KR-20260065252-A - METHOD OF IDENTIFYING SALES VOLUME INFORMATION OF ITEM AT FUTURE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM

KR20260065252AKR 20260065252 AKR20260065252 AKR 20260065252AKR-20260065252-A

Abstract

A method for determining sales volume information of a product at a future point in time, performed by an electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure, may include: a step of obtaining sales volume information according to a time interval of a first product among a plurality of products and category information of said first product; a step of identifying whether said first product is a period product; a step of identifying at least one second product included in the same category as said first product in response to identifying said first product as a period product; a step of obtaining sales volume information according to a time interval of said at least one second product; and a step of determining sales volume information of said first product at a future point in time based on the sales volume information according to a time interval of said first product, category information and the sales volume information according to a time interval of said at least one second product.

Inventors

첸, 신
동, 후오밍
리 칭웬
카말, 유너스
히, 리웬

Assignees

쿠팡 주식회사

Dates

Publication Date: 20260508
Application Date: 20241101

Claims (14)

In a method for verifying future sales volume information of a product performed by an electronic device, A step of obtaining sales volume information according to the time interval of a first product among a plurality of products and category information of the first product; A step of identifying whether the first product is a period product; A step of identifying at least one second product included in the same category as the first product in response to identifying the first product as a period product; A step of obtaining sales volume information according to the time interval of at least one second product; and A method for determining sales volume information of a product at a future point in time, comprising the step of determining sales volume information of the first product at a future point in time based on sales volume information according to the time interval of the first product, category information, and sales volume information according to the time interval of at least one second product.
In paragraph 1, The step of identifying whether the above-mentioned first product is a period product is, A step of obtaining sales volume information according to the yearly time interval of the above-mentioned first product; Based on sales volume information according to the yearly time interval of the first product, a step of identifying a period in which the sales volume for each year is higher than a threshold value; and A method for verifying sales volume information of a product at a future point in time, comprising the step of identifying whether the first product is a product of the period based on the period during which the sales volume is higher than a threshold value.
In paragraph 2, A method for verifying sales volume information of a product at a future point in time, wherein the above threshold value is determined based on an average sales volume calculated based on sales volume information according to the above year-by-year time interval and a preset threshold ratio.
In paragraph 2, The step of identifying whether the above-mentioned first product is the above-mentioned period product is, A step of identifying overlapping periods of periods where sales volume over the past three years is higher than a threshold value; A step of calculating the ratio of overlapping periods for periods in which sales volume over the past three years is higher than a threshold value; and A method for verifying sales volume information of a product at a future point in time, comprising the step of determining that the first product is the product of the period when the above-calculated ratio is greater than or equal to a preset threshold ratio.
In paragraph 1, The step of verifying the sales volume information of the above-mentioned first product at a future point in time is, A step of inputting sales volume information according to a time interval of at least one second product, sales volume information according to a time interval of the first product, category information of the first product, and information regarding a future point in time into a trained deep learning model; and A method for verifying sales volume information of a product at a future point in time, comprising the step of obtaining sales volume information of the first product at the future point in time output from the deep learning model.
In paragraph 5, The above deep learning model is, A data set comprising sales volume information according to time intervals of the first product, category information of the first product, and sales volume information according to time intervals of at least one second product, with sales volume information of the first product at multiple specific points in time labeled thereon, is used as training input data. Using a data set containing sales volume information of the first product at the plurality of specific points in time as training output data, A method for verifying sales volume information of a product at a future point in time, which is a deep learning model constructed by modeling the correlation between the training input data and the training output data using a deep learning algorithm.
In paragraph 1, Sales volume information according to the time interval of the first product, labeled with sales volume information of the first product at the plurality of specific points in time, A method for verifying sales volume information of a product at a future point in time, comprising sales volume information prior to a plurality of specific points in time and sales volume information after a plurality of specific points in time.
In paragraph 1, A method for verifying future sales volume information of a product, wherein the category information of the first product is information in the form of a tree structure having at least five layers.
In paragraph 8, The step of identifying at least one second product mentioned above is, A method for verifying sales volume information of a product at a future point in time, comprising the step of identifying a product with the same category information in the lowest layer among the category information of the first product having a tree structure as at least one second product.
In paragraph 1, A method for verifying sales volume information of a product at a future point in time, further comprising the step of transmitting sales volume information of the first product at the future point in time to an external device.
In paragraph 1, A step of adjusting the target inventory quantity of the first product at the present time based on sales volume information of the first product at the future time; and A method for verifying sales volume information of a product at a future point in time, further comprising the step of transmitting the target inventory number of the first product adjusted above to an external device.
In Paragraph 11, When the above future point in time arrives, a step of verifying the actual stock quantity of the first product in the warehouse storing the first product from the above external device; If the actual stock quantity of the first product is less than or equal to the target stock quantity of the first product, the step of transmitting a request to the external device to replenish the stock quantity of the first product in the warehouse to the target stock quantity of the first product; and A method for checking sales volume information of a product at a future point in time, comprising the step of deciding not to transmit a request for the first product to the external device when the actual inventory number of the first product exceeds the target inventory number of the first product.
In electronic devices, Communication circuit; One or more processors; and It includes one or more memories that store one or more instructions, and The above one or more processors, by executing the above one or more instructions, Acquiring sales volume information according to the time interval of a first product among multiple products and category information of the first product, and Identify whether the above-mentioned first product is a period product, and In response to identifying the first product as a period product, at least one second product included in the same category as the first product is identified, and Obtaining sales volume information according to the time interval of at least one second product above, and An electronic device configured to determine sales volume information of the first product at a future point in time based on sales volume information according to a time interval of the first product, category information, and sales volume information according to a time interval of at least one second product.
In a computer-readable non-transient recording medium having a program stored on it for executing on a computer a method for verifying information on the sales volume of a product at a future point in time performed by an electronic device, The method for verifying the sales volume information of the product at the aforementioned future point in time is, A step of obtaining sales volume information according to the time interval of a first product among a plurality of products and category information of the first product; A step of identifying whether the first product is a period product; A step of identifying at least one second product included in the same category as the first product in response to identifying the first product as a period product; A step of obtaining sales volume information according to the time interval of at least one second product; and A non-temporal recording medium comprising the step of verifying sales volume information of the first product at a future point in time based on sales volume information according to a time interval of the first product, category information, and sales volume information according to a time interval of at least one second product.

Description

Method of identifying sales volume information of an item at a future point in time, electronic device and recording medium The present disclosure relates to a method for verifying sales volume information at a future point in time, an electronic device, and a recording medium. In the context of e-commerce services, accurately predicting product sales volume is crucial when operating an online store. If sales are overestimated, excess inventory may be discarded; conversely, if sales are underestimated, insufficient stock may lead to significant delays in product delivery. Traditionally, future product sales trends have been predicted simply based on past sales patterns, but this method is inaccurate. Therefore, an accurate sales forecasting method is required. The aforementioned background technology is technical information that the inventor possessed for the derivation of the present invention or acquired during the process of deriving the present invention, and it cannot be considered as prior art disclosed to the general public prior to the filing of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a system for performing a method to check sales volume information of a product according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an electronic device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the operation of an electronic device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the operation of an electronic device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the operation of an electronic device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the operation of an electronic device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. The terms used in the embodiments have been selected to be as widely used as possible, taking into account their functions in the present disclosure; however, these may vary depending on the intent of those skilled in the art, case law, the emergence of new technologies, etc. Additionally, in specific cases, terms have been arbitrarily selected by the applicant, and in such cases, their meanings will be described in detail in the relevant explanatory section. Therefore, terms used in the present disclosure should be defined not merely by their names, but based on their meanings and the overall content of the present disclosure. When a part of a specification is described as “comprising” a certain component, this means that, unless specifically stated otherwise, it does not exclude other components but may include additional components. Furthermore, terms such as “...part” or “...module” as used in the specification refer to a unit that processes at least one function or operation, and this may be implemented in hardware or software, or as a combination of hardware and software. The expression “at least one of a, b, and c” described throughout the specification may include ‘a alone,’ ‘b alone,’ ‘c alone,’ ‘a and b,’ ‘a and c,’ ‘b and c,’ or ‘a, b, and c all.’ The "terminal" mentioned below may be implemented as a computer or portable terminal capable of connecting to a server or other terminal via a network. Here, the computer includes, for example, a notebook, desktop, or laptop equipped with a web browser, and the portable terminal may include, for example, a wireless communication device that ensures portability and mobility, and may include all types of handheld-based wireless communication devices such as communication-based terminals like IMT (International Mobile Telecommunication), CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access), W-CDMA (W-Code Division Multiple Access), and LTE (Long Term Evolution), smartphones, tablet PCs, etc. Embodiments of the present disclosure are described below with reference to the attached drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily implement them. However, the present disclosure may be embodied in various different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the attached drawings. In describing the embodiments, technical details that are well known in the technical field to which the present invention belongs and are not directly related to the present invention are omitted. This is intended to convey the essence of the present invention more clearly without obscuring it by omitting unnecessary explanations. For the same reason, some components in the attached drawings have been exaggerated, omitted, or schematically depicted. Additionally, the size of each component does not entirely reflect its actual dimensions. Identical or corresponding components in each drawing have been assigned the same reference numbers. The advantages and features of the present invention and the methods for achieving them will become clear by referring to the embodiments described bel