JP2003233858A - Reserved selling system for merchandise of automatic vending machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the reserved selling system of the merchandise of an automatic vending machine capable of executing the unitary management of the reserved and selling conditions of an automatic vending machine, and providing reserved merchandise even to any person other than a reserver without any limitation, and improving the convenience of the user. <P>SOLUTION: This automatic vending machine and the communication terminal of a manager who manages the automatic vending machine by supplying the merchandise of the automatic vending machine are communicatively connected through a network to a host computer. The host computer accepts the reservation of the merchandise of the automatic vending machine to be performed by a user through the automatic vending machine or the communication terminal, and applies the permission of merchandise selling to the automatic vending machine in accordance with the request of the user. The manager reads the number of inventory or reserved conditions of the merchandise of the automatic vending machine stored in the host computer, and supplies merchandise as necessary. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a product reservation / sale system for an automatic vending machine capable of purchasing a reserved product.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as an automatic vending machine capable of reservation sale, one disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 54240/1993 is known. For this, the vending machine body is provided with a product reservation unit that accepts reservations and a reservation management unit that manages reservations, thereby storing reservation details and ensuring that reserved products are not sold out. After that, the reserved products are sold according to the user's request.

[0003]

However, the above-mentioned conventional vending machine has a structure in which the contents of the reservation are stored in the main body of the vending machine and the function of processing the reservation is provided. Therefore, in order to collectively manage the vending machine sales and reservation status, it is necessary to collect the information stored in each vending machine individually, which requires time and labor, and the reservation and sales status can be accurately managed. It was difficult to figure out. Also,
Products that are less in stock than the number of reservations are prohibited from being sold to users other than those who have made reservations, so users who have not made reservations can sell products even if requested. It was not possible, and sales opportunities were sometimes lost. Also,
The user has to go to the place where the vending machine is installed just to make a reservation and has to go to the vending machine more than once, including when going to pick up the product later, which is convenient. It wasn't good.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to enable centralized management of reservations and sales status of vending machines, and limit reserved products to those other than the person who made the reservation. It is to provide a reservation sales system for vending machine products that can be provided without any need, and at the same time, improve convenience for users.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, according to claim 1, a vending machine product reservation and sale system using an vending machine connected to a host computer via a network, the automatic The vending machine includes a reservation receiving means for receiving a reservation for a product, and a reservation selling means for selling the reserved product according to an instruction from the host computer, and the host computer relates to a product sales situation of the connected vending machine. A vending machine management unit that centrally manages the sales information and the reservation information received by the reservation receiving unit, and the management information of the vending machine management unit is transmitted to the communication terminal of the operator of the vending machine via the network. It is proposed that the device is provided with a transmitting means.

According to the present invention, it is possible to collectively manage, in real time, information relating to vending machine sales and reservations by a host computer. Further, the operator can freely browse the information on the vending machine via the network. As a result, the operator can compare the number of reservations and the number of stocks of the vending machine and efficiently replenish the products as necessary. In addition, in this application, the operator means a business operator that sells products by using an automatic vending machine, and performs profit-making operations such as supplementation of sold products and cash collection.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a vending machine product reservation and sale system using an automatic vending machine connected to a host computer via a network, which is connectable to a computer via the network and which can be connected to the computer. In addition to having a user terminal of a user equipped with a transmission means for transmitting reservation information regarding product reservation to the host computer, the host computer has sales information regarding the product sales status of the connected vending machine via the communication terminal. The vending machine management means for centrally managing the reservation information received by the vending machine management means, and transmission means for transmitting the management information of the vending machine management means to the communication terminal of the operator of the vending machine via the network, The vending machine includes a reservation selling means for selling a reserved product according to an instruction from a host computer. Suggest those characterized the door.

According to the present invention, the user can make a reservation for the product of the vending machine from his communication terminal.
You no longer have to go to the vending machine just to make a reservation. Further, it is not necessary to provide a reservation reception means in the vending machine. In addition, since the host computer centrally manages reservations and sales status of vending machines, and the operator can freely browse information regarding these vending machines, it is possible to replenish products efficiently as needed.

[0009] According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the system for preserving sales of goods for an automatic vending machine according to any one of the first and second aspects, the host computer compares the sales information with the reservation information and sells the sales information. If the number of items in stock in the information is less than or equal to the predetermined standard number with respect to the number of reservations in the reservation information,
It is proposed to provide a communication terminal of the operator with a notification unit for instructing the vending machine to replenish the product.

According to the present invention, when the number of reservations becomes less than a predetermined number as compared with the number of stocks, the operator is notified of that fact, and the operator can immediately replenish merchandise.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the system for preserving sales of goods for an automatic vending machine according to any one of the first to third aspects, the automatic vending machine makes a reservation for reservation in an identification means in which identification information is stored. Writing means for writing information,
It is proposed to provide a reading means for reading the identification information of the identification means and the reservation information.

According to the present invention, the user can reserve and purchase the product of the vending machine by using the identification means such as the identification card.

Further, in a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is proposed a system for preserving sales of goods for an automatic vending machine according to the fourth aspect, characterized in that the identifying means includes a non-contact IC card.

According to the present invention, a user uses a non-contact IC card having a function as electronic money, so that a non-contact IC card can be used in a vending machine product without using cash. It is possible to make reservations and purchases.

[0015]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION (First Embodiment) A reservation selling system using an automatic vending machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining the relationship between a host computer, a vending machine, and a communication terminal of an operator who replenishes goods and collects cash from the vending machine, FIG.
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a reservation sale system for products of an automatic vending machine.

As shown in FIG. 1, this reservation sales system includes a plurality of vending machines 100 that accept reservations and sell products, a host computer 200 that centrally manages each vending machine 100, and each vending machine. The network 501 for connecting the machine 100 and the host computer 200. Further, the host computer 200 includes an operation terminal 300, which is an operator's communication terminal, and a network 5.
It is possible to communicate via 02. Network 50
The physical configurations of 1 and 502, various protocols, etc. may be arbitrary.

As shown in FIG. 2, the vending machine 100 is
A communication control unit 101 that is an interface with the network 501, a deposit identification unit 102 that identifies inserted coins or bills, and a selection button 1 that selects a product for sale.
03, data such as a desired sales time and a reservation button 104 for inputting a reservation number given by the host computer 200 described later, a display unit 105 for displaying a deposit amount and reservation contents, and a deposit acceptance unit 106 for performing deposit processing. And a sales management unit 107 that manages product sales, and a reservation processing unit 108 that can accept reservations and sell reserved products. Further, the vending machine 100 includes a cooling device, a heating device, a product unloading device, etc. used for temperature management of the products (all are not shown).

When the deposit identification unit 102 recognizes that a predetermined amount or more of money has been inserted, the sales management unit 107 turns on a lamp (not shown) attached to the selection button 103 to enable selection of products. To do. Then, when the user presses the selection button 103, the product corresponding to this is carried out. In addition, the sales management unit 107 manages the types of products sold, the number of sales, and the like. The management data managed by the sales management unit 107 is arbitrarily or periodically transmitted to the host computer 200 via the communication control unit 101. The operation of the sales management unit 107 of the vending machine 100 as described above is the same as the conventional one, and therefore detailed description thereof is omitted here.

The reservation processing unit 108 accepts reservation contents such as products and desired sales time made by the user pressing the selection button 103 and the reservation button 104. This reservation content is displayed on the display unit 105 and the communication control unit 1
01 to the host computer 200. Further, as will be described later, the host computer 200 individually gives a reservation number to the transmitted reservation contents. When the user presses the reservation button 104 and inputs the reservation number when the user purchases the reserved product, the reservation processing unit 108 transmits this reservation number to the host computer 200 via the communication control unit 101.

The host computer 200 has a communication controller 201 which is an interface with the network 501.
And a processing unit 202, a user information database (hereinafter referred to as “user DB”) 203 that stores information about users who purchase products, and a management database that stores products and inventory that the vending machine 100 sells. A reservation database (hereinafter referred to as “management DB”) 204 and a reservation database (hereinafter referred to as “reservation DB”) 205 for storing reservation details are provided.

The processing unit 202 gives the sale permission of the reserved product based on the purchase request from the user to the reservation accepted by the vending machine 100 via the communication control unit 201. In addition, the vending machine 100 receives the reservation and sales data that the vending machine 100 periodically or individually transmits, and updates each database to manage the vending machine 100.

FIG. 3 shows an example of data registered in the user DB 203. In the user DB 203, for example, a user I indicating a user who has reserved a product of the vending machine 100.
Personal information such as D, name, and email address as a notification destination is registered. In addition, for example, if a contactless IC card that also has a function as an employee ID, which will be described later, is used to accept reservations and perform processing until settlement of accounts, register the employee number and the card ID of the contactless IC card. You may stay.

FIG. 4 shows an example of data registered in the management DB 204. In the management DB 204, for example, the vending machine ID, the product name of the product reserved in the vending machine 100, the number of stocks, and the like are registered. Also, management DB
In addition to this, the information about sales, for example, the number of sold products and the amount of sales may be stored together in 204.

FIG. 5 shows an example of data registered in the reservation DB 205. The reservation DB 205 includes, for example, a reservation number registered in the management DB 204 shown in FIG. 4, a user ID corresponding to the reservation number, and a vending machine I of the reserved vending machine.
D, product name, number of products, reservation time, and presence / absence of sale end are stored.

The operating terminal 300 of the operator is a terminal capable of communicating with the host computer 200 via the network 502. The type of communication protocol between the two does not matter. The operation terminal 300 includes a mailer 302 and a browser 303.
It is equipped with and the management DB204 and reservation DB
205 can be viewed from the operation terminal 300 at any time. The operator regularly browses the management DB 204 and the reservation DB 205 to grasp the sales and reservation status of the vending machine operated by the operator, and compares the stock quantity with the reservation quantity to replenish the products as appropriate. You can do it. In addition, when a large amount of reservations are made at once and it is necessary to immediately replenish products, the host computer 200 can send an e-mail to that effect to the operating terminal 300.

Next, the operation when the user makes a reservation for a product by using the vending machine 100 will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7. FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 are diagrams for explaining the flow of product reservation and purchase related to the product reservation and sale system of the vending machine.

First, the user presses the selection button 103 and the reservation button 104 of the vending machine 100 to input the product to be reserved, the quantity and the time (step S1). The vending machine 100 transmits the user's reservation data to the host computer 200, and the host computer 200 receives the data (step S2). Host computer 2
00 confirms whether the received reservation content is correct (step S3). If there is no abnormality such that the reservation time is in the past compared with the current time, the reservation content is stored and a reservation number is given (step S4). At this time,
The host computer 200 determines whether or not the stock quantity of the products reserved at the time of reservation is less than or equal to a predetermined amount (step S5). The host computer 200 accepts the reservation even when the amount is less than or equal to the predetermined amount. If the stock is smaller than the number of reservations and immediate replenishment is required, the operator who manufactures the corresponding product is notified by e-mail to the e-mail address of the operation terminal 300 to replenish the product (step S6). The assigned reservation number is transmitted to the vending machine 100 (step S7). Vending machine 100
Displays the received reservation number on the display unit 105. The user makes a note of the reservation number displayed on the display unit 105 and remembers it.

As shown in FIG. 7, when purchasing a reserved product, the user goes to the vending machine 100 at the reserved time and inputs the reservation number assigned when the reservation is made by the reservation button 104 (step S8). The host computer 200 receives the reservation number transmitted by the vending machine 100 (step S9). The host computer 200 is
The reservation content is confirmed from the reservation DB 205 based on the reservation number (step S10). If there is no problem such that the reserved time is greatly exceeded, the vending machine 100 is instructed to sell the reserved product (step S11). Upon receiving the product sale permission message from the host computer 200, the vending machine 100 displays the product reserved by the user and the fact that the product can be purchased on the display unit 105 (step S12). The user inputs the price and purchases the product in the same procedure as that normally performed (step S1).
3). The vending machine 100 is a host computer 200.
Send that the product has been sold. The host computer 200 periodically or arbitrarily receives data from the vending machine 100 and updates the data in each DB (step S14).

If there is an abnormality in the reservation acceptance step of step S3 and the reservation content confirmation step of step S10, the host computer 200 transmits an error message and displays it on the display unit 105 (step S15).
It should be noted that in the reservation stage and the product purchase stage, if the user does nothing for a certain period of time, the process is interrupted.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the host computer 200 can collectively perform the processing of selling and making reservations for the vending machine 100. Further, the operator can access the host computer 200 and browse the management DB 204 and the reservation DB 205. As a result, when inventory is low,
The operator can replenish the products as appropriate.

(Second Embodiment) A second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 8, 9 and 10. FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a product reservation sales system for a vending machine, and FIGS. 9 and 10 are diagrams for explaining the flow of product reservation and purchase in the product reservation sales system for a vending machine. In the present embodiment, the user uses the communication terminal to reserve and purchase the product from the vending machine 100.

The present embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that in the first embodiment, the user once sells the vending machine 10.
Although the vending machine 100 is used to make a reservation for a product by going to 0, in the present embodiment, the user operates the user terminal 400, which is a communication terminal of the user, from the host computer 2
00 to make a reservation.

Since the configuration of the host computer 200 is similar to that of the first embodiment, only the other differences will be described here.

In the present embodiment, since the vending machine 100 does not accept reservations, the reservation button 104 is used only for inputting the reservation number when the user purchases the reserved product. The user terminal 400 is a terminal capable of communicating with the host computer 200 via the network 503 such as a personal computer or a mobile phone. The type of communication protocol between the two does not matter. The user terminal 400 includes a mailer 402 and a browser 403, and uses these software to perform various data communications with the host computer 200.

Next, the operation of the reservation selling system according to this embodiment will be described. The user uses the browser 403 of the user terminal 400 to use the host computer 2
If you access 00 to register your name, employee number, etc. according to the web page, the host computer 200
Issues a user ID (step S21). The host computer 200 stores this user ID in the user DB 20.
3 and manages (step S22).

Subsequently, the user inputs the user ID according to the display on the web page and reserves the product. Finally, the contents are transmitted to the host computer 200 (step S23) The host computer 200 receives the reservation contents from the user via the user terminal 400 (step S24). Then, the reservation content is confirmed (step S25). As already mentioned, reservations are accepted even if the inventory is below the number of reservations. The host computer 200 assigns the reservation number to the user terminal 40 when there is no possibility that the reservation cannot be accepted, for example, when the user tries to reserve an extremely large number of products.
0 (step S26). The user should note the reservation number received and remember it.

When purchasing the reserved product, the user goes to the vending machine 100 at the reserved time and inputs the reservation number from the reservation button 104 (step S27). The number is transmitted by the vending machine 100, and the host computer 200 receives it (step S28).
The host computer 200 determines whether there is an abnormality in the reservation content, such as confirmation of the reservation time, based on the reservation number (step S29). If there is no abnormality, the reservation content is transmitted to the vending machine 100 (step S30). The vending machine 100 displays the reservation content on the display unit 105 (step S31). After that, when the user deposits the money, it is determined that there is no problem in the content (step S32).
Then, an instruction for selling permission is given to the vending machine 100 (step S33). After the user purchases, the vending machine 100 transmits the contents to the host computer 200, and the host computer 200 updates and manages each DB. (Step S34).

The reservation stage of step S25, step S2
If there is an abnormality in the reservation content in 9 or if there is no payment from the user in step S32, an error message is displayed and (step S35) the process is interrupted.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the user can make a reservation for the product of the vending machine by communicating with the host computer 200 by using his / her user terminal 400. There is no need to go to the vending machine 100 just in case.

The user terminal 400 has only to be connectable to the host computer 200 through the network, and may be a mobile phone having a connection function with the Internet. (Third Embodiment) A third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 11 is a block diagram of a reservation sale system for goods of an automatic vending machine, FIGS. 12 and 13.
Is a block diagram of a card reader / writer (hereinafter referred to as a card R / W) and a non-contact IC card, and FIG. 14 is a diagram showing reservation and purchase of a product using the reservation sales system of the vending machine according to the present embodiment. This vending machine 100 includes a non-contact IC card 60 in addition to a normal depositing device, a display unit 105, and the like.
A card R / W unit 610 for transmitting and receiving data to and from 0 is provided, and communication with the host computer 200 is possible via a common modem (not shown) together with the control unit.

The card R / W unit 610 is composed of a non-contact IC card 600, an antenna unit 611 for non-contact communication using electromagnetic waves, and a processing unit 612 for data processing. The processing unit 612 includes a control unit 612a, a storage unit 612b, and a communication unit 612c.

The antenna section 611 has a coil for communication using electromagnetic waves, and performs communication with the non-contact IC card 600 by encryption and reading / writing of data from the non-contact IC card 600.

The control unit 612a can communicate with the storage unit 612b that temporarily stores data for reading and writing to the non-contact IC card 600, the communication control unit 101 of the vending machine 100, and the sales management unit 107. Communication unit 61
2c is controlled. The control unit 612a uses the antenna unit 611.
According to the data of the non-contact IC card 600 obtained from the above, the authentication processing with the non-contact IC card 600 is performed, or the data of the storage unit 612b is read as necessary, and the data is stored in the non-contact IC card 600 via the antenna unit 611. Send.
The communication unit 612c can also be connected to the host computer 200 via the communication control unit 101. Control unit 6
12a, the communication unit 612c is the host computer 200
The data supplied from is transmitted to the sales processing unit 107 to execute the processing of the non-contact IC card 600.

The contactless IC card 600 is a card R / W
It includes an antenna unit 601 that communicates with the unit 610 and a card processing unit 602 that performs data processing. The antenna unit 601 sends data to the card R / W unit 601 and receives new data. The received new data is processed by the control unit 602a and stored in the storage unit 60a.
Stored in 2.

The control unit 602a reads the data stored in the storage unit 602b according to the data supplied from the antenna unit 601 and the encryption processing of the non-contact IC card, and the card R / R via the antenna unit 601. It is transmitted to the W unit 610.

The noncontact IC card I is stored in the storage unit 602b.
Information related to services registered in the D603 and the contactless IC card 600 is registered. For example, when the contactless IC card 600 is used as an employee ID card and electronic money, data 604 (employee number etc.) as an employee ID card and balance information 605 are stored in the storage unit 602b. Using such information, services such as priority reservation may be provided according to the number of times of use.

Next, the operation of the host computer 200 in the product reservation and sale system of the vending machine of this embodiment will be described using the non-contact IC card 600 which also has a function as an employee ID card.

When the user (employee) holds the employee ID 600 over the card R / W unit 610, the control unit 612a of the card R / W unit 610 reads the data stored in the employee ID 600 and reads the employee ID 600. Perform authentication process. If it cannot be correctly recognized, the employee ID reading operation is repeated until the authentication processing is completed (step S41). The host computer 200 that has completed the authentication process receives the data of the employee ID card 600 from the communication unit 612c (step S42).
The host computer 200 transmits information that the reservation is possible to the vending machine 100, and the vending machine 100 accepts the reservation (step S43). As in the first embodiment, the user presses the selection button 103 and the reservation button 104 of the vending machine 100 to make a reservation for the product. The host computer 200 receives the reservation content transmitted by the vending machine 100 (step S44). The host computer 200 determines whether or not the reservation content has an abnormality such as that the desired sales time has already passed (step S45). In this case, even if the stock is equal to or smaller than the predetermined amount, the reservation is accepted as in the first and second embodiments. If there is no problem with the reservation content, the reservation number is added to the reservation result and the reservation number is transmitted (step S46). The user holds the employee ID card 600 over the card R / W unit 610 again to store the reservation number in the storage unit 602b of the employee ID card 600 (step S47). In this way, the reservation process is completed.

Next, the case of purchasing a reserved product will be described. The user can purchase the vending machine 10 at the reserved time.
When the employee ID 600 is held over the card R / W unit 610, the host computer 200 receives the reservation number read by the card R / W unit 610 (step S4).
8). The host computer 200 displays the reservation content based on the reservation number on the display unit 105 (step S4).
9). The user looks at the display unit and determines whether the displayed contents match the contents reserved by him / her (step S50). The employee ID card is again sent to the card R / W unit 610 for settlement processing. Hold over (step S51). The host computer 200 performs settlement processing of reserved products.
Specifically, it is determined whether or not “remaining amount of employee ID 600 ≧ commodity price” (step S52). If the balance is equal to or more than the total price of the product, a sales permission message is transmitted to the vending machine 100 (step S53). The vending machine 100, which has received the sales permission message, provides the user with the product and transmits data such as the date and time when the settlement was made, the card ID number, the product and the price to the host computer 200 (step S54). The host computer 200 updates each DB (step S55).

If there is an abnormality in the reservation content in step S45, and if the balance is less than the product price and settlement is impossible in step S52, the host computer 2
00 displays an error message on the display unit 105 of the vending machine 100 (step S56). Further, in step S50, when the user determines that the reservation content displayed on the display unit 105 does not match the reservation content stored by the user, the user does not perform any operation and the predetermined time elapses. For example, the processing is interrupted.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the contactless IC card 600 can be used instead of cash to purchase and make a reservation. Therefore, particularly when the non-contact IC card 600 is used as the employee ID card, it is possible to purchase the product of the vending machine 100 in the company without carrying cash with the employee ID card. Further, when a user wants to reserve a product, the reservation number can be stored in the employee ID card, so that a single employee ID card is sufficient from reservation to purchase. In addition, since the contactless IC card 600 can store information about the individual cardholder such as the employee number, for example, when an in-house vending machine product is purchased by an employee, it is free of charge. It is possible to provide various services to the owner of a specific contactless IC card.

In the present embodiment, the vending machine 100 has the card R / W unit 610, but as is well known, it may be provided in the user terminal 400 of the user. . In this case, the user
As in the embodiment described above, it is possible to make a reservation for a product of the vending machine 100 using the non-contact IC card 600 by using a communication terminal such as a mobile phone of its own. In this case, the vending machine 1
The reservation button 104 is unnecessary for 00.

Further, in the present embodiment, the non-contact IC
Although the card 600 is used, a contact IC card or a mobile communication terminal incorporating a non-contact IC chip may be used. It is also possible to make a reservation using the non-contact IC card 600 and make a purchase by cash or other identification means.

In this embodiment, the contactless IC card having the employee ID and electronic money functions is used, but the contactless IC with an electronic money function having other functions such as a transportation commuter pass is also shown. Even with the card 600, it is possible to obtain the same effect as that of the present embodiment.

[0055]

As described above in detail, according to the invention of claim 1, the host computer not only sells the products of the vending machine but also manages the reservation. Therefore, the management of the reservation and the sales of the vending machine is performed. Can be efficiently and collectively performed. In addition, since the host computer can be accessed from the operator's communication terminal through the network, the operator can quickly replenish the product when the stock is low and sell the product to users other than the reserved user. Therefore, it is possible to improve sales.

Further, according to the invention of claim 2, the user can make a reservation for the vending machine by communicating with the host computer through his / her own communication terminal, and go to the vending machine only for the reservation. Since it is not necessary, the convenience of the user can be improved.

According to the invention of claim 3, claim 1
Alternatively, in addition to the effect of 2, when the number of stocks becomes less than a predetermined number with respect to the number of reservations, the host computer sends a message of product replenishment to the operator's communication terminal to immediately replenish the product, Since sales opportunities will not be lost due to shortage, it is possible to further improve sales.

Further, according to the invention of claim 4, in addition to the effect of claim 1, 2 or 3, by using the identifying means, reservation and purchase of merchandise can be made at the vending machine without using cash. In addition, since the reserved product can be purchased without remembering the reservation number, the convenience of the user can be improved. Also, since the identification means stores the personal data of the owner, various services such as changing the product price are provided to the owner of the specific identification means based on these data. It is possible to improve the service.

According to the invention of claim 5, claim 4
In addition to the effect of, the user can reserve and purchase the products of the vending machine by using the non-contact IC card. Therefore, for example, if a contactless IC card having two functions of an employee ID card and electronic money is used, it is possible to purchase a product in-house using only the employee ID card, which further improves the convenience of the user. be able to.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the relationship between a host computer, a vending machine, and a user's communication terminal.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a system for pre-order sales of products for an automatic vending machine according to the first embodiment

[Figure 3] User database configuration diagram

[Figure 4] Configuration diagram of the management database

[Fig. 5] Configuration diagram of reservation database

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the flow of product reservation in the reservation sales system according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the flow of product purchase in the reservation sales system according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a configuration diagram of a product reservation sales system for an automatic vending machine according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining the flow of product reservation in the reservation sales system according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining the flow of product purchase in the reservation sales system according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a configuration diagram of a product reservation sale system for an automatic vending machine according to a third embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a non-contact IC card.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a card R / W unit.

FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining the flow of product reservation and purchase in the reservation sales system according to the third embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

100 ... Vending machine body, 104 ... Reservation button, 105
Display unit 108 Reservation processing unit 200 Host computer 205 Reservation DB 300 Operating terminal 400
... user terminal, 501 ... network, 600 ... non-contact IC card, 601 ... antenna section, 610 ... card R /
W section, 611 ... Antenna section, 612 ... Processing section.

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A vending machine product reservation and sale system using an automatic vending machine connected to a host computer via a network, wherein the vending machine is a reservation acceptance unit that accepts a product reservation, and a reservation is made. And a reservation sale means for selling goods according to an instruction from the host computer, wherein the host computer automatically manages the vending machine information regarding the sale status of goods of the connected vending machine and the reservation information accepted by the reservation acceptance means. A vending machine product comprising: a vending machine management means; and a transmitting means for transmitting management information of the vending machine management means to a communication terminal of an operator of the vending machine via a network. Reservation sales system. 2. A reservation and sale system for a vending machine product using a vending machine connected to a host computer via a network, which is connectable to a computer via the network and makes a reservation regarding reservation of a vending machine product. In addition to having a user terminal of a user equipped with a transmission means for transmitting information to the host computer, the host computer has sales information regarding the product sales status of the connected vending machine and a reservation accepted via the communication terminal. An automatic vending machine management unit that centrally manages information; and a transmission unit that transmits management information of the automatic vending machine management unit to a communication terminal of an operator of the automatic vending machine via a network. Has a reservation selling means for selling a reserved product in accordance with an instruction from the host computer. Reservation sales system for vending machine products. 3. The host computer compares the sales information with the reservation information, and if the stock number of products in the sales information is less than or equal to a predetermined reference number with respect to the reservation number in the reservation information, the host computer operates. 3. The vending machine product reservation and sale system according to claim 1, further comprising notification means for instructing a person's communication terminal to replenish the vending machine with the product. 4. The vending machine is provided with a writing unit for writing reservation information regarding a reservation to an identification unit in which the identification information is stored, and a reading unit for reading the identification information of the identification unit and the reservation information. The reservation sale system for goods of the vending machine according to claim 1, 2 or 3. 5. The reservation sales system for goods of an automatic vending machine according to claim 4, wherein the identification means includes a non-contact IC card.