Patent ID: 6430470
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
A cash-less automatic vending system capable of settling accounts for items delivered to a customer by an automatic vending machine without using a cash, a prepaid card, and a credit card, which comprises:an automatic vending machine having items to be sold and delivering a requested one of the items in response to a selling allowance signal for the requested item, said automatic vending machine producing dispensing result data of the item delivered; a communication terminal capable of inputting and transmitting a customer's ID code and a purchase request for requesting to buy items in said automatic vending machine; a vending management center coupled to said communication terminal and said automatic vending machine, said vending management center defining said customer's ID code and said purchase request received from said communication terminal to transmit said selling allowance signal to said automatic vending machine, said vending management center producing user and sales data for the customer from said dispensing result data; an account center coupled to said vending management center and preparing an account for the customer by using said user and sales data in said vending management center, to settle the account with said customer.