TW523722B - Automatic seller machine transaction system and method - Google Patents

Abstract

An automatic seller machine transaction system and method is proposed for use on an automatic seller machine selling various commodity items such as drinks, snacks, tickets, and so on, for the purpose of allowing a consumer to transact with the automatic seller machine by means of the identification data stored in the SIM (subscriber identity module) card in his/her wireless portable intelligent device, such as mobile phone or PDA (personal digital assistant). Compared to the prior art, the proposed transaction system and method allows the consumer to transact with the automatic seller machine without having to use coins or paper money, allowing the transaction to be carried out more conveniently than the prior art.

Description

523722 V. Description of the Invention (1) [Field of Invention] The present invention relates to an electronic commerce information technology, and in particular, to an automatic commodity vending machine transaction system and method, which can be matched with an automatic commodity vending machine, such as a beverage / Food vending machine, ticket vending machine, etc., which allows consumers to use a subscriber identity card (Subscriber Identity Module) with a wireless communication-capable portable information device (such as a mobile phone or a personal digital assistant device) , SIM) to conduct a transaction procedure with the automatic merchandise vending machine. [Background of the Invention] Most public places are generally equipped with various types of automatic merchandise vending machines, such as beverage / food vending machines, ticket vending machines, etc., which allow consumers to purchase such vending machines by investing cash. In the machine. However, a disadvantage of the conventional automatic merchandise vending machine is that most of them only accept coins, so if consumers do not carry enough hard money with them, or cannot reach enough coins, they cannot conduct transactions. There are currently some automated vending machines that accept banknotes. However, if the consumer's banknotes are old, they still have difficulty identifying and may not be accepted. In addition, if the denomination of consumers' banknotes is too large and the amount of consumption is small, such automatic commodity vending machines may not be able to accept transactions because the internal change is insufficient to find money. [Summary of the Invention] In view of the shortcomings of the conventional technology described above, the main object of the present invention is to provide an automatic merchandise vending machine transaction system and method, which can eliminate the need for consumers to use coins or banknotes to conduct transactions with automatic merchandise vending machines. cross

16701.ptd Page 7 523722 V. Description of the invention (2) Easy. The automatic merchandise vending machine transaction system and method of the present invention are suitable for matching with an automatic merchandise vending machine, so that consumers can communicate with subscriber identity modules (SIMs) in their portable information devices. This automatic merchandise vending machine conducts trading procedures. Compared with the conventional technology, the automatic merchandise vending machine transaction system and method of the present invention allows consumers to conduct transactions without using cash, so that there is no disadvantage of the conventional technology due to the use of cash transactions. [Inventive embodiment] The following is a detailed description of an embodiment of the automatic commodity vending machine transaction system and method in accordance with the accompanying drawings. Please refer to FIG. 1 first. The basic system architecture of an embodiment of the automatic merchandise vending machine transaction system of the present invention. In practical applications, the automatic merchandise vending machine transaction system of this embodiment (such as the dashed box indicated by reference numeral 100) The included part) is paired with an automatic merchandise vending machine 10 to allow consumers to use a wireless information device in a portable information device 20 (such as a mobile phone or a personal digital assistant device). A subscriber identity card (Subscriber Identity Module, SIM) performs a transaction procedure with the automatic merchandise vending machine 10. The basic architecture of the automatic commodity vending machine transaction system of this embodiment includes at least: (a)-a user identification code reading device 1 1 0; (b)-a transaction server 1 2 0; and (c) a network system 1 3 0. The user identification code reading device 11 0 is set on the automatic commodity vending machine 10, and at least includes: (a 1) —a wireless signal receiving module Π1;

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5. Description of the invention (3) and (a2)-network communication interface 112. The wireless signal receiving module 111 is, for example, rabbit τ Α., Tracing, and tapping μ * △ is an IrDA (Infrared Data A ssocla 11 ο η) standard standard infrared green bucket, 〆 & .., D1, u, No. Interview # 1 Deep wireless communication interface, or a Bluetooth standard specification, "Shenzhen Communication Interface", which can be used to receive the portable information device 20 wirelessly translated μ Τ & quot 々 A S M user identification code data. The network communication interface 112 may be a wireless network communication interface or a wired network communication interface, which can read the user identification code device 110 is connected to the transaction server 12 through the network system 130.

The transaction server 120 is located at a remote location, which includes at least: (bl)-network communication interface i21; (b2) a user identification code confirmation module U2; and (b3) a billing issue Module 123; and may optionally further include (b 4)-transaction details transmission module 1 2 4. The network system 1 3 0 is, for example, the Internet or a directly connected network system, which can connect the user identification code reading device 1 1 〇 to the transaction feeder 1 2 0 to allow two Information can be exchanged between those. The flowchart in Fig. 2 shows the flow of steps executed when the automatic merchandise vending machine transaction system in Fig. 1 is applied.

^ Please refer to Figure 2 and Figure 1 at the same time. When a consumer wants to purchase the goods provided from the automatic merchandise vending machine 10, he first causes his mobile phone 20 to send out the user identification code information wirelessly (SIM) to the user identification code reading device provided on the automatic commodity vending machine 10. This will start the automatic commodity vending machine transaction system 1000 of the present invention to execute the following procedures.

16701.ptd Page 9 523722 V. Description of the invention (4) First, the wireless card reading procedure of step S 10 is performed, so that the wireless signal receiving module 11 1 receives the user identification code data sent by the consumer's mobile phone 20 Come in and send it to the network communication interface 1 1 2. Then the data transmission procedure of step S 2 0 is performed, so that the network communication interface 1 1 2 first performs an encryption process on the inputted user identification code data, thereby encrypting the user identification data and then transmitting the data through the network. The system 1 3 0 sends to the transaction server 1 2 0. When the network communication interface 1 2 1 in the transaction server 1 2 0 receives this encrypted user ID data, it will first perform a decryption process, and then send the decrypted user ID data to the user ID. Confirmation module 122 ^ The user identification code confirmation procedure of step S 30 is then performed, so that the user identification code confirmation module 1 2 confirms whether the user identification code data is valid. If it is invalid, the program jumps to step S31; otherwise, if it is valid, the program jumps to step S40. In step S 31, the user identification code confirmation module 1 2 2 sends an invalid message, and sends the invalid message back to the user identification code through the network communication interface 1 2 1 and the network system 1 30. The device 110 causes the user identification code reading device 110 to notify the consumer that the transaction cannot be performed. In step S 40, the user identification code confirmation module 1 2 2 sends a confirmation message, and sends the confirmation message back to the user identification code through the network communication interface 1 2 1 and the network system 1 30. Device 1 1 0. This allows the user identification code reading device 110 to activate the automatic merchandise vending machine 10 to perform a transaction procedure with the consumer. At this time, consumers can select and press on the automatic commodity vending machine 10

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What they need. Then, step S50 is performed. After the transaction is completed, the automatic merchandise vending machine 10 is caused to transmit the transaction amount data to the transaction server 12 through the network communication interface n 2 and the network system. Then proceed to step S 60. After receiving the transaction amount data, the network communication interface 1 2 1 in the transaction server 120 will send it to the transaction details transmission module 124, so that the transaction details transmission module ι24 will pass A wireless message sending station 'is, for example, a short message service (Short Message Servi: e, X, SM 2) of the mobile phone, and a hair transmitting station 30, which wirelessly sends a transaction detailed message to the canceled subscription phone 20. This step S 60 is optional. 、 Single-send an e-commerce system is the case where the consumer is placed in the middle of the box to correlate with the next, and then the model billing system and the other transactions included can use the same information group 1 2 3 from them to the consumption method. Therefore, please refer to the system for other merchants to identify general merchandise for borrowing by the general customer to identify the merchandising step S 7 0. The transaction amount data will also be sent to the account account early delivery board group 1 2 3 Printed in the future. This completes the transaction procedure provided by the automatic merchandise vending machine of the present invention. Please refer to FIG. 3 ', which is a schematic diagram showing the basic system architecture of an embodiment of the automatic commodity vending machine of the present invention. 1. The mobile phone 50 with a communication function or the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) vending machine 41 performs a transaction process. In addition to the module of the embodiment described above, the transaction server 43 of the embodiment is also provided with a database 430 for storing the off-hook pick-up data, and the sales information includes the respective sellers.

523722 V. Description of the invention (6) The exclusive code of the vending machine and the IP (Internet Protocol) address corresponding to the code; and the automatic merchandise vending machine 41 has at least one for prompting consumers to purchase operation information, including at least The vending machine's exclusive code and information on the sales of goods with a number of merchandise sales numbers 4 1 0 and a merchandise sales supply port 41 1. In this way, consumers can be sold according to the products listed on the automatic merchandising machine 4 1 Number Enter the required product sales number on the mobile phone 50, and after the consumer sends the purchase request through the mobile phone 50, make the transaction server 4 3 make the vending machine 4 according to the purchase request 1 Transaction procedures with consumers (please explain in detail later). Please refer to Fig. 4, which shows the flow of steps performed when the automatic commodity vending machine transaction system of Fig. 3 is applied. Please refer to FIG. 4 and FIG. 3 at the same time. When a consumer wants to purchase the goods provided from the automatic merchandise vending machine 10, he first proceeds to step S1, and the consumer puts it on the mobile phone 50 he carries A purchase request, where the purchase request includes the mobile door number used by the mobile phone 50, the vending machine code, and the sales number of the product to be purchased, as shown in the data content 6 0 in FIG. 5, where the reference number 6 0 0 means the consumer's action number, reference number 6 0 2 means the code of the vending machine, and reference number 6 0 3 means the product number of the product to be purchased (product number 1 means soda). After the input is completed, a sending command is input on the mobile phone 50. Then proceed to step S2, the transaction server 43 receives the purchase request sent by the consumer's mobile phone 50, and judges what the mobile door number data included in the purchase request is to find out its user identification data (since Mobile phone user data created with user ID data and mobile door number

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The database is a user database of the structure required by general mobile operators, so it will not be described in detail here) 'and the user identification code confirmation process is performed to enable the user identification code confirmation module 4 3 1 to confirm the user identification data Whether it is valid. If S is invalid, the program jumps to step S6; otherwise, if it is valid, the program jumps to step S3. In step S3, the transaction server 43 finds out the IP address corresponding to the vending machine code from the vending machine database 43 0 according to the vending machine code included in the purchase request. Then, step S4 is performed. The transaction server 43 transmits a confirmation request to the vending machine 41 belonging to the IP address through the network system 42 so that the vending machine 41 can purchase the goods to be purchased according to the purchase request. Sell numbers to sell goods to consumers. Then, step S5 'is completed. After the transaction is completed, the automatic merchandise vending machine 41 will transmit the transaction amount data to the transaction server 42 via the network system 42, so that the transaction server 43 will receive the transaction amount based on the transaction amount it has received. Data to create a consumer bill. In addition, when the consumer bill is established, the transaction server 4 3 will also cause its transaction details transmission module 4 3 3 to pass through a wireless message transmitting station, such as a short message service (SMS) transmitting station of a mobile phone. 30, wirelessly send a transaction details message to the consumer's mobile phone 50, so that the consumer can confirm the transaction. In step S6, during the user identification code confirmation procedure, the user identification code confirmation module 4 31 confirms that the user identification code data is invalid, so the user identification code confirmation module 4 3 1 issues an invalid Message and leave this without

16701.ptd Page 13 523722 V. Description of the invention (8) The effective message is returned to the consumer's mobile phone 50 through the communication system in order to inform the consumer that the transaction cannot be performed. In summary, the present invention provides a novel automatic merchandise vending machine transaction system and method that can be paired with an automatic merchandise vending machine to allow consumers to use a user identification card in a portable information device ( Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) to perform a transaction procedure with the automatic merchandise vending machine. Compared with the conventional technology, the automatic merchandise vending machine transaction system and method of the present invention allows consumers to conduct transactions without using cash. Therefore, the conventional technology has the disadvantages of using cash transactions. The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the essential technical content of the present invention. For example, in the case of the vending machine database 430 of the transaction server 43 shown in FIG. In addition to storing the exclusive code of each vending machine and the IP address corresponding to the code, it can also store product information such as the product number of the product sold by the vending machine and the price of the product corresponding to the product number. Therefore, when the transaction server 43 receives the purchase request sent from the mobile phone 50, it can use the product information as the basis of the bill that the consumer purchase request needs to establish. The essential technical content of the present invention is broadly defined in the patent application scope described below. Any technical entity or method completed by another person, if it is exactly the same as defined in the scope of patent application described below, or an equivalent change, will be considered to be covered by this patent scope.

16701.ptd Page 14 523722 Brief description of the drawings [Brief description of the drawings] The essential technical content of the present invention and its embodiments have been disclosed in detail in the drawings. The contents of these diagrams are briefly described as follows: FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a system architecture, which shows the basic system architecture of an embodiment of the automatic commodity vending machine transaction system of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a flowchart, which shows the application of the first Figure 1 shows the flow of steps performed under the system architecture; Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of a system architecture showing the basic system architecture of another embodiment of the automatic merchandise vending machine trading system of the present invention; Figure 4 is a flowchart of which Shows the flow of steps performed under the system architecture of Figure 3; and Figure 5 is a schematic diagram showing the data content required by a consumer who applies the system architecture of Figure 3 when making a purchase request through a mobile phone. [Explanation of reference numerals] 10, 41 Automatic merchandise vending machine 20 Portable information device (mobile phone) 30 SMS transmitting station (communication base station) 4 0, 1 0 0 The automatic merchandise vending machine transaction system of the present invention 42 ^ 13 0 Network system 43 > 120 Transaction server 1 1 0, 4 3 1 User ID reading device 111 Wireless signal receiving module 112 Network communication interface

16701.ptd Page 15 523722 Brief description of the diagram 121 Network communication interface 1 2 2, 4 3 1 User ID confirmation module 1 2 3, 4 3 4 Billing and sending module 1 2 4, 4 3 3 Transactions Detail transmission module 410 Information on product sales 41 1 Product sales and supply ports 43 0 Vending machine database

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Claims (1)

523722 6. Scope of patent application 1. An automatic merchandise vending machine transaction system, which can be used with an automatic merchandise vending machine to allow a consumer to identify by a user on a portable information device with wireless communication function Code data to conduct a transaction procedure with the automatic commodity vending machine. The automatic commodity vending machine transaction system includes at least: a user identification code reading device, which is arranged on the automatic commodity vending machine, wherein the vending machine is provided with a receiving device. Device for receiving the user identification code data sent by the portable information device, and the vending machine is provided with a transmission interface for connecting with a network system; Get the code, the data, the reading, do n’t buy to the capital and the code to buy, and the account of the other users to buy and use the general recognition, the account should be read, the code should be read, the network should be confirmed, and the other should be collected and sent. Overtake; then the household fee should be thoroughly understood, and the consumption of resources should be deducted, and the code should be based on the difference between the device and the server. If the server is installed, it is easy to install and use the product. Readers read For the code product and code transmission, whether it is a quotient or a quotient, it is easy to understand. #T is easy to use. It can be sold through the frontline and the machine to Wulai. The merchant has its own settings, borrowing knowledge from its own can be used by the customer, for the use of the machine, the order of the machine easy to sell and pay the upper-end vending machine to sell a home for sale, let the installer to sell the mobile phone to use the funds: self . Business, the type of machine contains a sequence of motivation to carry a small package, self-sale can sell from as little as easy to sell to the goods to deliver a product 16701.ptd Page 17 523722 VI. Patent application scope A transaction server that can be connected to the automatic merchandise vending machine through the network system, and it stores information about the automatic merchandise vending machine. Among them, Data can be transmitted between the portable information device and the transaction server through a communication system, whereby the portable information device transmits a user identifier data to the transaction server and confirms whether the user identifier data is Valid; if it is valid, a confirmation message is sent to the automatic merchandise vending machine, so that the automatic merchandise vending machine performs a transaction procedure based on the purchase data sent by the consumer. 3. If the automatic commodity vending machine transaction system of item 1 or 2 of the patent scope is applied, after the transaction process is completed, the transaction server can establish a transaction amount data that the consumer should pay based on the purchase data, This allows the transaction server to issue a bill to the consumer. 4. For the automatic merchandise vending machine transaction system of the scope of application for patent 1 or 2, wherein the portable information device is a mobile phone. 5. For the automatic merchandise vending machine transaction system for which the scope of patent application is item 1 or 2, wherein the portable information device is a personal assistant device. 6. For the automatic merchandise vending machine transaction system in the first patent application scope, wherein the user identification code reading device uses a wireless signal receiving module to receive the user identification code data in the portable information device. 7. If the automatic commodity vending machine transaction system of item 6 of the patent application scope, wherein the wireless signal receiving module used by the user identification code reading device is an infrared wireless communication interface specified by the IrDA standard. 8. If the automatic commodity vending machine trading system under the scope of the patent application is No. 6, 16701.ptd Page 18 523722 6. In the scope of patent application, the wireless signal receiving module used by the user identification code reading device is a Bluetooth standard wireless communication interface. 9. The automatic merchandise vending machine transaction system according to item 1 of the patent application scope, wherein the user identification code reading device further transmits the user identification code data received by it to an encryption program, and then transmits the encrypted data to the transaction server. Moon Gen device. 10. The automatic merchandise vending machine transaction system according to item 1 or 2 of the patent application scope, wherein the automatic merchandise vending machine uses a wired network communication interface to connect to the transaction server. 1 1. The automatic commodity vending machine transaction system according to item 1 or 2 of the patent application scope, wherein the automatic commodity vending machine uses a wireless network communication interface to connect to the transaction server. 1 2. If the automatic commodity vending machine transaction system of item 3 of the patent application scope, wherein when the transaction server establishes a transaction amount data of the consumer, then a transaction detail message is sent out, and the transaction detail message is wirelessly transmitted. The method is transmitted to the portable information device through a short message sending station. 13. An automatic commodity vending machine transaction method, which can be applied to an automatic commodity vending machine, so that a consumer can communicate with the user identification code data on a portable information device with wireless communication function. The automatic merchandise vending machine performs a transaction procedure, and the automatic merchandise vending machine transaction method includes at least: making the automatic merchandise vending machine receive user identification code data in the portable information device; 16701.ptd Page 19 523722 6. The scope of the patent application sends the user ID data to a remote transaction server; and the transaction server confirms whether the user ID data is valid; if it is valid, it issues A confirmation message is given to the automatic merchandise vending machine, so that the automatic merchandise vending machine allows the consumer to perform a transaction procedure. 14. A method of trading an automatic merchandise vending machine, which can be applied to an automatic merchandise vending machine and used for Consumers can conduct transaction procedures with the automatic merchandise vending machine by using user identification data on a portable information device with a wireless communication function. The automatic merchandise vending machine transaction method includes at least: making the portable information device Send a user ID code to a remote transaction server; and make the transaction server confirm whether the user ID data is valid; if it is valid, pass the purchase data it receives to the automatic The merchandise vending machine causes the automatic merchandise vending machine to perform a transaction procedure based on the purchase information transmitted by the consumer. 15. If the method of trading an automatic merchandise vending machine is set forth in item 13 or 14 of the scope of application for a patent, wherein the transaction server stores relevant information of the automatic merchandising machine, so that when the transaction process is completed, the transaction The server can establish a transaction amount data that the consumer should pay based on the purchase data, so that the transaction server can issue a bill to the consumer accordingly. 16. If you apply for an automatic commodity vending machine transaction party in the scope of patent application No. 13 or 14 16701.ptd Page 20 523722 VI. Patent Application Law, where the portable information device is a mobile phone. 17. The automatic commodity vending machine transaction method according to item 13 or 14 of the patent application scope, wherein the portable information device is a personal assistant device. 18. The automatic commodity vending machine transaction method according to item 13 of the scope of patent application, wherein the automatic commodity vending machine uses a wireless signal receiving module to receive user identification code data in the portable information device. 19. The automatic commodity vending machine transaction method according to item 18 of the scope of application for a patent, wherein the wireless signal receiving module is an infrared wireless communication interface according to the IrDA standard specification. 20. The automatic commodity vending machine transaction method according to item 18 of the patent application scope, wherein the wireless signal receiving module is a wireless communication interface standardized by the Bluetooth standard. 2 1. The automatic commodity vending machine transaction method according to item 13 of the scope of patent application, wherein when the user identification code data is transmitted to the transaction server, an encryption program is further included to thereby use the automatic commodity vending machine The received user identification code data is encrypted and then transmitted to the transaction server. 2 2. If the automatic commodity vending machine transaction method of item 15 of the scope of patent application, wherein when the transaction server establishes a transaction amount data, then a transaction detail message is sent out, and the transaction detail information is wirelessly transmitted through An SMS sending station is sent to the portable information device. 16701.ptd Page 21