Refrigerator and method for managing products in refrigerator

A refrigerator comprising:

• a storage chamber;
• a camera configured to capture images of an outside and an inside of the storage chamber;
• a memory configured to store user information corresponding to a user image for a user and one or more vendors associated with the user;
• a processor configured to determine when one of the captured images corresponds to the user image, to identify a product included in one of the captured images, and to acquire product information associated with the identified product when a refrigerator door to access the storage chamber is opened or closed;
• and
• a display,
• wherein the processor further:
• associates information related to the opening or closing of the refrigerator door, the product information, and the user information as a product use history, and
• controls the display to present a purchase recommendation list determined based on the product use history together with connection information for an associated one of the vendors in response to receiving a prescribed user input,
• wherein the purchase recommendation list comprises a first icon for indicating a recommend food and a second icon for indicating object add to cart for the recommend food,
• wherein the second icon includes connection information for accessing a shopping store associated with the user information, and
• wherein the connection information is configured to connect to a first shopping store for the product when the user information corresponds to a first person's user information, and to connect to a second shopping store for the same product when the user information corresponds to a second person's user information,
• wherein the processor is configured to:
• analyze a first image captured by a camera to identify a first user based on matched user information,
• display the purchase recommendation list associated with the first user that includes the first icon for indicating a first specific food and the second icon for indicating object add to cart for the first specific food, and
• based on the selection of the second icon from the purchase recommendation list associated with the first user, purchase the first specific food at the first shopping store, and
• wherein the processor is configured to:
• analyze a second image captured by the camera to identify a second user based on matched user information,
• display the purchase recommendation list associated with the second user that includes the first icon for indicating the first specific food and the second icon for indicating object add to cart for the first specific food, and
• based on the selection of the second icon from the purchase recommendation list associated with the second user, purchase the first specific food at the second shopping store.