TW202009878A - Vending device for suggesting shoppers to purchase from other device when commodity sold out and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A vending device for suggesting shoppers to purchase from other device when a commodity is sold out and a method thereof are provided. By connecting to a server to obtain information of other devices selling a commodity when the commodity selected by a shopper is sold out, and displaying the information of the devices for the shopper can buy the commodity from one of the other device, the system and the method can provide sales service when commodity is sold out, and can achieve the effect of sell different commodities by jointing multiple vending device.

Description

Device and method for prompting shoppers to purchase from other devices when goods are sold out

A device and method for selling information of goods, in particular, a device and method for prompting shoppers to purchase from other devices when the goods are sold out.

The vending machine is a fully automatic machine that can trade with shoppers, and can assist shoppers to purchase goods placed in the vending machine, such as snacks, instant noodles, beverages, facial paper, ice cream, cakes, etc. The general vending machine has the advantage of occupying a small space and does not require resident manpower. However, due to the limitation of mechanical automation, it is impossible to sell commodities that are too large and must be restocked by the stationed personnel.

Early vending machines could only recognize copper plates, so they could only pay with copper plates. With the evolution of the times, most current vending machines include banknote detectors to provide bill payment. Even, some vending machines can also use stored value cards, Pay by credit card or mobile application.

When there is no store nearby or the store is closed, the vending machine allows shoppers to purchase goods smoothly. Especially for business people or tourists who are not familiar with the surrounding environment, the vending machine is a convenient device. However, current vending machines can only sell goods independently. Once the goods are sold out, they cannot continue to provide services to the purchaser. As a result, the vending machine loses its convenience.

To sum up, it can be seen that in the prior art, there has been a long-term problem that the products in the vending machine cannot continue to provide sales services when they are sold out. Therefore, it is necessary to propose improved technical means to solve this problem.

In view of the prior art's problem that the products in the vending machine cannot continue to provide sales services when they are sold out, the present invention discloses a device and method that prompts shoppers to purchase from other devices when the products are sold out, in which:

The device disclosed in the present invention that prompts the shopper to purchase from other devices when the goods are sold out includes at least: a merchandise purchase module to provide the purchased merchandise; an inventory judgment module to judge the merchandise inventory; a communication module , Used to send the commodity identification data of the commodity to the server when the inventory of the commodity is insufficient, and to receive the relevant information sent by the server and other devices within a certain range and the commodity inventory is not zero; display mode Group to display related information of other devices.

The method disclosed in the present invention prompts the shopper to purchase from other devices when the goods are sold out. The steps include at least: the selling device provides the purchased goods; when the selling device judges that the stock of goods is insufficient, it sends the product identification data of the goods to the server; The server searches for related information of other devices that are within a certain range of the vending device and the merchandise inventory is not zero based on the product identification data; the server sends related messages of other devices to the vending device; the vending device displays the related messages of other devices.

The system and method disclosed by the present invention are as above, and the difference between the present technology and the prior art is that the present invention connects to the server to obtain relevant information of other devices nearby that provide the same product when the inventory of the product selected by the shopper is insufficient. , And display related information of other devices to enable shoppers to purchase products from other devices, to solve the problems of the previous technology, and to achieve the technical effect of combining multiple vending machines to jointly sell different products.

The following will describe the features and implementations of the present invention in detail with reference to the drawings and examples. The content is sufficient for any person skilled in the relevant arts to easily fully understand and implement the technical means applied to solve the technical problems of the present invention and implement accordingly, thereby realizing The achievable effect of the invention.

The present invention is applied to a vending device, which allows the vending device to display related information of other devices selling the same product nearby when the product selected by the shopper is sold out, so that the shopper can purchase products from other devices.

The following describes the system operation of the present invention with the schematic diagram of the device shown in the "Figure 1" of the present invention that prompts the shopper to purchase from other devices when the goods are sold out. As shown in "Figure 1", the device of the present invention (selling device 100) includes a merchandise purchase module 110, an inventory determination module 120, a communication module 140, a display module 150, and an image capture module that can be attached Group 130, verification module 160.

The merchandise purchase module 110 is responsible for providing input shopping data to purchase merchandise in the vending device 100. The shopping information provided by the merchandise purchase module 110 may represent the selected merchandise. In some embodiments, the shopping data may include the quantity of the purchased goods. Among them, the product purchasing module 110 may not provide the input quantity of goods when providing the input shopping data, but set the quantity of goods to 1 ; The merchandise purchase module 110 can also preset the number of commodities to 1, that is, when the entered shopping data does not include the number of commodities, set the number of commodities to 1.

In more detail, the merchandise purchase module 110 can provide selection of the merchandise to be purchased (and input the quantity of merchandise to be purchased), and can move the selected merchandise from the storage area to the fetching area. Generally speaking, the merchandise purchasing module 110 includes a shopping mechanism of a conventional vending machine, that is, the buyer is provided to press a button corresponding to the merchandise to be purchased on the vending device 100, or the buyer is selling On the input panel of the device 100, a set of buttons representing the product to be purchased is pressed, so that the product purchasing module 110 can take out, push out, or move the product corresponding to the pressed button out of the storage area of the product The product corresponding to the pressed button leaves the storage area and automatically falls to the fetching area, or is moved to the fetching area by the merchandise purchasing module 110 in the manner of loading, pushing, or clamping, but the merchandise purchasing module 110 The way of providing goods for purchase is not limited to the above.

The merchandise purchasing module 110 may also temporarily suspend the provision of merchandise purchased by the inventory judgment module 120 to judge that the inventory is insufficient, until the inventory judgment module 120 no longer judges that the inventory is insufficient.

In some embodiments, the merchandise purchase module 110 may also provide input pickup data, and may provide the commodity represented by the pickup data when the input pickup data passes the verification of the verification module 160. Among them, the picking data mentioned in the present invention may be picking serial numbers or picking bar codes, etc., which can record specific data or can be indexed to specific data. The merchandise purchase module 110 can provide corresponding input methods, for example, picking The serial number can be a string arbitrarily arranged by any number of letters or numbers. The merchandise purchase module 110 can provide an input panel containing all letters and numbers to provide an input retrieval serial number; the pickup barcode can also be one-dimensional or two-dimensional For bar codes, the merchandise purchase module 110 can provide a barcode scanner to scan the pickup bar code, but neither the pickup information provided by the present invention nor the manner in which the merchandise purchase module 110 provides input pickup information is limited to the above.

The inventory judgment module 120 is responsible for judging the inventory of each commodity sold by the vending device 100. The inventory judgment module 120 may be disposed below or on the side of the storage area of the product, but the invention is not limited thereto.

The inventory judgment module 120 is also responsible for whether the inventory of the commodity is sufficient, that is, to judge whether the inventory of the commodity provided by the commodity purchase module 110 is lower than the quantity of the commodity input provided by the commodity purchase module 110. In some embodiments, when the inventory of the commodity is insufficient, that is, when the inventory judgment module 120 judges that the inventory of the commodity is lower than the quantity of the commodity, the inventory judgment module 120 may calculate the difference between the quantity of the commodity and the inventory of the commodity. In the present invention, the "out of stock value" will represent the difference between the quantity of goods and the inventory of goods.

In some embodiments, the inventory judgment module 120 can set the reserved value of the commodity according to the reserved message, and can judge that the inventory of the commodity is insufficient when the inventory of the commodity is less than or equal to the reserved value of the commodity. Among them, the vending device 100 can set different retention values for each merchandise sold.

The inventory judgment module 120 can also deduct the retained value of the commodities represented in the entered pickup data when the pickup data entered by the commodity purchase module 110 passes the verification of the verification module 160 The number of commodities indicated in the data.

The image capturing module 130 can capture one or more images of the goods placed in the vending device 100. In the present invention, the image of the goods captured by the image capturing module 130 is called "commodity image" .

The image capturing module 130 may include an image capturing lens (not shown), wherein the image capturing lens may be disposed on the upper wall and/or the side wall of the storage area of the commodity, and the image capturing module 130 may be controlled The image capturing lens is moved to a position corresponding to each product to capture the product image of each product; the image capturing module 130 may also include a plurality of image capturing lenses, each of which corresponds to a product and can be used It is arranged above or in front of the corresponding commodity, so that the image capturing module 130 can capture the commodity image of each commodity through the image capturing lens corresponding to each commodity. However, the method of capturing the product image and setting the image capturing lens by the image capturing module 130 is not limited to the above, and any setting method that can capture the product image of all the products can be used in the present invention.

The communication module 140 is responsible for connecting with the server 400, and can transmit data or signals to the server 400, and can also receive data or signals transmitted by the server 400. The communication module 140 may be connected to the server 400 through a wired network or a wireless network, where the wired network includes but is not limited to Ethernet or power network, etc. The wireless network includes but is not limited to WiFi, Bluetooth, Zigbee, Or telephone network.

The communication module 140 is responsible for when the inventory judgment module 120 judges that the inventory of the commodity is insufficient, that is, the inventory judgment module 120 judges that the inventory of the commodity provided by the commodity purchase module 110 is lower than the input provided by the commodity purchase module 110 For the number of products, send the product identification data of the input products provided by the product purchase module 110 (and the shortage difference calculated by the inventory judgment module 120) to the server 400, and receive the returned data from the server 400 Relevant information about one or more other devices that are within a certain range of the sales device 100 and whose product inventory is not zero. The related data of other devices mentioned in the present invention includes location information, photos, inventory quantity, moving routes, etc. of other devices, but the present invention is not limited thereto. Among them, the movement route included in the related data received by the communication module 140 is planned by the server 400.

The communication module 140 may also send a corresponding notification message to the server 400 when the inventory judgment module 120 judges that the inventory of the product is below the threshold.

The communication module 140 can also send the commodity image captured by the image capturing module 130 to the server 400, and receive the commodity information of the commodity in the commodity image. The commodity information received by the communication module 140 includes the commodity name, commodity price, commodity specification, etc., but the invention is not limited thereto.

The communication module 140 can also receive the reservation message or the pickup message sent by the server 400. The communication module 140 may also send the pickup data obtained by the verification module 160 to the server 400, and receive the comparison result returned by the server 400.

The display module 150 may include one or more display units, and each display unit may display different messages. In some embodiments, each product in the vending device 100 may correspond to a different display unit included in the display module 150, wherein the display unit corresponding to the product may be used as a sub-display unit, and the display unit not corresponding to the product Can be used as the main display unit.

The display module 150 is responsible for displaying related messages of other devices received by the communication module 140. The display module 150 may continuously or carousel the related messages received by the communication module 140 after the communication module 140 receives the related messages, or it may determine in the inventory determination module 120 that the items with insufficient inventory are selected by the product purchase module. When the group 110 is selected, the related messages received by the communication module 140 are displayed.

The display module 150 can also display the commodity information received by the communication module 140. The display module 150 may continuously display all or part of the commodity information received by the communication module 140, or may display all or part of the commodity information received by the communication module 140 when the commodity is selected by the commodity purchase module 110 . For example, the display module 150 can display the product name (and product image) of the corresponding product in the sub-display unit corresponding to each product, and can display the product selected by the product purchase module 110 in the main display unit The commodity price or the related message received by the communication module 140 is displayed, but the invention is not limited to this.

The verification module 160 can verify the input and retrieval data provided by the merchandise purchase module 110. For example, the verification module 160 may compare the pick-up message received by the communication module 140 with the pick-up data input through the merchandise purchase module 110. When the pick-up message and the pick-up data are the same, it means that the pick-up data passes Verification, on the contrary, when the pick-up information and the pick-up data are different, it means that the pick-up data has not passed the verification; for another example, the verification module 160 can send the pick-up data to the server 400 through the communication module 140 and can communicate through The server 400 received by the module 140 compares the pickup information with the comparison result generated by the pickup data to generate a verification result.

Next, the first embodiment is used to explain the operation system and method of the present invention, and please refer to the "Figure 2A" method flow chart of the present invention to remind the shopper to purchase from other devices when the goods are sold out.

After the vending device 100 starts to operate, the merchandise purchasing module 110 can load pre-set merchandise information. In this embodiment, it is assumed that the product information loaded in the product purchasing module 110 is the product price of each product in the vending device 100 and the purchase string with each product, that is to say, the Each commodity corresponds to a commodity price and a purchase string, respectively, where the purchase string corresponding to each commodity is different.

After the merchandise purchasing module 110 obtains merchandise information, the merchandise purchasing module 110 may provide merchandise purchase (step 250). In this embodiment, it is assumed that the merchandise purchase module 110 includes a set of buttons containing English letters and Arabic numerals. The shopper can press an English letter and an Arabic numeral to select a product, that is, in the vending device 100 The purchase string corresponding to each product contains an English letter and an Arabic number. Also. The shopper can also press the number of products after entering the purchase string, for example, 5.

When a shopper to the vending device 100 selects the products provided by the vending device 100 through the merchandise purchasing module 110, the inventory judgment module 120 can determine whether the inventory of the selected merchandise is sufficient (step 262), if not, the merchandise selection The purchase module 110 can move the selected commodities from the storage area to the fetching area after the shopper pays, so that the shopper can obtain the purchased commodities from the fetching area.

If the inventory judgment module 120 judges that the inventory of the selected product provided by the commodity selection module 110 is 2, that is, when the inventory judgment module 120 judges that the inventory is insufficient, the inventory judgment module 120 may calculate the input through the commodity purchase module 110 The difference between the number of products and the inventory of the products selected through the product purchase module 110 (out of stock value), the communication module 140 can use the inventory determination module 120 to determine the product identification data of the products with insufficient inventory (that is, the product selection The purchase module 110 provides the commodity identification data of the selected commodity) and the out-of-stock value calculated by the inventory judgment module 120 is transmitted to the server 400 (step 266). In this embodiment, it is assumed that the communication module 140 can generate a query message including product identification data and out-of-stock value of the product, and send the generated query message to the server 400, where the query generated by the communication module 140 The message may also include device identification data of the vending device 100 or location data of the vending device 100, and the out-of-stock value is 3.

After the server 400 receives the commodity identification data sent by the vending device 100, the server 400 can search and transmit the merchandise identification data according to the received merchandise identification data. The vending device 100 is within a certain range, and the received merchandise Relevant information of other devices whose inventory of the goods represented by the identification data is not zero, and the related information of the other devices found can be transmitted to the vending device 100 that transmits the product identification data (step 270). In this embodiment, the server 400 can directly obtain the location data of the vending device 100 from the query message, or read the location data of the vending device 100 according to the device identification data of the vending device 100 in the query message. In addition, in this embodiment, it is assumed that the server 400 can only search for related information of other devices whose inventory is not less than the out-of-stock value, or can search for related information of other devices whose inventory is not zero.

After the communication module 140 of the vending device 100 receives the related data of other devices returned by the server 400, the display module 150 can display the related data received by the communication module 140 (step 280). In this embodiment, it is assumed that the display module 150 can display a prompt message of insufficient goods, and can display other devices such as the distance, moving route, and product inventory to provide shoppers with one or more other devices to purchase insufficient quantities. The same product.

To continue to explain the operating system and method of the present invention with the second embodiment, please refer to "Figure 2A" and "Figure 2B". In this embodiment, the merchandise purchase module 110 includes a plurality of buttons provided on the vending device 100. In addition, a different display unit belonging to the display module 150 is also arranged around each button on the vending device 100. One button corresponds to the same product as the display unit provided around the button, but the product corresponding to each button is different.

After the vending device 100 starts to operate, the merchandise purchase module 110 may first load merchandise information. In this embodiment, it is assumed that as shown in "Figure 2B", the image capturing module 130 can capture the commodity image of each commodity, and the communication module 140 can capture the commodity image captured by the image capturing module 130 Send to the server 400 (step 210), the server 400 can analyze the received commodity image to determine the commodity contained in the commodity image, and can read the judged according to the commodity identification data of the judged commodity The commodity information such as the commodity name, commodity identification data, commodity price, and the like, and the read commodity information can be transmitted to the vending device 100 (step 220). After the communication module 140 receives the commodity information transmitted by the server 400, the display module 150 can compare the commodity price in the commodity information received by the communication module 140 and the commodity captured by the image capture module 130 The image displays the sub-display unit corresponding to each product (step 230), and the product purchase module 110 may also load product information corresponding to each product.

Also after the vending device 100 starts to operate, the inventory judgment module 120 can judge whether the inventory of each commodity is sufficient (step 262), that is, whether the inventory of the commodity is zero, the communication module 140 can judge the inventory by the inventory judgment module 120 The commodity identification data of the insufficient commodity is sent to the server 400 (step 266). In this embodiment, it is assumed that the communication module 140 can generate a query message including product identification data of the product, and send the generated query message to the server 400, where the query message generated by the communication module 140 can also include The device identification data of the vending device 100 or the location data of the vending device 100.

After the server 400 receives the commodity identification data sent by the vending device 100, the server 400 can search and transmit the merchandise identification data according to the received merchandise identification data. The vending device 100 is within a certain range, and the received merchandise Relevant information of other devices whose inventory of the goods represented by the identification data is not zero, and the related information of the other devices found can be transmitted to the vending device 100 that transmits the product identification data (step 270). In this embodiment, the server 400 can directly obtain the location data of the vending device 100 from the query message, or read the location data of the vending device 100 according to the device identification data of the vending device 100 in the query message. After that, the server 400 can search related information of other devices whose sales device 100 is within a certain range based on the location data of the sales device 100, and the inventory of the goods is not zero, can be based on the location data of the sales device 100 and related information of other devices found The location data in the center generates a map containing the vending device 100 and other devices.

After the communication module 140 of the vending device 100 receives the relevant data of other devices returned by the server 400, the merchandise purchasing module 110 can provide the shopper to purchase merchandise (step 250). In this embodiment, the shopper can directly press the button corresponding to the product to be purchased.

If the product selected by the shopper is not a product whose inventory is judged by the inventory judgment module 120 to be zero, the display module 150 may display the commodity name and commodity price in the main display unit, and the commodity purchase module 110 may After the purchaser completes the purchase procedure, the goods selected by the shopper are moved from the storage area to the pickup area, so that the shopper can obtain the purchased goods from the pickup area.

If the product selected by the shopper is a product whose inventory is judged by the inventory judgment module 120 to be zero, the display module 150 may display the relevant data received by the communication module 140 (step 280). In this embodiment, the display module 150 may display a prompt message indicating that the product is sold out, and may display a map containing the vending device 100 and other devices, so as to provide shoppers to purchase products from other devices.

In the above two embodiments, after the inventory judgment module 120 judges whether the inventory of the commodity is insufficient (step 262), if the inventory of the commodity is sufficient, as shown in the flow of "Figure 2C", the inventory judgment module 120 can further judge Whether the inventory of the product is below the threshold (step 291), and if so, the communication module 140 can send the product identification data containing the product below the threshold to the server 400 (step 295), thereby notifying the server 400 of the need for replenishment .

In addition, in the above two embodiments, after the display module 150 displays related information of other devices (step 280), as shown in the flow of "Figure 3A", the merchandise purchase module 110 can provide selection of other devices (step 310). For example, in the first embodiment, the display module 150 can display related information of one other device at a time, and the merchandise purchase module 110 can provide shoppers to switch the display module 150 to display related information of different other devices, and can provide Select other devices corresponding to the related information currently displayed by the display module 150; for another example, in the second embodiment, the display module 150 can display related information of each other device in different sub-display units. The module 110 can provide a shopper to press a button around the secondary display unit to select the corresponding other device.

After the merchandise purchase module 110 provides selection of other devices (step 310), the communication module 140 may send a reservation message containing the commodity identification data and the quantity of the goods to the server 400, and the server 400 will receive the reserved message Forwarded to the selected other device, so that the reserved message is sent to the selected other device through the server 400 (step 320), so that the other device that receives the reserved message sets the reserved value of the product according to the product identification data to retain the product (step 330).

In addition, after the communication module 140 transmits the reservation message to the selected other device through the server 400 (step 330), as shown in the flow of "Figure 3B", the merchandise purchase module 110 can output the pickup data ( Step 360).

After the merchandise purchase module 110 outputs the pickup data, the shopper can input the pickup data to the other selected device (step 370), and the verification module 160 of the other device can determine whether the input pickup data passes the verification ( Step 380). If the pickup data is verified, the commodity purchase module 110 of the other device may move the commodity from the storage area to the pickup area to provide the commodity (step 390).

In summary, it can be seen that the difference between the present invention and the prior art is that when the inventory of the product selected by the shopper is insufficient, connect to the server to obtain relevant information of other devices that provide the same product nearby, and display other The relevant information of the device enables shoppers to purchase commodities from other devices by means of technology, which can solve the problem that the previous technology cannot continue to provide sales services when the goods in the vending machine are sold out, and then reach a combination Multiple vending machines jointly sell the technical effects of different products.

Furthermore, the method of present invention prompting the shopper to purchase from other devices when the goods are sold out can be implemented in hardware, software, or a combination of hardware and software, or can be implemented in a centralized manner or differently in a computer system The components are distributed in several distributed computer systems in a decentralized manner.

Although the disclosed embodiments of the present invention are as described above, the content described is not intended to directly limit the patent protection scope of the present invention. Anyone who has ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention belongs, without making any departure from the spirit and scope disclosed by the present invention, makes slight modifications to the form and details of the implementation of the present invention, all belong to the patent protection of the present invention range. The scope of patent protection of the present invention shall still be determined by the scope of the attached patent application.

100‧‧‧Vending device 110‧‧‧Commodity purchase module 120‧‧‧Inventory judgment module 130‧‧‧Image capture module 140‧‧‧Communication module 150‧‧‧Display module 160‧‧‧ Verification module 400 ‧‧‧ server step 210 ‧‧‧ sales device captures the product image of the product and sends it to the server step 220 ‧‧‧ the server obtains product information according to the product image and sends it to the sales device step 230 ‧‧‧ Vending device displays product information Step 250 ‧‧‧ Vending device provides input purchase data to purchase product Step 262 ‧‧‧ Vending device determines whether the inventory of the product is sufficient Step 266 ‧‧‧ Vending device sends product identification data to server Step 270‧ ‧‧The server searches for related information of other devices that are within a certain range of the vending device and the merchandise inventory is not zero based on the product identification data and sends to the vending device step 280‧‧‧The vending device displays the related messages of other vending machines step 291 ‧‧‧Vending device determines whether the inventory of goods is below the threshold value Step 295‧‧‧Vending device sends a notification message to the server Step 310 ‧‧‧Vending device provides selection of other devices Step 320 ‧‧‧Vending device sends reservation through the server Message to the selected other device Step 330 ‧‧‧ Selected other device to retain the merchandise Step 360 ‧‧‧Vending device output pick-up data step 370 ‧‧‧Other devices provide input pick-up data step 380 ‧‧‧Other device judgment Whether the pickup information has passed the verification step 390

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of components of a device that prompts a shopper to purchase from another device when goods are sold out according to the present invention. FIG. 2A is a flowchart of a method for prompting a shopper to purchase from another device when a product is sold out according to the present invention. FIG. 2B is a flowchart of a method for obtaining product information according to the present invention. FIG. 2C is a flowchart of the method for prompting the server to replenish the goods according to the present invention. FIG. 3A is a flowchart of a method for notifying other devices to reserve commodities according to the present invention. FIG. 3B is a flow chart of the method provided by the present invention to other devices for pickup.

Step 250: The selling device provides input of purchase information to purchase goods

Step 262‧‧‧The sales device judges whether the stock of the goods is sufficient

Step 266‧‧‧Vending device sends product identification data to the server

Step 270: The server searches for related information of other devices that are within a certain range of the sales device based on the product identification data and the inventory of the product is not zero, and transmits to the sales device

Step 280‧‧‧Vending device displays related information of other vending machines

Claims (10)

A method for prompting a shopper to purchase from another device when a product is sold out is applied to a vending device. The method includes at least the following steps: The vending device provides input of a purchase data to purchase a product, and the purchase data includes a product Quantity; when the vending device judges that the inventory of the product is lower than the amount of the product, it sends a product identification data of the product to a server; the server searches for the product within a certain range and the product according to the product identification data and the vending device The relevant information of at least one other device whose inventory is not zero; the server transmits the relevant information of the at least one other device; and the vending device displays the relevant information of the at least one other device. As described in item 1 of the patent application scope, a method of prompting a shopper to purchase from another device when a product is sold out, wherein the method further includes the vending device retrieving the product before the vending device provides the step of entering the purchase data A commodity image, and send the commodity image to the server, the server obtains a commodity information according to the commodity image, and sends the commodity information to the selling device for display. As described in item 1 of the scope of the patent application, a method of prompting a shopper to purchase another device when the product is sold out, wherein the method further includes the step of the vending device determining the product after the vending device provides the step of entering the purchase information The step of sending a notification message to the server when the inventory is below the threshold. As described in item 1 of the patent application scope, a method of prompting a shopper to purchase from another device when a product is sold out, wherein the method further includes the vending device after the step of displaying related information of the at least one other device by the vending device Providing selection of the at least one other device, and sending a reservation message to the selected at least one other device through the server, so that the reserved quantity of the selected at least one other device is the quantity of the product and the product in the vending device The difference between the inventory and the steps of the product As described in item 1 of the patent application scope, a method of prompting a shopper to purchase from another device when a product is sold out, wherein the method further includes the vending device after the step of displaying related information of the at least one other device by the vending device A pick-up data is output, and the at least one other device provides the step of inputting the pick-up data and providing the product after the pick-up data is verified. A device for prompting a shopper to purchase from another device when the product is sold out, the device at least includes: a product purchase module for providing input of a purchase data to purchase a product, wherein the purchase data includes a number of products; An inventory judgment module to judge the inventory of the commodity; a communication module to transmit a commodity identification data of the commodity to a servo when the inventory judgment module judges that the inventory of the commodity is lower than the quantity of the commodity Device, and used to receive related information of at least one other device sent by the server, wherein the at least one other device and the device are within a certain range and the inventory of the commodity in the at least one other device is not zero; And a display module for displaying related information of the at least one other device. As described in item 6 of the patent application scope, a device that prompts shoppers to purchase from other devices when a product is sold out, wherein the device further includes an image capture module to capture a product image of the product, the communication The module is further used to send the commodity image to the server and to receive the commodity information sent by the server, and the display module is further used to display the commodity information. As described in item 6 of the patent application scope, a device that prompts a shopper to purchase another device when the product is sold out, wherein the communication module is further used when the inventory judgment module judges that the inventory of the product is below the threshold , Send a notification message to the server. As described in item 6 of the patent application scope, a device that prompts shoppers to purchase from other devices when goods are sold out, wherein the communication module is further used to receive a reservation message sent by the server, and the inventory judgment module It is used to set a reserved value according to the reserved message, and to judge the stock of the commodity according to the reserved value. As described in item 6 of the scope of the patent application, a device that prompts shoppers to purchase from other devices when goods are sold out, where the device further includes a verification module to verify that the product purchase module provides input of a pickup data , The merchandise purchase module is also used to provide the merchandise when the pickup data passes the verification of the verification module.

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