TWI871701B - Electronic apparatus and information providing method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a method of providing information by an electronic apparatus. The method may include identifying at least one interest item, identifying information associated with a name and an option corresponding to the at least one interest item, identifying first information associated with a price corresponding to an item selected by a user from the at least one interest item, and providing a cart page that displays the identified information associated with the name and the option in a predetermined area and displays the first information in an area adjacent to a purchase icon.

Description

Electronic device and information providing method thereof

The present invention relates to an electronic device and an information providing method for efficiently providing relevant information about a shopping cart page.

Using an application, a purchaser can search for an item, select an item of interest from a plurality of items, and purchase the selected item instantly. Alternatively, the purchaser can select at least one item of interest, and then purchase the item of interest using a shopping cart page for storing the items of interest. In this example, the shopping cart page can be a page that provides information related to at least one item selected by a user as an item of interest. The purchaser can determine whether to purchase the item based on the information identified through the shopping cart page. That is, when information about an item is concisely and clearly provided by managing the shopping cart page, the purchaser's convenience of use can be improved, which can lead to an increase in profit attributable to the purchase. Therefore, a technology for efficiently providing relevant information on a shopping cart page is desired.

[Technical objectives]

One aspect provides an electronic device and an information providing method thereof. The objectives achieved by the exemplary embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the above objectives and other objectives can be inferred from the following exemplary embodiments. [Technical Solution]

According to one aspect, a method for providing information by an electronic device is provided, the method comprising: identifying at least one item of interest; identifying information associated with a name and an option corresponding to the at least one item of interest; identifying first information associated with a price corresponding to an item selected by a user from the at least one item of interest; and providing a shopping cart page that displays the identification information associated with the name and the option in a predetermined area and displays the first information in an area adjacent to a purchase icon.

The shopping cart page may distinguish information associated with a name and information associated with an option displayed in the same area of an item detail page and display the distinguished information in different areas.

The shopping cart page may display the information associated with the name and the option based on a text number of the name and the option.

When the number of characters in the name and the option is less than a threshold value, the shopping cart page may display the information associated with the name and the option in the same area.

When the number of characters in the name and the option is greater than or equal to a threshold value, the shopping cart page may display the information associated with the name and the option in different areas.

The first information may include an estimated payment amount and discount information corresponding to the item selected by the user.

When the purchase icon is selected, the method may further include providing a bottom page that displays second information including the first information while overlapping a portion of the shopping cart page.

The second information may include the first information and at least one of: information about a delivery charge for an item, information about a service provided to a user who orders a predetermined service, information about benefits provided when making a purchase, and information about a discount amount additionally applied when making a payment using a predetermined payment option.

The predetermined payment option may match a payment option pre-registered by a user among a plurality of payment options for the at least one item by which a discount may be applied.

The method may further include identifying delivery information corresponding to the item selected by the user. The shopping cart page may display delivery information based on a category of the item selected by the user.

When selecting items corresponding to different categories, the shopping cart page can display delivery information by sorting by category.

The shopping cart page may extract and display relevant information to prevent redundant display of identical delivery information corresponding to items in the same category.

The delivery information may include expected delivery completion time information and expected delivery completion date information.

According to another aspect, an electronic device is also provided, which includes a display and a controller, the controller being configured to: identify at least one item of interest; identify information associated with a name and an option corresponding to the at least one item of interest; identify first information associated with a price corresponding to an item selected by a user from the at least one item of interest; and provide a shopping cart page that displays the identification information associated with the name and the option in a predetermined area and displays the first information in an area adjacent to a purchase icon.

According to another aspect, a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium is also provided, which includes a computer program for executing one of the above methods.

The following detailed description and accompanying drawings contain details of other exemplary embodiments. [Effect]

According to the present invention, information associated with a name and an option corresponding to an item of interest can be displayed in different areas on a shopping cart page according to a predetermined condition, so that a purchaser can clearly and concisely recognize the information provided through the shopping cart page. Thereby, the convenience of the purchaser using the shopping cart page can be increased, and the purchaser can purchase an item of interest included in the shopping cart page. In addition, in order to improve the convenience of use in a purchase process, first information associated with a price corresponding to an item selected by a user from the item of interest can be exposed in an area adjacent to a purchase icon. Thus, the purchaser can instantly identify the price information related to the item selected on the shopping cart page. At this time, when the purchaser selects the purchase icon, a bottom page further including price information in addition to the first information can be displayed, and a portion of the area overlaps with the shopping cart page. Through the bottom page, the purchaser can easily and clearly identify the price information of an item to be purchased.

The effects of the present invention are not limited to the above effects and a person skilled in the art can understand other effects from the following description.

The terms used in the exemplary embodiments are selected from the currently widely used general terms as much as possible, while considering the functions obtained according to the present invention, but these terms can be replaced by other terms based on the intention, habit, emergence of new technology or the like of those skilled in the art. In addition, in a specific case, the terms arbitrarily selected by the applicant of the present invention can be used. In this case, the meaning of these terms can be described in the corresponding description part of the present invention. Therefore, it should be noted that the terms used in this article should be interpreted based on their actual meaning and the entire content of this specification, rather than just based on the name of the term.

Throughout the specification, when an element refers to "including" or "comprising" another element, as long as there is no special contradictory description, the element should not be understood to exclude other elements, and the element may include at least one other element. In addition, for example, the terms "unit" and "module" may refer to a component that applies at least one function or operation and can be implemented in hardware or software or can be implemented by a combination of hardware and software.

Throughout the specification, the expression “at least one of a, b, and c” may include “only a,” “only b,” “only c,” “a and b,” “a and c,” “b and c,” or “all of a, b, and c.”

In the present invention, a "terminal" may be implemented as a computer or a portable terminal capable of accessing a server or another terminal through a network. Here, the computer may include, for example, a laptop, a desktop, and a notebook equipped with a web browser. The portable terminal may be a wireless communication device that ensures portability and mobility, and may include any type of handheld wireless communication device, such as a tablet PC, a smart phone, a terminal based on communication such as International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA), and Long Term Evolution (LTE).

In the following description, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily implement the present invention. However, the present invention can be embodied in various forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 illustrates a system according to an exemplary embodiment.

Referring to FIG1 , a system may include an electronic device 10, a terminal 20, and a network 30. FIG1 only shows components of the system related to the present embodiment. However, those skilled in the art should understand that in addition to the components shown in FIG1 , other general components may be further included.

The electronic device 10 and the terminal 20 can communicate with each other in a network. The network 30 may include any one or a combination of a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), a value-added network (VAN), a mobile radio communication network, and a satellite communication network. In addition, the network 30 is a comprehensive data communication network that allows the network components of FIG. 1 to communicate smoothly with each other, and may include a wired Internet network, a wireless Internet network, and a mobile wireless communication network. For example, the wireless communication may be (but not limited to) Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) LAN, Bluetooth ^TM , Bluetooth Low Energy, ZigBee, Wi-Fi Direct (WFD), Ultra Wideband (UWB), Infrared Data Association (IrDA) communication, and Near Field Communication (NFC).

The electronic device 10 may provide all information associated with an item to sell the item to a buyer and is included in a server that provides information associated with the item. The terminal 20 may correspond to a terminal used by the buyer to purchase the item. The electronic device 10 may provide an application for providing information to the terminal 20. The terminal 20 is a terminal used by the buyer so that the buyer uses the information provided by the electronic device 10 through the terminal 20 to search for an item and purchase a suitable item.

Specifically, the purchaser reserves an item of interest that the purchaser is going to purchase (hereinafter referred to as an "item of interest") in the search items before purchasing. The purchaser can identify the reserved items of interest using a shopping cart page displayed on the terminal 20 and make a purchase by selecting a part of the reserved items of interest. Here, the shopping cart page may be a page that displays information related to the items of interest of the purchaser, and may be a page that performs functions such as "add to cart" and "add", for example.

The electronic device 10 can efficiently display relevant information to improve the visibility of the purchaser on the shopping cart page. In the following, a process executed by the electronic device 10 will be described in more detail.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a shopping cart page for explaining relevant information according to an exemplary embodiment.

2, a shopping cart page may display information associated with at least one item in a predetermined area of a screen. A purchaser may use a terminal to select an item of interest so that information associated with the item of interest is displayed in the shopping cart page, as shown in FIG2. The following description will be based on an example in which the purchaser selects an item X and an item Y as items of interest.

An area 210 may display information indicating that rocket delivery is available if an item of at least 9,200 Korean Won is purchased in addition to item X and item Y. Here, rocket delivery may correspond to a delivery service that completes delivery faster than normal delivery.

Rocket delivery can be a delivery service applied when an order amount meets a predetermined reference amount. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, rocket delivery can be a delivery service applied when an item of at least 9,200 Korean won is purchased in addition to item X and item Y.

The shopping cart page may display relevant information associated with an item selected as an item of interest based on a preset order in a predetermined area of the screen. For example, areas 221 and 231 of the shopping cart page display information associated with a name of an item. Areas 223 and 233 display information associated with an option of an item based on a preset order. Areas 225 and 235 display information associated with delivery of an item based on a preset order. Areas 227 and 237 display information associated with a price of an item based on a preset order. Areas 229 and 239 display information associated with a point earned when a corresponding item is ordered based on a preset order. At this time, the order of the information displayed in each area may be set in advance. In addition, a size of each area may be set in advance based on the information displayed in each area. In addition, a text size, a text font, a text color, and the like of the displayed information may be set in advance. For example, information associated with price and displayed in areas 227 and 237 may be represented with a larger text size than information associated with points and displayed in areas 229 and 239. In addition, the size of areas 227 and 237 may be larger than areas 229 and 239.

Specifically, regions 221 and 231 may display information associated with a name corresponding to an item selected by a purchaser as an item of interest. For example, region 221 may display a name of item X selected by a purchaser as an item of interest. Additionally, region 231 may display a name of item Y selected by a purchaser as an item of interest. Furthermore, regions 223 and 233 may display information associated with an option corresponding to the item of interest selected by the purchaser. Here, the information associated with the option may include information associated with attributes of the item, such as a size, color, and a type selected when purchasing the item. For example, area 223 may display a size corresponding to item of interest X selected by the purchaser as information associated with an option, so that area 233 displays a type 1 and a color corresponding to item of interest Y selected by the purchaser.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the shopping cart page may distinguish information associated with the name and information associated with the options corresponding to the item of interest displayed in the same area on an item detail page (e.g., a single detail page (SDP)), and display the distinguished information in different areas. Here, the item detail page may be a page that displays detailed information about the item provided in a step before the shopping cart page in a process of searching and purchasing an item. The purchaser may determine whether to purchase the item based on the information identified on the item detail page. In this example, even though the information associated with the name and the information associated with the options of the item are displayed in the same area of the item detail page, the electronic device can distinguish the information associated with the name from the information associated with the options and display the information in different areas, so that the purchaser can effectively identify the relevant information on the shopping cart page. The name and options of the item are important information for the purchaser in the process of purchasing the item. Unlike the item detail page, the shopping cart page can display the name and options separately in different areas, thereby improving the convenience of use for the purchaser. For example, even if information about a name and information about an option corresponding to item X are displayed in the same area of the item details page before the shopping cart page showing detailed information about item X in a process of searching and purchasing item X, the electronic device can display the related information by classifying the information about the name and the information about the option into area 221 and area 223. In this way, the purchaser can more efficiently recognize the information about item X provided on the shopping cart page.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the electronic device may determine whether to display information related to the name and the option in different areas in view of the number of characters in the name and the option. In this example, the areas 221 and 231 corresponding to the name may be areas whose sizes are determined in advance. In addition, the size of the areas 221 and 231 may be larger than the other areas 223, 225, 227, 229, 233, 235, 237, and 239. The size, color, and font of the characters displayed in the areas 221 and 231 may be set in advance. A critical value of the number of characters displayed in the areas 221 and 231 may be determined based on the size of the characters (for example, 15 characters may be displayed in the area 221). In this example, when the number of characters of information associated with a name and options identified on an item detail page is greater than a threshold value, the electronic device may separately display information associated with the name and information associated with the options in different areas of a shopping cart page. When the number of characters is less than the threshold value, the electronic device may indiscriminately display information associated with the name and options in the same area of a shopping cart page. Even though information associated with the name and options is indiscriminately displayed in the same area of a shopping cart page, a purchaser can efficiently recognize the relevant information in view of the number of characters.

As an example, the electronic device may identify the number of characters representing each piece of information associated with the name and options of item X from the item detail page. When the number of characters is greater than or equal to a threshold value, the electronic device may display the information associated with the name and the information associated with the options in separate areas 221 and 223 on the shopping cart page, as shown in FIG. 2 . As another example, the electronic device may identify the number of characters representing the information associated with the name and options of item Y from the item detail page. When the number of characters is less than or equal to a critical value, unlike FIG. 2 , the electronic device may display the information associated with the name and the information associated with the options together in area 231, rather than separately displaying the information in areas 231 and 233 on the shopping cart page. Even if they are displayed together in area 231, the size of the characters corresponding to the information associated with the name may be larger than the size of the characters corresponding to the information associated with the options, so that the purchaser can separately recognize the name and the options of the item displayed together.

In this example, information associated with the option displayed in area 233 may be displayed in area 231 based on a comparison between the number of characters and the threshold value. However, area 233 may not be left blank and filled with information displayed in area 235. Additionally, area 235 may be filled with information displayed in area 237. Furthermore, area 237 may be filled with information displayed in area 239. Area 239 may be left blank to manage the layout of the shopping cart page.

Areas 225 and 235 may display information associated with the delivery of an item based on a pre-order. For example, areas 225 and 235 may display information indicating that items X and Y may be delivered tomorrow (Tuesday), December 1, in response to items X and Y being ordered.

Areas 227 and 237 may display information associated with a price of items based on a pre-order. For example, area 227 may display a price of 7,630 Korean Won in response to item X being ordered, and area 237 may display a price of 178,990 Korean Won in response to item Y being ordered. In addition, areas 229 and 239 may display information associated with a point earned when ordering items based on a pre-order. For example, area 229 may display a point of 1,040 Korean Won earned when ordering item X, and area 239 may display a point of 1,040 Korean Won earned when ordering item Y.

According to the exemplary embodiment, the size of the regions 223, 225, 227, 229, 233, 235, 237 and 239 may be determined in advance. The size, color and font of a text displayed in the corresponding region may be set in advance. For example, the information displayed in the regions 229 and 239 may be information related to earning points and may be displayed in a minimum size. In addition, the information displayed in the regions 227 and 237 may be information related to prices and may be displayed in a size twice the size of earning points. Therefore, in view of the size of the regions 223, 225, 227, 229, 233, 235, 237 and 239 and the size of the text, the number of text displayed in the corresponding region may be set in advance. In this example, areas 227 and 229 and areas 237 and 239 may be areas for displaying information indicating similar attributes (i.e., price and earned points). Like areas 221 and 223 and areas 231 and 233, areas 227 and 229 and areas 237 and 239 may also display related information together based on a comparison between a text number and a threshold value. As an example, due to a comparison between the text numbers displayed in areas 227 and 229 and the threshold value corresponding to area 227, information about earned points may be displayed together in area 227 instead of in area 229. As another example, due to the comparison between the number of characters displayed in the regions 237 and 239 and the threshold value corresponding to the region 237, information about the earned points may be displayed separately in the region 239 instead of displaying the information together in the region 237. At this time, the price and the earned points may be displayed differently based on a special event. For example, when the earned points are doubled due to a special event, the size of the characters displayed in the region 229 may be determined to correspond to the size of the characters displayed in the region 227. In this example, instead of displaying the relevant information together in the region 227, the relevant information may be displayed separately in the region 227 and the region 229. Alternatively, when a price is offered at a 1/2 discount due to a special event, the size and color of the text displayed in area 227 may be changed. Thus, instead of displaying related information together in area 227, the related information may be distinguished and displayed in area 227 and area 229.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a shopping cart page for describing another related information according to an exemplary embodiment.

3 , a region 310 may display first information associated with a price of an item corresponding to at least one item selection included in a shopping cart page by a buyer. In this example, the region 310 may be adjacent to a purchase icon 320. Specifically, the region 310 may be located on one side of the purchase icon 320.

The first information may include discount information corresponding to the item selected by the purchaser from at least one item included in the shopping cart page and an estimated payment amount. For example, as shown in area 310 of FIG. 3 , the first information may include discount information "2,000 Korean Won" corresponding to the item selected by the purchaser and an estimated payment amount "127,450 Korean Won".

When a plurality of items are included in the shopping cart page, the purchaser can select and purchase a portion of the items. Each time the purchaser selects an item on the shopping cart page, the first information displayed in the area 310 may change. For example, when an item is additionally selected, the discount information and the estimated payment amount displayed in the area 310 may change. Similarly, when an item is not selected, the discount information and the estimated payment amount displayed in the area 310 may change.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a bottom page according to an exemplary embodiment.

When the purchase icon 320 of FIG. 3 is selected, a bottom page of FIG. 4 may be displayed. The bottom page may overlap a portion of the shopping cart page. In this example, a remaining area of the shopping cart page that is not overlapped with the bottom page may be disabled.

The bottom page is a screen that is displayed in various ways when the purchase icon 320 is selected. For example, when the purchase icon 320 is selected, the bottom page can be displayed in a sliding manner through a lower portion of the screen. In addition, the bottom page that overlaps with the shopping cart page can be displayed in various ways.

The bottom page may display the second information including the first information. Specifically, a region 400 is an area corresponding to the bottom page that overlaps with the shopping cart page to be activated. The region 400 may display information related to the second information at a predetermined position by classification. Specifically, the second information displayed on the bottom page will be described in more detail as follows.

In an area 401, information associated with a purchaser who has ordered an item sales service provided by an electronic device may be displayed. In this example, information about a service provided when the purchaser has ordered a predetermined service may be displayed. For example, area 401 may display a name of the purchaser and the following as predetermined services: i) a service of early morning delivery faster than a normal delivery, ii) a service of free delivery fees, and iii) a service of free return fees when an item is returned.

An area 403 may display a total payment amount before a discount amount is applied to items selected by the purchaser from the items included in the shopping cart page. For example, area 403 may display 130,260 Korean Won as the total payment amount before a discount amount is applied to items selected by the purchaser.

When the purchaser orders a premium service, a region 405 may display discount information provided to premium service subscribers. For example, when the purchaser is a wow member who is a premium service subscriber, region 405 may display 550 won as discount information provided exclusively to wow members.

An area 407 may display information associated with a coupon applicable to an item selected by the purchaser. For example, area 407 may display 2,000 Korean Won as a coupon applicable to an item selected by the purchaser.

An area 409 may display information about a fee required when delivering the selected item. At this time, when the purchaser has ordered a predetermined service displayed in area 401, a free delivery may be applied, and area 409 may display 0 Korean Won. Alternatively, to efficiently manage a bottom page layout, when the purchaser has ordered a predetermined service displayed in area 401, area 409 may not display information about a delivery fee. In this case, information displayed in an area 411 may be displayed in area 409, and information displayed in an area 413 may be displayed in area 411.

Area 411 may display information about a point earned when the item is purchased. For example, area 411 may display 8,000 Korean Won earned when the purchaser purchases the item.

Area 413 may display a total estimated payment amount obtained based on the information displayed in areas 403, 405, 407, and 409. For example, area 413 may display 127,450 Korean Won as a total estimated payment amount that the purchaser will actually pay when purchasing the item.

Area 415 may display information about a discount amount that is additionally applied when a payment is made using a predetermined payment option. Here, the predetermined payment option may match a payment option that the purchaser previously registered in the electronic device among a plurality of payment options for the item selected by the user. For example, when the purchaser selects item 1 from a plurality of items present on the shopping cart page, the electronic device may identify a payment option 1 (e.g., card A), a payment option 2 (e.g., card B), a payment option 3 (e.g., card C), and the like, by which a discount will be applied to item 1. When the purchaser has registered information about a relevant payment option in the electronic device to use a quick payment service, the purchaser may pay for the item using the registered payment option through a relatively simple procedure. Among one or more payment options through which the discount is to be applied, the electronic device may identify a payment option that matches a payment option registered in advance by the purchaser. In addition, the electronic device may display information about a discount amount (e.g., 15,000 Korean Won) that is additionally applied when the purchaser performs a payment using the corresponding payment option through area 415. When the payment option through which the discount can be applied to item 1 matches a plurality of payment options registered in advance by the purchaser, the electronic device may display information associated with a payment option among the plurality of payment options that corresponds to a maximum discount amount that is additionally applied through area 415.

Alternatively, the purchaser may register a plurality of payment options including payment options 1 and 2 to N in the electronic device in advance, and the user may select a plurality of items on the shopping cart page. In this example, a payment option through which an additional discount will be applied to item 1 may be plural, a payment option through which an additional discount will be applied to an item 2 selected by the user may be plural, and a payment option through which an additional discount will be applied to an item N selected by the user may be plural. For example, the electronic device may recognize payment option 1 and payment option 2 through which an additional discount will be applied to item 1. The electronic device may recognize payment options 2 to 4 through which an additional discount will be applied to item 2. The electronic device may identify payment option N through which the additional discount will be applied to item N. Here, among the plurality of payment options through which the additional discount may be applied, the electronic device may display information about one payment option through which a maximum discount amount may be applied via area 415. For example, payment option 2 may be used for additional discounts on items 1 and 2 and may not be used for additional discounts on other selected items. Payment option 1 may be used for additional discounts on item 1 and may not be used for additional discounts on other selected items. Payment option 4 may be used for additional discounts on item 3 and may not be used for additional discounts on other selected items. In this example, the electronic device may compare the additional discount amounts and display information about payment option 2 through which a maximum amount will be discounted via area 415.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a shopping cart page displayed based on a category of an item according to an exemplary embodiment.

5 , an electronic device can identify delivery information corresponding to an item selected by a user. Specifically, the electronic device can verify whether a category corresponding to the item selected by the user is a first category or a second category. Here, the first category can correspond to items that require faster delivery, such as fresh food (e.g., vegetables, fruits, food, etc.). Items corresponding to the first category can be set in advance to be delivered before the next day of the order. For example, when the user selects an item A and an item B displayed in an area 521 and an area 531, the electronic device can verify whether item A and item B correspond to the first category.

When all items selected by the user correspond to the first category, the items corresponding to the first category may have the same expected delivery completion information, such as the next day after the order is placed. At this time, in order to improve the efficiency of managing the layout of the shopping cart page through redundant representations displayed in an area 523 and an area 533 of relevant delivery information, the electronic device may extract the same expected delivery completion information and display the relevant information within a boundary of an area 510. In addition, the electronic device may manage the layout of the shopping cart page by removing a blank portion of the area 523 and the area 533, so that the purchaser can clearly and concisely identify information about an item to be purchased. Here, the expected delivery completion information may include expected delivery completion time information and expected delivery completion date information.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a shopping cart page displayed based on a category of an item according to another exemplary embodiment.

6 , an electronic device may identify delivery information corresponding to an item selected by a user. Specifically, the electronic device may verify whether a category corresponding to the item selected by the user is a first category or a second category. Here, the second category may be a category corresponding to items that are different from the items corresponding to the first category. For example, when the user selects an item C and an item D displayed in an area 621 and an area 631, the electronic device may identify whether the items C and D correspond to the second category.

When all items selected by the user correspond to the second category, the electronic device may display expected delivery completion information in an area 623 and an area 633 based on a relevant situation (such as a delivery distance, a stock status, and the like related to the items corresponding to the second category). At this time, when the delivery information is displayed in different areas such as the area 623 and the area 633, the efficiency of a purchaser in recognizing the delivery information is reduced. Therefore, in order to improve the efficiency of recognizing the delivery information and improve the efficiency of managing the layout of the shopping cart page, the electronic device may extract the expected delivery completion information displayed in the area 623 and the area 633 and display the relevant information within a boundary of an area 610. At this time, when the expected delivery completion information does not completely match (as shown in FIG. 6 ), the electronic device may integrate the expected delivery completion information of each item and display (for example) “Guaranteed delivery tomorrow morning (Tuesday), December 1; guaranteed delivery tomorrow afternoon (Tuesday), December 1”.

According to an exemplary embodiment, when the plurality of items selected by the user include items corresponding to the first category and the second category, the electronic device may display the expected delivery completion information corresponding to the second category and the expected delivery completion information corresponding to the first category in areas 510 and 610. For example, when items A to D are selected, the expected delivery completion information corresponding to the first category may be displayed in area 610 and the expected delivery completion information corresponding to the second category may also be displayed in area 610. In this example, the information displayed in area 610 may be displayed in area 610 by being classified by category to improve the convenience of the purchaser in identifying relevant information.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart illustrating an information providing method of an electronic device according to an exemplary embodiment.

7 , in operation S710 , an electronic device may identify at least one item of interest. A purchaser may select an item of interest and retain the selected item of interest. The electronic device may identify at least one item selected as the item of interest through a shopping cart page. For example, when a purchaser selects items A to N as the items of interest, the electronic device may select items of interest A to N through a shopping cart page.

In operation S720, the electronic device may provide information associated with the name and options corresponding to the item of interest in a predetermined area. For example, the electronic device may identify information associated with the name and options corresponding to the items of interest A to N retained in the shopping cart page. Here, the information associated with the options may include information associated with the attributes of an item, such as a size, color, a type, and the like selected when purchasing an item. For the content of this, reference may be made to the above description.

In operation S730, the electronic device may identify first information associated with a price corresponding to an item selected by a user from at least one item of interest. Here, the first information may include an estimated payment amount and discount information corresponding to the item selected by the user from the item of interest.

In operation S740, the electronic device may provide a shopping cart page that displays identification information associated with the name and the option in a corresponding area and displays the first information in an area adjacent to a purchase icon.

Here, the shopping cart page may distinguish information associated with a name and information associated with an option displayed in the same area of an item detail page and display the distinguished information in different areas. For example, even if the name and the option are displayed in the same area of the item detail page, the electronic device may distinguish the name and the option and display the name and the option in different areas of the shopping cart page.

Alternatively, the electronic device may display the information associated with the name and the option in the same area or in different areas by comparing the number of characters in the name and the option with a threshold value. As an example, when the information associated with the name and the information associated with the option are displayed in the same area of the item detail page and when the number of characters is greater than a threshold value, the electronic device may display the related information in a different area of the shopping cart page from the item detail page. As another example, when information associated with a name and information associated with an option are displayed in the same area of an item detail page and when the number of characters thereof is less than a threshold value, the electronic device may display information associated with a name and information associated with an option in the same area of a shopping cart page.

In addition, when a purchase icon displayed on a shopping cart page is selected, the electronic device may provide a bottom page that displays second information including the first information while overlapping a portion of the shopping cart page. At this time, the second information may include the first information and at least one of the following: information about a delivery fee for an item, information about a service provided to a user (purchaser) who orders a predetermined service, information about benefits provided when making a purchase, and information about a discount amount additionally applied when making a payment using a predetermined payment option. Here, the predetermined payment option may match a payment option pre-registered by a user among a plurality of payment options by which a discount is to be applied to at least one item. When the predetermined payment option matches multiple payment options, the electronic device can identify and display a payment option among the multiple payment options that corresponds to a maximum additional discount amount to be applied.

In addition, the electronic device can identify a category corresponding to an item selected by the user as an item of interest and display delivery information based on the category. Specifically, when the user selects items corresponding to multiple categories, the electronic device can manage a layout of the shopping cart page so that each of the items is classified by category. For example, the electronic device can manage the layout of the shopping cart page to display an item corresponding to a first category and display an item corresponding to a second category. At this time, the electronic device can manage the layout of the shopping cart page so that the relevant delivery information is displayed together in an area in which a category corresponding to each item is displayed, rather than displaying the delivery information of each item.

FIG8 is a block diagram of an electronic device according to an exemplary embodiment.

According to an exemplary embodiment, an electronic device 800 may include a display 810 and a controller 820. FIG. 8 only shows components of the electronic device 800 related to the present embodiment. Therefore, a person skilled in the art related to the present embodiment should understand that in addition to the components shown in FIG. 8, other general components may be further included. Since the electronic device 800 may include features related to the above-mentioned electronic devices, the description of repeated contents will be omitted.

The display 810 may display information associated with an operation of the electronic device 800. Alternatively, the display 810 may display information associated with a screen displayed by an application.

The controller 820 can control the overall operation of the electronic device 800 and can process data and signals. The controller 820 can be configured with at least one hardware unit. In addition, the controller 820 can operate by executing one or more software modules generated by the program code stored in the memory. The controller 820 can execute the program code stored in the memory to control the overall operation of the electronic device 800 and process data and signals. In addition, in an exemplary embodiment, the controller 820 can include at least one processor.

The controller 820 may identify at least one item of interest and identify information associated with an option and a name of the item of interest. In addition, the controller 820 may identify first information associated with a price corresponding to an item selected by a user from the at least one item of interest. The controller 820 may display information associated with a name and an option in a corresponding area and provide a shopping cart page in which the first information is displayed in an area adjacent to a purchase icon, so that a purchaser recognizes the shopping cart page through a terminal.

The electronic device or terminal according to the above embodiment may include a processor, a memory for storing and executing program data, a permanent storage such as a disk drive, a communication port for communicating with an external device, and a user interface device such as a touch panel, a key and a button. The method implemented by the software module or algorithm can be stored as a computer-readable code or program command executable by the processor on a computer-readable recording medium. Here, the computer readable recording medium may be a magnetic storage medium (e.g., a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a floppy disk, or a hard disk) or an optical readable medium (e.g., a CD-ROM or a digital versatile disc (DVD)). The computer readable recording medium may be distributed to computer systems connected by a network so that the computer readable code may be stored and executed in a distributed manner. The medium may be read by a computer, stored in a memory, and executed by a processor.

Embodiments of the present invention may be represented by functional blocks and various processing steps. Such functional blocks may be implemented by various hardware and/or software configurations that perform specific functions. For example, embodiments of the present invention may employ a direct circuit configuration that can perform various functions by controlling one or more microprocessors or other control devices, such as a memory, a processor, a logic circuit, and a lookup table. Similar to components that can be executed by software programming or software components, embodiments of the present invention may be implemented by programming or script languages such as C, C++, Java, and assembly languages, including various algorithms implemented by a combination of data structures, procedures, routines, or other programming configurations. Functional aspects may be implemented by algorithms executed by one or more processors. In addition, embodiments of the present invention may employ related technologies for, for example, electronic environment configuration, signal processing, and/or data processing. The terms "mechanism", "component", "component" and "configuration" may be used broadly and are not limited to mechanical and physical components. These terms may include, for example, a series of software routines combined with a processor.

The above embodiments are examples only and other embodiments may be implemented within the scope of the following claims.

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FIG. 1 illustrates a system according to an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a shopping cart page for explaining relevant information according to an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a shopping cart page for explaining another related information according to an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a bottom page according to an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a shopping cart page displayed based on a category of an item according to an exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a shopping cart page displayed based on a category of an item according to another exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart illustrating a method for providing information by an electronic device according to an exemplary embodiment.

FIG8 is a block diagram of an electronic device according to an exemplary embodiment.

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Claims (8)

A method for providing information on an electronic device, the method comprising: identifying at least one item of interest added by a user to a shopping cart page; identifying information associated with an option and a name corresponding to the at least one item of interest; identifying at least one category corresponding to each of the at least one item of interest; identifying at least one piece of delivery information corresponding to each of the at least one item of interest; and determining a display method for the at least one piece of delivery information based on whether the at least one category is the same, wherein when the number of characters included in the option and the name corresponding to each of the at least one item of interest is greater than or equal to a reference value, the The option and the name are displayed in separate areas of the shopping cart page, wherein when a number of characters including the option and the name corresponding to each of the at least one item of interest is less than the reference value, the option and the name are displayed in a same area of the shopping cart page, wherein the option and the name displayed in the separate area or the same area of the shopping cart page are displayed on a same area of an item detail page provided before the shopping cart page, and wherein the determination of the display method includes extracting the delivery information corresponding to the item and displaying the extracted delivery information to prevent redundant display of delivery information corresponding to items of the same category. As in the method of claim 1, the display method of the at least one delivery information is determined based on whether the at least one category is the same, including displaying the at least one delivery information to be classified in each category when the at least one category is different. The method of claim 1, wherein when the number of characters associated with an option and a name corresponding to each of the at least one item of interest is less than a reference value, the shopping cart page is displayed in a same area. The method of claim 3, wherein the reference value corresponds to the maximum number of characters that will be displayed in the same area taking into account the size of the characters. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one delivery information includes expected delivery arrival date information and expected delivery arrival time information corresponding to each of the at least one item of interest. The method of claim 1 further includes providing a bottom page that overlaps a portion of the shopping cart page when a purchase icon is selected on the shopping cart page, wherein the bottom page includes information about an estimated payment amount and a payment option, and the payment option is a payment option that applies the maximum discount rate among at least one payment option pre-registered by the user. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium comprising a computer program for executing a method as claimed in claim 1. An electronic device, comprising: a display; and a controller, which is configured to: identify at least one item of interest added by a user to a shopping cart page, identify information associated with an option and a name corresponding to the at least one item of interest, identify at least one category corresponding to each of the at least one item of interest, identify at least one piece of delivery information corresponding to each of the at least one item of interest, and determine a display method of the at least one piece of delivery information based on whether the at least one category is the same, wherein when the number of characters included in the option and the name corresponding to each of the at least one item of interest is greater than or equal to a reference value, the option is displayed. The option and the name are displayed in a separate area of the shopping cart page, wherein when a number of characters including the option and the name corresponding to each of the at least one item of interest is less than the reference value, the option and the name are displayed in a same area of the shopping cart page, wherein the option and the name displayed in the separate area or the same area of the shopping cart page are displayed on a same area of an item detail page provided before the shopping cart page, and wherein the controller is configured to, when determining a display mode, extract the delivery information corresponding to the item and display the extracted delivery information to prevent redundant display of delivery information corresponding to items of the same category.