PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an article lending/returning system, a method and a program for lending and returning an article even in a time zone when the depository of the article is not open, and sufficiently reducing expenses required for the lending and return.;SOLUTION: A user who borrows an article performs access from a user terminal 15 to a disclosing means 12b on which the content of a database 12a is reflected, and receives the content by a lending means 13. In this case, the user is confirmed by the control of an article management device 12, and a lending box is unlocked by an unlocking means 13a. The article can be input to an input port 13a of the return box so as to be returned. In this case, the article management device 12 is notified of the return of the article by a return notification means 14c.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
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