US 12,236,476 B1
Control method and system for electronic device providing offline market-based virtual space shopping service
Seungjae Yoo, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to Persona AI Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed by Persona AI Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Mar. 27, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/619,064.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2023-0011006 (KR), filed on Jan. 27, 2023.
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); G06Q 20/06 (2012.01); G06Q 20/12 (2012.01); G06Q 30/015 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0207 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0226 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0241 (2023.01); G06T 13/20 (2011.01); G06T 13/40 (2011.01); G06T 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0643 (2013.01) [G06Q 20/065 (2013.01); G06Q 20/123 (2013.01); G06Q 30/015 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0207 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0226 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0239 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0277 (2013.01); G06T 13/205 (2013.01); G06T 13/40 (2013.01); G06T 17/00 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control method for an electronic device, comprising:
setting, by the electronic device, a virtual location of a user according to a user input within a virtual space representing an offline marketplace;
providing, by the electronic device, at least one virtual image matched with the virtual location of the user based on image data constituting the virtual space; and
providing, by the electronic device, an image of at least one metahuman positioned within a predetermined distance from the virtual location of the user within the virtual space,
wherein the metahuman includes
providing at least one customer assistance service among questioning and answering, product guidance, store guidance, product purchase support, discount guidance, and payment history guidance according to the user input, and
the setting of the virtual location of the user further includes
calculating a location change amount of the virtual location of the user within the virtual space, and
paying, to the user, metacoin which is virtual currency consumable by a payment means within the offline marketplace, which is calculated by applying a first value corresponding to a weight to the location change amount, and
wherein the control method for an electronic device includes:
identifying, by the electronic device, at least one purchase point within a first time at which the location change amount of the virtual location of the user is acquired;
identifying, by the electronic device, a corresponding second time after a final purchase point of the user occurs within the first time; and
providing, by the electronic device, the metacoin by applying a minimum value of the first value to the second time for the first time in calculating the metacoin by applying the first value to the first time.