摘要 |
<p>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a telephone company to know how much a user bought without managing the buying amount by placing an automatic vending machine in a vendable state when the automatic vending machine is called from a portable telephone. SOLUTION: The automatic vending machine 1 has a buying throw-in means which sends a vending signal indicating coin insertion when called by the portable telephone 2 and a vending information transmitting means which sends vending information corresponding to a vended article to a mobile communication exchange 3 each time the article is vended with an article button on a buying select button panel 11, and the mobile communication exchange 3 has a communication processing means which processes the vending information as part of communication charge for the subscriber having called the automatic vending machine 1 when the vending information is received. Further, the automatic vending machine 1 has a recording means which accumulates and records vending amounts corresponding to sold articles according to the vending information and a vending result transmitting means which sends the vending result recorded by the recording means to an automatic vendor management system 5 at predetermined time.</p> |