Patent ID: 7428987

Claim:
A cashless vending system in which a commodity or a service can be purchased with a value that is stored in a valuable medium, comprising a vending machine and an information center, wherein the vending machine comprises: a device for reading transaction history information and verification information relating to the transaction history information from the medium, and a communication device for sending the transaction history information and the verification information relating to the transaction history information to the information center; and wherein the information center comprises: a device for receiving and recording the transaction history information and the verification information relating to the transaction history information from the vending machine, a device for determining the validity of verification information received from a mobile terminal by referring to the recorded verification information, and a device for sending transaction history information relating to the verification information to the mobile terminal if the verification information received from the mobile terminal is valid; wherein the cashless vending system is configured such that when a user allows the vending machine to read the medium and sends the verification information to the information center from the mobile terminal, the information center sends the transaction history information to the user's mobile terminal.