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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2001
Applicants:
Michihiro Ota, Sakado, JP;
Hiroaki Yoshida, Tsurugashima, JP;
Hiroaki Shinada, Tsurugashima, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Nippon Conlux, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
To send point information indicated by an automatic vending machine to a center unit by a packet communication function of a portable telephone of a user of the automatic vending machine, a free space in a single packet of the point information to be sent from the automatic vending machine to the center unit is used to send management information such as sales information, stock information, failure information and the like of the automatic vending machine to the center unit.