Patent ID: 6498965
Filing Date: 2002-12-24
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
A control system for vending machine, comprising:a terminal control apparatus that controls controlled apparatuses of the vending machine; and a main control apparatus that is connected to the terminal control apparatus via a transmission path and controls the terminal control apparatus through communication with the terminal control apparatus, wherein the main control apparatus includes transferring means for transferring a control program of the terminal control apparatus and a rewriting program that rewrites the control program to the terminal control apparatus via the transmission path, the terminal control apparatus includes first storing means for storing the control program of the controlled apparatuses, second storing means for storing said rewriting program and rewriting program receiving/executing means for storing said rewriting program received from the main control apparatus into the second storing means and executing said rewriting program, and the rewriting program executed by said rewriting program receiving/executing means receives the control program from the main control apparatus and rewrites the control program stored in said first storing means with the control program received from the main control apparatus.