| 摘要 |
The invention relates to a method and arrangement for wireless control of an operation, such as a purchase transaction carried out with an automatic apparatus. The invention is especially suitable for using vending and amusement machines by means of a mobile station. An essential idea of the invention is the fact that the control of the automatic apparatus (200) takes place by means of a digital message (260) sent by the user. This message is preferably a short message, which means a message transmitted in a mobile communication system (250), for which a circuit-switched call connection is not established. In addition, the selection of the product to be purchased preferably takes place on the basis of the content of the short message sent by the buyer. The content of the sent message is recognized and the control unit (201) of the automatic apparatus (201) is directed to move the desired product to the trough (240) of the automatic apparatus. The buyer is also invoiced on the basis of the product recognized from the message (280, 281). |
