| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the reserved selling system of the merchandise of an automatic vending machine capable of executing the unitary management of the reserved and selling conditions of an automatic vending machine, and providing reserved merchandise even to any person other than a reserver without any limitation, and improving the convenience of the user. SOLUTION: This automatic vending machine and the communication terminal of a manager who manages the automatic vending machine by supplying the merchandise of the automatic vending machine are communicatively connected through a network to a host computer. The host computer accepts the reservation of the merchandise of the automatic vending machine to be performed by a user through the automatic vending machine or the communication terminal, and applies the permission of merchandise selling to the automatic vending machine in accordance with the request of the user. The manager reads the number of inventory or reserved conditions of the merchandise of the automatic vending machine stored in the host computer, and supplies merchandise as necessary. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO |
