TW202326554A - Electronic apparatus and informative method for managing item sales - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is an electronic apparatus for managing item sales and a method for providing information. According to the present disclosure, a message including information related to a corresponding item is transmitted to some sellers of second priority items among a plurality of seller items corresponding to one target item.

Description

Electronic device and information method for managing sales of goods

The present invention relates to an electronic device for managing sales of items sold on an e-commerce service, and a method for providing information.

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

In order to provide such convenient e-commerce services to customers, it is necessary to provide an online environment in which sellers can quickly manage sales of items. However, when there are multiple sellers of an item on a service, competition among sellers to sell an item to a limited number of customers inevitably occurs, but currently, there is a lack of means for each seller to manage their items to have a better competitive advantage. An efficient way.

Regarding this, reference may be made to the prior art KR101656055B1 and KR102102956B1.

[Technical target] An aspect provides a method of sending a message including information about an item to sellers of second priority items among a plurality of seller items corresponding to a target item, and an electronic device using the method.

Furthermore, the present invention provides a method of providing a page reflecting information on a first-priority item among items of the item in response to a keyword or a detailed information request received from a client terminal, And an electronic device using the method.

Furthermore, the present invention provides a method of providing a single detail page (SDP) including an interface for providing a price adjustment function of an item to a seller terminal, and an electronic device using the same .

The technical problems to be solved by the present invention are not limited to the technical problems described above, and other technical challenges can be deduced from the following example embodiments.

[Technical solution] According to an aspect, there is provided a method for providing information on item sales management in an electronic device, the method comprising: identifying a target item; identifying a plurality of seller items corresponding to the target item; Detailed Information of Sellers' Items Selecting at least one seller's item as a first-priority item and setting the remaining seller's items as a second-priority item; selecting at least some of the sellers corresponding to the second-priority items ; and transmitting to each terminal of the selected sellers a message containing information pertaining to the subject item.

According to an example embodiment, the setting at least one seller item may include: setting the at least one seller item based on at least one of a rating of one of the plurality of seller items and a rating of one of sellers corresponding to the plurality of seller items. first priority items and the second priority items.

According to an example embodiment, the score for each of the plurality of seller items may be set based on at least one of a price and delivery-related information for each of the plurality of seller items.

According to an example embodiment, the rating for each of the sellers may be set based on at least one of order processing information, customer inquiry response information, and the time it took for each account of the sellers to respond to the message.

According to an example embodiment, the method may further comprise: receiving a keyword corresponding to the target item from a client terminal; in response to the keyword, displaying each item for the target item with respect to the first priority providing a Search Results Page (SRP) of information on items to the client terminal; receiving a request from the client terminal for detailed information on a specific item among target items displayed on the SRP; and responding to The request for detailed information provides an SDP to the client terminal displaying information about the first priority item in each entry for the particular item.

According to an example embodiment, the SDP may include inventory information for the second priority items, and the method may further include: receiving any request from the client terminal for the second priority items included in the inventory information a selection of one; and in response to the selection, providing the SDP to the client terminal in which information about the first priority item is replaced by information about a selected second priority item.

According to an example embodiment, the selecting at least some of the sellers may include selecting corresponding to a change from the first priority item to the second priority due to a recent setting of the first priority item and the second priority items. One of the sellers of the first-class item A seller of the item.

According to an example embodiment, the selecting at least some of the sellers may include: selecting corresponds to remaining set as the second priority item for a predetermined period of time after changing from the first priority item to the second priority item A seller of a seller's item in a state.

According to an example embodiment, the transmitting a message may include transmitting a message including price adjustment information for a seller item of one of the selected sellers.

According to an example embodiment, the transmitting a message may include: transmitting a message requesting a seller listing identifying one of the selected sellers every time a predetermined unit of time elapses.

According to an example embodiment, the transmitting a message may include: account information based on the selected seller, service configuration information, a number of types of items sold, initial quantities of each of the items sold, The sales volume of each of these items, the inventory information of each of these items sold, the label information of each of these items sold, the number of types of second-priority items, the number of such items The initial quantity of each of the two-priority items, the sales volume of each of the second-priority items, the inventory information of each of the second-priority items, and the At least one of the tag information is used to adjust whether to provide the information, and when the information is provided, at least one of the times of providing the information and the frequency of providing the information.

According to an example embodiment, the transmitting a message may include if the number of item types sold by the selected seller or the number of types corresponding to the selected seller's second priority item is equal to or greater than a preset type number , adjusting the number of times the message is provided during a preset period of time to a preset number or less.

According to an example embodiment, the transmitting a message may include, if a second priority item related to the message to be transmitted corresponds to an item of interest registered on a service according to the service setting information, a category of interest and At least one of a concerned tag transmits the message.

According to an example embodiment, the method may further include providing a sales volume management page including an interface for providing a price adjustment function of the target item to a terminal of each seller corresponding to the plurality of seller items.

According to an example embodiment, the interface included in the sales volume management page may include a first interface providing a manual adjustment function of a price of the target item, provided in a preset preset by each of the plurality of sellers A second interface for an automatic adjustment function of a price of the target item within a price range, and a third interface for providing a function of applying a suggested price to the target item.

According to an example embodiment, the automatic adjustment function may include automatically adjusting within the preset price range based on the expected sales volume or expected sales quantity of the target item within a predetermined period of time in the future based on the sales history information of the target item The price of one of the target items.

According to an example embodiment, the function of applying a suggested price may include: based on at least one of a current price of the target item, delivery-related information of the target item, and a rating of sellers corresponding to the target item. A suggested price is applied to the target item.

According to an example embodiment, the method may further comprise receiving modified details about the second priority items from terminals of at least some of the selected sellers; and based on the modified details, resetting the first A priority item and at least one of the second priority items.

According to another aspect, an electronic device for managing sales of items is provided, which includes a transceiver, memory configured to store instructions, and a processor.

The processor coupled to the transceiver and the memory operates to: identify a target item; identify a plurality of seller items corresponding to the target item; set at least one seller item selected based on details of the plurality of seller items as a first priority item, and setting the remaining seller items as second priority items; selecting at least some of the sellers corresponding to the second priority items; and including one of the information related to the target item The message is transmitted to each terminal of the selected sellers.

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

[effect] According to example embodiments, an electronic device for item sales volume management can help a seller manage items sold by the seller by sending a message for item sales volume management to a seller terminal corresponding to a preset condition. items to compete with items from other sellers on the e-commerce service.

Furthermore, according to example embodiments, an electronic device for item sales management may allow customers interested in a specific item to access seller's items by displaying information about a first priority item on an SDP provided to a customer , provides an incentive for the seller to manage the items he/she is selling to be set as a first priority item.

Furthermore, according to example embodiments, the electronic device for item sales volume management can help each seller to more easily enhance their sales volume management page by providing an interface for adjusting the price of an item. /Competitiveness of her items.

Additional features and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the description which follows, and in part will be apparent from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention. The object and other advantages of the present invention will be realized and obtained by the structures particularly pointed out in the written description of the present invention, the patent scope of the invention and the accompanying drawings.

When considering functions in the present invention, the terms used in the example embodiments are selected from general terms widely used at present as much as possible. However, terms may vary depending on the intention of those skilled in the art or precedent, the emergence of new technologies, and the like. In addition, in specific cases, there are also terms arbitrarily selected by the applicant, and in such cases, meanings will be described in detail in the corresponding description. Therefore, the terms used in the present invention should be defined based on the meaning of the terms and the content of the present invention rather than the simple names of the terms.

Throughout this specification, when a component is described as "comprising or comprising" a component, it does not exclude another component but may further include another component, unless otherwise specified. In addition, terms such as "... unit", "... group" and "... module" described in this specification mean a unit that processes at least one function or operation, which may be implemented as hardware, software, or the like one combination. Unlike in the illustrated embodiments, these terms may not be clearly distinguishable in certain operations.

The expression "at least one of a, b, and c" described throughout this specification may include "alone a", "alone b", "alone c", "a and b", "a and c", "b and c" or "all a, b and c".

In the present invention, a "terminal" can be implemented as, for example, 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 notebook computer equipped with a web browser, a desktop computer and/or a laptop computer. A portable terminal can be a wireless communication device that ensures portability and mobility, and includes (but is not limited to) any type of handheld wireless communication device, such as a tablet PC, a smart phone, a communication-based A terminal (such as International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA), Long Term Evolution (LTE) or similar).

In the following description, the terms "transmit", "communicate", "send", "receive" and other similar terms refer not only to the direct transmission of a signal or information from one component to another, but may also include the transmission.

In particular, "transmitting" or "sending" a signal or information to a component may indicate an ultimate destination of the signal or information and may not imply a direction to the destination. The same applies to "receiving" a message or information. In addition, in the present invention, when two or more pieces of data or information are "related", it indicates that when one piece of data (or information) is obtained, at least a part of another piece of data (or information) can be obtained based on it.

Also, terms such as first and second may be used to describe various components, but the above components should not be limited by the above terms. The above terms may be used for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another.

For example, a first component may be called a second component without departing from the scope of the present invention. Similarly, the second component can also be referred to as the first component.

Hereinafter, example embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains can easily practice them. This invention, however, may be embodied in many different forms and is not limited to the example embodiments described herein.

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

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

For the same reason, some elements are enlarged, omitted, or schematically illustrated in the accompanying drawings. In addition, the size of each element does not entirely reflect an actual size. In the figures, the same or corresponding elements are assigned the same reference numerals.

The advantages and features of the present invention and one method of achieving the advantages and features will be apparent with reference to the example embodiments described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the example embodiments disclosed below, and may be implemented in various forms. The example embodiments are provided only so that this disclosure will be complete, and will fully convey the scope of this invention to those skilled in the art to which this invention pertains. The present invention is only defined by the scope of the appended claims for invention. Throughout, the same reference numerals refer to the same elements.

It will be understood that the blocks of a flow diagram and a combination of flow diagrams can be implemented by computer program instructions. Computer program instructions may be embodied in a processor of a general purpose computer or a special purpose computer, or may be embodied in a processor of other programmable data processing equipment. Accordingly, instructions executed by a processor of a computer or other programmable data processing device may produce a means for performing the functions described in the flowchart blocks. Computer program instructions that direct a computer or other programmable data processing equipment may also be stored in a computer usable or computer readable memory in order to perform a function in a specific manner. Accordingly, the instructions stored in a computer-usable or computer-readable memory can be produced as an article of manufacture containing a portion of the instructions for performing the functions described in the flowchart blocks. Computer program instructions may be embodied in a computer or other programmable data processing device. Therefore, a series of operations can be performed in a computer or other programmable data processing equipment to generate a computer-executable program, and the computer or other programmable data processing equipment can provide means for performing the functions described in the flowchart blocks. step.

Additionally, each block may represent a module, a segment, or a portion of code that includes one or more executable instructions for performing a specified logical function(s). It should also be noted that in some alternative implementations, the functions recited in the blocks may occur out of the order. For example, two blocks shown in succession may be executed substantially concurrently, or the blocks may sometimes be executed in the reverse order, according to a corresponding functionality.

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a system for managing sales of items according to an example embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 1 , a system 100 for managing sales of items may include an electronic device 110 , a seller terminal 120 and a customer terminal 130 . In the system 100 for managing sales of items shown in FIG. 1 , only components related to the example embodiment are shown. Therefore, those skilled in the art can understand that, in addition to the components shown in FIG. 1 , other common components may be further included.

The electronic device 110 , the seller terminal 120 and the customer terminal 130 can communicate with each other in a network 140 .

The electronic device 110 may provide a platform for services for managing sales of items. Specifically, the electronic device 110 can provide an application program for managing the sales of items to the seller terminal 120, and the electronic device 110 can execute an application program through the seller terminal 120 connected to the electronic device 110 and provide Services for managing sales of items. For example, the electronic device 110 may be included in a service that provides a service for managing sales of items.

In this regard, the application program provided by the electronic device 110 can be installed in the seller terminal 120 and driven, and some operations of the service for managing the sales volume of items can be processed in the seller terminal 120 and some other operations can be performed in the seller terminal 120. It is processed in one of the external servers of the terminal 120.

According to an example embodiment, in order to help a seller manage his/her items so that they can compete with other sellers' items on the e-commerce service, the electronic device 110 may transmit the sales volume for the item to a seller terminal corresponding to a predetermined condition. Manage one of the messages.

According to additional example embodiments, for a customer interested in a particular item, the electronic device 110 may display competing item information on an SDP provided to the customer in order to guide items of competitive sellers in the item's field.

According to an additional example embodiment, in order to make it easier for each seller to enhance the competitiveness of his/her items, the electronic device 110 may provide an interface for adjusting the price of the item on a sales management page provided to the seller.

The seller terminal 120 can transmit information necessary for selling a desired item to the electronic device 110, and can receive various requests from the customer terminal 130 and manage the sales volume of the item through the electronic device 110.

For example, if the seller terminal 120 is one of the mobile terminals that the seller can easily carry (regardless of place or time), then by using the seller terminal 120 to transmit necessary information to the electronic device 110 and receive a request, the seller can more efficiently Manage item sales.

In addition, the seller terminal 120 can execute applications provided by the electronic device 110 under various operating systems (OS), and the seller terminal 120 can be accessed by logging into a service for managing sales of items through a seller account. application. Here, the seller account may be a member account for a service provided by the application for managing item sales, but depending on an example embodiment, a non-member account may be used to handle sales related tasks.

The client terminal 130 is a terminal for accessing the e-commerce service provided by the electronic device 110 . The client terminal 130 may inquire, search or view various items registered as available for sale through a user interface on the e-commerce service, and may transmit inquiries or orders for at least some items to the electronic device 110 . Here, the e-commerce service accessed by the client terminal 130 may be provided by an application other than the above-mentioned service for managing sales of items, but according to an example embodiment, the service may be provided by the same application. For example, if a service for managing item sales and an e-commerce service are provided by the same application, the application determines whether the login account is a seller account or a customer account, and based on this, the application can determine whether the login account The terminal provides services for managing the sales of goods or e-commerce services.

The network 140 includes a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), a value added network (VAN), a mobile radio communication network, a satellite communication network, and combinations thereof. A network is, in a general sense, a data communications network that enables the network constituent entities shown in Figure 1 to communicate smoothly with each other, and may include a wired Internet, a wireless Internet, and a mobile wireless communication network. For example, wireless communication is Wireless LAN (Wi-Fi), Bluetooth (Bluetooth), Bluetooth Low Energy, Zigbee, WFD (Wi-Fi Direct), Ultra Wide Band (UWB), Infrared Data Association (IrDA) and Near Field Communication (NFC), etc., but not limited thereto.

Regarding the above, it will be described in more detail through the following figures.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of operating an electronic device according to an example embodiment.

In the present invention, the method in which the electronic device 110 provides a "page" to the seller terminal 120 or the customer terminal 130 may include a method of converting an existing page displayed on the display into a new page, using a pop-up window A method of providing a new page on top of an existing page displayed on the display, and the like. However, the method of providing pages by the electronic device 110 is not limited thereto, and an additional graphic effect (eg, adjusting the saturation of an existing page) can be applied together with the above method.

Referring to FIG. 2, the electronic device 110 may identify a target item in operation S201.

In the present invention, a "target item" refers to an item that is a target of a series of operations by the electronic device 110 among items registered on the e-commerce service. Furthermore, in the present invention, identifying a target item may be performed according to a request from the seller terminal 120, the customer terminal 130, or a separate external server, or may be automatically performed by the electronic device 110 without a separate request. implement. For example, identifying a target item may be performed when the seller terminal 120 requests the electronic device 110 to identify which seller's item is the current first priority item among the target items. For another example, identifying a target item may be performed when the client terminal 130 requests to query or browse the target item on the e-commerce service. Also, for another example, the electronic device 110 may perform the identification of a target item periodically every time a preset period of time passes. However, this is one example, and according to an example embodiment, the entity requesting identification of a target item may be different.

According to an example embodiment, the electronic device 110 may identify a target item by searching the service for identification information assigned to the target item. Here, the identification information assigned to the target item may be information stored in a storage space within the electronic device 110 or in a server including the electronic device 110, or may be information stored in a separate external database.

The electronic device 110 may identify a plurality of seller items corresponding to the identified target items in operation S202.

In the present invention, a "seller's item" refers to an item registered as available for sale by a seller on the e-commerce service.

According to an example embodiment, the electronic device 110 may identify a seller's item corresponding to a target item by searching for the identification information assigned to the target item and the identification information assigned to the corresponding seller's item. For example, if the identification information corresponding to the information A assigned to the target item "apple" is the identification information B, the electronic device 110 may identify the seller's item assigned the identification information B as one of the seller's items corresponding to the target item.

Specifically, the identification information assigned to the seller's item may include the identification information assigned to the target item and the identification information assigned to each seller. For example, the identification information assigned to a seller's item may be a form in which identification information assigned to a target item and identification information assigned to each seller and capable of identifying a seller correspond to each other.

The electronic device 110 may set at least one seller's item selected based on the identified detailed information of the plurality of seller's items as a first priority item, and set the remaining seller's items as a second priority item in operation S203. For example, for 10 seller items from each of 10 sellers corresponding to a target item, based on the detailed information of each item, the electronic device 110 may set one of the 10 seller items as a first priority items and set the remaining nine items as second priority items.

According to an example embodiment, the electronic device 110 may set a first priority item and a second priority item based on at least one of ratings of each of the plurality of seller items and ratings of each seller corresponding to the plurality of seller items. priority items.

In particular, a rating for a seller's item may be set based on at least one of a price of the seller's item and delivery-related information. For example, the rating of a seller's item can be set to be inversely proportional to the price of the seller's item. For another example, the rating of a seller's item may be set to be inversely proportional to the expected period until delivery of the seller's item. However, this is an example. According to an example embodiment, the relationship between a seller's item's rating and the seller's item's price and delivery-related information can be defined in various ways.

In further clarity, each seller's rating may be set based on at least one of order processing information, customer inquiry response information, and time taken to respond to a message for each seller's account. For example, it may be based on whether the seller issues and delivers an item pursuant to a purchase order placed on the seller's account, fulfills a return or exchange pursuant to a return order or an exchange order placed on the seller's account, whether the seller At least one of responding to customer inquiries received on the seller's account, time spent responding to customer inquiries received through the seller's account, and time spent reading push notification messages sent to the seller's terminal 120 To set a seller's rating. However, these are examples. Factors such as order processing information, customer inquiry response information, and time required to respond to messages that affect a seller's rating are not limited to the above examples, and according to example embodiments, the relationship between the above factors and a seller's rating can also be defined in various ways Relationship.

The electronic device 110 may select at least some sellers among sellers corresponding to the secondary items in operation S204.

According to an example embodiment, the electronic device 110 may select the seller's item corresponding to a change from a first priority item to a second priority item due to a recent setting of the first priority item and a second priority item. a seller. For example, it is assumed that among three sellers X, Y, and Z currently selling a target item "apple", respectively, the apples sold by X are the first priority items and the apples sold by Y and Z are the second priority items Item, if due to recent settings, the apple sold by Y becomes the new first priority item and the apple sold by X becomes the second priority item, the electronic device 110 can select the seller corresponding to the second priority item X. By selection, the electronic device 110 can notify the selected seller that the currently selling item has lost its first priority item status, and thus the electronic device 110 can help the seller receiving the message to respond quickly so that his/her item becomes available again First priority item.

According to another example embodiment, the electronic device 110 may select a seller corresponding to a seller's item that remains set as the second priority item within a preset period after the first priority item is changed to the second priority item. For example, if an apple previously sold by seller X lost its status as a first-priority item and was set as a second-priority item, electronic device 110 may not select seller X immediately, but may only select it from Seller X is selected only after 10 minutes have elapsed from the time when an apple sold by X was set as the second priority item. This is to prevent excessive messaging to sellers. The electronic device 110 avoids notifying the seller of an item for sale whenever the item loses its first-priority item status, so that when the first-priority item and the second-priority item change frequently, the electronic device 110 can prevent the seller from attributing to receiving Having received too many messages and having difficulty using the terminal.

The electronic device 110 may transmit a message including information related to the target item to the selected seller terminal 120 in operation S205.

According to an example embodiment, the electronic device 110 may transmit a push notification message including at least one of text information and image information related to the target item to the selected seller terminal 120 . Here, when the seller terminal 120 is in a locked state, the push notification message transmitted by the electronic device 110 can be displayed on the locked screen of the seller terminal 120, or can be displayed when the seller terminal 120 is in an unlocked state. At the top of the screen of the seller terminal 120 for a preset period of time. However, this is exemplary, and according to example embodiments, the type of messages provided by the electronic device 110 and the location where the messages are displayed on the seller terminal 120 may vary.

According to an example embodiment, the electronic device 110 may transmit a message including price adjustment information of the seller's item of the selected seller. For example, the electronic device 110 may transmit a push notification message to the selected seller terminal 120 including a text phrase suggesting applying a suggested price to the seller's item.

According to an example embodiment, the electronic device 110 may transmit a message requesting the identification of one of the seller's listings of the selected seller every time a preset time period elapses. For example, the electronic device 110 may transmit a push notification message to the selected seller terminal 120 including a text phrase suggesting to view a list of one of the three items newly set as the second priority item.

According to an example embodiment, the electronic device 110 may control whether to provide a message based on at least one of the following information, when the message is provided, at least one of the number of times the message is provided and the frequency of the message: (1) Information about the account of one of the selected sellers; (2) Information about the service settings of one of the selected sellers; (3) the number of item types sold by the selected seller; (4) The initial quantity of each item sold by the selected seller; (5) The sales volume of each item sold by the selected seller; (6) Information about the inventory of each item sold by the selected seller; (7) Label information of each item sold by the selected seller; (8) the number of types of second priority items corresponding to the selected seller; (9) The initial quantity of each second priority item corresponding to the selected seller; (10) The sales volume of each second-priority item corresponding to the selected seller; (11) information regarding the inventory of each second priority item corresponding to the selected seller; and (12) Tag information corresponding to each second priority item of the selected seller.

For example, "information about an account" may include item sales history or ratings for the seller's account. In addition, "information about a service setting" may include the items of interest, categories of interest, tags of interest, etc. set by the seller on the service. In addition, the "number of item types" may indicate the number of registrations of items registered on the service or the number of item categories registered on the service. In addition, "initial quantity of each item" may refer to an inventory quantity of an item that is set when the item is registered for sale. In addition, the "information about the stock of each item" may indicate the current stock quantity of an item. In addition, "tag information" may include one or more keyword information set by the seller for the item. However, they are exemplary, and the electronic device 110 considers to adjust whether to provide a message. When providing a message, the factor of at least one of the number of times the message is provided and the frequency of the message is not limited to the above (1) to (12) ).

According to an example embodiment, if the number of item types sold by the selected seller or the number of types of second priority items corresponding to the selected seller is greater than or equal to the preset number of types, the electronic device 110 may set the The number of times to provide information during the period is adjusted to be less than or equal to the preset number of times. For example, if the number of messages provided during a preset period of time is adjusted to be lower than the preset number of times, the electronic device 110 may provide a predetermined number of messages to the seller terminal 120 in the order in which the messages are generated, and the importance of each message may be adjusted. A predetermined number of messages are provided to the seller terminal 120 in a sequential order. However, this is exemplary. In an example embodiment, the "number of item types" and the "number of times of providing messages" may be set in various ways, and according to an example embodiment, a criterion for selecting a predetermined number of messages may also be defined in various ways. Through this, the electronic device 110 can prevent a seller who has a large number of items to be managed from encountering difficulty in using the terminal due to receiving too many messages.

According to another example, if a second priority item related to the message to be sent corresponds to at least one of an item of interest, a category of interest and a tag of interest registered on the service according to the service setting information of the selected seller , the electronic device 110 can transmit a message. For example, the electronic device 110 may transmit the message to the seller terminal 120 if a second priority item related to a message to be transmitted exists in a pre-registered list of items of interest. For another example, the electronic device 110 may transmit the message to the seller terminal 120 when the second priority item related to the message to be transmitted belongs to an item of a pre-registered category of interest. Also, for another example, if the tag information of the second priority item related to the message to be transmitted matches the pre-registered concerned tag, the electronic device 110 can transmit the message to the seller terminal 120 . According to this, the electronic device 110 can prevent the seller from receiving a message that the seller does not care about whether it is one of a first priority item or a second priority item.

3-5 are flowcharts illustrating a method of operating an electronic device according to additional example embodiments.

First, FIG. 3 illustrates a flow chart of an example embodiment in which the electronic device 110 provides an SRP or a SDP to the client terminal 130 according to an input from the client terminal 130 or a request.

Referring to FIG. 3 , the electronic device 110 may identify a target item in operation S301.

The electronic device 110 may identify a plurality of seller items corresponding to the identified target items in operation S302.

The electronic device 110 may set at least one seller item selected based on the identified detailed information of the plurality of seller items as a first priority item and set the remaining seller items as second priority items in operation S303 .

The electronic device 110 may select at least some sellers among sellers corresponding to the second priority items in operation S304.

The electronic device 110 may transmit a message including information related to the target item to the selected seller terminal 120 in operation S305.

The operations performed through the above operations S301 to S305 correspond to operations that are the same as or similar to the operations performed through the above-described operations S201 to S205, and thus redundant descriptions thereof are omitted.

The electronic device 110 may receive a keyword corresponding to the target item from the client terminal 130 in operation S306.

According to an example embodiment, the keyword obtained by the electronic device 110 may be a keyword entered by the customer into a search window on a screen providing the service through the client terminal 130 .

According to another example embodiment, the keyword obtained by the electronic device 110 may be obtained by the customer through the customer terminal 130 by manipulating controls on the screen providing the service (such as a check box, a list box, and a radio button). A selected keyword.

In response to the received keyword, the electronic device 110 may provide the client terminal 130 with an SRP in which information about a first priority item is displayed among items of the target item in operation S307.

The electronic device 110 may receive a request from the client terminal 130 for detailed information on a specific item among target items displayed on the SRP in operation S308.

According to an example embodiment, the request for detailed information may be made from the client terminal 130 when the client selects a specific item among target items displayed on the SRP through the client terminal 130 .

In response to the received request for detailed information, the electronic device 110 may provide the client terminal 130 with an SDP displaying information about a first priority item for each item of a specific item in operation S309.

Thus, by displaying the information on the first priority items on the SRP or SDP provided to the customer terminal 130 as a default, the electronic device 110 manages the items he/she is selling to be set as a first priority for the seller Level items provide an incentive.

The electronic device 110 may receive a selection from the client terminal 130 for any one of the second priority items included in the list information in the SDP in operation S310.

According to an example embodiment, inventory information about the second priority item may be provided to the client terminal 130 using a graphical object included on the SDP. For example, when the customer selects a graphic object to view the second-priority items through the client terminal 130, the list information about the second-priority items can be provided in the form of a pop-up window in the SDP.

According to another example embodiment, the inventory information about the second priority item may be provided to the client terminal 130 using a list box about the second priority item contained on the SDP. For example, the list information about the second priority item may be provided when the customer expands the list box through the client terminal 130 .

In response to the received selection, the electronic device 110 may provide the client terminal 130 with an SDP in which information on the first priority item is replaced by information on the selected second priority item in operation S311.

Therefore, when a customer selects a second-priority item, the electronic device 110 allows the customer to view information about the second-priority item instead of the first-priority item on the SDP, so as to provide the customer with multiple sellers of the target item. Consider choosing one of various seller items.

In addition, FIG. 4 illustrates a request in which the electronic Apparatus 110 provides a flow chart of an example embodiment of an SDP to terminal 120-1 or terminal 120-2 sending the request.

Referring to FIG. 4, the electronic device 110 may identify a target item in operation S401.

The electronic device 110 may identify a plurality of seller items corresponding to the identified target items in operation S402.

The electronic device 110 may set at least one seller's item selected based on the identified detailed information of the plurality of seller's items as a first priority item, and may set the remaining seller's items as a second priority item in operation S403.

The electronic device 110 may select at least some sellers among sellers corresponding to the second priority items in operation S404.

The electronic device 110 may transmit a message including information related to the target item to the selected seller terminal 120 in operation S405.

The operations performed through the above operations S401 to S405 correspond to operations that are the same as or similar to the operations performed through the above-described operations S201 to S205, and thus descriptions thereof are omitted.

In operation S406 or operation S407, the electronic device 110 may receive a request from the terminal 120-1 of the selected seller or the terminal 120-2 of an unselected seller to view a sales volume management page of the target item.

According to an example embodiment, a request to view a page from a selected seller terminal 120-1 may be made by a selected seller reading a message transmitted to its own terminal 120-1. For example, if a push notification message is sent to the terminal 120-1 of the selected seller, the selected seller can request to view the sales volume management page of the target item by selecting to transmit the push notification message. However, this is exemplary. A viewing request may be made from the terminal 120-1 of the selected seller by various methods other than the above-mentioned methods.

According to an example embodiment, one of the unselected sellers of one of his/her second priority items displayed on the item sales volume management service screen may be selected from the unselected seller through the terminal 120-2. The terminal 120-2 makes a viewing request.

In operation S408 or operation S409, in response to the received viewing request, the electronic device 110 may provide the terminal 120-1 of the selected seller or the terminal 120-2 of an unselected seller including a price of the target item. Adjust a sales volume management page of one interface of the function.

According to an example embodiment, the interface for providing a price adjustment function included in the sales volume management page provided by the electronic device 110 may include the following detailed interface: (1) Provide the first interface of the manual adjustment function of the price of the target item; (2) a second interface that provides an automatic adjustment function of the price of the target item within a price range preset by each of the plurality of sellers; and (3) A third interface that provides the function of applying the suggested price to the target item.

Specifically, through the automatic adjustment function provided by the second interface described above, the electronic device 110 can be based on the sales history information of the target item, and based on the expected sales volume or expected sales volume of the target item within a specific period of time in the future. Automatically adjust the price of the target item within a preset price range.

For example, within a preset price range, the electronic device 110 can automatically search for items that can increase the expected sales volume or expected sales quantity of the target item by more than a threshold within a certain period of time in the future by referring to the sales history information of the target item so far. value, and the searched price can be set as the price of the target item. Here, the price of the target item set by the electronic device 110 may be a single price, and the price of the target item set by the electronic device 110 may be one consisting of a minimum price and a maximum price included in the above price range. price range.

To be more specific, through the suggested price application function provided by the above-mentioned third interface, the electronic device 110 may be based on at least one of the current price of the target item, delivery-related information of a corresponding item, and ratings of sellers corresponding to the target item to apply a suggested price to the target item.

For example, when applying a suggested price to a target item, the electronic device 110 may determine whether the probability that the target item will change from a second priority to a first priority item is greater than or equal to a threshold, and as a result of the determination, if If the corresponding probability is greater than the threshold value, the electronic device 110 may apply the corresponding suggested price to the target item. In addition, if there are multiple suggested prices with a probability higher than the threshold value, the electronic device 110 may apply a representative value calculated based on the multiple suggested prices to the target item. In other words, a maximum value among a plurality of suggested prices may be applied, or an average value of one of a plurality of suggested prices may be applied.

According to an example embodiment, each of the first to third interfaces described above may be a button-type interface displayed on the sales volume management page. However, this is exemplary. In addition to buttons, the first to third interfaces can also be in the form of various graphic objects or control items (such as icons and toggle switches).

Furthermore, according to an example embodiment, the sales volume management page provided by the electronic device 110 may further include an interface providing change history information about a first priority item corresponding to a target item. Specifically, the change history information about the first priority item may include the seller change history of the first priority item, the change timing of the first priority item, the duration of the first priority item status and the first priority item at least one of the price change histories. Change history information about first priority items can be provided through various types of interfaces such as graphs, tables, images and text.

In addition, FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an example embodiment in which the electronic device 110 resets a first priority item or a second priority item by reflecting newly obtained information from the selected seller terminal 120 .

Referring to FIG. 5, the electronic device 110 may identify a target item in operation S501.

The electronic device 110 may identify a plurality of seller items corresponding to the identified target items in operation S502.

The electronic device 110 may set at least one seller's item selected based on the identified detailed information of the plurality of seller's items as a first priority item in operation S503 , and may set the remaining seller's items as a second priority item.

The electronic device 110 may select at least some sellers among sellers corresponding to the second priority items in operation S504.

The electronic device 110 may transmit a message including information related to the target item to the selected seller terminal 120 in operation S505.

The performed operations S501 to S505 correspond to operations that are the same as or similar to the operations S201 to S205 described above, and thus redundant descriptions thereof are omitted.

The electronic device 110 may receive modified detailed information on the second priority items from terminals of at least some selected sellers in operation S506.

Based on the modified details, the electronic device 110 may reset at least one of the first priority item and the second priority item in operation S507.

According to an example embodiment, the electronic device 110 may reset the existing first-priority item as a second-priority item according to a result of comparing the second-priority item whose details have been modified with the existing first-priority item , and the electronic device 110 can reset the second-priority item whose detailed information has been modified as a new first-priority item.

In the flowcharts depicted in FIGS. 2-5 , the method is divided into a plurality of operations. However, at least some of these operations may be performed out of order, at least some operations may be performed in conjunction with other operations, at least some operations may be omitted, at least some operations may be divided into detailed operations and performed, or in addition to at least some operations. One or more operations not shown are performed.

6a-6c are illustrative diagrams of messages transmitted from an electronic device to a vendor terminal according to example embodiments.

First, referring to FIG. 6 a , the electronic device 110 may transmit a push notification message 610 to the seller terminal 120 notifying that there is an item other than the first priority item (ie, the second priority item).

According to an example embodiment, if the seller terminal 120 is locked, as shown in FIG. 6 a , the push notification message 610 transmitted by the electronic device 110 may be displayed on the locked screen of the seller terminal 120 .

According to an example embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6 a , the push notification message 610 transmitted by the electronic device 110 may include an icon image of an application program providing a service for managing sales of items.

According to an example embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6a, the push notification message 610 transmitted by the electronic device 110 may include a text phrase indicating price adjustment information on the second priority item (for example, "for 6 second priority items Priority items apply suggested price").

In addition, referring to FIG. 6b, the electronic device 110 may transmit a notification to the seller terminal 120 that there is an item excluded from the first priority item (that is, one of the items that is set to change from the first priority item to a second priority item). Item) a push notification message 620.

According to an example embodiment, if the seller terminal 120 is unlocked, as shown in FIG. 6 b , the push notification message 620 transmitted by the electronic device 110 may be displayed in a banner style at the top of the unlocked screen of the seller terminal 120 . Here, according to a setting of the seller terminal 120, the display time of the push notification message 620 may be temporary or continuous.

According to an example embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6 b , the push notification message 620 transmitted by the electronic device 110 may also include icon images of services for managing sales of items.

According to an example embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6b, the push notification message 620 transmitted by the electronic device 110 may include a text phrase indicating the price adjustment information of the second priority item (for example, "There is an item excluded from the first One of the items other than priority items").

In addition, referring to FIG. 6c , the electronic device 110 may transmit a notification message notifying whether a message is transmitted and the number of transmitted messages to the seller terminal 120 in which an application program providing a service for managing sales of items is executed.

According to example embodiments, an icon positioned at the bottom of the application execution screen may be set as an active state by a notification message transmitted by the electronic device 110 . In addition, the number of messages sent but not yet recognized by the seller can also be indicated in the upper right corner of the icon in an active state. For example, as depicted in Figure 6c, a bell icon at the bottom right corner of the screen becomes active and an interface 630 indicating that the seller has 9 unidentified messages is provided at the top right corner of the corresponding icon .

According to an example embodiment, on an execution screen (for example, an SRP and an SDP) of an application program providing a service for managing the sales volume of an item, an item indicating that it is excluded from the first priority item ( That is, an interface toolkit 640 for information about a second priority item).

More specifically, the interface tool set 640 may include a button-shaped interface that provides a function of applying a suggested price (eg, ₩10,500) to a second priority item (eg, a clothes softener). However, this is exemplary. Various types of interface toolsets or interfaces may be displayed on the execution screen of the application program providing the service for managing the sales of items.

7a and 7b are exemplary diagrams of a sales volume management page provided by an electronic device to a seller terminal according to example embodiments.

First, referring to FIG. 7a, according to an example embodiment, the sales volume management page provided to the seller terminal 120 may include an interface 710 indicating the status of items sold by the seller, filter conditions representing items displayed on the sales volume management page An interface 720 and an interface 730 representing information related to the sales volume of an item.

According to an example embodiment, the interface 710 indicating the status of items sold by the seller may include a detailed interface indicating the number of first priority items among the plurality of items sold by the seller and an interface indicating the number of second priority items A detailed interface. Referring to FIG. 7a, among the 75 items currently sold by the seller, 69 items are first priority items and 6 items are second priority items.

According to an example embodiment, the electronic device 110 may apply a filter condition for displaying an item on the sales volume management page based on a detailed interface in the interface 710 selected by the seller through the seller terminal 120 . For example, referring to the interface 720 representing the filter condition, when the detailed interface indicating the number of current second priority items is selected, it is indicated to apply a filter condition so that only items corresponding to the second priority items are displayed on the sales volume management page.

According to an example embodiment, the interface 730 representing information related to item sales may include interface A, which provides the name of the item (eg, "children's clothing"), the preferred sales price set for the first priority item (eg, "₩62,500"), the selling price of the current seller's item (e.g., "₩69,770"), the difference between the price of the first priority item and the price (e.g., "+₩7,270 (11.6% higher)"), expected Future sales volume (for example, "₩270,000") and the function of applying the suggested price. However, this is exemplary. Information displayed on interface 730 or a combination of interfaces can be configured in various ways corresponding to example embodiments.

Referring to FIG. 7b, according to another example embodiment, the sales volume management page provided to the seller terminal 120 may include an interface 740 indicating more detailed information related to the sales volume of an item instead of an interface 710 indicating the status of an item or An interface 720 indicating filter conditions.

According to an example embodiment, interface 740 may include interface A that provides the name of the first priority item (e.g., "60 baby wipes, box of 10"), whether the current seller's item is a first priority item (e.g., , "not a first-priority item"), the difference between the price of the first-priority item and the price (for example, "-₩500 (1.3% lower)"), the difference between the price set for the first-priority item Details (e.g. set price as "₩24,000", applied coupon discount is "-₩270" and delivery fee is "₩2,500"), details of selling price of current seller's item (e.g. set price as "₩2,500") 23,500", the applied coupon discount is "-₩270" and the delivery fee is "₩2,500"), the suggested price (for example, "₩23,000") and the function of applying the suggested price. However, this is exemplary. According to example embodiments, the information displayed on interface 740 or a combination of interfaces can be configured in various ways.

In addition, according to an example embodiment, as indicated by the symbol B shown in FIG. 7 b , in addition to providing an interface for applying a suggested price function, the sales volume management page may additionally include a function of providing a manual price adjustment and an interface that provides an automatic price adjustment function within a preset price range.

Specifically, based on any interface selected by the seller through the seller terminal 120 among the interfaces indicated by symbol B, the electronic device 110 can adjust the selling price of the current seller's item according to a method corresponding to the selected interface.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of an electronic device for managing sales of items according to an example embodiment.

According to example embodiments, the electronic device 110 may include a transceiver 111 , a processor 113 and a memory 115 . The electronic device 110 can be connected to the seller's terminal 120 , the customer's terminal 130 and other external devices through the transceiver 111 to exchange data.

The processor 113 can execute at least one method described above through FIGS. 1 to 7 . The memory 115 can store information for performing at least one method described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7 . The memory 115 can be a volatile memory or a non-volatile memory.

The processor 113 can control the electronic device 110 to execute a program and provide information. Program code executed by processor 113 may be stored in memory 115 .

Connected to the transceiver 111 and the memory 115, the processor 113 can: identify a target item; identify a plurality of seller items corresponding to the target item; set at least one seller item selected based on detailed information of the plurality of seller items as a first a priority item, and setting the remaining seller items as second priority items; selecting at least some of the sellers corresponding to the second priority items; and transmitting a message to the selected sellers including information related to the target item One of the terminals.

In addition, according to an example embodiment, the electronic device 110 may further include an interface for providing information to a user.

In the electronic device 110 depicted in FIG. 8, only components relevant to the example embodiment are depicted. Therefore, those skilled in the art can understand that, in addition to the components shown in FIG. 8 , other common components may be further included.

Electronic devices according to the above example embodiments may include a processor, memory for storing and executing program data, a persistent storage such as a disk drive, and/or a user interface for communicating with an external device Devices (such as a communication port, a touch panel, a key and/or a button). The methods implemented as software modules or algorithms can be stored in a computer-readable recording medium as computer-readable codes or program instructions executable on a processor. Here, the computer-readable recording medium includes a magnetic storage medium (eg, ROM, RAM, floppy disk, and hard disk) and an optically readable medium (eg, CD-ROM and DVD). The computer readable recording medium can be distributed among network coupled computer systems so that the computer readable code can be stored and executed in a distributed manner. The media can be read by a computer, stored in a memory and executed on a processor.

Example embodiments may be represented by functional block elements and various processing steps. Functional blocks may be implemented in any number of hardware and/or software configurations that perform the specified functions. For example, an example embodiment may employ integrated circuit configurations, such as memory, processing, logic, and/or look-up tables, which may perform various functions by controlling one or more microprocessors or other control devices. Similarly, elements may be implemented as software programming or software elements, and example embodiments may be implemented in a programming or scripting language such as C, C++, Java, assembly language, etc., including implementation as a data structure, procedure, routine, or Algorithms that are combinations of other programming constructs. The functional aspects can be implemented in an algorithm running on one or more processors. In addition, example embodiments may employ existing technologies for electronic environment setting, signal processing, and/or data processing. Terms such as "mechanism", "element", "member" and "configuration" are used broadly and are not limited to mechanical and physical elements. These terms may include the meaning of a series of software routines associated with a processor or the like.

The example embodiments described above are examples only, and other embodiments may be implemented within the scope of the patent claims to be described later.

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FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a system for managing sales of items according to an example embodiment. FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of operating an electronic device according to an example embodiment. 3-5 are flowcharts illustrating a method of operating an electronic device according to additional example embodiments. 6a-6c are illustrative diagrams of messages transmitted from an electronic device to a vendor terminal according to example embodiments. 7a and 7b are exemplary diagrams of a sales volume management page provided by an electronic device to a seller terminal according to example embodiments. FIG. 8 is a block diagram of an electronic device for managing sales of items according to an example embodiment.

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Claims (20)

A method for providing information on item sales management in an electronic device, the method comprising: identifying a target item; identifying a plurality of seller items corresponding to the target item; setting at least one seller item selected based on detailed information of the plurality of seller items as a first priority item, and setting the remaining seller items as second priority items; selecting at least some of the sellers corresponding to the second priority items; and Transmitting a message containing information about the target item to each terminal associated with the selected sellers. The method of claim 1, wherein the setting at least one seller item comprises: based on at least one of a rating of one of the plurality of seller items and a rating of one of sellers corresponding to the plurality of seller items Set the first priority item and the second priority items. The method of claim 2, wherein the score for each of the plurality of seller items is set based on at least one of price and delivery-related information for each of the plurality of seller items. The method of claim 2, wherein the rating for each of the sellers is set based on at least one of order processing information, customer inquiry response information, and time it took each account of the sellers to respond to the message. The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving a keyword corresponding to the target item from a client terminal; providing to the client terminal a search results page (SRP) displaying information about the first priority item for each entry of the target item in response to the keyword; receiving a request from the client terminal for detailed information on a specific item among the target items displayed on the SRP; and In response to the request for detailed information, a Single Detail Page (SDP) displaying information about the first priority item in each entry for the particular item is provided to the client terminal. The method of claim 5, wherein the SDP includes inventory information of the second priority items, and The method further includes: receiving from the client terminal a selection of any of the second priority items included in the inventory information; and In response to the selection, the SDP is provided to the client terminal in which information about the first priority item is replaced by information about a selected second priority item. The method of claim 1, wherein the selecting at least some of the sellers comprises: selecting corresponding to a change from the first priority item to the second priority due to a recent setting of one of the first priority item and the second priority item One of the sellers of the first-class item A seller of the item. The method of claim 1, wherein the selecting at least some of the sellers comprises: selecting corresponding to remaining set to the second priority for a predetermined period of time after changing from the first priority item to the second priority item A seller of an item's one-of-a-state one-seller item. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting a message includes: transmitting a message including price adjustment information of a seller item of one of the selected sellers. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting a message includes: transmitting a message requesting to identify a seller's item list of the selected seller every time a preset unit time elapses. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the transmitting a message includes: based on the selected seller's account information, service configuration information, a number of types of items sold, initial quantities of each of the items sold, The sales volume of each of these items, the inventory information of each of these items sold, the label information of each of these items sold, the number of types of second priority items, the The initial quantity of each of the second-priority items, the sales volume of each of the second-priority items, the inventory information of each of the second-priority items, and each of the second-priority items At least one of the tag information to adjust whether to provide the information, when the information is provided, at least one of the number of times the information is provided and the frequency of the information provided. The method of claim 11, wherein the transmitting a message includes if the number of item types sold by the selected seller or the number of types of second priority items corresponding to the selected seller is equal to or greater than a predetermined type number, adjusting the number of times the message is provided during a preset time period to a preset number or less. The method according to claim 11, wherein the transmitting a message includes, if a second priority item related to the message to be transmitted corresponds to an item of interest, a category of interest registered on a service according to the service setting information and at least one of a tag of interest, the message is transmitted. The method according to claim 1, further comprising providing a sales volume management page including an interface for providing a price adjustment function of the target item to a terminal associated with each seller corresponding to the plurality of seller items. The method of claim 14, wherein the interface included in the sales volume management page includes a first interface that provides a manual adjustment function of a price of the target item, provided by each of the plurality of sellers preset A second interface for an automatic price adjustment function of the target item within a price range, and a third interface for providing a function of applying a suggested price to the target item. The method according to claim 15, wherein the automatic adjustment function includes based on the sales history information of the target item, and based on the expected sales volume or expected sales volume of the target item within a predetermined period of time in the future, within the preset price range Automatically adjust the price of one of the target items. The method of claim 15, wherein the function of applying a suggested price comprises: based on at least one of a current price of the target item, delivery-related information of the target item, and a rating of sellers corresponding to the target item to apply a suggested price to the target item. The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving revised details about the second priority items from terminals associated with at least some of the selected sellers; and At least one of the first priority item and the second priority items is reset based on the modified details. A computer-readable non-transitory recording medium having a program for executing one of the methods according to any one of Claims 1 to 18 on a computer. An electronic device for managing sales of items, comprising: a transceiver; a memory configured to store instructions; and a processor, wherein the processor connected to the transceiver and the memory is configured to: identifying a target item; identifying a plurality of seller items corresponding to the target item; setting at least one seller item selected based on detailed information of the plurality of seller items as a first priority item, and setting the remaining seller items as second priority items; selecting at least some of the sellers corresponding to the second priority items; and Transmitting a message containing information about the target item to each terminal associated with the selected sellers.