US 11,710,170 B2
Method of providing sale-related information and electronic device using the same
Qingqing Bai, Seoul (KR); Xiao Feng, Seoul (KR); Seon Il Kim, Seoul (KR); Hyun Gyu Jang, Seoul (KR); Su Jin Kyung, Seoul (KR); Jeong Min Yun, Seoul (KR); Weili Liu, Seoul (KR); Prakash Kadel, Seoul (KR); Ku Kang, Seoul (KR); Mengyuan Peng, Seoul (KR); and Ki Woong Jang, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to Coupang Corp., Seoul (KR)
Filed by Coupang Corp., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Feb. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/171,798.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0185868 (KR), filed on Dec. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0207588 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/00 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); G06Q 20/40 (2012.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0631 (2013.01) [G06Q 20/4014 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0633 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of facilitating a purchase of an ordered item between a terminal and an external device by an intermediate electronic device, wherein the purchase includes a trade-in of a trade-in item corresponding to the ordered item, the method comprising:
obtaining, by a transceiver of the intermediate electronic device, first data indicative of an order by a customer associated with the terminal to purchase an ordered item, the first data including customer information corresponding to the order, the first data including a trade-in request of the trade-in item;
transmitting, by the transceiver of the intermediate electronic device, the first data to the external device configured to manage transactions related to the trade-in request for authentication of the customer by the external device;
generating authentication data related to the order, the authentication data comprising a token;
transmitting, by the transceiver to the external device, the token for authentication of the token by the external device based on a determination, by the external device, that the order corresponds to a request to purchase the ordered item;
in response to the authentication of the token by the external device, receiving, by the transceiver from the external device, a response to the token;
determining the response is associated with the external device;
determining that the external device is configured to manage transactions related to the trade-in request;
authenticating the external device based on determining that the external device is configured to manage transactions related to the trade-in request;
in response to the authenticating of the external device, receiving, by the transceiver from the external device, second data including sale-related information for the trade-in item and a request to provide link information to the customer, the sale-related information including trade-in information related to the trade-in request;
authenticating the request to provide link information to the customer;
in response to authenticating the request to provide link information to the customer;
generating, based at least on the authentication data and the sale-related information, third data including link information unique to the trade-in request; and
transmitting, by the transceiver to the terminal in data communication with the intermediate electronic device, the third data relating to the link information and fourth data including at least a portion of the sale-related information for the trade-in item, wherein the third data and the fourth data cause the terminal to display a web page for trade-in and at least the portion of the sale-related information for the trade-in item on a user interface (UI) of the terminal, wherein the web page is provided by the external device,
wherein data related to a sale price of the ordered item is received periodically from the external device.