| 摘要 |
A vending system for a hotel with a plurality of remotely-controlled vending machines (14) in the hotel's guest rooms - typically, one such machine in each such room - and a central computer (36) at the hotel's office/front desk (10). A vending machine dispenses articles which a guest might want, such as beverages in conventional containers. The computer is programmable by hotel personnel to prevent certain ones of the vending machines (30, 32) from functioning to dispense articles as well as to prevent the machines from dispensing predetermined articles, such as alcoholic beverage containers, during predetermined time periods as well as at other times as determined by hotel personnel. The system also advantageously controls other operations and functions, such as refrigeration, pertaining to effective use of the vending machines. |
