APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING COOPERATIVE SHOPPING SERVICE IN ASSOCIATION WITH CHAT APPLICATION

• Main Authors: SHIN, Yeon Hee, BAN, Chang Sung, HAN, Kyoung Jin, KANG, Mi Ran, SHIN, Ji Yeon, KIM, Du Hyeong, BAEK, Woo Yeol, KIM, Ji Eun, CHOI, Jin Young, KOH, Yun Ji, HWANG, Do Yon, CHOI, Ji Yoong, LEE, Jun Hwan, SHIN, Sheung Min, PARK, Hyun Hee, YUK, Dong Wha
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 18.10.2018
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; PHYSICS; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

An apparatus that provides a cooperative shopping service in association with a chat application includes a friend information receiving unit configured to receive, from a host device, information about at least one friend or chat room selected from a list of multiple friends or multiple chat rooms managed by the chat application; an invitation unit configured to transmit an invitation message to a guest device corresponding to the friend or a member of the chat room through the chat application; and a cooperative shopping service providing unit configured to provide, both to the host device and the guest device, a list of products that are capable of being put into a shopping cart of the host device and receive order information about product selected from the list of products by at least one of the host device and the guest device, wherein the list of products provided to the host device and the guest device is generated based on a location of a delivery destination determined by the host device.