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

Claim 0:
1. 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:
acquiring, in response to receipt of a beacon signal from a vending machine, from the vending machine by using short-range wireless communication, i) identification information for identifying the vending machine, ii) type information indicating product names of a plurality of drinks stored in the vending machine, and iii) stock information indicating quantities of stock of the plurality of drinks stored in the vending machine;
transmitting the user ID to a first server that securely manages personal information, the personal information including preference information on drinks of the user of the communication terminal, the preference information on drinks of the user including information on goods purchased by the user at a sales site managed by a business operator affiliated with a management operator of the first server, 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;
acquiring, by the communication terminal and from the first server, the preference information on drinks of the user corresponding to the user ID, when the first server confirms that acquisition of the preference information on drinks of the user is permitted by the user;
acquiring biological information of the user, the biological information being stored in time series in advance of the transmitting of the user ID;
generating a push notification screen, based on the identification information, the type information, the stock information, the preference information, and the biological information, wherein the push 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, from among the plurality of drinks stored in the vending machine indicated by the identification information; and
displaying the push notification screen on a display of the communication terminal,

wherein, via at least one operation to the communication terminal via at least the push 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.