Patent ID: 11875395
Assignee: COUPANG CORP.
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 15:
16. An electronic device for performing an item sales information processing method, the electronic device comprising:
a transceiver;
a storage in which at least one program is stored; and
a processor configured to execute the at least one program to:
receive, from a user terminal and via interaction with a first graphical user interface, a first selection for one or more items;
acquire, based on the first selection, information on the one or more selected items;
determine, by the processor and based on the acquired information on the one or more selected items, whether at least some of the one or more selected items are included in a specific category;
identify limited quantity information corresponding to the specific category based on a determination result that the at least some of the one or more selected items are included in the specific category;
identify purchase request quantity information based on the information on the one or more selected items, wherein the information on the one or more selected items comprises information on a first time;
determine, by the processor, whether the information on the first time satisfies a preset time range;
identify, based on a determination that the information on the first time satisfies the preset time range, information of a user including first quantity information, which comprises information on a purchase quantity corresponding to the first time when the one or more selected items have been purchased through an account of the user;
determine, by the processor, whether a sum of the purchase request quantity information and the first quantity information is greater than the limited quantity information;
determine, by the processor and for the account of the user, based on a determination that the sum of the purchase request quantity information and the first quantity information is greater than the limited quantity information, and for at least some of the one or more selected items included in the specific category, information on purchasable quantity, information on inability-to-purchase quantity, and information on a second time when a limited quantity according to the limited quantity information of the one or more selected items is available to be purchased, wherein the information on the purchasable quantity is based on the limited quantity information and the first quantity information, wherein the information on the inability-to-purchase quantity information is based on the purchase request quantity information and the information on the purchasable quantity, and wherein the information on the second time is based on the information on the first time and the preset time range;
generate, based on a determination of the information on the purchasable quantity, the information on the inability-to-purchase quantity, and the information on the second time, a second graphical user interface, for display on the user terminal, identifying the information on the purchasable quantity, the information on the inability-to-purchase quantity, and the information on the second time;
send, to the user terminal, the second graphical user interface; and
receive, from interaction by the user with the second graphical user interface, a second selection comprising a revised quantity of the one or more selected items.