Apparatus, method and recording medium storing instructions for retrieving stores registered on a platform service

Abstract

This invention proposes an apparatus for retrieving registered stores in a platform service. The apparatus may include: one or more processors; and one or more memory units storing commands to be executed by the processors. The apparatus is configured such that, when executing the commands, the processors receive search terms from a user terminal and determine whether the search terms are related to a product. If the search terms are related to a product, the product indicated by the search terms is identified as the target product. From a plurality of candidate stores whose addresses are set in the user account and can be delivered to the user terminal, one or more first stores selling the target product are identified, and first webpage information is generated to display information about the first or more first stores.

Claims

1. A method for retrieving registered stores in a platform service, implemented in a device including one or more processors and one or more memories storing commands to be executed by the one or more processors, comprising the following steps: receiving a search term from a user terminal and determining whether the search term is a word related to a product; when the search term is determined to be a word related to a product, identifying the product indicated by the search term as a target product, and identifying one or more first stores selling the target product from a plurality of candidate stores whose address information is set in the user account of the user terminal that can be delivered; identifying one or more product names whose relevance to the target product is greater than or equal to a pre-set critical relevance; and calculating the similarity between the first product and the target product based on a comparison between the product name of the first product and the identified one or more product names; The step of calculating the similarity between the first product and the target product includes: if the product name of the first product includes at least one of the identified product names, determining that the similarity between the first product and the target product is above a pre-set critical similarity; generating first webpage information for displaying information of the first or more first stores; and transmitting the first webpage information to the user terminal; and the first webpage information includes the following information: displaying information of one or more second products among the first products sold in each first store whose calculated similarity to the target product is above the pre-set critical similarity on the first webpage.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of determining whether the search term is a product-related term includes the following steps: segmenting the search term into one or more word elements according to a pre-set benchmark; and determining whether the search term is a product-related term by generating one or more combinations based on using at least one of the one or more word elements.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of determining whether the above search term is a product-related term includes the following steps: when there is a combination in one or more of the above combinations that includes a product name corresponding to a specific product, the above search term is determined to be a product-related term.

4. The method of Request 1, wherein the step of identifying one or more product names includes the following steps: as the number of actions that generate orders for products with specific product names after entering the product name of the target product as a search term through multiple accounts registered in the above-mentioned platform service increases, the correlation between the target product and the specific product name increases.

5. The method of request item 1, wherein the first webpage information mentioned above includes the following information: displaying the image, product name and price information corresponding to each of the second products mentioned above on the webpage.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first webpage information includes the following information: displaying information of each of the one or more second products on the webpage according to the display order within the one or more second products, the display order being determined based on at least one of the following: the similarity between each second product and the target product, the sales price of each second product and the sales order within each first store, the user account's order history for each second product, or whether an image of each second product has been searched.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the higher the similarity between each of the second products and the target product, the more accurately the display order of the second products among the one or more second products is determined.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the first webpage information includes the following information: determining the display order of the second product that provides an image among the above one or more second products to be higher than other second products that do not provide an image, and displaying the image of the product indicated by the other second products stored in the memory as the image corresponding to the other second products on the webpage.

9. The method of request item 1, wherein the first webpage information includes the following information: the total number of the above-mentioned one or more second products, and the display order of the second product closest to the first side among the second products whose product information is displayed in the screen of the user terminal, are respectively displayed on the above-mentioned webpage.

10. The method of request item 1, wherein the aforementioned first webpage information includes the following information: displaying distinguishing marks for the second product that generates the most orders in each of the aforementioned first stores, the second product for which the aforementioned user account has a history of generating orders, and the second product with price information exceeding a preset minimum amount.

11. The method of claim 1 further includes the following steps: receiving input from the user terminal indicating that a specific second product is selected from one or more second products on the first webpage; generating second webpage information for displaying a store details page of a first store corresponding to the specific second product and transmitting it to the user terminal; and the second webpage information includes the following information: when the store details page is initially displayed on the user terminal, causing information about the specific second product included in the store details page to be displayed at the top of the user terminal.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the first webpage information includes the following information: displaying information of the one or more first stores on the webpage according to the display order within the one or more first stores, the display order being determined based on at least one of the following: the correlation between each first store and the target product, the user account's order history for each of the first stores, and coupon information applicable to each of the first stores.

13. The method of claim 12, comprising the following steps: calculating the degree of association between the first stores and the target product based on whether the name of each of the first stores includes a product name corresponding to the target product, the ratio of the number of the one or more second products to the number of first products sold in each of the first stores, or at least one of the total number of product categories sold in each of the first stores.

14. As in request 13, wherein the information of the first webpage is as follows: The display order of the first store with the aforementioned user account's order history among the above-mentioned one or more first stores is determined to be higher than that of other first stores without the aforementioned user account's order history.

15. An electronic device comprising: One or more processors; and one or more memory stores commands for execution by the one or more processors; and the electronic device is configured such that, when executing the commands, the one or more processors perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 14.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium that records commands that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform actions, wherein the commands cause the one or more processors to perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 14.

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