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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2006
Filed:
May. 22, 2002
Kazuya Nakajima, Sawa-gun, JP;
Kazuya Nakajima, Sawa-gun, JP;
Sanden Corp., Gunma, JP;
Abstract
A host computer transmits a user ID and a list of vending machine IDs to a portable communication terminal. When the user selects from the list a vending machine through which the user makes a payment, the user ID and the ID of the selected vending machine are transmitted from a portable communication terminal to the host computer. The host computer issues to the vending machine corresponding to the vending machine ID an instruction to enter a payment acceptable mode. When the user makes a payment at the vending machine, the amount of the payment is transmitted to the host computer.
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