VENDING MACHINE, ITS RESERVATION INFORMATION RECEIVING METHOD, DEVICE, AND ADVANCE ORDER SALES SYSTEM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To safely and reliably reserve a commodity and receive the reserved commodity through a vending machine merely by simple confirmation. SOLUTION: An advance orderer Op reserves the commodity purchase through the vending machine 24 to a server computer 22 (process T1), and the server 22 generates and transmits an advance order number to the advance orderer Op (process T2) and transmits the advance order number and a UID to the dispenser 24 (process T3). For reception, the advance orderer Op transmits sale request data to the server 22 (process T4), and the server 22 specifies the vending machine 24 in reference to an advance order management table and transmits the UID to the relevant vending machine 24 (process T5). The vending machine 24 compares the advance order number and the UID transmitted at advance order (process T3) with the UID transmitted at reception request (process T5) and the inputted advance order number (process T6) and conveys and delivers the relevant commodity when they coincide with each other.