Management method of automatic vending machine and automatic vending machine
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    发明授权
    Management method of automatic vending machine and automatic vending machine 失效
    自动售货机和自动售货机的管理方法

    公开(公告)号:US06571150B2

    公开(公告)日:2003-05-27

    申请号:US09819610

    申请日:2001-03-29

    IPC分类号: G06F1700

    CPC分类号: G07F11/002 G07F5/18

    摘要: An automatic vending machine 1 of the invention can sell items or goods including tangible items such as drinks and intangible items such as music soft which are supplied by plural vendors. The intangible items are sold by transmitting the desired data from intangible item-supplying companies A, B, C through a public communication line 8 to the automatic vending machine 1 and by writing the data in a recording medium. A control computer 20 automatically calculates sales amount of each vendor based on sales data of each vendor output from the automatic vending machine, and adjusts the sales amount of each vendor by transmitting the calculating result to a banking agency 6. According to the management method of automatic vending machine and the automatic vending machine of the invention, automatic sales of items supplied by different vendors can be easily spread at low cost and without securing both of new installation places or sites of the automatic vending machine and communication lines.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的自动售货机1可以出售包括诸如饮料的有形物品的物品或商品,以及由多个供应商提供的诸如音乐软件的无形物品。 通过公共通信线路8将无形物品供应公司A,B,C的所需数据从自动售货机1发送出去,并通过将数据写入到记录介质中来销售无形物品。 控制计算机20基于从自动售货机输出的每个供应商的销售数据自动计算每个供应商的销售量,并通过将计算结果发送给银行代理机构6来调整每个供应商的销售金额。根据 自动售货机和自动售货机,可以以低成本容易地传播由不同供应商提供的物品的自动销售,而无需确保自动售货机和通信线路的新安装场所或场所。