User terminal device for providing electronic shopping service and methods thereof

• US 10,311,503 B2
• Filed: 06/11/2013
• Issued: 06/04/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lim, Eun-young, Kim, Hyun-young, Roh, Yeon-hee, Woo, Joo-kyung, Jang, Young-shil
• Primary Examiner(s): Singh, Gurkanwaljit
• Application Number:
  US13/915,091
• Publication Number:
  US 20130332228A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,184 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/583 using metadata automatically derived from the content
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04803 Split screen, i.e. subdividing the display area or the window area into separate subareas
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0603 Catalogue ordering
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0643 Graphical representation of items or shoppers

Abstract

A user terminal device including a display, a sensor configured to detect a user input on the display, a controller configured to extract objects displayed within an area on the display indicated by the user input on the display and add the objects to a wish list, and a memory configured to store the wish list. The user terminal device executes a method for providing an electronic shopping service, the method including receiving a user input at a user terminal device, determining a selection area on a screen of the user terminal device corresponding to the user input, determining a shopping object within the selection area, extracting information of the shopping object within the selection area, and adding the information to a wish list.

Claims

1. A electronic device, comprising:

a display;

a memory configured to store a wish list comprising a plurality of classification items;

a sensor; and

a controller configured to;

control the display to display a screen, and

based on a user input for defining a closed area by drawing a curve around a product on the screen being sensed through the sensor, obtain information from at least one object included in the defined closed area, and add the obtained information to the wish list according to the plurality of classification items,

wherein the controller is further configured to;

based on the at least one object included in the defined closed area being a monetary unit, obtain a price of the product based on the monetary unit,

based on the at least one object being an image, obtain an image of the product based on the image, and

based on the at least one object being a text, obtain an original text regarding the product,

wherein the information comprises at least one of the price, the image of the product, the original text, and a web site address which provides the screen.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to identify a price of the product based on the obtained information and add the price to the wish list by comparing the identified price with a previously stored price in the wish list.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:

a nearfield wireless communicator configured to receive a payment request for the product,

wherein the controller is further configured to, based on the payment request being received, identify prices for the same product registered in the wish list and pay for the product with a lowest price among the prices in the wish list.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to classify the obtained information according to the plurality of classification items.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the classification items comprise at least one of the image of the product, the price of the product, the web site address and the original text.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the controller is further configured to compare the obtained information with a previously stored information in the wish list, and update the wish list based on a result of the comparison.

4. A method of providing shopping service in an electronic device, the method comprising:

displaying a shopping screen on a display;

based on a user input being sensed for defining a closed area by drawing a curve around a product on the shopping screen, obtaining information from at least one object included in the defined closed area based on a plurality of classification items;

adding the obtained information to a wish list according to the plurality of classification items;

based on the at least one object included in the defined closed area being a monetary unit, obtaining a price of the product based on the monetary unit;

based on the at least one object being an image, obtaining an image of the product based on the image; and

based on the at least one object being a text, obtaining an original text regarding the product,

wherein the information comprises at least one of the price, the image of the product, the original text, and a web site address which provides the shopping screen.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

identifying a price of the product based on the obtained information and adding the price to the wish list by comparing the identified price with a previously stored price in the wish list.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

receiving a payment request through a nearfield wireless communicator; and

identifying a price of the product based on the obtained information and adding the price to the wish list by comparing the identified price with a previously stored price in the wish list.