| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow cash to be used to pay a charge making it possible to connect an automatic terminal which accepts a payment at least intermittently to a remote information handling constitution means which holds the account for paying the charge without exerting a cashier being a human being. SOLUTION: A user receives a telephone charge from a telephone service provider through an account for paying the charge. An account number that the user inputs on a key pad 40 with keys is sent to the computer system 90 of the telephone provider through the operation of a control unit 60 by using a connection of a line or a radio link 62. Bills that the user inserts are conveyed to a bill acceptor 32 and the validity, acceptability, and face amount are checked. When the terminal is connected fixedly or intermittently to another system, the record of the account of the user shows that the bill is liquidated in cash through the specified terminal at the specific time and date. |
