JP2003077039A - Vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To purchase goods from a vending machine through an information terminal of a cellphone and the like. SOLUTION: This vending machine 0201 is provided with a receiving part 0202 for the cellphone identifier (telephone number), a calling-out part 0203 for calling out the cellphone having the identifier received by the receiving part 0202, a purchase information receiving part 0204 for receiving the purchase information on goods form an owner of the portable telephone, a customer's purchase information transmitting part 0205 transmitting the customer's purchase information to an information management center, and the like. Whereby the purchase of the goods, and the management of the information on a consumer in accompany with the purchase can be performed by using the cellphone.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention sells merchandise such as soft drinks, alcoholic beverages, cigarettes, magazines and groceries, based on information from communication devices such as mobile phones, concert tickets and airline tickets. Related to vending machines that issue.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, vending machines have been installed everywhere in the city centering on soft drinks, cigarettes and liquor, and have become the most popular means for consumers to purchase goods and services. Has become.

However, when purchasing a product or the like with an automatic vending machine, it is necessary to pay a predetermined amount of money on the spot, and therefore, the predetermined amount of money cannot be held, or by chance it does not have coins. If you have run out of change, you will not be able to purchase products.

[0004] Further, as a means for easily purchasing a concert ticket, an airline ticket, etc., there has been no choice but to use an information terminal installed in a mobile phone or a convenience store.

An object of the present invention relates to an automatic vending machine which enables merchandise to be purchased without the need for cash on the spot and also to purchase concert tickets and the like.

[0006]

A first invention of the present application is an automatic vending machine which communicates with a communication device such as a mobile phone,
A communication device identifier receiving unit that receives an input of a communication device identifier that identifies the communication device, a calling unit that makes a call to the communication device identified by the communication device identifier received by the communication device identifier receiving unit, or a product or It is characterized by comprising a purchase information receiving unit for receiving purchase information, which is information indicating purchase of a service, from the communication device by communication, a customer purchase information transmitting unit for transmitting customer purchase information having the communication device identifier, and the like. It is a thing.

As the communication device, a mobile phone,
Examples include PHS and PDA.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the vending machine, an advertisement information storage unit that stores advertisement information that is information indicating an advertisement and advertisement information that the advertisement information storage unit stores are acquired. It is characterized by further comprising an advertisement information acquisition unit and an advertisement information transmission unit that transmits the advertisement information acquired by the advertisement information acquisition unit to the communication device.

A third invention of the present application is a non-calling communication device identifier storage section storing a non-calling communication device identifier for identifying a communication device which does not make a call in the automatic vending machine having various functions described above. And non-calling that determines whether the communication device identifier received by the communication device identifier receiving unit has a certain relationship with the non-calling communication device identifier stored in the non-calling communication device identifier storage unit The calling unit does not make a call to the communication device when the non-call judging unit judges that there is a certain relationship. .

A fourth invention of the present application is an automatic vending machine which receives an input of money, and in which an access instruction receiving unit which receives an instruction to access the center and an access instruction which is received by the access instruction receiving unit. Further, it comprises an access unit for accessing the center side, an information receiving unit for receiving information from the center side, and a printing unit for printing the information received by the information receiving unit.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

First, the overall configuration of the following first to third embodiments will be described. As shown in FIG.
101) and a display (0105) built in a soft drink vending machine (0102), an information management center (0103) capable of communicating with the vending machine (0102) via a mobile network, and a consumer. And a mobile phone (0104) owned by.

[0013] The vending machine (0102) has a function of selling soft drinks, a communication function by a telephone (0101) and a display (0) as in the case of a normal vending machine.
105) has an information display function.

In the figure, (0107) is a soft drink sample display section, (0108) is a soft drink outlet, and (0
109) is a coin slot, (0111) is a bill slot,
(0112) indicates a change ejection port.

The telephone (0101) has a button (0106) similar to that of a mobile telephone, and a telephone number, character information, etc. can be input using the button (0106).

The display (0105) is a liquid crystal and displays characters, images and the like.

The information management center (0103) has a customer database (0113) in which information of customers who have used the vending machines (0102) is stored, and each vending machine (01).
02) vending machine database (0114) in which management information is accumulated, payment database (0115) in which customer payment information is accumulated, point database (0116) in which customer point information is accumulated, and advertisement database for managing advertisement information. It has (0117).

(Embodiment 1) As shown in FIG. 2, a vending machine (0201) has a telephone number (for example, 090 -...) As an identifier for identifying the portable telephone (0104).
・) Mobile phone identifier reception unit (020
2), a calling unit (0203) for calling the mobile phone (0104) identified by the identifier received by the mobile phone identifier reception unit (0202), and purchase information that is information indicating purchase of a soft drink. And a purchase information reception unit (0204) that receives the information from the mobile phone (0104) by communication, and customer purchase information that has the mobile phone identifier.
103) and a customer purchase information transmission unit (0205).

Further, the vending machine (0201) stores purchase confirmation information (0206) which stores purchase confirmation information for confirming the intention of purchasing a soft drink.
And a purchase confirmation information acquisition unit (0207) that acquires the purchase confirmation information stored in the purchase confirmation information storage unit (0206)
Then, after the calling unit (0203) calls the mobile phone (0104), the purchase confirmation information acquisition unit (020
7) further comprising a purchase confirmation information transmitting unit (0208) for transmitting the purchase confirmation information acquired in 7) to the mobile phone (0104), and the purchase information received by the purchase information receiving unit (0204) is the purchase confirmation information transmission. The mobile phone (010) of the consumer for the purchase confirmation information transmitted by the department (0208).
4) It is generated by the operation.

When selling a soft drink, for example, when only one type of soft drink can be sold, the purchase confirmation information described above is transmitted from the vending machine (0201) to the mobile phone (0104) of the consumer. Instead, the mobile phone (010) received by the purchase information reception unit (0204).
In the case of immediately selling the soft drink based on the purchase information from 4), the purchase confirmation information storage unit (020
6), the purchase confirmation information acquisition unit (0207) and the purchase confirmation information transmission unit (0208) can be omitted.

The vending machine (0201) of this embodiment is
Furthermore, a soft drink identifier receiving unit (0209) that receives a soft drink identifier for identifying a soft drink to be purchased is provided,
The customer purchase information may include a soft drink identifier and a mobile phone identifier. Then, the execution unit (0 that executes the extraction of the soft drink based on the customer purchase information)
210), the soft drink is dispensed to the outlet (0108) of the vending machine (0201).

Furthermore, the vending machine (0201)
Includes a timer (0211) and a time acquisition unit (0212) that acquires time information, which is information indicating time from the timer (0211), so that the customer purchase information also includes the time information. Is also good. And
After the purchase information reception unit (0204) receives the purchase information, the result transmission unit (0213) that transmits information indicating that the soft drink has been purchased to the mobile phone (0104).
Is further provided in the vending machine (0201).

The purchase confirmation information storage unit (0206) is, for example, an HD (hard disk), a DVD-RAM or the like in which information for confirming the purchase intention such as "Do you want to buy a soft drink?" Is stored. Yes, as shown in FIG. 3, information on the order number of the soft drink to be sold by the vending machine (0201) is also recorded together with the information “Do you want to buy the soft drink?”. And
The soft drink identifier receiving unit (0209) receives a product number corresponding to each soft drink.

The purchase confirmation information is, for example, c-H.
It is stored in the purchase confirmation information storage unit (0206) in a format such as TML.

The purchase confirmation information acquisition unit (0207) has a function of reading the purchase confirmation information stored in the purchase confirmation information storage unit (0206).

Then, the customer purchase information transmission unit (0
The customer purchase information transmitted from 205) is, for example, 1
In addition to the information that the soft drink of 120 yen has been purchased, information about which soft drink was purchased is also included.

The time acquisition unit (0212) has a function of reading the time when the soft drink was purchased from the timer (0211).

The result transmission unit (0213) has a function of transmitting information such as the number of soft drinks purchased, the total price, and the purchase date and time to the mobile phone (0104) of the consumer.

The customer purchase information transmission unit (020
5) Payment information is stored in the payment database (0115) for each consumer based on the purchase information transmitted from the information management center (0103), and then the soft drink is deducted from the consumer's mobile phone charge debit account. Is also deducted monthly.

The customer database (0113)
The server (0401) stores the above-mentioned customer purchase information. As shown in FIG. 4, the customer purchase information receiving section (0402) for receiving the customer purchase information and the customer purchase information receiving section (0402). ), A customer purchase information storage unit (0403) for storing the customer purchase information received by the above), and a statistical processing unit (0404) for statistically processing the customer purchase information stored in the customer purchase information storage unit (0403).

For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the purchase information of the customer includes the number of the mobile phone of the consumer, the purchase date and time of the soft drink, the type and number of the soft drink purchased.

The statistical processing unit (0404) statistically processes the customer purchase information to comprehensively determine the sales amount of each soft drink sold by the vending machine (0102). It can be used for marketing such as analyzing the soft drinks that are selling well at any given time.

Next, the vending machine of the present embodiment (010
The flow of the process in 2) will be described. As shown in FIG. 6, first, the process waits until a consumer inputs a mobile phone number (step S0601), and if there is an input, purchase confirmation information is acquired (step S0601). S0602), and then, the mobile phone with the above-mentioned telephone number is called (step S0603)
Then, the acquired purchase confirmation information is transmitted (step S
0604).

After that, it waits until the purchase information is received from the consumer's mobile phone (step S0605), and when the purchase information is received, the soft drink is taken out based on this (step S0606). Next, the date and time when the extraction is performed is acquired, and customer purchase information including these is transmitted to the information management center (0103) (step S0607), and the information is used as purchase result information by the consumer's mobile phone ( 0104) (step S0608).

Since the vending machine of this embodiment is configured to call the mobile phone of the consumer from the vending machine, no call charge is required for the mobile phone of the consumer.

(Embodiment 2) The vending machine according to the present embodiment is the vending machine according to the first embodiment to which an advertising function described later is added. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7, the vending machine (0701) has an advertisement information storage unit (070) that stores advertisement information that is information indicating an advertisement.
2), the advertisement information acquisition unit (0703) that acquires the advertisement information stored in the advertisement information storage unit (0702), and the advertisement information acquired by the advertisement information acquisition unit (0703) to the mobile phone (0104). Advertising information transmission unit (070)
4) and, if necessary, the advertisement information transmission unit (0
Mobile phone (010) for the advertisement information transmitted by
4) The advertisement reaction information receiving unit (0705) that receives reaction information that is information indicating the reaction on the side, and the case where the reaction information is received by the advertisement reaction information receiving unit (0705) and the case where the reaction information is not received. A payment changing unit (0706) for changing the payment amount, a point generation unit (0707) for generating points for reception of the reaction information when the advertisement reaction information receiving unit (0705) receives the reaction information, The mobile phone further comprises a point storage unit (0708) for storing the mobile phone identifier and the points in association with each other.

It should be noted that the above points are set to the vending machine (0
701), the information management center (010
When transmitting to the point database (0116) server of 3), a point transmitting unit is provided instead of the point accumulating unit (0708).

The advertisement information storage unit (0702) is not handled by the soft drinks currently sold by the vending machine (0701), new soft drinks to be sold in the future, or the vending machine (0701). It is an HD (hard disk), a DVD-RAM, or the like, which stores advertisement information regarding other types of products and services. Also, the advertisement information is
The floppy disk (FD) or the like brought by the worker who replenishes the soft drink is copied to the advertisement information storage unit (0702), or the advertisement information is stored from the advertisement database (0107) server of the information management center (0103). The advertisement information may be transmitted to the department (0702).

The advertisement information acquisition unit (0703) has a read function of reading various advertisement information stored in the advertisement information storage unit (0702).

The advertisement information transmitted by the advertisement information transmission unit (0704) to the consumer's mobile phone (0104) is as follows:
For example, as shown in FIG. 8, it relates to a newly released soft drink, or as shown in FIG. 9, for example, for coffee, (1) blend (2) blue mountain, (3) Kilimanjaro, (4) It may be a questionnaire asking which of Santos you like.

The advertisement response information received by the advertisement response information receiving section (0705) is information indicating that the advertisement information is simply viewed or information indicating the response to the questionnaire as shown in FIG.

The settlement change unit (0706) specifically has a function of discounting the payment amount of the consumer who saw the advertisement information from the original payment amount. For example, the accumulation point of a certain consumer. When you get 50 points, you can discount a certain amount. This motivates consumers to actively view the advertising information.

The point generation unit (0707), for example, as shown in FIG. 10, gives points to consumers who have purchased a soft drink according to a table of points determined based on the type and amount of the soft drink. The points are calculated. In this case, for example, after transmitting the advertisement information, 3
Points may be generated when there is advertisement reaction information within 0 seconds.

As shown in FIG. 11, the point accumulating unit (0708) is, for example, a mobile phone number of a consumer.
Has a memory function of storing points accumulated for each ID together with the attributes of the consumer.

Next, the flow of processing in the vending machine of this embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 12, first, the process waits until there is a predetermined input regarding the provision of advertisement information (step S1201), and there is an input. The advertisement information is acquired (step S1202), and the acquired advertisement information is transmitted (step S1203). After that, it waits until the advertisement reaction information is received from the consumer's mobile phone (step S1.
204), if received, points are generated (step S1205), and the generated points are accumulated (step S1206). Next, when the number of points reaches a certain level or more, the settlement amount is changed (step S1207).

The advertisement information in this embodiment may be displayed on the display (0105) of the vending machine (0102) shown in FIG.

(Third Embodiment) The vending machine of this embodiment further has a function of not making a call to a specific mobile phone. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 13, the vending machine (1301) has a non-calling mobile phone identifier storage unit (1302) that stores a non-calling mobile phone identifier that identifies a mobile phone that does not make a call. The calling mobile phone identifier is stored in the non-calling database (011) of the information management center (0103).
8) A non-calling mobile phone identifier receiving unit (1303) received from the server, a storage unit (1304) for writing the non-calling mobile phone identifier received by the receiving unit (1303) in the storage unit (1301), Mobile phone identifier reception unit (130
The non-call determination unit (5) that determines whether the mobile phone identifier received in 5) has a certain relationship with the non-call mobile phone identifier stored in the non-call mobile phone identifier storage unit (1302). 1306) and the non-call determination unit (130).
If the determination in 6) is that there is a certain relationship, the calling unit (1307) does not call the mobile phone.

In the present embodiment, as described above, the non-calling mobile phone identifier is received from the non-calling database (0118) server of the information management center (0103), but each vending machine (1301) ), When the worker who replenishes the soft drink updates the data of the non-calling mobile phone identifier stored in the non-calling mobile phone identifier storage unit (1302), the non-calling mobile phone identifier is received. The unit (1303) and the storage unit (1304) may be omitted.

The non-calling mobile phone identifier storage unit (130
2) means HD or DV that stores the non-calling mobile phone identifier
D-RAM or the like. The mobile phone identifier (telephone number) stored in the non-call mobile phone identifier storage unit (1302) is, for example, the phone number of a mobile phone that has been reported as stolen, or an identifier of a mobile phone type of a certain manufacturer, For example, an identifier of a foreign mobile phone.

The non-calling determination unit (1306) judges that the mobile phone identifier received by the mobile phone identifier receiving unit (1305) is stored in the non-calling mobile phone identifier storing unit (1302). It has a function of judging non-calling when it coincides with the call mobile telephone identifier or when it partially overlaps.

Next, the vending machine (130 of the present embodiment
The flow of the process in 1) will be described. As shown in FIG. 14, the process waits until a non-calling mobile phone identifier is received (step S1401), and if received, the identifier is stored (step S1402). . Then, it waits until the mobile phone identifier is input (step S140).
3) If there is an input, the call determination is made based on whether the identifier matches the non-calling mobile phone identifier or a part of the identifier (step S1404). In this case, the mobile phone corresponding to the identifier is called (step S1405), and if it is determined that the call is not made, the call to the mobile phone corresponding to the identifier is stopped (step S1406).

(Embodiment 4) This embodiment is different from each of the embodiments described above and relates to an automatic vending machine for selling concert tickets, airline tickets, and the like. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 15, the vending machine (1500) is
Coin slot (1501), bill insertion slot (1502), change outlet (1506), keyboard (1503) for inputting reservation instruction content, display for displaying reservation instruction content and reservable content as an answer thereto (1504) and the ticket issuing unit (15)
05).

The function of the automatic vending machine (1500) will be described below. As shown in FIG. 16, the automatic vending machine (1601) accepts the input of currency and shows the reservation status of concert tickets and airline tickets. An access instruction receiving unit (1 that receives an instruction to access the managing center
602), an access unit (1603) that accesses the center when an access instruction is received by the access instruction receiving unit (1602), an information receiving unit (1604) that receives information on a response from the center side, and information. Receiver (1
Printing unit (1605) for printing the information received in 604)
And a display unit (1606) for displaying the access instruction and information received from the center.

The access instruction receiving unit (1602) is
For example, a concert ticket has a function of accepting an instruction regarding the name of a singer performing a concert, the date and time of the concert, the type of seat such as S seat, etc. when the keyboard (1503) is issued. .

The access unit (1603) has a function of transmitting the above-mentioned instruction regarding the concert ticket to the management center in a logged-on state by connecting to the management center of the reservation status online.

The information receiving unit (1604) is, for example,
It has a function of receiving information (information about the date and time of the concert, seats, etc.) about the content that most matches the instruction regarding the reservation of the concert or the like transmitted from the access unit (1603).

The display unit (1606) is the display (1504).

Next, the flow of processing in the vending machine of this embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 17, the process waits until the consumer inputs an access instruction (step S1701). The contents are displayed (step S1702), and the access instruction is transmitted when all the contents are input (step S1703). After that, it waits until the reply information is received from the management center (step S1704), and when it is received, the content is displayed (step S1705). Then, the consumer agrees with the contents of the concert ticket related to the answer information and pays the fee, thereby printing the ticket with the contents of the answer information (step S1706).

[0059]

According to the present invention, products such as soft drinks can be bought at a vending machine through a communication device such as a mobile phone, and advertisement information and points can be given through the mobile phone. By doing so, it becomes possible to block consumers.

Further, according to the present invention, the consumer can also purchase a concert ticket, an airline ticket or the like using a familiar vending machine.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of first to third embodiments.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the vending machine according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of purchase confirmation information in the same embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of a customer management server in the same embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of managing customer purchase information in the same embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of processing in the vending machine of the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram of the vending machine according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of advertisement information according to the same embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing another example of advertisement information according to the same embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of point generation in the same embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of accumulation management of points in the same embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing an example of processing in the vending machine of the same embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a functional block diagram of the vending machine according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing an example of processing in the vending machine of the same embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a front view of the vending machine according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a functional block diagram of the vending machine according to the embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing an example of processing in the vending machine of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

0102 Vending machine 0104 mobile phone 0113-0117 database server 0202 Mobile phone identifier reception unit 0203 Calling unit 0204 Purchase information reception section 0205 Customer purchase information transmission unit 0402 Customer purchase information receiver 0403 Customer purchase information storage unit 0404 Statistics processing unit

Front page continuation (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ Identification code FI theme code (reference) G07B 1/00 G07B 1/00 E 5/00 5/00 Z G07F 9/00 G07F 9/00 Z 110 110Z 17/40 17/40

Claims (16)

[Claims] 1. A vending machine that communicates with a communication device, the communication device identifier receiving unit receiving an input of a communication device identifier for identifying the communication device, and the communication device identifier received by the communication device identifier receiving unit. A calling unit for making a call to the communication device identified by, a purchase information receiving unit for receiving purchase information, which is information indicating purchase of a product or service, from the communication device by communication, and a customer having the communication device identifier A vending machine comprising a customer purchase information transmission unit for transmitting purchase information. 2. A purchase confirmation information storage unit storing purchase confirmation information, which is information for confirming intention to purchase a product or service, and purchase confirmation information stored in the purchase confirmation information storage unit. A purchase confirmation information acquisition unit for acquiring and a purchase confirmation information transmission unit for transmitting the purchase confirmation information acquired by the purchase confirmation information acquisition unit to the communication device after the calling unit calls the communication device. Further comprising, the purchase information received by the purchase information receiving unit is information generated by a user operation on the communication device side with respect to the purchase confirmation information transmitted by the purchase confirmation information transmitting unit. Vending machine described. 3. The product identifier receiving unit for receiving a product identifier for identifying a product or service to be purchased, wherein the customer purchase information has the product identifier and the communication device identifier. Alternatively, the vending machine according to claim 2. 4. A timer and a time acquisition unit for acquiring time information, which is information indicating time from the timer, and the customer purchase information also includes the time information. The vending machine described in 3. 5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising a result transmitting unit that transmits information indicating that a product or service has been purchased to the communication device after the purchase information receiving unit receives the purchase information. The vending machine according to any one of the above. 6. An advertisement information storage unit that stores advertisement information that is information indicating an advertisement, an advertisement information acquisition unit that acquires advertisement information stored in the advertisement information storage unit, and the advertisement information acquisition unit. The vending machine according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising: an advertisement information transmitting unit that transmits the advertisement information acquired by the communication apparatus to the communication device. 7. The vending machine according to claim 6, further comprising an advertisement reaction information receiving unit that receives reaction information that is information indicating a reaction on the communication device side with respect to the advertisement information transmitted by the advertisement information transmitting unit. . 8. The vending machine according to claim 7, wherein the payment amount is changed depending on whether the advertisement reaction information receiving unit receives the reaction information or not. 9. A point generation unit that generates points for receiving the reaction information when the advertisement reaction information receiving unit receives the reaction information, and a point accumulation that accumulates the communication device identifier and the points in association with each other. The vending machine according to claim 7 or 8, further comprising a section. 10. A point generation unit that generates points for receiving the reaction information when the advertisement reaction information reception unit receives the reaction information, and a point transmission that transmits the communication device identifier and the points in association with each other. The vending machine according to claim 7 or 8, further comprising a section. 11. A non-calling communication device identifier storage unit storing a non-calling communication device identifier for identifying a communication device that does not make a call, and the communication device identifier received by the communication device identifier receiving unit is the non-calling device. The call-communication-device identifier storage unit further comprises a non-call-making determination unit that determines whether or not the non-call-communication-device identifier stored in the call-communication-device identifier storage unit has a certain relationship, and the determination in the non-calling determination unit is The vending machine according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the calling unit does not call the communication device when it is determined that there is a certain relationship. 12. A non-calling communication device identifier receiving section for receiving a non-calling communication device identifier, and the non-calling communication device identifier received by the non-calling communication device identifier receiving section for the non-calling communication device identifier. The vending machine according to claim 11, further comprising a non-calling communication device identifier accumulating unit that accumulates in a storage unit. 13. A communication device for communicating with the vending machine according to claim 1. 14. An information processing apparatus for receiving customer purchase information from the automatic vending machine according to claim 1.
Statistics of the customer purchase information receiving unit that receives the customer purchase information, the customer purchase information storage unit that stores the customer purchase information received by the customer purchase information reception unit, and the customer purchase information that is stored in the customer purchase information storage unit An information processing apparatus comprising: a statistical processing unit for processing. 15. A vending machine that accepts input of money, wherein an access instruction receiving unit that receives an instruction to access the center, and an access instruction to the center when the access instruction is received by the access instruction receiving unit. An automatic vending machine comprising: an access unit for controlling, an information receiving unit for receiving information from the center side, and a printing unit for printing the information received by the information receiving unit. 16. The vending machine is a vending machine for purchasing a ticket, and the access instruction received by the access instruction receiving unit includes an instruction for designating a ticket to be purchased, and information received by the information receiving unit. 16. The vending machine according to claim 15, wherein the vending machine includes information about the contents of the ticket, and the printing unit prints the ticket in response to the input of the currency.