor of the input module.

The transceiver 220 can communicate with other devices. Therefore, the server device 100 providing services, the user device 200, and the server device 300 of the distribution center can transmit and receive information with other devices through the transceiver. For example, the server device 100 providing services, the user device 200, and the server device 300 of the distribution center can use a transceiver to communicate with each other or with other devices.

Here, communication (i.e., transmission and reception of data) may be performed wired or wirelessly. For this purpose, the transceiver may include a wired communication module for accessing the Internet via a LAN (local area network), a mobile communication module for accessing a mobile communication network via a mobile communication base station to transmit and receive data, a short-range communication module using a WLAN (wireless local area network) communication method such as Wi-Fi or a WPAN (wireless personal area network) communication method such as Bluetooth or Zigbee, a satellite communication module using a GNSS (global navigation satellite system) such as GPS (global positioning system), or a combination thereof.

The memory 230 can store various types of information. The memory 230 can store data temporarily or semi-permanently. For example, the memory 230 of the server device 100 providing services or the server device 300 of the distribution center can store an operating system (OS) for driving the server device 100 providing services or the server device 300 of the distribution center, data for hosting a website, or data for a program or application (e.g., a website application) for generating braille, etc. In addition, the memory can store modules in the form of computer program code, as described above.

Examples of the memory 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 memory may be provided as a built-in type or a removable type.

The processor 240 controls the overall operation of the server device 100, the user device 200, and the server device 300 of the distribution center that provide services. To this end, the processor 240 can control the operation of each component of the server device 100, the user device 200, and the server device 300 of the distribution center, which perform calculations and processing of various types of information and provide services. For example, the processor 240 can execute a program or application for providing information. The processor 240 can be implemented as a computer or a similar device based on hardware, software, or a combination thereof. In terms of hardware, the processor 240 can be implemented in the form of an electronic circuit that executes a control function by processing electrical signals, and in terms of software, it can be implemented in the form of a program that drives the processor 240 in hardware. On the other hand, in the following description, unless otherwise mentioned, the operations of the server device 100, the user device 200, and the server device 300 of the distribution center that provide services can be interpreted as being executed under the control of the processor 240. That is, when the modules implemented in the item information providing system described above are executed, the modules can be interpreted as controlling the server device 100, the user device 200, and the server device 300 of the distribution center, wherein the processor 240 provides services to perform the following operations.

In general, various embodiments may be implemented through various components. For example, various embodiments may be implemented through hardware, firmware, software, or a combination thereof.

In the case of hardware implementations, the methods according to various embodiments may be implemented by one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs) and FPGAs (field programmable gate arrays), processors, controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors, and the like.

In the case of implementation by firmware or software, the methods according to various embodiments may be implemented in the form of a module, program or function that performs the functions or operations described below. For example, the software code may be stored in a memory and run by a processor. The memory may be located inside or outside the processor and may exchange data with the processor through various components known in the art.

In the following, various embodiments will be described in more detail based on the above technical concepts. The contents described above can be applied to the various embodiments described below. For example, operations, functions and terms not defined in the various embodiments described below can be performed and described based on the contents described above.

In the following description, various embodiments will be described on the premise that the server device 100 providing services performs an item information providing operation, and according to various embodiments, the user device 200 that has received information about the item from the server device 100 providing services outputs the information about the item, or the server device 300 of the distribution center that has received information about the item from the server device 100 providing services can transmit various information corresponding to the information about the item.

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

According to FIG. 3 , the server device 100 can provide information about an item, and in order to perform an operation of providing information about an item, identify inventory information 301 of an item corresponding to a keyword obtained from a user; when the item is determined to be out of stock based on the inventory information, identify stocking information 303 of the item; and when the item is determined to be stocked within a predetermined time period based on the stocking information, provide information about the item, including first information 305 indicating that sequential delivery according to the scheduled stocking of the item is possible.

For a service provided by the server device 100 or a service related to the server device 100, an operation according to FIG. 3 in which the server device 100 obtains a keyword from a user and provides information about an item may be performed, and the service may correspond to a service in which a plurality of users using the service may order and purchase a plurality of items sold in the service. The plurality of items sold in the service are not limited to the types or categories of items, and may include various types or categories of items registered by the seller to sell items.

According to various embodiments, in operation 301, the server device 100 may identify inventory information of an item corresponding to a keyword obtained from a user.

For example, the server device 100 may receive or obtain a keyword input by a user through the user device 200. That is, the user device 200 may obtain a keyword related to an item from the user and transmit it to the server device 100.

For example, the keyword obtained by the server device 100 from the user may be the name of an item related to the keyword, the brand of the item, a product group into which the item can be classified, or other text that can indicate an item or a product group.

For example, the inventory information of an item identified by the server device 100 according to operation 301 may include information about whether the item is currently out of stock or whether the item is still in stock, and if the item is still in stock, also includes information about the inventory quantity.

According to various embodiments, in operation 303, when an item is determined to be out of stock based on inventory information, the server device 100 may identify the stocking information of the item.

For example, the stocking information of the item identified by the server device 100 according to operation 303 may include information about the scheduled inventory status of the item. That is, information about the scheduled stocking date and/or the scheduled stocking quantity related to the time and/or quantity of the item sold in the service provided by the server device 100 to be stocked may be included in the stocking information of the item. For example, the stocking information of the item may include information about the scheduled quantity of the item to be stocked within a predetermined time period or from a current time point until a specific date.

For example, the inventory information of an item is not limited to identifying out-of-stock items as in operation 303, and the server device 100 can be configured to identify whether the item is sold in the service at any time.

For example, if an item is out of stock, and the server device 100 identifies the stocking information of the item, and identifies that the item will be stocked within a predetermined time period from the current time point, the server device 100 may provide information indicating that the item can be delivered in sequence once it is stocked in the future (by including it in the information about the item), even if delivery of the item is currently impossible. Conversely, if the server device 100 identifies that the item will not be stocked within a predetermined time period from the current time point by identifying the stocking information of the item when the item is out of stock, the server device 100 may provide information indicating that the item is out of stock by including the information indicating that the item is out of stock in the information about the item.

For example, operation 303 in which the server device 100 identifies the stocking information of an item may include the following operations: identifying characteristic information of the item by the server device 100; identifying whether the item corresponds to an item that can be delivered sequentially based on the characteristic information; and identifying the stocking information of the item only when the item corresponds to an item that can be delivered sequentially when the item is out of stock. That is, when an item is out of stock, the operation of the server device 100 identifying the stocking information of an item may be an operation performed only for items with specific characteristics. For example, in the case of an item corresponding to a fresh food that is preferably delivered on the same day, it may be inappropriate to set an order even when the item is out of stock. As another example, in the case of an item corresponding to an installation product that needs to be installed at a specific location or a user's desired location, it may be inappropriate to immediately deliver the item when the item is later stocked without considering the characteristics related to the installation of the item. Therefore, the server device 100 considers the characteristic information of the item to determine whether the corresponding item is suitable for sequential delivery, and then, when the item is determined to be an item suitable for sequential delivery, it can be configured to identify the stocking information when the corresponding item is out of stock.

If the server device 100 identifies the characteristic information of the item and determines that the item does not correspond to an item that can be delivered sequentially, then even if the item is out of stock, the server device 100 still does not identify the stocking information of the item, and can provide information indicating that the corresponding item is out of stock by including the information indicating that the corresponding item is out of stock in the information about the item.

For example, the operation 303 in which the server device 100 identifies the stocking information of an item can be performed based on setting flag information related to the corresponding item and indicating that the stocking information of the item is identified when the item is out of stock. That is, the server device 100 can set flag information indicating whether to identify the stocking information of the item when the item is out of stock for an item, and the operation 303 in which the server device 100 identifies the stocking information of the item can be performed based on the flag information set as above.

For example, when flag information is set for an item, the server device 100 may consider activating the flag information when the item is out of stock to perform an operation of identifying the stocking information of the item. If the flag information is deactivated when the item is out of stock, the server device 100 may determine that the corresponding item is indicated as not identifying the stocking information. In this case, the corresponding item is considered out of stock regardless of the later scheduled stocking date or the scheduled stocking quantity, and the information indicating that the item is out of stock may be included in the information about the item and provided together.

On the contrary, if the flag information is activated when the item is out of stock, the server device 100 may determine that the corresponding item is indicated to identify the stocking information. In this case, the stocking information including the scheduled stocking date or the scheduled stocking quantity of the item is identified, and if it is determined that the item will be stocked within a predetermined period of time according to the stocking information, even if the item is not currently available for delivery, information indicating that it is possible to deliver the item in sequence once it is stocked in the future may be included in the item information and provided together. Even if the flag information is activated, if it is not determined that the corresponding item will be stocked within a predetermined period of time according to the stocking information, information indicating that the corresponding item is out of stock may still be included in the information about the item and provided together.

For example, the stocking information for an item identified by the server device 100 in operation 303 may be information set based on information related to the delivery of the item received from a supplier of the delivered item. When the stocking of the corresponding item within a predetermined time period is determined, it is necessary to execute information indicating that the server device 100 is instructing sequential delivery according to a later stocking schedule of an out-of-stock item. Otherwise, even if the user of the service is notified that sequential delivery of the item is possible, the delivery schedule of the item may be delayed longer than the initially expected sequential delivery schedule. Therefore, the server device 100 can receive the delivery-related information from the supplier, and based on this, set and identify the inventory information of the item, and at this time, the specific operation of the server device 100 for setting the inventory information can be executed as shown in FIG. 4.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an operation method of setting the stocking information of an item by the server device 100 according to various embodiments.

First, the server device 100 may obtain delivery schedule information 401 about an item from a supplier that has been confirmed for the item. The delivery schedule information obtained by the server device 100 may include various information required for delivering items or placing orders, such as supplier information, information about items to be delivered, scheduled delivery quantity, scheduled delivery time, scheduled delivery location and/or delivery unit price. Therefore, the server device 100 may identify information 403 about the scheduled quantity and scheduled time of the item to be delivered based on the obtained delivery schedule information, and may set the item's stocking information 405 based on the identified scheduled quantity and scheduled time.

As shown in FIG. 4 , the stocking information set by the server device 100 for the items sold in the service can correspond to the information set by the server device 100 to easily manage the external information received from the external supplier as the internal information about the items sold in the service.

According to various embodiments, in operation 305, when it is determined that an item is stocked within a predetermined time period based on the stocking information, the server device 100 may provide information about an item, including first information indicating that sequential delivery is possible according to the scheduled stocking of the item.

For example, a predetermined time period for identifying an item to be stocked may be a time period during which the server device 100 determines that an appropriate estimated delivery schedule can be ensured when performing sequential delivery according to the stocking schedule.

For example, according to the various embodiments described above, if stocking information about an out-of-stock item is identified and it is determined that the corresponding item will be stocked within a predetermined time period, then in operation 303, first information indicating that sequential delivery of the item according to the stocking schedule is possible may be included in the information about an item.

For example, for an out-of-stock item determined to be available for sequential delivery, first information indicating that sequential delivery is possible may be set to be displayed together when information about the item is displayed on various pages about the service, and when a user wants to order a corresponding item, it may be set to indicate a scheduled delivery date on which the corresponding item will be sequentially delivered. For example, when a user enters a keyword related to an item, the server device 100 provides a search result page including information about the item, and if an out-of-stock item is determined to be capable of sequential delivery according to the embodiment described above, the information about the item included in the search result page may include first information indicating that sequential delivery of the corresponding item is possible. At this time, if the user inputs a touch or click to view information about an item on the search result page, the server device 100 provides a detail page of the item including information about the item, and the information about the item included in the detail page may also include first information indicating that sequential delivery of the corresponding item is possible. In addition, when the user makes an input to order or purchase an item on the detail page, the server device 100 may provide first information indicating that sequential delivery of the corresponding item is possible and information about a scheduled delivery date of the corresponding item to be sequentially delivered.

For example, when the first information indicates that stocking information of an out-of-stock item is identified and the item will be stocked within a predetermined time period and sequential delivery according to the scheduled stocking of the item is possible, the corresponding item can be set as an item for exclusive delivery. That is, an item that is determined to be available for sequential delivery even if it is currently out of stock is not delivered together with other items, and only an item that is determined to be available for sequential delivery can be set to be delivered alone. Through this, the server device 100 can easily comply with and manage the expected delivery date of the item that is determined to be capable of sequential delivery, regardless of the delivery of other items.

Additionally, to set exclusive delivery of an item, the server device 100 may make it impossible to purchase the corresponding item from a page (such as a shopping cart or trolley) containing a list of items selected by a user, or may allow purchase only from a detail page of the corresponding item to help prevent items identified as eligible for sequential delivery from being ordered together with other items. That is, an item that indicates that sequential delivery is possible after first identifying an item to be stocked within a predetermined time period based on stocking information cannot be purchased through an item list page (such as a shopping cart or a trolley) that includes a list of items selected by a user, and can be set to be purchased only from a detail page of the corresponding item.

To this end, when the information about the item includes the first information, the server device 100 can set, identify and manage information including that the corresponding item corresponds to an item for exclusive delivery, and based on the corresponding item corresponding to an item for exclusive delivery, can set, identify and manage information including that the corresponding item can only be purchased on the detailed page of the corresponding item.

If an item with the first information set is added to an item list selected by the user (such as a shopping cart or a trolley), that is, if the user performs an input to add the item with the first information set to a shopping cart or a trolley, the server device 100 may be configured to provide information including that the item is only available for purchase on a detail page on an item list page and information including that the item is not available for purchase through an item list page containing an item list selected by the user.

For example, when a user orders an item with first information indicating that sequential delivery is possible because the item is identified as being stocked within a predetermined time period according to the stocking information, the server device 100 processes the order completion information corresponding to the order. At this time, the order completion information processed in this way may include information that the order included in the order completion information corresponds to an order for sequential delivery of requested items, and through this, even in the item delivery stage after the order is completed, the corresponding item can continue to be identified as an item for which sequential delivery is requested.

For example, when receiving order completion information of an order including a request for sequential delivery of an item, the server device 100 may identify a specific first distribution center capable of sequentially delivering items to the user in response to the order completion information, and provide delivery management information related to the delivery of the item requested for sequential delivery to a server 300 of the first distribution center. At this time, the delivery management information provided by the server device 100 may include information indicating that the item has been requested for sequential delivery and information of the user who ordered the item by requesting sequential delivery.

For example, when an item set with the first information indicating that sequential delivery is possible due to identifying an item as being stocked within a predetermined time period according to the stocking information is an item for which the first distribution center has not yet secured inventory even when the user orders it, the server device 100 needs to manage the scheduled inventory status or the scheduled delivery process in the first distribution center for the corresponding item. Therefore, the server device 100 can obtain the first quantity information of the item waiting after the sequential delivery request to the first distribution center when the delivery of the item for which sequential delivery is requested is assigned to the first distribution center from the server 300 of the first distribution center based on a plurality of order completion information in which a plurality of users order an item for which the first information is set on the service. In addition, the server device 100 can identify information about a first scheduled delivery quantity to be delivered by the first distribution center from a supplier of the item, and based on the obtained first quantity information and the identified first delivery schedule quantity, can determine the delivery management information of a corresponding item, so as to manage a scheduled inventory status or a scheduled delivery process of the corresponding item in the first distribution center.

On the other hand, for an item for which the first information indicating that sequential delivery is possible is set if the item is identified as being stocked within a predetermined time period according to the stocking information, when it is determined that the quantity of the item requested for sequential delivery is greater than the quantity of the item to be stocked at a specific distribution center, the server device 100 can be configured to adjust the quantity to be delivered in the step of the supplier delivering the corresponding item to the specific distribution center.

That is, based on a plurality of order completion information in which a plurality of users order items for which the first information is set in the service, the server device 100 can identify the number of orders assigned to sequentially deliver the corresponding items in a specific distribution center, and can also identify the number of items waiting after requesting sequential delivery to a specific distribution center. At this time, when the number of items waiting after requesting sequential delivery to a specific distribution center corresponds to a large number when considering the scheduled number of items to be delivered to the specific distribution center and it is therefore determined that the inventory will be insufficient later, the server device 100 can set a portion of the scheduled number of items to be delivered to other distribution centers that are determined to have sufficient inventory to be delivered to the specific distribution center.

Regarding the first distribution center and the second distribution center, where it is determined based on the stocking information that the item will be received within a predetermined time period and is determined to be capable of sequential delivery, and the first information indicating that sequential delivery is possible is set for the item, the server device 100 can adjust the scheduled quantity of items to be delivered to each distribution center by identifying and comparing the quantity of items waiting after sequential delivery is requested to each distribution center with the scheduled quantity of items to be delivered to each distribution center, and can perform a specific operation as shown in FIG. 5. Here, the distribution center determined to be capable of sequential delivery of items can refer to a distribution center that can sequentially deliver items to orderers in the future, because the items are scheduled to be delivered to the corresponding distribution center.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an operation method for adjusting the delivery schedule quantity of items to a distribution center by the server device 100 according to various embodiments.

First, the server device 100 can identify an item that is out of stock but is determined to be in stock within a predetermined time period so that it can be delivered sequentially 501, and can identify a first distribution center and a second distribution center 503 that can deliver the determined items sequentially.

Based on a plurality of order completion information identified by a plurality of users' item orders on the service, the server device 100 can identify first quantity information of items requested to be sequentially delivered to the first distribution center and second quantity information 505 of items requested to be sequentially delivered to the second distribution center. Based on the identified first quantity information and second quantity information, the server device 100 can adjust the first scheduled delivery quantity of items determined to be delivered from the supplier of items to the first distribution center and the second scheduled delivery quantity 507 of items determined to be delivered from the supplier of items by the second distribution center.

At this time, the operation of adjusting the scheduled delivery quantity of each distribution center according to operation 507 by the server device 100 can be implemented in the following form: considering the quantity of items to be delivered to a specific distribution center, if there are too many items waiting to be requested to be delivered to the specific distribution center in sequence, then a part of the scheduled delivery quantity is received from other distribution centers; or considering the quantity of items to be delivered to a specific distribution center, if the quantity of items requested to be delivered to the specific distribution center is too small, then a part of the scheduled delivery quantity of the specific distribution center is transferred to another distribution center.

For example, in FIG. 5 , based on the ratio of the quantity information requested to be sequentially delivered to the distribution center and the scheduled delivery quantity determined to be received by the distribution center, the server device 100 can determine whether the scheduled inventory status or the scheduled delivery process of the items in the corresponding distribution center is properly managed, and can also consider the ratio to perform an operation of adjusting the scheduled delivery quantity with other distribution centers.

For example, in FIG. 5 , if the ratio of the first scheduled delivery quantity determined to be delivered to the first distribution center to the first quantity information requested to be sequentially delivered to the first distribution center is less than a predetermined ratio, the server device 100 may determine that the scheduled inventory status of the items in the first distribution center is insufficient, and may set some scheduled delivery quantities of other distribution centers to be delivered to the first distribution center. That is, in the above situation, if the ratio of the second scheduled delivery quantity determined to be delivered to the second distribution center to the second quantity information requested to be sequentially delivered to the second distribution center is greater than or equal to the predetermined ratio, the server device 100 may determine that the scheduled inventory status of the items in the second distribution center is sufficient, and may adjust the first scheduled delivery quantity and the second scheduled delivery quantity so that at least a portion of the second scheduled delivery quantity can be delivered to the first distribution center.

At this time, the server device 100 may provide the supplier with first instruction information indicating that a quantity obtained by adding at least a portion of the quantity from the first scheduled delivery quantity is to be delivered to a first distribution center and second instruction information indicating that a quantity obtained by subtracting at least a portion of the quantity from the second scheduled delivery quantity is to be delivered to a second distribution center, so that the supplier of the item can deliver the item to the first distribution center and the second distribution center according to the adjusted scheduled delivery quantity. The supplier can deliver the same amount of items as the adjusted quantity to each distribution center according to the first instruction information and the second instruction information provided to it.

The above operation in which the server device 100 instructs the supplier to adjust the scheduled delivery quantity of the item for each distribution center can be extended to be executed for multiple suppliers and multiple distribution centers. Even for the same item sold in the service, multiple suppliers of the item can be identified, and each of the multiple suppliers delivers the delivery quantity of the contract item related to the service to the contract distribution center. That is, the first supplier included in the multiple suppliers delivering an item delivers the item to some of all the distribution centers associated with the service.

For an item that is out of stock but is determined to be in stock within a predetermined time period and can be delivered in sequence, the server device 100 can identify a first supplier included in a plurality of suppliers that deliver the item and a plurality of distribution centers corresponding to the destination to which the first supplier delivers the corresponding item. At this time, the server device 100 can group the plurality of distribution centers according to location to facilitate adjustment of the scheduled delivery quantity between the distribution centers, and therefore, the plurality of distribution centers can be divided into distribution center group units including one or more distribution centers that can be considered to be located within a specific regional range. As an example, a plurality of distribution centers from which a first supplier delivers items may be divided into: distribution center group A, which includes one or more distribution centers located in regional range A; distribution center group B, which includes one or more other distribution centers located in regional range B; distribution center group C, which includes one or more other distribution centers located in regional range C; and the like, and a plurality of distribution center groups may be identified corresponding to a plurality of regional ranges classified by the server device 100.

At this time, since one or more distribution centers included in a distribution center group are located in a regional range and the distance between them is not far, the first supplier can easily adjust with each other and deliver the scheduled delivery quantity of the item to one or more distribution centers included in a distribution center group. Therefore, the operation of the server device 100 instructing the supplier to adjust the scheduled delivery quantity of the item for each distribution center can be set to be executed with one or more distribution centers included in the distribution center group classified by the server device 100 according to the regional range as the target.

Specifically, the server device 100 can identify the ratio of the scheduled delivery quantity determined to be delivered by the first supplier to each distribution center included in one of the plurality of distribution center groups corresponding to the first supplier and the quantity of items waiting to be sequentially delivered to each distribution center, and can instruct the first supplier to deliver some of the scheduled delivery quantities of the distribution center determined to have a high ratio to the distribution center determined to have a low ratio. For example, if the ratio in distribution center a is high, but the ratios in distribution center b and distribution center c are low, the server device 100 that has identified the ratios of distribution center a, distribution center b, and distribution center c included in distribution center group A can instruct the first supplier to change the quantity of some of the scheduled delivery quantities of distribution center a to distribution center b and distribution center c, respectively, and deliver them.

The server device 100 can perform the above operations on multiple suppliers of delivered items, and through this, the delivery schedule quantity control and inventory management of items to the distribution center can be easily handled, while promoting the convenience of suppliers.

On the other hand, when a specific distribution center receives delivery of items from another distribution center that receives items from a supplier and transports them to the specific distribution center instead of directly receiving items from a supplier, the server device 100 can facilitate smooth delivery management of items by providing delivery management information related to the delivery of items (which is requested to the server 300 of the specific distribution center for sequential delivery) to the other distribution center.

For example, when a user's order completion information for an item that is out of stock but determined to be in stock within a predetermined time period makes sequential delivery possible, the first distribution center that can sequentially deliver the item to the user may correspond to a distribution center that indirectly receives the item by receiving the item from the supplier and shipping the item to a third distribution center of the first distribution center, rather than a distribution center that directly receives the item from the supplier. In this case, the server device 100 may provide information indicating that sequential delivery of the item has been requested and delivery management information including information of the user who ordered the item by requesting sequential delivery not only to the server 300 of the first distribution center but also to the server 300 of a third distribution center to deliver the item to the first distribution center.

By operating the server device 100 as described above, it is possible to facilitate smooth inventory management of items requested for sequential delivery in the distribution center, and, if necessary, facilitate faster delivery to users by changing the delivery or shipping route of the items requested for sequential delivery. For example, when it is determined that it will take more than a certain amount of time for an item delivered from a supplier to a third distribution center to be delivered sequentially to a user via the first distribution center, the server device 100 may provide instruction information to the server 300 of the third distribution center to instruct that an item be delivered directly from the third distribution center to the user's address.

Obviously, the various pieces of information provided in the process of the server device 100 executing the operation method for providing item information according to Figures 3 to 5 can be combined and provided in various forms.

Figures 6 to 9 are diagrams showing examples of a user interface/user experience (UI/UX) for providing a page according to various embodiments. For example, the examples of Figures 6 to 9 may be a user interface/user experience (UI/UX) of a user device 200, and each of the embodiments described in the following figures may be executed based on the operation of the server device 100 described above with reference to Figures 3 to 5.

Specifically, in each example embodiment of the UI/UX of the user device 200 described in the following figures, when the user device 200 receives input information from the user and transmits it to the server device 100, the server device 100 may provide information corresponding to the input information to the user device 200 based on the operations described above in Figures 3 to 5, and then the user device 200 may output the information. However, each example embodiment of the UI/UX described in the following figures is not limited to this form, and may be executed in all forms in which each embodiment of the UI/UX may be implemented.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example in which the user device 200 outputs a search result page including information indicating that sequential delivery of a scheduled stocking of an item is possible to a user according to various embodiments.

A user can enter a keyword (such as 601) for searching for a desired item on the service, and can output information about an item (such as 603) as a search result corresponding to the keyword through a search result page.

At this time, the information about the item displayed at 603 may include information about the name, price, delivery guarantee period and/or user rating of the item, and in this case, may include information indicating that the item can be delivered sequentially based on the inventory, stocking information and/or characteristics of the item, as shown in 605. The item displayed in 603 may correspond to an item that is currently out of stock and is determined to be stocked within a predetermined time period based on the stocking information of the item, and in order to notify the user of this, information indicating that sequential delivery of the item is possible may be provided as in 605.

FIGS. 7-8 are diagrams showing examples in which the user device 200 outputs to a user a detail page of an item including information indicating that sequential delivery of a scheduled stocking of the item is possible according to various embodiments.

FIG. 7 may correspond to a detailed page of an item provided by a user inputting information (such as touching or clicking information about an item indicated in 603 of FIG. 6). On the detailed page of FIG. 7, information about the name, price, guaranteed delivery period and/or user rating of the item related to the sale of the item may be provided, as shown in 701. In addition, as shown in 703 of the detailed page of FIG. 7, information indicating that sequential delivery is possible for an item may be provided to notify that the item selected by the user is currently out of stock and is determined to be in stock within a predetermined time period based on the stocking information of the item.

At this time, when a user enters an input to purchase an item through the "Buy" button 705, the form 801 displayed on the detail page of Figure 8 can provide the user with information that the items he wants to purchase will be delivered sequentially according to the later stocking and information about an expected delivery schedule when ordering items.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example in which the user device 200 outputs an item list page including items determined to be available for sequential delivery according to a stocking schedule to a user according to various embodiments.

In the case of an item that is currently out of stock and is determined to be stocked within a predetermined period of time based on the stocking information of an item, in order to prevent it from being ordered together with other items for smooth delivery management, it can be set to correspond to an item for exclusive delivery, and relevant information can be provided in the form of Figure 9 on the user's item list page.

That is, even if the item is added to a shopping cart or a trolley, information indicating that the item cannot be purchased in the item list page including the shopping cart or the trolley and that the item can be purchased only through the item detail page may still be displayed as in 901.

The UI/UX of the user device 200 of Figures 6 to 9 and the operation of the user device 200 can be performed in association with the operation of the server device 100 described above in Figures 3 to 5. The UI/UX examples of Figures 6 to 9 are used to illustrate the examples of the present invention, and the various embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the UI/UX forms of Figures 6 to 9, and they can be performed according to all types of UI/UX that can implement the various embodiments of the present invention.

The embodiments of the present invention disclosed in this specification and drawings are only presented as specific examples to easily illustrate the technical content of the present invention and help understand the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. That is, those familiar with this technology will understand that other modified examples based on the technical concept of the present invention can be implemented. In addition, each of the above embodiments can be combined with each other as needed. For example, all embodiments of the present invention can be implemented by a system in which some of them are combined with each other.

In addition, the method according to the system of the present invention can be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed by various computer components and recorded on a computer-readable medium.

In this manner, from a particular perspective, various embodiments of the present invention may be implemented as computer readable program code in a computer readable recording medium. A computer readable recording medium is any data storage device capable of storing data that can be read by a computer system. Examples of computer readable recording media may include read-only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage device, and carrier wave (such as data transmission via the Internet). The computer-readable recording medium can also be distributed throughout network-connected computer systems, so that the computer-readable program code can be stored and executed in a distributed manner. In addition, the functional programs, program codes, and program code snippets used to implement various embodiments of the present invention can be easily interpreted by programmers familiar with the application field of the present invention.

It will also be understood that the apparatus and methods according to various embodiments of the present invention may be implemented in the form of hardware, software, or a combination of hardware and software. The software may be stored (whether erasable or rewritable) in, for example, a volatile or non-volatile storage device (such as ROM) or memory (such as RAM, memory chip, device or integrated circuit) or, for example, a compact disc (CD), digital video disc (DVD), magnetic disk or tape (such as a storage medium that can be optically or magnetically recorded and is also readable by a machine (such as a computer)). The methods according to various embodiments of the present invention may be implemented by a computer comprising a control portion and a memory or a tool comprising such a memory or a computer, and it will be understood that such a memory is an instance of a program containing instructions for implementing the embodiments of the present invention or a machine-readable storage medium suitable for storing a program.

Therefore, the present invention includes a program containing a program code for implementing a device or method described in the scope of the invention application of this specification and a storage medium that can be read by a machine (such as a computer) to store this program. In addition, this program can be transmitted electronically through any medium, such as a communication signal transmitted through a wired or wireless connection, and the present invention appropriately includes its equivalent.

Although the above description has been made with reference to the embodiments of the present invention, the embodiments of the present invention disclosed in this specification and drawings are only presented as specific examples to easily illustrate the technical content of the present invention and help understand the present invention, and they are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. In addition, the embodiments according to the present invention described above are only exemplary, and those familiar with this technology will understand that various modifications and embodiments of equivalent scopes are possible. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention needs to be defined by the following invention application scope.

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A method for providing item information by an electronic device, the method comprising: identifying inventory information of a first item corresponding to a keyword obtained from a user; when the first item is determined to be out of stock based on the inventory information, identifying stocking information of the first item; and when the first item is determined to be stocked within a predetermined time period based on the stocking information, providing information about the first item, including first information indicating that sequential delivery according to the scheduled stocking of the first item is possible; wherein the method further comprises: identifying information about a plurality of distribution centers that a supplier of the first item supplies for service of the first item; based on the information about the plurality of distribution centers, providing information about the first item including first information indicating that sequential delivery according to the scheduled stocking of the first item is possible; A distribution center group including one or more distribution centers located in each regional range, configured as a unit of each regional range divided for the delivery of items for the service; for each distribution center in a distribution center group, determining the ratio between the scheduled delivery quantity of the first item determined by the supplier to be delivered to a distribution center and the quantity of the first item waiting for sequential delivery requested by a distribution center; adjusting the scheduled delivery quantity of the first item corresponding to a distribution center group so that a portion of the scheduled delivery quantity is transferred from a distribution center whose ratio is equal to or greater than a predetermined ratio to a distribution center whose ratio is less than the predetermined ratio. The method of claim 1 further comprises: When it is determined based on the stocking information that the first item is not in stock within the predetermined time period, providing information about the first item, including second information indicating that the first item is out of stock. As in the method of claim 1, the identifying the stocking information includes: identifying characteristic information of the first item; identifying whether the first item corresponds to an item that can be delivered sequentially based on the characteristic information; and identifying the stocking information when the first item is determined to be out of stock based on the first item corresponding to the item that can be delivered sequentially. The method of claim 3 further includes: based on the fact that the first item does not correspond to the item that can be delivered sequentially, when the first item is determined to be out of stock, providing information about the first item, including second information indicating that the first item is out of stock. The method of claim 1 further includes: for the first item, when the first item is out of stock, setting flag information indicating identification of the stocking information, wherein the identification of the stocking information includes identifying the stocking information based on the flag information. The method of claim 5, wherein when the first item is out of stock and the flag information is deactivated, the information about the first item is set to include second information indicating that the first item is out of stock. The method of claim 5, wherein when the first item is out of stock and the flag information is activated, the stocking information is identified based on the flag information, and when the first item is determined to be in stock within the predetermined time period, the information about the first item is set to include the first information. The method of claim 1 further includes: obtaining delivery schedule information about the first item from a supplier of the first item; identifying information about a scheduled quantity and a scheduled time for delivering the first item based on the delivery schedule information; and setting the stocking information based on the scheduled quantity and the scheduled time. The method of claim 1 further comprises: in response to a first input of the user searching for the keyword, providing a search result page including the information about the first item; in response to a second input of the user obtaining the information about the first item on the search result page, providing a detail page of the first item; and in response to a third input of the user purchasing the first item on the detail page, providing the first information and information about an expected delivery schedule of the first item. The method of claim 1 further comprises: Based on the information about the first item including the first information, identifying third information including that the first item corresponds to an item for exclusive delivery; and based on the third information, identifying fourth information including that the first item can only be purchased on a detail page of the first item. The method of claim 10 further includes: obtaining a fourth input from the user to add the first item to an item list selected by the user; and providing the fourth information in an item list page including the item list and including fifth information that it is impossible to purchase the first item through the item list page based on the first item being included in the item list. The method of claim 1 further includes: obtaining the user's order completion information, including an order requesting sequential delivery of the first item. The method of claim 12 further includes: in response to the order completion information, identifying a first distribution center capable of sequentially delivering the first item to the user; and providing the delivery management information of the first item, including information indicating that sequential delivery of the first item has been requested, to a server of the first distribution center based on the order completion information and the information of the user. The method of claim 13 further includes: obtaining first quantity information of the first item requested to be sequentially delivered to the first distribution center from the server of the first distribution center based on multiple order completion information of multiple users related to the first item; identifying information about a first scheduled delivery quantity of the first item to be delivered from a supplier of the first item to the first distribution center; and determining the distribution management information of the first item in the first distribution center based on the first quantity information and the information about the first scheduled delivery quantity. The method of claim 14 further includes: identifying a second distribution center capable of sequentially delivering the first item; obtaining second quantity information of the first item requested to be sequentially delivered to the second distribution center from a server of the second distribution center based on the plurality of order completion information; and adjusting the first scheduled delivery quantity and the second scheduled delivery quantity of the first item determined to be delivered from the supplier to the second distribution center based on the first quantity information and the second quantity information. The method of claim 15, wherein the adjusting the first scheduled delivery quantity and the second scheduled delivery quantity includes adjusting the first scheduled delivery quantity and the second scheduled delivery quantity based on a ratio of the second scheduled delivery quantity to the second quantity information being equal to or greater than a predetermined ratio when a ratio of the first scheduled delivery quantity to the first quantity information is less than a predetermined ratio, so that at least a portion of the second scheduled delivery quantity is delivered to the first distribution center. The method of claim 16 further comprises: providing to the supplier first instruction information indicating that a quantity obtained by adding at least a portion of the quantity to the first scheduled delivery quantity is to be delivered to the first distribution center and second instruction information indicating that a quantity obtained by subtracting at least a portion of the quantity from the second scheduled delivery quantity is to be delivered to the second distribution center. The method of claim 14 further comprises: when the first distribution center receives the first item via a third distribution center, providing the delivery management information to a server of the third distribution center, the third distribution center receives the first item from the supplier and transports the first item to the first distribution center. The method of claim 18 further includes: providing third instruction information instructing the first item to be delivered directly from the third distribution center to an address of the user to the server of the third distribution center. An electronic device for providing item information, comprising: a processor; and one or more memories, which or the like are used to store one or more instructions, wherein the one or more instructions, when executed, control the processor to execute: identifying inventory information of a first item corresponding to a keyword obtained from a user; when the first item is determined to be out of stock based on the inventory information, identifying stocking information of the first item; and when the first item is determined to be stocked within a predetermined time period based on the stocking information, providing information about the first item, including first information indicating that sequential delivery according to the scheduled stocking of the first item is possible; wherein the processor further executes: identifying a plurality of delivery centers of the first item supplied by a supplier of the first item for service; information about the plurality of distribution centers; based on the information about the plurality of distribution centers, configure a distribution center group including one or more distribution centers located in each regional range, and divide the units included in each regional range for the delivery of items for the service; for each distribution center in a distribution center group, determine the ratio between the scheduled delivery quantity of the first item determined by the supplier to be delivered to a distribution center and the quantity of the first item waiting for sequential delivery requested by a distribution center; adjust the scheduled delivery quantity of the first item corresponding to a distribution center group so that a portion of the scheduled delivery quantity is transferred from a distribution center where the ratio is equal to or greater than a predetermined ratio to a distribution center where the ratio is less than the predetermined ratio.