BACKGROUND

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to an electronic apparatus for providing information related to categories for classifying items of a list corresponding to a search term input by a buyer by length and an information providing method of the electronic apparatus.

Description of the Related Art

When a buyer tries to purchase a product using an application, the buyer may input a search term, and a product list corresponding to the search term may be displayed on a screen. Here, it is a significant online factor to provide information related to products which may be purchased by the buyer, and thus providing the related information for the buyer's convenience of use may be a competitive advantage in online commerce. Accordingly, there is a necessity for a technology for inducing a buyer to make a purchase and effectively providing relevant information corresponding to a search term input by a buyer so as to improve convenience in service provision.

SUMMARY

Technical Goals

An aspect of the present disclosure is directed to providing an electronic apparatus and an information providing method of the electronic apparatus. Goals of the present disclosure are not limited to those described above, and other goals may be inferred from the following example embodiments.

Technical Solutions

According to an aspect, there is provided an information providing method of an electronic apparatus includes acquiring a search term from a user, identifying a product list corresponding to the search term, identifying one or more categories corresponding to the search term to filter the product list, and displaying the product list in a first area and displaying the one or more categories in a second area distinguished from the first area. When the search term corresponds to a specific product group, the one or more categories are classified based on a product length.

The information providing method may further include, when the category is selected from the one or more categories displayed in the second area, displaying at least one product, which corresponds to the selected category in the product list, in the first area.

The identifying of the one or more categories may include, when the search term corresponds to a preset dataset, identifying one or more categories corresponding to the search term.

Information related to a length of the product included in the product list may be set by a seller of the products to correspond to one of the one or more categories, and the product list may be displayed in the first area on the basis of, or based on, the set information related to the length in response to a category selection corresponding to the one of the one or more categories.

When the information set by the seller does not match an image corresponding to the product, the information related to the length may be changed by applying a machine-learning model on the basis of the image.

The one or more categories may correspond to at least one of a first category, a second category, and a third category, a length corresponding to the first category may be the longest, and a length corresponding to the third category may be the shortest.

The length corresponding to each of the first category, the second category, and the third category may be variably determined on the basis of information related to the user.

The displaying of the one or more categories in the second area may include displaying an image corresponding to each of the one or more categories.

The image may be determined on the basis of information related to the product selected from the products included in the category corresponding to the image.

The image may be updated on the basis of a preset time condition.

The selected product may be selected from the products included in the category corresponding to the image on the basis of at least one of sales volume information and review information.

The identifying of the one or more categories may include, when the products corresponding to the specific product group are included in the product list corresponding to the search term at a certain ratio or more, identifying the one or more categories.

The displaying of the one or more categories in the second area may include displaying an icon corresponding to each of the one or more categories.

According to another aspect, there is also provided an electronic apparatus including a communication device, a display, and a controller configured to identify a search term acquired from a user, identify a product list corresponding to the search term, identify one or more categories corresponding to the search term to filter the product list, and provide relevant information to display the product list in a first area and display the one or more categories in a second area distinguished from the first area. When the search term corresponds to a specific product group, the one or more categories are classified by a length of a product.

According to still another aspect, there is also provided a non-transitory recording medium on which a program for executing the above-described method in a computer is recorded.

Details of other aspects are included in the Detailed Description and the accompanying drawings.

Effects

According to the present disclosure, an electronic apparatus can identify a product list corresponding to a search term to display relevant information in a first area and can identify one or more categories for filtering the product list to display the one or more categories in a second area distinguished from the first area. When the search term corresponds to a specific product group, one or more categories related to length can be displayed in the second area, and the product list displayed in the first area can be filtered according to a category selection and displayed such that a user's convenience in product search can be increased. Also, an image corresponding to the category related to length can be displayed therewith and automatically updated under a certain condition such that convenience in image management can be improved. Further, the category related to length can be variably determined on the basis of user information, and thus a product list suited to a user's body can be provided such that the purchase rate of the user can be increased. In addition, when it is determined through a machine-learning model that information input by a seller does not match an image, the information input by the seller can be changed on the basis of the image, or when a seller does not input relevant information, information related to the length of a product can be registered using the machine-learning model.

Effects of the present disclosure are not limited to those described above, and other effects which have not been described will be clearly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art from the claims.

