Patent ID: 11941955
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 26:
27. A method executed in a communication terminal, the communication terminal including a user ID for identifying a user of the communication terminal,
the method causing a computer of the communication terminal to perform a process, the process comprising:
in response to receipt, by using short-range wireless communication, of a beacon signal from a sales site of a business operator that sells drinks, acquiring, from the sales site, i) type information for identifying a plurality of drinks sold at the sales site and ii) stock information of the plurality of drinks sold at the sales site;
transmitting the user ID to a first server that securely manages personal information, the personal information including preference information on drinks of the user and biological information of the user, the preference information being stored by the first server in time series in association with the user ID in advance of the transmitting of the user ID, the biological information being stored by the first server in time series in association with the user ID in advance of the transmitting of the user ID;
acquiring the preference information and the biological information from the first server, the preference information and the biological information being provided in response to confirmation in the first server that the user permits the business operator that sells the drinks to access the preference information and the biological information; and
displaying, on a display of the communication terminal, a notification screen that recommends at least one drink to the user based on at least the type information, the stock information, the preference information, and the biological information, wherein the notification screen recommends at least one drink that matches a preference of the user indicated by the preference information in relation to a current physical condition of the user indicated by a most recent record of the biological information,
wherein, via at least one operation to the communication terminal via at least the notification screen displayed on the display, the communication terminal is configured to purchase at least one of the plurality of drinks stored in the vending machine, whereby the vending machine is configured to transport the at least one of the plurality of drinks to a pick-up port for receipt by the user.