Cashless vending system
View Patent ↗There is provided a cashless vending system including a vending machine 12 having a device 16 that reads transaction history information from a medium 11 and a communication device that sends transaction history information to an information center 13 ; and an information center 13 having a device that receives transaction history information from the vending machine 12 , a device that receives verification information from a mobile phone 14 or the like, a device that determines the validity of the verification information, and a device that sends transaction history information to the mobile phone 14 when the verification information is valid. When a user allows the vending machine to read the medium 11 and sends verification information to the information center 13 from the mobile phone 14 , the information center 13 sends transaction history information to the mobile phone 14 of the user.
1. 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.
2. The cashless vending system according to claim 1 , wherein the device for determining the validity of the verification information determines that the verification information is valid when a difference between a time at which the vending machine reads the medium and a time at which the information center receives the verification information from the mobile terminal is shorter than a preset standard.
3. The cashless vending system according to claim 1 , wherein the verification information includes password information that is generated when the vending machine reads the transaction history information from the medium, and
the device for determining the validity of the verification information compares the password information that is received from the vending machine and the password information that is received from the mobile terminal.
4. The cashless vending system according to claim 3 , wherein the information center sends password information to the mobile terminal based on a mobile ID information converted in accordance with medium ID information received from the vending machine.
5. The cashless vending system according to claim 1 , wherein the verification information includes ID information that is unique to the vending machine, and
the device for determining the validity of the verification information compares the vending machine ID information that is received from the vending machine and the vending machine ID information that is received from the mobile terminal.
6. The cashless vending system according to claim 1 , wherein the verification information includes ID information that is unique to the medium, and
the device for determining the validity of the verification information compares the medium ID information that is received from the vending machine and the medium ID information that is received from the mobile terminal.
7. The cashless vending system according to claim 1 , wherein the verification information includes ID information that is unique to the mobile phone or the like, and
the device for determining the validity of the verification information comprises a database in which the ID information that is unique to the medium and ID information that is unique to the mobile terminal are associated and stored, and
the device for determining the validity of the verification information refers to the database to convert the ID information that is unique to the medium that is read from the medium and received from the vending machine to ID information that is unique to the mobile terminal, and compares the converted mobile ID information with the mobile ID information that is received from the mobile terminal.
8. The cashless vending system according to claim 1 , wherein the vending machine comprises a device for providing the verification information relating to the transaction history information to the mobile terminal when reading the transaction history information from the medium.
9. A cashless vending system in which a commodity or a service can be purchased with a value that is stored in a medium, the system comprising a vending machine and an information center, the information center including a database for associating ID information unique to a valuable medium with ID information unique to a mobile terminal, the database storing the ID information unique to the valuable medium and the ID information to the mobile terminal
wherein the vending machine comprises a device for reading transaction history information and medium ID information from the medium, and a sending device for sending the medium ID information and the transaction history information to the information center;
wherein the cashless vending system is configured such that the information center receives the medium ID information and the transaction history information that are sent from the vending machine, identifies mobile ID information relating to the medium ID information that was received based on the database to compare the identified mobile ID information with mobile ID information that is sent from the mobile terminal to determine the validity thereof, and if the mobile ID information is determined as valid the information center sends the received transaction history information to the mobile terminal.
10. The cashless vending system according to claim 9 , wherein the vending machine comprises an operating device for instructing automatic sending of the transaction history information; and configured, in response to a user operating the operating device, to send to the information center the medium ID information, the transaction history information and information indicating that the operating device has been operated, and based on the information indicating that the operating device has been operated, the information center automatically sends the transaction history information to the user's mobile terminal.