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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2006
Michihiro Ota, Saitama-ken, JP;
Akira Onodera, Saitama-ken, JP;
Michihiro Ota, Saitama-ken, JP;
Akira Onodera, Saitama-ken, JP;
Nippon Conlux Co., Ltd., Saitama-ken, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a cashless vending system including a vending machinehaving a devicethat reads transaction history information from a mediumand a communication device that sends transaction history information to an information center; and an information centerhaving a device that receives transaction history information from the vending machine, a device that receives verification information from a mobile phoneor the like, a device that determines the validity of the verification information, and a device that sends transaction history information to the mobile phonewhen the verification information is valid. When a user allows the vending machine to read the mediumand sends verification information to the information centerfrom the mobile phone, the information centersends transaction history information to the mobile phoneof the user.