Method, apparatus, and recording medium for determining weather of the delivery region

Abstract

One aspect of the present invention, a method for determining the weather of a delivery area by means of an electronic device, may include the following steps: identifying legal dongs included in the delivery area, and one or more administrative dongs included in the legal dongs; obtaining weather data of the one or more administrative dongs; determining the weather of the one or more administrative dongs based on the weather data; determining the weather of the legal dongs based on the weather of the one or more administrative dongs; and determining the weather of the delivery area based on the weather of the legal dongs.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to a method for determining the weather in a delivery area. Prior Art

[0002] In recent years, with the advancement of communication technology and changes in social and environmental factors, delivery ordering services enabled by online platforms have become increasingly widespread and commonplace. Users can utilize these platforms to enjoy the convenience of purchasing their desired food and receiving it at their desired location, without having to visit a restaurant in person.

[0003] Accurately predicting delivery times is crucial to improving user satisfaction with delivery ordering services. Delivery times are significantly affected by external factors. For example, if the delivery area experiences rain or snow, delivery times will increase, while if the weather is good, delivery times will generally decrease. Therefore, there is a pressing need for technology that can predict delivery times based on weather conditions in the delivery area and provide users with information about delivery status.

[0004] On the other hand, the Meteorological Administration provides weather data by administrative dong. However, since delivery ordering services cover multiple administrative dongs, a single delivery order must be processed through multiple administrative dongs. Summary of the Invention

[0005] [Problems to be solved by the invention]

[0006] The technical problem to be solved by one embodiment of the present invention is to determine the weather of a delivery area based on weather data of more than one administrative district.

[0007] Another technical problem to be solved by one embodiment of the present invention is to provide users of a delivery ordering service with accurate delivery times based on the weather in the delivery area, thereby improving user convenience and customer experience.

[0008] The technical problems of the present invention are not limited to the technical problems mentioned above. Ordinary technicians in this technical field can clearly understand other technical problems not mentioned based on the records of the patent application scope. [Technical means to solve the problem]

[0009] One aspect of the present invention relates to a method for determining the weather in a delivery area by means of an electronic device, which may include the following steps: confirming the legal holes included in the delivery area, and one or more administrative holes included in the legal holes; obtaining weather data of the one or more administrative holes; determining the weather of the one or more administrative holes based on the weather data; determining the weather of the legal holes based on the weather of the one or more administrative holes; and determining the weather in the delivery area based on the weather of the legal holes.

[0010] In one embodiment, the step of determining the weather of the above-mentioned legal cave may include the following steps: determining the center of the above-mentioned distribution area, and determining the administrative cave closest to the center of the above-mentioned distribution area among the above-mentioned one or more administrative caves; and determining the weather of the administrative cave closest to the center of the above-mentioned distribution area as the weather of the above-mentioned legal cave.

[0011] In one embodiment, the step of determining the center of the delivery area may include the following steps: determining the center of the delivery area based on the centroid of the delivery area.

[0012] In one embodiment, the step of determining the center of the delivery area may include the following steps: determining the center of the delivery area based on the population density of the delivery area.

[0013] In one embodiment, the delivery area may include more than one legal cave, and the step of determining the weather in the delivery area may further include the following step: confirming whether the weather in at least one of the more than one legal caves is the target weather.

[0014] In one embodiment, the step of determining the weather in the delivery area may include the following steps: corresponding to confirming that the weather in at least one of the one or more legal holes included in the delivery area is the target weather, determining the weather in the delivery area as the target weather.

[0015] In one embodiment, the method may further include the following steps: corresponding to determining the weather of the above-mentioned delivery area as the above-mentioned target weather, providing a command instructing the user terminal to output a notification of the weather of the above-mentioned delivery area.

[0016] In one embodiment, the method may further include the following steps: corresponding to confirming that there is no statutory hole with the above-mentioned target weather among the one or more statutory holes included in the above-mentioned delivery area, determining the weather in the above-mentioned delivery area as not the above-mentioned target weather.

[0017] In one embodiment, the target weather may include at least one of precipitation, snowfall, and strong wind.

[0018] In one embodiment, the step of obtaining weather data of the above-mentioned one or more administrative holes may include the following steps: communicating with an external server to obtain weather data of the above-mentioned one or more administrative holes.

[0019] In one embodiment, the weather data of the one or more administrative holes obtained from the external server may include at least one of the current data and forecast data of the weather of the one or more administrative holes.

[0020] In one embodiment, the step of determining the weather of the above-mentioned one or more administrative caves may include the following steps: determining the weather of the above-mentioned one or more administrative caves based on at least one of the current data and forecast data of the above-mentioned one or more administrative caves.

[0021] In one embodiment, the weather data may include data on at least one of temperature, humidity, precipitation, snowfall, wind direction, and wind speed.

[0022] In one embodiment, the method may further include the following steps: calculating the delivery time of the delivery order based on the weather in the above-mentioned delivery area.

[0023] An electronic device according to one embodiment of the present invention may include: one or more processors; one or more memories storing commands to be executed by the one or more processors; and the electronic device may be constructed in the following manner: when the one or more processors execute the commands, the one or more processors execute the method of the present invention.

[0024] A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to one embodiment of the present invention records instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform actions. The instructions may be constructed in such a manner as to cause the one or more processors to perform the method of the present invention. [Effects of the Invention]

[0025] According to various embodiments of the present invention, the weather in the delivery area can be determined based on the weather data of each administrative district included in the delivery area.

[0026] According to various embodiments of the present invention, more accurate delivery times can be provided to customers based on the weather in the delivery area, thereby improving user convenience. Simple diagram description

[0027] FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an environment of an electronic device to which an embodiment of the present invention can be applied. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing one or more legal and administrative districts included in a distribution area according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG3 is a block diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. 4a, 4b and 4c are diagrams showing an embodiment of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention for determining the weather of a delivery area based on weather data of each administrative district. FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram of a method for an electronic device to determine the weather of a delivery area according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG6 is a sequence diagram of a method for an electronic device to determine the weather of a statutory cave based on the weather of an administrative cave according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG7 is a sequence diagram of a method for an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention to determine the weather of a delivery area based on whether the weather of the legal holes included in the delivery area includes the target weather. Implementation Method

[0028] The various embodiments described in this specification are provided for the purpose of illustrating the technical concepts of the present invention and are not intended to limit them to specific implementations. The technical concepts of the present invention include various modifications, equivalents, alternatives, and embodiments obtained by selectively combining all or part of the various embodiments described in this specification. Furthermore, the scope of the technical concepts of the present invention is not limited to the various embodiments presented below or their detailed descriptions.

[0029] Unless otherwise defined, the terms used in the present invention, including technical or scientific terms, shall have the meanings commonly understood by those having common knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention belongs.

[0030] The expressions "including," "may include," "have," "may have," "have," and "may have" used in this specification imply the presence of the target feature (e.g., function, action, or component) and do not exclude the existence of additional features. In other words, these expressions should be understood as open-ended terms that potentially include other embodiments.

[0031] Singular expressions used in this specification may include plural expressions unless otherwise mentioned, and the same applies to singular expressions recorded in the scope of patent applications.

[0032] Unless otherwise specified, the expressions "first," "second," or "first," "second" used in this specification are used to distinguish one object from other objects when referring to multiple objects of the same type, and are not used to limit the order or importance of such objects.

[0033] As used herein, expressions such as "A, B, and C," "A, B, or C," "A, B, and / or C," or "at least one of A, B, and C," or "at least one of A, B, or C," or "at least one of A, B, and / or C" may refer to each of the listed items or all possible combinations of the listed items. For example, "at least one of A or B" may refer to (1) at least one A, (2) at least one B, or (3) at least one A and at least one B.

[0034] The expression "based on ~" used in the present invention is used to describe one or more factors described in the sentence or article containing the expression that affect the behavior or action of determination or judgment. The expression does not exclude other factors that affect the behavior or action of determination or judgment.

[0035] When used in this specification, the expression "connected" or "linked" to another component (e.g., the second component) may refer not only to the direct connection or linking of the component to the other component, but also to the connection or linking through another new component (e.g., the third component).

[0036] The term "configured to" as used in this specification may, depending on the context, mean "set to," "capable of," "changed to," "made to," or "capable of performing." This term is not limited to meaning "specially designed in hardware." For example, a processor configured to perform a specific operation may refer to a general-purpose processor that can execute software to perform the specific operation.

[0037] The following describes various embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the drawings and accompanying figure descriptions, identical or substantially equivalent components are designated by the same reference numerals. In the following descriptions of the embodiments, repeated descriptions of identical or corresponding components may be omitted, but this does not mean that such components are not included in the embodiments.

[0038] FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an environment of an electronic device to which an embodiment of the present invention can be applied.

[0039] The electronic device 110 and the user terminal 120 can be connected via a network and communicate with each other. The electronic device 110 can be a server or other terminal different from the user terminal 120.

[0040] The electronic device 110 may be a server device that provides a delivery ordering service. In other words, the electronic device 110 may be a server device that operates under the management of an operating system of the delivery ordering service.

[0041] Electronic device 110 can manage the information of users utilizing the delivery ordering service. User information managed by electronic device 110 may include, for example, the user's name, age, address, or contact information. User information management generally refers to a series of actions involving control over and processing of such information. For example, user information management may include storing, updating, or modifying such information.

[0042] Electronic device 110 can manage food or restaurant information provided in a delivery ordering service. A delivery ordering service can provide users with the ability to purchase food from offline restaurants. Food or restaurant information managed by electronic device 110 may include, for example, identification information for the food or restaurant, the name of the food or restaurant, and information about the price or category of the food. Managing food or restaurant information generally refers to a series of actions involving control over and processing of this information. For example, managing food or restaurant information may include storing, updating, or modifying this information.

[0043] The management of user or food information can be collectively referred to as a series of actions involving the control and processing of such information. For example, the management of user information may include the storage, updating, or modification of such information.

[0044] Electronic device 110 can manage various information provided to users of the delivery ordering service. Based on requests from administrators of the delivery ordering service or users of the delivery ordering service, electronic device 110 can manage various data required to provide the delivery ordering service. For example, electronic device 110 can generate, modify, store, or provide users with information on various pages related to the delivery ordering service, including food or restaurant catalog pages, detailed information pages, search results pages, event pages, and landing pages for user requests.

[0045] Regarding the management method of the electronic device 110, in one embodiment, the electronic device 110 can manage information related to the provision of delivery order services based on user input.

[0046] In one embodiment, electronic device 110 may provide pages related to the delivery ordering service to user terminal 120 based on a request from a user utilizing the delivery ordering service. The pages related to the delivery ordering service provided to user terminal 120 may include pages providing various information about food or restaurants that the user can purchase, pages related to food purchases requested by the user, shopping cart pages for food purchases, pages providing catalogs of food or restaurants retrieved through various methods, and pages providing detailed information about food or restaurants. Providing pages may include providing the user with at least a portion of all data generated during the user's use of the delivery ordering service.

[0047] Furthermore, electronic device 110 can manage transactions related to the delivery ordering service provided to users, namely, transactions related to online products (e.g., goods or services). Specifically, electronic device 110 can manage the user's search, selection, purchase, payment, and delivery requests for food. Electronic device 110 can provide users with information about food, restaurants, and delivery, allowing them to search, select, purchase, pay for food or restaurants, and request delivery, and receive purchase, payment, and delivery requests from users. Furthermore, it should be noted that any actions that can be performed by electronic device 110, even if not described in this disclosure, are general actions that can be performed by a server device providing a known delivery ordering service and can be applied to the technical concepts of this disclosure by reference to such actions and are not excluded from the scope of this disclosure.

[0048] Electronic device 110 may be a server device that manages a delivery ordering service. Specifically, electronic device 110 may be a server device that manages a platform that provides delivery ordering services. Users can subscribe to the delivery ordering service and purchase food through the service. User terminal 120 may send an input requesting food or restaurant information to electronic device 110, and electronic device 110 may provide the food or restaurant information to user terminal 120.

[0049] The electronic device 110 can be implemented as more than one computing device. For example, all functions of the electronic device 110 can be implemented in a single computing device. For another example, the first function of the electronic device 110 can be implemented in the first computing device, and the second function can be implemented in the second computing device. As another example, multiple computing devices can be used to implement all functions or specific functions of the electronic device 110. The computing device can be a desktop computer, a laptop computer, an application server, a proxy server, or a cloud server, but is not limited to these. It can include all types of computing devices with computing functions.

[0050] User terminal 120 can be a device used by users to utilize the delivery ordering service. User terminal 120 can be implemented as a terminal that transmits and receives various information with electronic device 110 via a network. For example, user terminal 120 can be a computer, a laptop, a portable communication terminal (such as a smartphone), a portable multimedia device, a wearable device, or an HMD (Head Mounted Display). However, the type of user terminal 120 is not limited to this. User terminal 120 can be any device that includes an input / output interface for user input and output of information, and can communicate with electronic device 110 or other devices via a network.

[0051] User terminal 120 can provide information received from electronic device 110 to the user, receive input from the user, and transmit it to electronic device 110. Specifically, user terminal 120 can obtain input from the user indicating the call to various pages and, in response to the obtained input, generate commands indicating the call to various pages. User terminal 120 can transmit commands indicating the call to various pages to electronic device 110. Input obtained from the user can include various forms of input, such as clicks using a mouse, touches using a touchpad or touchscreen, voice recognition, and other electronic inputs. User terminal 120 can receive various pages from electronic device 110 and output the received pages.

[0052] User terminal 120 can be a device used by users to utilize the delivery ordering service. User terminal 120 can be implemented as a terminal that transmits and receives various information with electronic device 110 via a network. For example, user terminal 120 can be a computer, a laptop, a portable communication terminal (such as a smartphone), a portable multimedia device, a wearable device, or an HMD (Head Mounted Display). However, the type of user terminal 120 is not limited to this. User terminal 120 can be any device that includes an input / output interface for user input and output of information, and can communicate with electronic device 110 or other devices via a network.

[0053] A network can connect electronic device 110 to user terminal 120 or other external devices. For example, the network can provide a connection path so that user terminal 120 or other external devices can connect to electronic device 110 and send and receive data packets with electronic device 110. For example, the network can be implemented as a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), a mobile radio communication network, a Wibro (Wireless Broadband Internet), or any other type of wired or wireless network.

[0054] In one embodiment, the electronic device 110 and the user terminal 120 may operate as a single device. The user terminal 120 may be included in the electronic device 110 as all or part of its components. In this case, for example, the various information sent and received between the electronic device 110 and the user terminal 120 via the network may be information sent and received between various components within the single device.

[0055] The electronic devices (e.g., electronic device 110) of various embodiments of the present invention can be of various forms. For example, electronic device 110 can be a portable communication device, a computer device, a portable multimedia device, a wearable device, a home appliance, or any combination thereof. The electronic device 110 of the present invention is not limited to the aforementioned devices.

[0056] FIG. 2 is a diagram showing one or more legal and administrative districts included in a distribution area according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0057] Referring to Figure 2 , a delivery area may include one or more legal administration areas. A legal administration area refers to a legally defined area with a fixed name and territory. Figure 2 illustrates a delivery area consisting of three legal administration areas (Area A 200, Area B 210, and Area C 220), but it should be understood that this is not a limitation. For example, a delivery area may include only one legal administration area or multiple legal administration areas.

[0058] According to one embodiment, a legal hole may include more than one administrative hole. An administrative hole is an administrative area below a district or city, and refers to an area divided for administrative convenience. Referring to Figure 2 , a legal hole may include one or more administrative holes. For example, legal hole A 200 may include hole A1 202 and hole A2 204 as administrative holes, while legal hole B 210 may include hole B1 212, hole B2 214, and hole B3 216 as administrative holes. Legal hole C 220 may include one administrative hole. In other words, legal holes and administrative holes may constitute the same area.

[0059] The electronic device may obtain information about legal and administrative holes included in the delivery area from an external server. The electronic device may distinguish legal and administrative holes included in the delivery area based on the legal and administrative hole information obtained from the external server.

[0060] FIG3 is a block diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0061] The electronic device 310 can process information related to the delivery order service. In order to provide the delivery order service, the electronic device can communicate with an external server to obtain data and process orders from one or more external devices.

[0062] In one embodiment, electronic device 310 may include one or more processors 312, one or more memories 314, and a communication interface 316 as components. In one embodiment, at least one of the components of electronic device 310 may be omitted, or other components may be added to electronic device 310. In one embodiment, some components may be integrated additionally or alternatively to implement the electronic device 310, or implemented as a single or multiple components. In this disclosure, one or more processors may be referred to as processor 312. Unless otherwise specified, the term processor 312 may refer to a collection of one or more processors. In this disclosure, one or more memories 314 may be referred to as memory 314. Unless otherwise specified, the term memory 314 may refer to a collection of one or more memories. In one embodiment, at least some of the internal / external components of the electronic device 310 are connected to each other via a bus, GPIO (General Purpose Input / Output), SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface), or MIPI (Mobile Industry Processor Interface), so that information (data, signals, etc.) can be transmitted and received.

[0063] The communication interface (316) can communicate with external servers and external devices. The communication interface 316 can implement wireless or wired communication between the electronic device 310 and the external server or external device. For example, the communication interface 316 may implement wireless communication methods such as eMBB (enhanced Mobile Broadband), URLLC (Ultra Reliable Low-Latency Communications), MMTC (Massive Machine Type Communications), LTE (Long-Term Evolution), LTE-A (LTE Advance), NR (New Radio), UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System), GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications), CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access), WCDMA (Wideband CDMA), WiBro (Wireless Broadband), WiFi (Wireless Fidelity), Bluetooth, NFC (Near Field Communication), GPS (Global Positioning System), or GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System). For example, communication interface 316 can implement wired communication via USB (Universal Serial Bus), HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface), RS-232 (Recommended Standard-232), or POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service). In one embodiment, electronic device 310 can also be integrated with other devices. In this case, communication interface 316 can function as a connection circuit or interface connecting electronic device 310 and the corresponding other device.

[0064] Processor 312 can drive software (e.g., commands, programs, etc.) to control at least one component of electronic device 310 connected to processor 312. Furthermore, processor 312 can perform various operations related to the present invention, such as calculations, processing, data generation, and processing. Furthermore, processor 312 can load data into or store data in memory 314. Furthermore, processor 312 can transmit and receive various information with a user's terminal and external devices via communication interface 316. In one embodiment, processor 312 can control communication interface 316 and send various information, such as various webpages, to the user's terminal.

[0065] Memory 314 can store various information (data). Information stored in memory 314 is information obtained, processed, or used by at least one component of electronic device 310 and may include software (e.g., commands, programs, etc.). For example, it may include volatile or non-volatile memory. In the present invention, commands or programs are software stored in memory 314 and may include an operating system used to control the resources of electronic device 310, applications, or middleware that provides various functions to applications to enable them to utilize the resources of electronic device 310. In one embodiment, memory 314 may store commands that, when executed by processor 312, cause processor 312 to perform operations. Memory 314 may also store at least a portion of information received from the terminal via communication interface 316 and / or information sent to the terminal via communication interface 316. The processor 312 may store at least a portion of information received from the terminal through the communication interface 316 and / or information sent to the terminal through the communication interface 316 in the memory 314 .

[0066] Processor 312 can identify the legal cavities included in the delivery area and one or more administrative cavities included in the legal cavities. Processor 312 can obtain information about the legal cavities and administrative cavities included in the delivery area from an external server 300 (e.g., an administrative standard code management system). According to one embodiment, processor 312 can identify the user's location and the restaurant's location to provide a delivery ordering service, and determine a delivery area based on the user's location and the restaurant's location. For example, processor 312 can identify the user's location and, from a plurality of pre-determined delivery areas, identify the delivery area that includes the user's location. Processor 312 can identify the legal cavities included in the determined delivery area and one or more administrative cavities included in the legal cavities. According to one embodiment, the delivery area may include multiple legal cavities. According to one embodiment, the delivery area can be determined based on the boundaries of the legal cavities. For example, the first delivery area may include the entire first legal cavities, and the second delivery area may include the entire second legal cavities. According to another embodiment, the delivery area can be determined regardless of the boundaries of the legal cavities. For example, the first delivery area may include a portion of the first legal hole, and the second delivery area may include another portion of the second legal hole. For convenience, the following description assumes that the delivery area is determined based on the boundaries of the legal hole.

[0067] Processor 312 may determine the center of the delivery area. According to one embodiment, processor 312 may determine the center of the delivery area as the center of the delivery area. According to another embodiment, processor 312 may determine the center of the delivery area based on the population density within the delivery area. Processor 312 may use the determined center of the delivery area to determine the weather in the legal cave. The specific process by which processor 312 determines the weather in the legal cave based on the center of the delivery area will be described below. According to one embodiment, processor 312 may determine the center of the administrative cave using the same method as that used to determine the center of the delivery area.

[0068] Processor 312 can obtain weather data for one or more administrative districts. Upon confirming that one or more administrative districts are included in the delivery area, processor 312 can obtain weather data for one or more administrative districts from an external server 300 (e.g., the Meteorological Agency, Kweather). The weather data can include at least one of current and forecast data for temperature, humidity, precipitation, snowfall, wind direction, and wind speed for the one or more administrative districts.

[0069] Processor 312 can determine the weather of one or more administrative caves based on weather data. Processor 312 can determine the weather of an administrative cave as one of the set weather types. For example, processor 312 can determine the weather of an administrative cave as one of "snowfall," "rainfall," "strong wind," "cloudy," or "clear." However, the weather types that processor 312 can determine as the weather of an administrative cave are not limited to the aforementioned weather types. According to one embodiment, processor 312 can determine the weather of one or more administrative caves based on current data. Processor 312 can determine the current weather of an administrative cave based on weather data of administrative caves obtained from external server 300. For example, if it is raining or snowing in an administrative cave, processor 312 can determine the weather as "snowfall" or "rainfall"; if the wind speed is above a set value, the weather is determined as "strong wind"; and if the cloud cover is above a set value, the weather is determined as "cloudy." If it's not raining or snowing in the current administrative cave, and the wind speed and cloud cover haven't reached the set values, processor 312 may determine the weather as "clear." According to another embodiment, processor 312 may determine the weather for more than one administrative cave based on current data and forecast data. For example, if an order is expected to be delivered in one hour, the current weather in the administrative cave may be determined as "clear." However, if rain is expected in one hour, the weather in the administrative cave may also be determined as "raining."

[0070] According to one embodiment, processor 312 may determine at least one weather type as target weather. Target weather may be weather that has a significant impact on order delivery time. For example, processor 312 may determine "snowfall," "rainfall," or "strong wind" as target weather.

[0071] Processor 312 may determine the weather in a legal cave based on the weather in one or more administrative caves. Processor 312 may determine the weather in a legal cave based on the weather in one or more administrative caves included in the legal cave. Processor 312 may determine the weather in the administrative cave closest to the center of the delivery area among the one or more administrative caves included in the legal cave as the weather in that legal cave. According to one embodiment, processor 312 may determine the centers of each of the one or more administrative caves and, based on the distance from the center of each administrative cave to the center of the delivery area, determine the administrative cave closest to the center of the delivery area. For example, processor 312 may compare distance d1 from the center of the delivery area to the center of the first administrative cave with distance d2 from the center of the delivery area to the center of the second administrative cave to determine the administrative cave closer to the center of the delivery area. For example, if d1 > d2, processor 312 may determine the second administrative cave as the administrative cave closer to the center of the delivery area and determine the weather in the second administrative cave as the weather in the legal cave. The embodiment in which processor 312 determines the administrative cave closest to the center of the delivery area is not limited to the above description. For example, processor 312 may determine the administrative cave closest to the center of the delivery area based on the distance between the center of the delivery area and the boundaries of each administrative cave. According to one embodiment, the method used by processor 312 to determine the center of the delivery area and the method used to determine the center of the administrative cave may differ. For example, the center of the delivery area may be determined using the centroid of the delivery area, while the center of the administrative cave may be determined based on population density.

[0072] Processor 312 may determine the weather in the delivery area based on the weather in the legal holes. Processor 312 may determine the weather in the delivery area based on whether the weather in one or more legal holes included in the delivery area has target weather. According to one embodiment, if the weather in all legal holes included in the delivery area is not target weather, processor 312 may determine the weather in the delivery area as non-target weather. For example, if the weather in all legal holes included in the delivery area is "sunny," processor 312 may determine the weather in the delivery area as "sunny."

[0073] According to another embodiment, if the weather in one or more of the legal holes included in the delivery area is the target weather, the processor 312 may determine the weather in the delivery area as the target weather. For example, if the weather in the first legal hole included in the delivery area is "sunny," the weather in the second legal hole is "sunny," and the weather in the third legal hole is "raining," the processor 312 may determine the weather in the entire delivery area as "raining."

[0074] The following describes the content of notifications provided to user terminals based on the determined weather in the delivery area. Processor 312 can calculate the delivery time for a delivery order based on the weather in the delivery area. Delivery time is determined by factors such as the distance to the delivery location, cooking time, and delivery driver allocation time, but it can be significantly affected by the weather in the delivery area. For example, even if the same food is delivered to the same delivery location, delivery time may increase if it rains or snows in the delivery area, while delivery time may decrease if it is sunny. Processor 312 can calculate the time required for delivery of the order based on the determined weather in the delivery area.

[0075] In response to the weather in the delivery area being determined as the target weather, processor 312 may provide a command directing the user terminal to output a notification regarding the weather in the delivery area. According to one embodiment, processor 312 may transmit a command to the user terminal instructing the user terminal to output a notification regarding the delivery time, which is determined based on the weather in the delivery area. For example, if the weather in the delivery area is currently "raining," processor 312 may transmit a command instructing the user terminal to output a notification indicating that the delivery time may be delayed. Conversely, if the weather in the delivery area is currently "clear," processor 312 may transmit a command instructing the user terminal to output a notification indicating that the delivery time may be shortened.

[0076] 4a, 4b and 4c are diagrams showing an embodiment of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention for determining the weather of a delivery area based on weather data of each administrative district.

[0077] Referring to Figure 4a, a delivery area may include more than one legal hole, and each legal hole may include more than one administrative hole. For example, a delivery area may include a first legal hole 410, a second legal hole 420, a third legal hole 430, and a fourth legal hole 440. The first legal hole 410 may include a first administrative hole 412 and a second administrative hole 414, the second legal hole 420 may include a third administrative hole 422, the third legal hole 430 may include a fourth administrative hole 432, and the fourth legal hole 440 may include a fifth administrative hole 442 and a sixth administrative hole 444. The processor may obtain information about the legal and administrative holes included in the delivery area from an external server.

[0078] The following describes an embodiment in which the processor determines the weather in the delivery area based on the weather in the administrative cave, with reference to Figures 4b and 4c. The processor may determine the weather in each administrative cave based on weather data obtained from an external server. For example, the processor may obtain data on at least one of the following: temperature, humidity, precipitation, snowfall, wind direction, and wind speed for each administrative cave from the external server and determine the weather in each administrative cave based on the obtained weather data. The processor may determine the weather in each administrative cave as one of "clear," "raining," "snowfall," "strong wind," or "cloudy."

[0079] The processor may determine the weather in the legal district based on the weather in the administrative district. According to one embodiment, the processor may determine the weather in the administrative district closest to the center of the delivery area among the one or more administrative districts included in each legal district as the weather in that legal district. The center of the delivery area may be determined based on the center of gravity or population density of the delivery area. For example, the processor may determine the center of the delivery area based on the center of gravity of the delivery area, or may determine the center of the delivery area by assigning a weighted value based on the population density of each administrative district.

[0080] The administrative cave closest to the center of the delivery area can be determined using various methods. According to one embodiment, the center of each administrative cave can be determined, and the administrative cave with the shortest distance from the center of the delivery area to the center of the administrative cave can be determined as the administrative cave closest to the center of the delivery area. According to another embodiment, the administrative cave with the shortest distance from the center of the delivery area to the boundaries of each administrative cave can be determined as the administrative cave closest to the center of the delivery area. The embodiments for determining the administrative cave closest to the center of the delivery area are not limited to the embodiments described above; various methods can be used to determine the administrative cave closest to the center of the delivery area. The following describes an embodiment in which the administrative cave with the shortest distance between the center of the delivery area and the center of the administrative cave is determined as the administrative cave closest to the center of the delivery area, as illustrated in Figures 4b and 4c.

[0081] Referring to Figure 4b, the first legal hole 410 may include the first administrative hole 412 and the second administrative hole 414. The processor may calculate the distance d1 from the center of the first administrative hole 412 to the center of the delivery area, and the distance d2 from the center of the second administrative hole 414 to the center of the delivery area. Because d1 is greater than d2, the processor may determine that the second administrative hole 414 is the administrative hole closest to the center of the delivery area. The second legal hole 420 may include the third administrative hole 422. Because the second legal hole 420 includes only one administrative hole, not multiple administrative holes, the weather in the third administrative hole 422 can be directly determined as the weather in the second legal hole 420. Similarly, the weather in the third legal hole 430 can be determined to be the same as the weather in the fourth administrative hole 432. The fourth legal hole 440 may include the fifth administrative hole 442 and the sixth administrative hole 444. The processor can compare the distance d5 from the center of the delivery area to the center of the fifth administrative cave 442 with the distance d6 from the center of the delivery area to the sixth administrative cave 444 to determine the weather in the fourth legal cave 440. Because d5 is greater than d6, the processor can determine that the fifth administrative cave 442, among the administrative caves included in the fourth legal cave 440, is the closest administrative cave to the center of the delivery area.

[0082] The weather in a legal hole can be determined based on the location of the center of the delivery area. Referring to Figure 4c, in the case of fourth legal hole 440, since the distance d6 from the center of the delivery area 402 to the sixth administrative hole 444 is smaller than the distance d5 from the center of the delivery area 402 to the fifth administrative hole 442, the sixth administrative hole 444 can be determined as the closest administrative hole to the center of the delivery area. The processor can determine the weather in the sixth administrative hole 444 as the weather in the fourth legal hole 440.

[0083] After determining the weather in the legal holes, the processor can determine the weather in the delivery area based on the weather in one or more legal holes included in the delivery area. The processor can confirm whether the weather in the legal holes included in the delivery area contains target weather. If the weather in one or more legal holes is determined to be target weather, the processor can determine the weather in the delivery area as target weather. For example, if the weather in the first legal hole 410 is "snowfall," the weather in the second legal hole 420 is "snowfall," the weather in the third legal hole 430 is "clear," and the weather in the fourth legal hole 440 is "clear," the processor can determine the weather in the delivery area as "snowfall." If the weather in all legal holes included in the delivery area is not target weather, the processor can determine the weather in the delivery area as "clear."

[0084] FIG. 5 is a sequence diagram of a method for an electronic device to determine the weather of a delivery area according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0085] In step 500, the electronic device may identify the legal holes included in the delivery area and one or more administrative holes included in the legal holes. The electronic device may communicate with an external server to obtain information about the legal holes and administrative holes included in the delivery area. The delivery area may include more than one legal hole, and each legal hole may include more than one administrative hole.

[0086] In step 502, the electronic device may obtain weather data for one or more administrative caves. The electronic device may obtain weather data for each administrative cave from an external server. The weather data may include at least one of temperature, humidity, precipitation, snowfall, wind direction, and wind speed. The weather data may include current weather data and forecast data for the administrative cave. The forecast data may be data that predicts future weather based on the current weather. In step 504, the electronic device may determine the weather for one or more administrative caves based on the weather data. According to one embodiment, the electronic device may determine the weather for the administrative cave as one of "clear," "snowfall," "rainfall," "strong wind," or "cloudy" based on the weather data.

[0087] In step 506, the electronic device may determine the weather in the legal cave based on the weather in one or more administrative caves. The electronic device may determine, among the legal caves that include a plurality of administrative caves, the administrative cave closest to the center of the delivery area. According to one embodiment, the electronic device may determine the administrative cave with the shortest distance between the center of the delivery area and the center of the administrative cave as the administrative cave closest to the center of the delivery area. According to another embodiment, the electronic device may determine the administrative cave with the shortest distance from the center of the delivery area to the boundary of the administrative cave as the administrative cave closest to the center of the delivery area. The electronic device may determine the weather in the administrative cave closest to the center of the delivery area as the weather in the legal cave that includes the administrative cave. For example, if the first administrative cave and the second administrative cave included in the legal cave are closer to the center of the delivery area, the electronic device may determine the weather in the first administrative cave as the weather in the legal cave.

[0088] In step 508, the electronic device may determine the weather in the delivery area based on the weather in the legal holes. The electronic device may determine the weather in the delivery area based on whether the weather in the multiple legal holes included in the delivery area includes the target weather. If one or more legal holes in the multiple legal holes included in the delivery area have the target weather, the electronic device may determine the weather in the delivery area as the target weather. Conversely, if none of the multiple legal holes included in the delivery area have the target weather, the electronic device may determine the weather in the delivery area as non-target weather. For example, the electronic device may determine the weather in the delivery area as "sunny."

[0089] FIG6 is a sequence diagram of a method for an electronic device to determine the weather of a statutory cave based on the weather of an administrative cave according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0090] In step 600, the electronic device may determine the center of the delivery area. The electronic device may determine the center of the delivery area by considering the center of gravity and population density of the delivery area. For example, the electronic device may determine the center of gravity as the delivery area's center based on the delivery area's topography, shape, or boundaries. Alternatively, the electronic device may determine the center of the delivery area by considering the population density of the delivery area, assigning higher weights to areas with higher population densities and lower weights to areas with lower population densities. According to one embodiment, the electronic device may also determine the center of an administrative cave using the same method.

[0091] In step 602, the electronic device may determine the administrative hole closest to the center of the delivery area among one or more administrative holes. According to one embodiment, the electronic device may determine the center of each administrative hole and determine the administrative hole with the shortest distance from the center of the delivery area to the center of the administrative hole as the administrative hole closest to the center of the delivery area. According to another embodiment, the electronic device may determine the administrative hole with the shortest distance from the center of the delivery area to the boundary of the administrative hole as the administrative hole closest to the center of the delivery area.

[0092] In step 604, the electronic device may determine the weather in the administrative cave closest to the center of the delivery area as the weather in the legal cave. If the legal cave includes multiple administrative caves, the electronic device may determine the weather in the administrative cave closest to the center of the delivery area as the weather in the legal cave that includes that administrative cave. After step 604, the electronic device may determine the weather in the delivery area based on the weather in the legal cave in step 508.

[0093] FIG7 is a sequence diagram of a method for an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention to determine the weather of a delivery area based on whether the weather of the legal holes included in the delivery area includes the target weather.

[0094] In step 700, the electronic device may determine whether the weather in at least one of the one or more legal holes is the target weather. If the weather in at least one of the legal holes is the target weather, in step 702, the electronic device may determine the weather in the delivery area as the target weather. For example, if the weather in one of the legal holes included in the delivery area is "raining," the weather in the delivery area including that legal hole may be determined as "raining." If there is no legal hole with the target weather, in step 704, the electronic device may determine the weather in the delivery area as non-target weather. For example, the electronic device may determine the weather in the delivery area as "clear."

[0095] The sequence diagrams shown in Figures 5 through 7 illustrate the steps of the method or algorithm of the present invention in sequence. However, in addition to performing the steps sequentially, they may also be performed in any order that allows for the present invention to be combined. The description of these flow charts does not preclude changes or modifications to the method or algorithm, nor does it imply that any step is required or preferred. In one embodiment, at least some steps may be performed in parallel, repeatedly, or heuristically. In one embodiment, at least some steps may be omitted, or additional steps may be added.

[0096] Various embodiments of the present invention may be implemented in the form of software on a machine-readable storage medium. Software may be software used to implement various embodiments of the present invention. Programmers skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may infer software based on various embodiments of the present invention. For example, software may be a program comprising machine-readable commands (e.g., instructions, codes, or code segments). A machine is a device that can perform actions based on commands retrieved from a storage medium, such as a computer. In one embodiment, the machine may be the electronic device 310 of an embodiment of the present invention. In one embodiment, the processor of the machine executes the retrieved commands, thereby causing the components of the machine to perform the functions corresponding to the commands. In one embodiment, the processor may be the processor 312 of an embodiment of the present invention. Storage medium may refer to any type of recording medium that is machine-readable and stores data. Storage media may include, for example, ROM (Read Only Memory), RAM (Random Access Memory), CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read-Only Memory), magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage device, etc. In one embodiment, the storage medium may be memory 314. In one embodiment, the storage medium may be implemented in a form distributed across a computer system connected to a network. Software may be stored and executed in a distributed manner across the computer system. The storage medium may be non-transitory storage media. Non-transitory storage media refers to tangible media that actually exists, whether storing information semi-permanently or temporarily, and does not include signals that are transmitted temporarily.

[0097] While the technical concepts of the present invention have been described above based on various embodiments, the technical concepts of the present invention encompass various substitutions, modifications, and alterations that can be implemented within the scope of understanding by those having common knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention pertains. Furthermore, it should be understood that such substitutions, modifications, and alterations are encompassed within the scope of the accompanying patent applications.

[0098] 110: Electronic devices 120: User terminal 200:Kepong 202: A1 hole 204: A2 hole 210: Yidong 212: B1 hole 214: B 2 hole 216: B 3 hole 220: Bingdong 300: External server 310: Electronic devices 312: Processor 314: Memory 316: Communication Interface 320a: External device 320b: External device 322a: Display 322b: Display 400: Delivery area 402: Center of the distribution area 410: 1st legal hole 412: Administrative Cave 1 414: Administrative Cave No. 2 420: The second legal hole 422: Administrative Cave 3 430: 3rd Legal Hole 432: Administrative Cave 4 440: The 4th legal hole 442: Administrative Cave No. 5 444: Administrative Cave No. 6 500: Steps 502: Steps 504: Steps 506: Steps 508: Steps 600: Steps 602: Step 604: Steps 700: Steps 702: Steps 704: Steps d1: distance d2: distance d3: distance d4: distance d5: distance d6: distance

Claims

1. A method for determining the weather of a delivery area, implemented by an electronic device, comprising the following steps: identifying a legal region included in the delivery area, and one or more administrative regions included in the legal region; obtaining weather data of the one or more administrative regions; determining the weather of the one or more administrative regions based on the weather data; determining the weather of the legal region based on the weather of the one or more administrative regions; and determining the weather of the delivery area based on the weather of the legal region, wherein the delivery area includes one or more legal regions, and the step of determining the weather of the delivery area further comprises the following steps: confirming whether the weather of at least one of the one or more legal regions is the target weather, and corresponding to confirming that the weather of at least one of the one or more legal regions included in the delivery area is the target weather, determining the weather of the delivery area as the target weather.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of determining the weather of the aforementioned legal area includes the following steps: determining the center of the aforementioned delivery area, and determining the administrative area among the above-mentioned one or more administrative areas that is closest to the center of the aforementioned delivery area; and determining the weather of the administrative area closest to the center of the aforementioned delivery area as the weather of the aforementioned legal area.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of determining the center of the aforementioned delivery area includes the following steps: determining the center of the aforementioned delivery area based on the centroid of the geometry of the aforementioned delivery area.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of determining the center of the aforementioned delivery area includes the following steps: determining the center of the aforementioned delivery area based on the population density of the aforementioned delivery area.

5. The method of request item 1 further includes the following steps: corresponding to determining the weather of the aforementioned delivery area as the aforementioned target weather, providing a command to instruct the user terminal to output a notification of the weather of the aforementioned delivery area.

6. The method of claim 1 further includes the following steps: determining the weather of the delivery area as not being the target weather, corresponding to the confirmation that there is no legal area with the target weather in one or more legal areas included in the delivery area.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the target weather includes at least one of precipitation, snowfall, and strong winds.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of obtaining weather data for one or more of the aforementioned administrative regions includes the following steps: communicating with an external server to obtain weather data for one or more of the aforementioned administrative regions.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the weather data of one or more administrative regions obtained from the aforementioned external server includes at least one of the current weather data and forecast data of the one or more administrative regions.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the step of determining the weather of the above-mentioned one or more administrative regions includes the following steps: determining the weather of the above-mentioned one or more administrative regions based on at least one of the current data and forecast data of the above-mentioned one or more administrative regions.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the aforementioned weather data includes data on at least one of temperature, humidity, precipitation, snowfall, wind direction, and wind speed.

12. The method of request item 1 further includes the following steps: Calculating the delivery time of the delivery order based on the weather in the aforementioned delivery area.

13. An electronic device comprising: One or more processors; one or more memory stores commands to be executed by the one or more processors; and the electronic device is configured such that, when the commands are executed by the one or more processors, the one or more processors perform the method of any one of claims 1 to 12.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium that records commands, when executed by one or more processors, to cause the one or more processors to perform actions, wherein the commands are configured to cause the one or more processors to perform any one of claims 1 to 12.

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