CARD-TYPE VENDING MACHINE SYSTEM

Title:

CARD-TYPE VENDING MACHINE SYSTEM

Document Type and Number:

Japanese Patent JP2002163712

Kind Code:

A

Abstract:

To provide a vending machine system which can place vending machine in efficient operation by effectively using a storage function for various information that a memory card has.

Personal information 22, composed of age information (birthday date) and sex is previously recorded on a memory card 2, that a user of the vending machine carries. Recording information (age information) is obtained from the memory card to enable or present the vending of an article (article- vending regulation mean 11) and when an article is sold, its brand information is stored s ales result data, sequentially together with the age information (sales managing means 14). Then the sales result data are outputted to a person in charge 4 of the vending machine and used to analyze the sales results (data output means).

Inventors:

MATSUNAGA YASUMASA
KOBAYASHI KAZUYUKI
MIYAMORI KATSUYA

Application Number:

JP2001085114A

Publication Date:

June 07, 2002

Filing Date:

March 23, 2001

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Assignee:

JAPAN TOBACCO INC

International Classes:

B42D15/10; G06K17/00; G06K19/00; G06K19/10; G06Q10/00; G06Q30/06; G06Q50/00; G07F7/08; G07F7/12; G07F9/00; (IPC1-7): G07F7/08; B42D15/10; G06F17/60; G06K17/00; G06K19/00; G06K19/10; G07F7/12; G07F9/00

Attorney, Agent or Firm:

Koji Nagato

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