Patent ID: 7096191

Claim:
A system for performing a payment with a vending machine comprising: a portable communication terminal of a user, a host computer connected to the vending machine and the portable communication terminal through a network, said portable communication terminal having a first transmitter for transmitting identification information of the user and identification information of the vending machine to the host computer; said host computer having a second transmitter for transmitting an instruction of the payment to the vending machine specified by the received identification information of the vending machine, the instruction of the payment including a command to enter a cash payment acceptable mode; and said vending machine having a controller for entering the cash payment acceptable mode in response to the instruction from the host computer, and said vending machine having a third transmitter for transmitting information of the payment including an amount of the payment to the host computer, and said vending machine having at least one cash identification unit for accepting the payment in cash when in the cash payment acceptable mode.